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June 28, 2009

Morganti & Apolaro claim FORGASS titles

Maxy’s Fuel are reporting that after a long and joyful season of racing at the FORGASS state series in Florida, team drivers Paolo Morganti and DJ Apolaro claimed the big trophies at the Sour Grapes Race and Awards Dinner back in May, where after the points were calculated had Paolo Morganti claiming the title in the 1/8th scale class while DJ Apolaro took the title in the 1/10th sedan class. Both Serpent team drivers were using Maxy’s Fuel to power their machines trough the entire series helping to get the maximum performance and run time from their engines.

Source: Maxy’s Fuel [maxysfuel.com]

June 28, 2009

Xray News Round-up

Here we have this weeks round up of product releases and race reports from our site sponsors Xray. Our summary includes everything published by the Slovakian manufacturer on their own website in the past week, so if you didn’t find the time to visit, be sure to read on.

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June 28, 2009

Meen Vejrak wins KM Asia Cup Rd3

The 3rd round of the KM Asia Cup took place recently at the TRC race track in Yuen Long, Hong Kong. Although it was meant to be held on the facility’s brand new outdoor race track, the race was actually run indoor due to heavy rain on Friday that gave the organization a tough decision to make. The track itself was one of the biggest challenges for everyone, because of its slippery condition which made the right setup hard to find, not to mention the driving skill required for this type of traction. Usually traction will come up gradually as the race goes on, thus, traction in the finals would be higher than in qualifying, but this indoor track is totally different getting more slippery as the event went on.

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June 27, 2009

Papadakis wins Greek 1/5th Nats Rd3

We received a brief report from the 3rd round of the Greek 1/5th scale Nationals, a class we rarely cover, which took place last weekend at the FRT race track in Athens. The 30 minute final saw an exciting battle between all 8 cars, with the top spot being fought over between Dimitris Papadakis, FG team mate Kwstas Giannitsas and HARM racer Tasos Papadopoulos. In the end it was Papadakis who would take the win, setting the fastest lap of the race, with Giannitsas in 2nd and Papadopoulos taking 3rd.

Click here to see some video action from the event

June 27, 2009

2009 Kyosho Masters Videos

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We briefly touched on the Kyosho Masters race, that was held last weekend outside Paris, France, last Sunday. For those who want to see the action, our friends at RC Mag have released some video footage from both the Elite buggy final (above) and the truggy finals (below). Check them out in the embedded players.

Click here for some truggy final action

June 26, 2009

Xray Asian Championship – Announcement

On the 15th to 16th of August, the ACO racing track in Fanling, Hong Kong will play host to the Xray Asian Championship Nitro Touring Challenge. Open only to racers with the 1/10th scale Xray NT1 chassis, using a Protoform body shell, your entry fee will not only let you take part but includes Tornado fuel for the duration of the event, a Dinner buffet on Sunday night and free transport to and from the track and the official hotel. Martin and Juraj Hudy will be present, not only to compete but will also be giving Tech talks and helping drivers with their cars throughout the weekend. Further details of the event can be found here along with details on how to enter.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 25, 2009

Lee & Stafford win Eden Park BRCA National

oOple are reporting on the third round of the 2009 BRCA 1/10th off road national series held last weekend at Eden Park Raceway. Ellis Stafford dominated 2WD qualifying with the X-Factory X-6 but couldn’t hold it together for the finals, instead it was the Tekin powered X-6 of Kevin Lee that took the win with two leg wins and a second. In 4WD Grant Williams kicked thing off with the win in round one of qualifying but it was Neil Cragg that took the overall TQ, winning rounds 2 & 3 before reigning 4WD champion Lee Martin took the final round. A hard fought A final saw three different winners in the three legs, Ellis Stafford and Neil Cragg with one win and a second each were tied on points but by virtue of his faster winning time it was Ellis Stafford that took the win.

Check out the full report, with video and lots for photos, here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

June 24, 2009

Xray Column – Getting into Summer season

The 31st installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj gives his thoughts about the first gas races of the year, that include the Neo race, Czech Masters and the Euro 1/10th scale ‘B’ Championships.

Even with the difficult economy, off-road racing remains a very strong racing class and seems to be expanding more every day. This is confirmed by the highly competitive and professional approach drivers take and you see this in their focus on the smallest details. The off-road market keeps growing and the battle between manufacturers is increasing as well. As we all have seen, there is new company offering an off-road car or truggy almost every week. The competition just gets tighter and stronger.

Read the full column here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]