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February 23, 2007

Stewart Wilcox joins Team Losi

Stuart Wilcox

Top British off road racer and long time Mugen driver has made the switch to Team Losi to race the all conquering 8ight. Powered by Novarossi, with additional backing from KO Propo and LRP, Stewart will join the Helger Racing team to contest the National championship this year with his new ride.

With the start of the season only just around the corner time is short but Stewart feels confident he can be up to speed and ready for the first national. Not only do we benefit from Stewarts driving skill and technical knowledge but also customer support trackside from Models in motion.

Source: Helger Racing [helgerracing.com]

February 23, 2007

French 1/12th Nationals – Round 4

French 1/12th Nationals - Round 4

More 1/12th scale, this time its the full report from round 4 of the French 1/12th Nationals from Montbrison. We already gave you the results of that event and of the actual championship too but now our partners RC Infos have a full report online. Although it is in French, the many images help tell the story and if your a 1/12th scale fan, you’ll love some of the close up shots of the cars at that event.

Check out the full report here.

Source: RC Infos [rcinfos.com]

February 23, 2007

Andy Griffiths is British 19T 1/12th National Champion

Andy Griffiths

Andy Griffiths has once again shown his domination in the 1/12th scale National scene in the UK by adding to his modified class title by taking the 19T title as well. Racing in the last round of the championship in Chesterfield, Andy managed to pull out a win in the first 2 legs of the finals to take the overall title ahead of Keith Robertson who finished 2nd

The finals turned out to be a very closely run affair, with Keith and Andy battling out for the victory, in 3 tight finals. In the end Andy won the first 2 finals to wrap up the victory with a leg to go. Mick had a few incidents in the finals, but still managed to finish a solid 4th place.

You can read the full report here.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]

February 22, 2007

Helge Johannessen wins Norwegian National Cup

Helge Johannessen wins Norwegian Nationals

Xray have a report on their site from team driver Helge Johannessen who has done a write up from the 4th round of the indoor national cup series held 2 weeks ago in Trondheim at the Spectrum Sports Center. Johannessen set the TQ in both the modified and 19T classes ahead of fellow Xray racer Adrian Berntsen and went on to finish in those positions after all the finals were run. In winning both races in Helge took both National Cup titles.

You can read his full report here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 20, 2007

JR Mitch wins Buggy class at Rd3 Florida State Series

JR Mitch

Yesterday we told you about Gene Hickerson winning his 3rd straight truggy race in a row at round 3 of the Florida State series. Well this race was attended by nearly 200 racers in a number of different classes and in the buggy class it was JR Mitch driving a Werks powered Thunder Tiger that won the race ahead 2nd place Jason Rouna whilst the 3rd position went to Ryan Eckert.

Source: Neo-Buggy [neo-buggy.net]

February 20, 2007

Batley Indoor Supercup

Neil Cragg - Batley Indoor Supercup

Last weekend saw the running of the Batley Indoor Supercup for buggies on a rather slippery and creative track, made using gym mats, rope and pieces of wood. In the 2wd class it was World Champion Neil Cragg that took the win, from the TQ spot, with his Team Associated B4 whilst in 4wd Ellis Stafford took the win with his X-Factory X-5.

To get lots more pictures of this event you can head on over to oOple here.

Image: oOple [oople.com]

February 20, 2007

R1GP Winter Attack Indoor Carpet Race Rd3

Xray have a report on their site from round 3 of the R1GP Winter attack Indoor Carpet race took place on the 10 – 11th of February, once again on the great indoor carpet track at the Olympic Gymnastic stadium in Seoul. With over 100 of the top drivers from Korea at the event, it was Ryan Lee driving an Xray T2007 that took the win in the Invitation class ahead of 2nd placed racer Ji Hyun Jang racing for Hot Bodies and 3rd placed racer Ishigawa Mamoru. In the 19T class Dong Il Seo took the win ahead of Woo Hyung Lim in 2nd with Han Sin Lee taking the last spot on the podium in third position.

You can read the full report here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 19, 2007

Gene Hickerson wins Rd3 Florida State Series

Gene Hickerson

Buggy-Sport are reporting that Gene ‘The Machine’ Hickerson has won the 3rd round of the ROAR Florida State Series held last weekend. Racing in the truggy class, Gene powered his way to his 3rd TQ and win from 3 rounds, an amazing record for him and his Mega powered CEN Matrix Arena TR. Jeff Keeton, racing a Kyosho came home in 2nd just ahead of 3rd place finisher Kyle Sokol, also running a Mega powered CEN Matrix.

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