The 7th and last round of the Danish DRCMU 1/10 Off-Road championship, was held recently at the Odense RC Minirace multi surface track which is a tight and technical track. This last race is very important because it gives double points, and so a victory which normally gives 40 points counts for 80 points and because of this the event was very well attended and positions were hard fought.
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Following on from yesterdays qualifying for the 4wd class at this years EP buggy World Championships in Japan, todays final round of qualifying saw Hirosaka move up into 3rd overall and the 2nd Serpent Prototype buggy of Joern Neumann managing to take its place in the final, joining team mate Billy Easton, lining up 7th and 8th and Joern becoming the only European in the main event. In the finals it was Jared Tebo from the pole position spot that dominated the event with his Associated B44 to take two final wins and with it the World Title, he sat out the 3rd final. The 2nd spot was left to be battled out between Ryan Maifield and Ryan Cavalieri with Maifield managing to get the runner up spot ahead of his team mate, giving the all new B44 a complete podium lock out.
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Our mate Jimmy over at oOple is doing his usual magic as he reports live on this years Electric Buggy World Championships that are held in Japan this week. As we already have seen, it was Hayato Matsuzaki that took the title in 2wd and now the 4wd guys have their turn to fight for a title of their own. Qualifying is over for the day and it was an all American / Japanese lock out of the main final placings with the US and Team Associated placing drivers in the first 3 spots with Jared Tebo on pole position, Ryan Maifield in 2nd and Ryan Cavalieri in 3rd all driving the new B44. Racing legend Hirosaka is in 4th, the first of the Japanese, and also worth noting is Billy Easton in 7th racing the new Serpent buggy prototype.
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Joel Johnson, Vice President of Kyosho America and an accomplished racer with two World titles and countless National Championships to his credit, can now add 2007 ROAR 1/8 On-Road Nation Champion to his dossier.
Driving a 2007 Kyosho Evolva, Johnson qualified fifth for the A-main. He decided to set-up his car for a long, conservative run during the final that would not include a tire change, while many other drivers stopped mid-race for a tire change. Johnson’s measured pace paid off around the mid-point of the one-hour final, passing most of the front-runners as they stopped for tires. After swapping the lead back and forth a few times due to pit stops, Johnson finally took the lead for good in the last ten minutes, scoring the win as the 2007 ROAR 1/8 On-Road National Champion with his Sirio-powered Kyosho Evolva 2007.
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Hot Bodies driver Hayato Matsuzaki is the 2007 IFMAR 2WD Off Road World Champion. The Japanese driver won the crown on home soil from fellow B4 drivers Jared Tebo and Ryan Maifield after winning Legs 2 and 3 of the A Main. Having TQ’d the event, Matsuzaki got off to a poor start finishing only seventh in Leg 1 as Maifield took the win. Rising to the occassion the Japanese ace came back in style to win the next two legs to lift the World title. World Championship action continues in Japan with the 4WD World Champion set to be decided over the coming days. For full coverage and great pictures from the event vist our friends Oople.com who are in Japan thanks to the support of Team Associated/Reedy/LRP.
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Multiple ROAR Florida State Series Champion Gene Hickerson has added another title to his impressive off road racing CV by winning the 2007 Brazil 1:8 Buggy National Championships at Asa Branca Speedway in Fortaleza over the weekend. Starting from 2nd on the grid the CEN Racing team driver used his Matrix Buggy to good effect to win the title comfortably from Mugen pairing Kris Moore and Henrique Winik.
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Steven Hayes won the Irish 1:10 Onroad National Championship in the best way possible over the weekend by taking his 3rd win of the season in the ORCA run series. Racing in the 6th round of the championship at the St. Annes Park track, the Xray/Nosram driver won the event after defending champion Chris Steele dropped out of the lead with engine trouble 3-minutes from the end of the 30-minute final. Serpent drivers Eoin Doran and Chris Lawlor completed the podium.
In 1:8 Clive Connolly headed home standings leader Darragh Fox for his third win of the season but the Serpent pairing will have to wait two weeks till the re-run of the 4th round, which was rained off, to decide who will be crowned 1:8 Champion. Mugen driver Austin Elliot was third.
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Our friends Oople, who are over in the Japan, have produced this video showing a lap of the track where the 2007 1/10th Scale IFMAR World Championships are underway. Currently after four rounds of qualifying it is Japanese driver Masami Hirosaka that holds the TQ with one round of qualifying to run.
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