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March 20, 2007

Horta and Morganti win FORGASS Rd7

FORGASS Rd7

Last weekend saw round 7 of the FORGASS championship held at the Charlotte RC Raceway under sunny skies. In the 1/10th scale it was Winternats finalist, and winner of FORGASS round 6, Danny Horta driving a Serpent 720 that once again took the win, this time backed up by team mate Gianni Giorgio who came home in 2nd with Mugen racer Andrew Duperrouzel finishing in 3rd. In the 1/8th scale it was Paolo Morganti all the way, the Serpent 960 driver claiming TQ by 4 seconds and then going on to win the race, setting the fastest lap on the way. Phillip Abed came home in 2nd position, 2 laps back on Morganti and 4 laps up on Joe Sumasky who finished 3rd.

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March 20, 2007

Teddy Syach dominates BSD Invitational

BSD Invitational

Teddy Syach has proven himself to be the class of the field at last weekend BSD Invitational held at the BSD Super Traxxx circuit in Indonesia. In 1/10th scale, Serpent driver Syach managed to claim the TQ spot and could convert it into a 3 lap win in the main final finishing ahead of 2nd place Tons with Awie in 3rd. In the 1/8th scale class it was a repeat performance with Teddy winning the race by 1 lap ahead of Ricardo in 2nd and young Arya Rido in 3rd with Teddy claiming the fastest lap of the race as he did also in 1/10th.

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March 19, 2007

Ben Cosgrove wins Handy Models Grand Prix

Handy Models Grand Prix top 3

Ben Cosgrove has won the Handy Models Grand Prix run by the Cotswold Model Car Club, leading home an Xray NT1 1-2-3. Competing for the first time as a team the 3 UK Xray NT1 team drivers, Ben Cosgrove, Mark Gilliland and Robin Hammet, had to cope with tricky damp conditions on the Sunday of the event but a quick run in the dry Saturday qualifying gave Cosgrove the pole position which couldn’t be bettered on the final 2 damp qualifying runs on Sunday. In the final Ben managed to stay on the lead lap despite a tricky tire choice but as the track dried a bit he was able to get into the lead from where he could take the win, followed home by Robin Hammet and Mark Gilliland in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Read the full race report here.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]

March 17, 2007

Artem Lopukhin wins Rd6 of Russian Micro Racing

Rd6 of Russian Micro Racing

Xray are reporting on the recent 6th round fo the Russian Micro Racing series that took place in Moscow with roughly 50 drivers in attendance. In the touring class solely represented by Xray M18 cars it was Artem Lopukhin driving the M18 Pro that took the win ahead of Dmitry Malyshko using the standard M18 in 2nd with Cyril Kiselyov using the Pro in 3rd. Lopukhin also won the truck class and was the only Xray in the 6 car final.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 15, 2007

Nicolas Guillot wins Rd1 of French 1/8th Nats

Rd1 of French 1/8th Nats

As well as the 1st round of the 1/10th Nationals that we wrote about that took place last weekend, the first round of the 1/8th scale Nationals took place on the same weekend in Avignon. In qualifying it was Mugen racer Stephane Bouche that would claim the pole position ahead of Kyosho racer Sebastian Zatla in 2nd and Adrien Siegfried, also driving a Kyosho in 3rd. At the start of the main final Guillot is knocked off the track and almost loses a lap while Bouche and Siegfried are left to battle it out at the front, Siegfried eventually having to retire with mechanical problems gifting Bouche the lead. All the time Guillot is working his way up the field having found a good pace and when Bouche has a problem, Guillot pounces and takes the lead and with it his first ever win in the Elite class followed home by Bouche in 2nd and Zatla in 3rd.

Source: JP Racing [jpracing.com]

March 15, 2007

Gareth Bell signs for GRP/Falcon

Gareth Bell

Top British gas driver Gareth Bell has been confirmed as a GRP driver for the 2007 season, where not only will he race the Italian foam but will help in the development of the companies products. Additionally Gareth, who forms a team with his mechanic and brother Martyn, will run the GRP made Falcon range of engines in both the 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm classes in which Gareth runs the Mugen chassis’.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]

March 15, 2007

Brunsden and Helliwell win GRP Challenge

GRP Challenge

Last weekend saw the GRP Dirt Challenge race take place at the Deerdale Off Road club with 110 entries split between buggy and truggy. In the buggy class it was Bruce Thompson that took the pole position ahead of Kevin Brunsden and Simon Smith, whilst in the truggy class it was Kevin Brunsden that took to the TQ spot ahead of James Helliwell and Bruce Knight in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

In buggy Simon Smith took the early lead and battled with Bruce until the first round of pitsops. Kevin Brunsden had a terrible start with an engine cut and he was chasing back through the field. Some frantic racing and about 10 minutes later Kevin had moved into the lead and took the chequered flag from Simon Smith and Bruce Thompson.

Darragh Fox wins Rd1 of Irish 1/8th Nationals

Darragh Fox

Serpent are reporting on their 1-2 finish at last weekends rain interrupted first round of the Irish 1/8th scale National Championships held in Raheny, just outside Dublin City. Serpent 960 racer Clive Connolly claimed the top spot in qualifying, but as the race was partially wet a number of drivers including Connolly became victims of radio gear trouble forcing them out of the race. This allowed the Serpent pairing of Dean Lacey and Darragh Fox to the field with Lacey leading until some radio problems close to the end of the race allowed Fox to take the lead and eventually the win, followed home by Lacey in 2nd with Mario Morelli in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]