Team XS Power were in touch to tell us that top US gas racer Jeremy Cupps has signed to their company to run IDM engines for the following season. Team XS Power also wanted to report that they are now the exclusive importer for Shepherd Micro racing in North America.
Source: Team XS Power [teamxspower.com]
KO Propo in America have contacted us to let everyone know that top Kyosho racer Taylor Peterson has joined their team. A multiple race winner and finalist, Taylor will use KO Propo radio equipment in his Kyosho Inferno buggy and truggy with immediate effect.
Source: KO Propo [kopropo.com]
We have received word that Kyosho America team driver, and USA Worlds team #8, Cody King has changed fuel suppliers, moving from Sidewinder to Byron Fuel. Cody had the following to say about the deal:
I will be running the new Byron GEN2 Pro Driver blend fuel this year at the Nationals and the Worlds. I am really happy to be running what I think is the most advanced fuel blend on the market, and also for a company with a rich tradition in the RC industry. I had nothing but good experiences with Sidewinder, so please allow me to thank Morgan Fuel for the last two years of flawless support.
Last weekend saw the second round of the Portuguese 1/10th EP Touring car Nationals take place at the Monsanto track, home of this year’s 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Worlds and the track provided all the racers present with very good grip thanks to the rubber layed down by the nitro cars at the recent Worlds Warm-Up. The Modified class was won by Xray driver Nuno Gancho, finishing in front of Hot Bodies driver Francisco Henrique in 2nd, while the 3rd spot went to Daniel Ferreira driving a Serpent. The stock class saw another win for Xray, with Pedro Pita winning from Schumacher driver João Miguel in 2nd and Robitronics racer Gonçalo Alves in 3rd.
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A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:
> Oscar Cabezas takes first podium in Round 2 – Link [serpent.com]
> Report from the GRP Dirt Challenge 2008 – Link [mirageracing.com]
> Entry opens for the ’08 Manufacturers Cup – Link [manufacturerscup.com]
> Cyclone 12 wins 2008 European Champs – Link [hbeurope.com]
> Xray M18T Pro review – Link [oople.com]
> Xray Double Win at US Off-road Micro Nats – Link [teamxray.com]
> More video interviews from the Neo08 – Link [vimeo.com]
Entry is open for ETS Rd3 in The Netherlands, April 11th-13th
We received a brief report from round one of the 2008 Southern California Saturday Series, that was held at Pro-Line’s track in Banning, CA. Team Losi racer Adam Drake TQ’d both the buggy and truggy classes and went on the win both as well. In the buggy class, he won from Kyosho’s Cody King in 2nd and Hobao driver Jeremy Kortz in 3rd, while in truggy, it was the Kyosho pairing of Levi Jackson and Ryan Lutz that rounded out the top 3.
The opening round of the Dutch 1/10th 200mm Nationals was run last weekend in Groningen in the very north of the country. Changing weather conditions affected everyone and for the NK class it was Serpent racer Remy Moller that claimed the pole position in front of his team mate Ruud Schuitmaker. In the final Remy immediately got into the lead but unfortunately had technical problems with put him out and handed the lead to Schuitmaker with Kyosho driver Daan Jacobs just behind in 2nd. Koen Geurds had come from the 10th spot on the grid making up some places and could close on the leading pair, who were busy battling over position. Unfortunately for Koen, in the last 5 minutes his tyres were worn out and this made it difficult to get into a battle with the front 2 drivers. Ruud and Daan had been at it the entire race and on the last lap Ruud made a small mistake at the end of the main straight, clipping the inside of the corner and spinning his car around (see sequence below), this was enough for Daan to get by and take the win with Ruud less than a second behind in 2nd and Koen in 3rd only under a second further back.
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The 2nd round of the Portuguese 1/8th scale buggy Nationals was run last weekend at the Torres Vedras track, near Lisbon. Following the Semi finals it was Kyosho factory driver Miguel Matias who would start he main final from pole position, while the winner of the B Semi was Rodrigo Luis, who would start in 2nd. In the main final Matias set the fastest lap of the race, and after 45 minutes he was able to take the victory from the Hong Nor pairing of Rodrigo Luis in 2nd and Fernado Almeida in 3rd.
Source: E Modelismo [e-modelismo.com]
