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February 4, 2007

Team Associated RC8 finishes 2nd on race debut

Team Associated RC8

The newly released Team Associated RC8 buggy has made its race debut at the Nitro Pit in Arizona. Ryan Maifield, who qualified the new car in 4th moved up two spots to take the 2nd spot behind Team Losi racer Mike Truhe who also set the fastest lap of the race over 1 second faster than Maifield. In third position was Jared Tebo who was racing the prototype O’Donnell buggy ahead of Jason Ashton racing the Sidorf who brought it home in 4th.

You can view the PDF of the Expert buggy results here. View a picture of the car in action here.

UPDATE: Neo Buggy have some more action shots of Maifields RC8 here.

Source: RC Tech [rctech.net] Image: Buggy-Sport [buggy-sport.info]

February 2, 2007

Spanish 1/18th cup, round 2

Spanish 1/18th cup

Xray are reporting on their site on the second round of the Spanish 1/18th cup which was held at the weekend in Parla, Madrid on a great purpose built outdoor mini scale track. Pedro Fuentes managed to take the win after a hard fought battle that took place during a very long 15 minute final.

The biggest battle was among the other drivers, especially Adrian Ortiz, J.A. de Lara and Pedro Fuentes. In the final 3 laps everything seemed to be decided, but then Gonzalo (who was getting ready to lap 2nd place again) ran out of batteries lost the raceâ€¦ very bad luck.

You can read the full report on the event and more pictures here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 31, 2007

Elliot Harper wins British Indoor Winter Series

Elliot Harper with Andy Moore

Last weekend saw the final round of the 5 round British Indoor Winter Series, held once more at the Don Valley Stadium. After only qualifying 4th the Hot Bodies driver Elliot Harper had a tough battle with Xray racer Ben Cosgrave and eventually managed to pull out a gap and chase after the leader Guy Thornton who shortly after crashed out, allowing Harper to take the win in Modified class and the overall title.

However, half way down the straight the leaders car came to a stop – it was all I could do to miss both his car and the marshal attempting to retrieve it. I just squeezed under his foot as he stepped back! By then, I knew I had a clear run in for the remaining few laps to secure the win on the day. This is how the race closed and I was very relieved to finish the series on a high note!

You can read the full report and lots of pictures from the BIWS here.

Source: Mirage Racing [mirageracing.com]

January 29, 2007

Team Losi Nitro Off-Road Winterchamps

Adam Drake Losi Winter Champs

Last weekend saw the Team Losi Nitro Off road Winterchamps held at the Hurricane RC Club and until now, information has been annoyingly difficult to get hold off. The racing saw Adam Drake continue his winning streak taking the Factory Gas Truck class and the Truggy class but the main news from the event was that The Drake didnt win buggy, a slip up on the last lap saw Mike Truhe take the win.

The innaugural running of Team Losi’s new nitro nats saw some sticky weather, changing track conditions and lots of intense racing action. Team Losi was in force (of course), and the CEN crew made it to the show as well as other notables including Axial’s Paul Coleman, Associated racer JR Mitch, J Concepts hero Jason Ruona, and Kyosho’s Ryan Eckert.

You can see the top results from the main classes here… content

January 24, 2007

Taylor Peterson wins US Indoor Gas Champs

US Indoor Gas Champs

Taylor Peterson showed he was the class of the field by winning both the buggy and truggy class at last weekend US Indoor Gas Champs. Held in one of the largest indoor arenas in Utah, the Kyosho racer easily won the buggy final by 2 laps ahead of 2nd place finisher and TQ man Gary Guest with Ronnie Gardner finishing 3rd. In the truggy class it was a bit closer but Peterson still had an 11 second buffer over 2nd place Gary Guest with Ryan McCrery 2 laps further back in 3rd.

You can view the full results here.

Source: Buggy-Sport [buggy-sport.info]

January 23, 2007

Andy Griffiths wins Modified 1/12th National

Andy Griffiths

Even though Andy Griffiths had been crowned British Champion in 1/12th scale at the previous round of the Nationals back in December he still continues to push hard for the win, this time at the 5th round in Plymouth. Whilst in 19T he wasnt so fortunate, suffering a number of crashes during the final, in Modified class he once again lead the field home after starting from 2nd on the grid. With pole man Matt White, missing the starting grid and being forced to start from the pitlane Andy could take the lead from the start and easily win with his brushless motor driven car ahead of Keith Robertson who finished 2nd.

Source: Mirage Racing [mirageracing.com]

January 23, 2007

Kazuya Tanaka wins Japan Off-Road Car Cup

Kazuya Tanaka

RB Products are reporting on the recent Japan Off-Road Car Cup that was held on the demanding and dusty Saitama circuit. Top drivers were present including Yuichi Kanai, Kenji Osaka as well as last years Japanese Nationals top qualifier Kazuya Tanaka. After qualifying it was current Japanese National champion Kenji Osaka who took the TQ ahead of Tanaka but in the race Tanaka was able to run away with the race amazingly only having to stop twice for fuel in the 30 minute race.

You can read the full report here.

Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]

January 22, 2007

LRP Carpet Wars, round 3

Helger Racing have the full report on the recent running of round 3 of the LRP Carpet Wars. The event played host to 3 touring car classes, Stock, 19t and modified and in Stock it was Elliot Boots all the way, who managed to take both the TQ spot as well as win the overall event. In 19T, Mark Stiles took the win after a close battle with TQ Nathan Parker, who eventually finished 2nd, whilst in Modified class Glenn Doman was unfortunate after taking the TQ spot and one final leg win but a 9th place in leg 1 meant that he couldnt do better than 3rd and so Keven Brunsden took the overall win ahead of Andy Childs.

You can read the full report from the event here.

Source: Helger Racing [helgerracing.com]