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June 13, 2008

Ellis Stafford re-signs to X-Factory

Oswestry Nationals report by oOple

UK star Ellis Stafford has re-signed with X Factory through the 2009 season. Stafford, a two-time European 4WD Champion and BRCA buggy Champion, recently TQ’d and won both 2wd and 4wd at the Ozwestry round of this year’s British Nationals and currently stands first in both the 2wd and 4WD Championships. Ellis finished the 2007 BRCA series in 5th with his X-6 in 2wd and 6th in 4WD with the X–5 Squared. “I am so pleased with the progress we made last year calculating The New Math,” said Stafford, “I am particularly happy with the attitude of the whole X Factory Team and their willingness to back me in working to try new things.” Stafford continued, “I also like the direction X Factory is taking. This team is on the go, expanding and getting faster every day. With Brian Kinwald back full time, it seems like we start work on another idea every day. Chazz and the Team are all about racing to win, and nothing else. 2007 was the happiest R/C year for me in a long time, and I need to stay a part of this action!”.

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June 12, 2008

Talywain Nationals report by oOple

oOple has the report from the 3rd round of the BRCA 1/10th National series, that was held recently at Talywain, Wales with the club putting on a good all-grass track with plenty of man-made obstacles to navigate. Darren Bloomfield was making a return to 1/10th off road after missing the first two rounds of the championship due to 1/8th buggy commitments. Darren, being the reigning 2WD National champion didn’t seem to be too concerned with his lack of practice – taking The TQ and a hard-fought win. The 4WD class wasn’t quite so straight forward for Darren, with only two finishes from the four qualifiers he only lined up 4th on the grid. Ellis Stafford, double-winner at the previous round was on pole and looked devastatingly quick. It was Darrens day however and he took the last two legs of the A final to secure a fantastic double victory to mark his return to the class.

Read the full report here, including lots of great photos and interviews.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

June 11, 2008

Daily News Round-up

A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:

> Report from Swedish Buggy Champs Rd2 – Link [rbproduct.com]
> Nielsen in control at Danish Nationals – Link [serpent.com]
> T2’008 wins Australian Much More Masters – Link [teamxray.com]
> S400 dominates German Summer Champs – Link [serpent.com]
> Team Mirage flying High at Cotswolds – Link [mirageracing.com]
> 2008 ROAR Off-Road Fuel Buggy Nats – Link [prolineracing.com]

Entry is open for ETS Rd4 in Germany, June 27th-29th

June 11, 2008

Surikarn joins Speed Passion

Surikarn Chaidajsuriya joins Speed Passion

Speed Passion have been in touch to tell us the exciting news that 2002 IFMAR World Champion Surikarn Chaidajsuriya has joined their team. Surikarn will be using the Competition version 2.0 motor series as well as other optional brushless equipment to power his Hot Bodies Cyclone. This is another important signing for Speed Passion in this World Championship year, which sees the Thai driver join recently confirmed racers, Jilles Groskamp and Viktor Wilck.

Source: Speed Passion [speedpassion.net]

June 11, 2008

Chris Grainger wins Rd2 BRCA Nationals

The 2nd round of the BRCA British Nationals were held at the weekend at the Cotswolds track in Gloucestershire. Qualifying saw complete domination by Yokomo racer, and current National Champion, Chris Grainger who won all of his heats to take an unchallenged pole position from Xray racer Ben Cosgrove in 2nd and Hot Bodies driver Olly Jefferies in 3rd. The finals saw more of the same from Grainger, who took the win in all 3 legs of the A-main to take the overall from Ben Cosgrove, who kept his head down to take the runner up spot ahead of Euros Warmup winner Elliot Harper in 3rd.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]

June 11, 2008

Jay Westwood Joins Schumacher

Schumacher have announced that front running UK Pro Stock racer Jay Westwood has joined their team. Jay just completed the 2nd round of the BRCA Championships at the Cotswolds club last weekend and put in a solid top ten finish after only receiving his car on the Thursday before the race. Jay now sits 5th in the Pro Stock National Championship standings, with Schumacher Mi3 cars holding 4 out of the top 5 positions with two races left to complete.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

June 11, 2008

Mike Truhe wins ROAR 1/8th Buggy Nats

We received this report from Losi, whose 8ight buggy just won the ROAR 1/8 Nitro Off-Road National Championship for the second year in a row. There is no doubt this 2008 ROAR Nationals will go down in history as one of the nicest and best run events in the last 10 years. Virtually every top factory driver, as well as the best privateers, from around the country raced throughout the week at the beautifully prepared Thunder Alley off-road track in Beaumont, California. The gruelling hour-long A Main event is the ultimate test of both driver and machine. While it was Jared Tebo that took the pole position, it was Losi racer Mike Truhe that took the lead early and went on to complete 126 flawless laps, with times consistently faster than his competitors, to take the win. Overlooked for much of the race was Losi 8ight driver Billy Fischer who bumped up three times through the semi-finals to earn one of the last starting spots in the Nationals A final. With a car that had been raced hard for over an hour Fischer put in a sensational drive from the back of the pack, passing 10 of the best drivers in America, to take the 2nd spot. Jared Tebo rounded out the podium in 3rd spot, ahead of Scott Hughes in 4th, while Losi driver Adam Drake, the reigning 2007 National Champion, completed the race in 5th.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

June 10, 2008

Mark Green wins BRCA 200mm Rd4

The 4th round of the 1/10th 200mm Nationals were run last weekend at the Snetterton track, and it was a GP event meaning it was run to EFRA rules and so there were bump-ups as well as a 45 minute final. As it rained all day Saturday, nobody got any practice, and so on Sunday everyone got 10 minutes free practice to find a setup. Qualifying ended with Serpent racers Mark Green and round 3 winner Kyle Branson in 1st and 2nd, with Chris Slater in 3rd and Johnathan Dobney in 4th. The final saw a good start for the front 2 drivers and within a short time they had opened a gap back to 3rd spot. Mark led for the first 8 laps until Kyle took over the lead, a position he held until the 30 minute mark when he unfortunately stripped a gear. This allowed Mark to regain the lead and Robin Hammet to move up to 2nd, while Kyle dropped back to 5th following the fitting of a replacement gear. In the end Mark Green won by a lap from Xray driver Robin Hammet, with Branson recovering to 3rd, and setting the fastest lap of the race, to take the final step on the podium.

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