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August 7, 2007

Neil Cragg wins UK RallyX Rd4

Last weekend at Pendle, under favourable weather conditions, saw the running of the re-scheduled round 4 of the BRCA 1/8 off road series. Qualifying saw HoBao driver David Crompton take a comfortable pole position ahead of recently crowned European 2wd electric buggy Champion Neil Cragg, racing the Team Associated RC8, in 2nd. The main final saw David take an early lead from Simon Willets after Neil made a small error which dropped him behind Simon. At about the 5 minute mark Neil managed to get past Simon and then set about trying to catch David. Over the next 10 minutes or so Neil chased very hard and managed to get the gap down to about 2 seconds when David had a throttle servo failure. A very unfortunate end to what was shaping up to be a tremendous battle. After David’s retirement Neil dropped into a cruise mode as he had about a 30 second lead which he maintained to the flag to take his the 3rd win of the season ahead of the Kyosho pairing of Karl Jackson and Elliot Boots in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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August 7, 2007

Sato Seiki Serpent 960 Chassis

Japanese tuning parts firm Sato Seiki have released this optional chassis plate for the Serpent 960 1/8th scale. The chassis has been designed in such a way as to allow both the front and rear end to twist, given the car better overall grip in the corners. This is achieved by creating a large open space at the front and rear of the chassis, which weakens the torsional stiffness of the plate enabling it to twist, similar to the optional Serpent 720 chassis but without the use of the carbon plate.

Source: Central RC [centralrc.co.jp]

August 6, 2007

2007 EP Buggy Euro’s – Full report

2007 EP Buggy Euros - Full report

The 2007 European electric buggy Championships were already over a week ago and for a final return to the event, oOple have updated their great report with large galleries of photos that Jimmy took over the course of the week. The event report has now been split into daily sections with a gallery at the bottom of each section, and the main event page even has setup sheets from a lot of the top racers at the event, so be sure to check it out.

View the full Euro’s report here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

August 5, 2007

Joseph Quagraine wins Nordic Champs

Neo Buggy reports – JQ has taken victory at the Nordics – a well deserved victory; now 4 Nordic wins to his name! The start was pretty messy, Robert assumed the lead after Christoffer got taken out, and then fought a bit with Joe, who after a while dropped back. Christoffer was now last and pushing his way up. By about 10mins it was clear that Robert was really flying, his car looked real good, JQ was fighting with other drivers, while Robert was able to build a lead. Christoffer was now fighting his way up and fast, using an aggressive fuel strategy he was able to fight back. By about the 20-25min mark Robban’s lead was down and JQ was really looking strong, Robban had a few bad laps including one notable moment where a marshall literally held his car for 5secs and let about 4 drivers past giving him massive traffic. JQ capitalised and thru fuel stops began to build a serious lead. Robban fell back, and was caught and passed by Christoffer. By about 35mins, Joe was still pushing, having lapped everyone but Chris in 2nd, Linus was also pretty close to Robban in 4th & 3rd… In the end, Joseph took a great victory, followed by Christoffer close to/or a lap down, then Robban.

View the results here.

Source: Neo Buggy [neo-buggy.net]

August 5, 2007

ROAR EP Paved On Road Nats – Videos

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In the middle of July we reported briefly on Barry Baker winning the 2007 ROAR electric paved on road Nationals, held at the Seattle Indoor Raceway. Here are some videos from that race, showing action from all the classes with the video above taken during the Modified class A-main 1 in which Baker took the win. Below we have other Sedan videos as well as some from 1/12th scale.

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August 5, 2007

Joseph Quagraine joins Werks Racing

Neo Buggy are reporting that Finland’s Joseph Quagraine has signed with Werks Racing to run their “Race Blend” fuel during the 2007, 2008 racing season. Joseph with his recent excellent race results at the Euro’s joins HoBao Cup winner Ari Heinonen as the second Finnish based driver to join the Werks Racing team. This represents the first of several upcoming announcements as Werks Racing embarks on an aggressive growth plan in the European market.

Source: Neo Buggy [neo-buggy.net]

August 5, 2007

Ronald Volker wins European TC Champs

This years European Championship for Touring cars held in Montbrison France is over, and it is Ronald Volker that has taken the overall win for Hot Bodies. The first final saw a win for the pole man, and Xray driver, Steven Weiss, followed home closely by former World Champion Marc Reinhard for Tamiya, while the 3rd spot went to Volker. The 2nd final was the same 3 drivers at the front but in a different order, with Volker managing to squeeze past Weiss for the lead which he held till the end in front of Weiss in 2nd and Reinhard in 3rd. The 3rd leg of the final would be the decider and it was Volker once more that made his way to the front to take the lead after Weiss left a small gap which was enough to let the Hot Bodies driver through. Weiss proceeded to follow to try and regain the lead but a mistake cost him several positions and eventually allowed Reinhard up into 2nd and Groskamp into 3rd with Weiss demoted to 4th. This final result gave Volker and Hot Bodies the win, with Weiss in a hard fought 2nd for Xray and Reinhard for Tamiya in 3rd taking the final podium spot.

Podium picture to follow.

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August 5, 2007

Logan Bruecher – Interview

Logan Bruecher - Interview

Our partners down under, Rube Dude, have done an interview with one of Australia top young off road racers, Logan Bruecher. This very talented young driver has just won the first round of the innaugural WA Challenge Cup Series in Geraldton and he did it in a very strong and convincing manner battling it out with Haley and Weise who really put on some incredible pace.

Read the complete interview here.

Source: Rube Dude [rubeduderc.com]