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January 11, 2008

Groskamp overnight TQ at DHI Cup

Jilles Groskamp TQ

Jilles Groskamp has made the perfect start to his new tenure at Tamiya by setting the quickest time in round 1 of the 2008 DHI Cup, giving him maximum points for the round with 3 of the 5 to count. Heading into Heat 21, the final heat of the round, it was Hot Bodies racer Andy Moore that had taken the TQ spot over from Shin Adachi, who had only taken the spot in the previous heat. Heat 12 saw a gaggle of quick cars, all on TQ pace which included Juho Levanen, Teemu Leino and of course Groskamp. In the final moments Jilles managed to get his head down and put in the laps needed to take the top spot and was aided by a slowing Levanen, run time being a struggle for a lot of the competitors.

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January 10, 2008

Jonas Kaerup joins Hot Bodies

Jonas Kaerup has made a surprise move only a short time before the 2008 DHI-CUP, with the former European 1:10 electric Touring Car Champion deciding to end his relationship with Corally, and race the Hot Bodies Cyclone for Morfars.dk and Hot Bodies Europe. Jonas had to say-

It is a major chance to get to drive the Hot Bodies Cyclone and I am thrilled to get the opportunity. The car has won the European championships and World championships in the hands of Andy Moore. It is probably the best car I get to drive now, so I cannot wait to try it on the track.

As well as signing up to Hot Bodies, Morfars.dk and Much More Racing, Jonas will be continuing to run GM motors and batteries with Xenon racing gears.

Source: Race RC [racerc.dk]

January 10, 2008

Olly Jefferies wins Rug Racers Rd4

Mirage are reporting from the 4th round of the Rug Racers championships which saw round 3 winner Olly Jefferies continue his great run of form to take the overall win. The HB Cyclone of Jefferies led after round one of qualifying but it was Elliott Harper that took over at the top of the time sheets in round two which made the final round of qualifying a very tense affair with both Elliott and Olly suffering incidents in the last run leaving Olly on pole with Elliott missing out by only a second. The first leg of the final saw Olly pull out a lead while Elliott found himself battling hard for second with Chris Kerswell, Elliot eventually claiming the position and taking 2nd. The 2nd leg was closer and saw Harper close to the bumper of the yellow and pink Cyclone for most of the race but he couldnt find a way past and so Jefferies took the overall win from Harper in 2nd.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]

January 9, 2008

Cris Oxley is BRCA Micro Scale Champion

We received a report from the 4th round of the BRCA Micro Nationals, which after a 2 month break returned to the carpet at the Tamworth TRRAC club’s new venue. The track layout was challenging from the start. Corrugated plastic rumble strips, a perspex crossover, 12ft high wall ride, a gym mat filled ‘S-bend’ and a corner table top back onto the main 20m long straight would separate the men from the boys and make for exciting finals later on in the day.

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January 9, 2008

Hupo Honigl to run X-Factory in 2008

Hupo Honigl to run X-Factory for 2008

We received news from X-Factory to let us know that current European 4wd Champion Hupo Honigl from Austria, will run the company’s X-6 2wd car in 2008. Since his main sponsor Tamiya does not currently make a 2WD buggy, Honigl is free to run the car of his choice in that class, and Hupo has chosen X Factory’s New Math. In his very first race with the X-6, Hupo won the Austrian Indoor Winter Championship last weekend, beating a strong field of challengers with a borrowed box-stock car. X-Factory had not been able to ship Hupo’s car and parts from the US in time for this early-January race, so he borrowed the car of his friend Florian Klemm, complete with the original X-6 transmission and shock tower and dominated the race.

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January 8, 2008

Hagberg wins Swedish Christmas Race

Xray have a report on their site from their team driver Alexander Hagberg on the recent Swedish Christmas race held at the Borĺs track in western Sweden. The event attracted around 60 racers and the event was run with a Reedy race type format which saw 6 races run for all racers with the best 4 counting. After all rounds were run it was Xray racer Hagberg who took the overall win with maximum points ahead of the Serpent pairing of Tommy Bergfeldt and Christoffer Södergren in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 7, 2008

Boots wins Novarossi Winter Series Rd4

Round four of the Novarossi Raceway Winter Series was run last weekend and the event went like clockwork which meant plenty of racing for everyone. Elliot Boots took control of the meeting in round one with a stunning time to ensure maximum points for the round. It was then the turn of David Spashett to take rounds 2 and 3 securing TQ for the day. In the main final trouble for David at the start of the final put him all the way to the back, while Elliot Boots, Reece Sawyer and Simon Reeves took to the front of the pack and never looked back, all three holding there positions for the 20 minute final. An excellent battle between Richard Bettaney and David Spashett completed the top 5 for the day. In the truggy class local star Joe Joyce had a terrible time and had to bump from the B final to then continue his better luck and form to finish third overall. TQ man Chris Larner didn’t get the rub of the race track to convert his TQ to the win which left Steve Slayford to drive an exceptional race and the overall victory.

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January 7, 2008

Blackstock & Cyrul take Novak race wins

RC Car Action have a brief report from last weekends US Touring Car Championships, an all brushless event run by Scotty Ernst. In the foam 10.5-turn and Modified classes, it was a two man show between Mike Blackstock and Josh Cyrul. Corally’s Blackstock set the TQ in both classes with this RDX Phi and looked untouchable, but Josh Cyrul with his custom built sedan won the 10.5-turn A1 and A2 mains to take the overall win. In the Modified class it was all she wrote when Blackstock took the early lead and checked out in both the A1 and A2-mains to claim the championship.

Source: RCCA [rccaraction.com]