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August 9, 2007

Daily News Round-up

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

> Mirage report from the 2007 Euros in Montbrison, France – Link [mirageracing.com]
> McIntosh wins the RC Pro Series EAST Round 2 – Link [teamxray.com]
> Report from the 8th round of the Schumacher BTCC – Link [mirageracing.com]
> Hungarian off road National Championship Round 4 – Link [rbproducts.com]
> Moore-Speed Reynard 02S 12th Body – Link [mirageracing.com]
> Pre painted bodies from Ansmann – Link [powers-international.com]

August 9, 2007

Juho Levanen joins Much More

Korean electric accessories manufacturer, Much More, have confirmed that they have signed up top Team Associated driver Juho Levanen from Finland. Levanen, who will now use Much More products, has dominated this years Fintrack series as well as winning the LRP Masters in April while the highlight of his racing career so far must definitely be his back to back European 1/10th scale Touring car titles in 2002 and 2003.

Source: RC Forum [rcforum.co.kr]

August 9, 2007

Serpent 31mm Centax-3 flywheel

More products from Serpent, this time its this new smaller diameter Centax 3 flywheel for use on the Serpent 720. This new flywheel is now 31mm in diameter, compared to 33mm from the original version and because of this smaller size you can use the LCG engine mount combined with the LCG chassis without risking the flywheel hitting the track surface. Apart from the diameter changes the flywheel is still the same lightweight, high quality, item that is included as standard in the kit.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 9, 2007

Southport Nationals report by oOple

The fifth round of the BRCA electric buggy Nationals was held last weekend on the multi surfaced Southport track, in the Northwest of England. The 2wd class racers on Saturday had some light rain to contend with, while Sundays 4wd event was run under sunny and dry conditions. The 2wd class saw Losi driver Darren Bloomfield once again take the win having qualified 2nd behind recently crowned European Champion Neil Cragg, while in 4wd it was local racer Richard Taylor that took the TQ and the win, while Lee Martin wrapped up the 2007 title with a 4th position.

Read the full report race here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

August 9, 2007

Andersen wins at Norwegian Nats

Xray have a report on their site from the recent Norwegian National Championship race that was run on the brand new Spydeberg Raceway, Spydeberg being the home town of the Solberg brothers, that compete in the WRC. In qualifying it was Xray NT1 driver Helge Johannesen that comfortably claimed the pole position ahead of team mate Georg Ellingsen in 2nd place. The start of the final saw pole man Johannesen stretch out a lead ahead of Morten Bremsrud and Georg Ellingsen who were having a battle for 2nd position. Further into the race it was Frank Andersen who could work his way towards the front, and when Johannesen ran out fuel 2 times, it was enough for Andersen to take the lead where he stayed to take to win finishing 2 laps up on Johannesen in 2nd and Ellngsen in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 8, 2007

Bavarian Off-Road Cup Rd8

Last weekend in Kempten saw the 8th round of the Bavarian Off-Road Cup take place under sunny conditions, however with rain during the previous days the track was still wet in the morning. The race was open to hobby and expert level racers and a total of 72 participants showed up on the day with an exciting race expected due to the quick racers all turning the same lap times. Qualifying saw the pole position go to Kyosho driver Uli Probst, and right from the start of the race he could pull away, with only Florian Braun able to stay in touch. It looked to be an easy victory for Uli but just before the end he encountered some problems lapping slower cars and this allowed Florian to pass for the lead and take the win. Uli Probst came home in 2nd with Alois Offner in 3rd, with all drivers on the podium using PMT tyres.

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August 8, 2007

Chinese National Junior Championship

Last weekend saw one of Chinas biggest annual races, the National Junior Championships, run at the B.M.W. track 200 kilometres from Hong Kong. Thousands of students had attended the local qualifying races hoping to claim a place at the main race but only 12 teams managed to make it to the Championships. In the 1/8th scale buggy class it was 15 year old LInJunBin, who was driving a Team Losi 8ight, that took the win having started in 10th spot. Starting near the rear of the field he had to push and after 3 laps he was up into 2nd place and a few minutes later, when the current leader HongNanfang broke his car and retired, LInJunBin could take the lead and go on to win the race.

Source: RC Fans [rcfans.com]

August 7, 2007

Daily News Round-up

Red RC - Daily Round-up

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

> Xray release a new 3.5mm thick rear shock tower for the T2 – Link [rcworld.ch]
> MID have a report from the 1/8th scale Euros in Lostallo – Link [mid-mugen.de]
> Hot Bodies have a brief report from the EP Euros – Link [hbeurope.com]
> Lots of nice chassis pictures from the Euros in Montbrison – Link [blogs.se]