Gomez Salmeron wins Rd1 of Spanish Nats

Last weekend saw the 2007 Spanish National Championship ,for 1/8th scale off road, get underway with over 100 racers taking to the track in Lebrija. Richi Gomez claimed the top starting position followed by Borja Hernandez and Antonio Gomez Salmeron in 2nd and 3rd respectively but in the main race it was a quick exit for Axe Rossi racer Richi Gomez, who was out after only 4 laps, which left the front group battle it out for the top spot. Gomez Salmeron who had dropped back to 7th at the start managed to keep a consistently quick pace throughout the race and eventually took the lead from Mugen racer Daniel Vega on the 44th lap of the race and never looked back to take the win for HoBao. Vega managed to bring it home in 2nd position, only 12 seconds back, while Kyosho racer Adrien Perez Mayoral finished 3rd, just over 10 seconds back on Vega.

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Yaniv Sivan wins Rd4 of Israeli League

Yaniv Sivan has once again shown that he is the man to beat in the Israeli League as round 4 of the series took place at the Hot Wheels racing club this weekend. The main event was a tough race for round 3 winner Yaniv, with the Kyosho driver having a race long battle with Golan Levy and Idan Kizel which ended when Yaniv was eventually able to take the lead and shortly after Idan had to retire due to an engine problem. This meant that Yaniv could cruise to the win, finishing ahead of 2nd place Xray racer Yosi Steren with Nir Sivan finishing in 3rd with another Kyosho.

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Slovenian 2007 National Off-road Champs

Our friends in Slovenia have asked us to mention their upcoming 2007 National Championship for Off-road that starts at the beginning of May. The championship will cater for 1/8th buggy, truggy and 1/5th, 1/6th buggy with the first race being held at a track near the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana. The series will consist of 4 rounds with the 1st round taking place on the 6th of May in Ljubljana, the 2nd round on the 3rd of June in Jesenice, the 3rd round in Maribor on the 30th of September and the 4th and final round will take place at an, as yet, undecided venue on the 28th of October. We will be bringing you results from each of these National rounds as we get them.

RC Racing in Slovenia seems to be growing strongly on a National level, and is also being recognised on an international level as this year Slovenia will host the European B Championships for 1/8th gas in Tolmin on the 25th – 27th of May.

Source: Skalec Racing Team [users.triera.net/kiselrob]

Fabrizio Teghesi wins Rd1 of Italian Nats

Even more buggy news, this time its from the 1st round of the Italian National Championships that took place last weekend at the Monsummano track. In qualifying it was reigning Italian champion Davide Tortorici that claimed the top spot for the final but the Crono / Falcon racer could only manage 3rd place in the muddy and wet conditions. The race was won by another Crono racer Fabrizio Teghesi, who we recently reported joined Ultimate Racing, with Daniele Ribaldi only 2 seconds behind in 2nd place with Tortorici ending the race in 3rd, 2 laps down on the leading pair.

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Guillaume Vray wins Rd1 of French Nats

Mugen RB racer, Guillaume Vray has won the first round of the French National Championships for 1/8th scale buggy held last weekend at Noeux les Mines. Vray had qualified 4th but won his semi final to line up first for the Open final where he was able stay in front to take a close win, ahead of fellow Mugen racer, and Ligue 9 Rd1 winner, Renaud Savoya who ended up 3 seconds back after 45 minutes to finish 2nd. Julien Lattanzio completed the podium in 3rd, finishing on the same lap as the leaders only 10 seconds back on Savoya.

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Renaud Savoya wins French Ligue 9 Rd1

Mugen MBX-5R racer Renaud Savoya has won the first round of the Ligue 9 regional championships for 1/8th scale gas off road held last weekend at the club de Charmes sur Rhône. 70 racers were in attendance and it was Guillaume Reynier that took the top qualifying spot for the 20 minute final, but it was Savoya that could take the lead and eventually win the race by 1 lap ahead of Reynier who ended up 2nd, with Marc Milleret finishing 3rd.

Source: Planète Modélisme [planetemod.free.fr]

West Australia State Championships

Our mates down under, Rube Dude, are reporting on the Western Australian State Championships that have been run over the past few days. In the buggy class it was Hong Nor driver Zac Ryan that took the pole spot for the final and went on to win by 2 laps ahead of 2nd Dale Smulders driving a Kyosho with another Hong Nor of Martin Wolhuter in 3rd. In the truggy class it was again Hong Nor at the top with Martin Wolhuter taking the win in dominant style, 6 laps ahead of 2nd placed Logan Bruecher with Brad Smith ending the race in 3rd.

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Source: Rube Dude [rubeduderc.com]