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October 28, 2007

Robin D’Hondt signs to Merlin Fuel

Merlin Racing fuels in Spain have announced that current Belgian 1/8th scale National Champion Robin D’Hondt has signed to use their products for the 2008 season. After an intensive test on the Roselare circuit, he was happy with the performance of the fuel and has decided to defend his National title using Merlin Fuel products. Despite his age Robin has achieved a lot on the track, winning the 2007 Belgian Championships as well as this years Benelux Cup and in 2006 he was a European Championship finalist in Oslo, Norway.

Source: Merlin [merlinfuel.com]

October 27, 2007

BRCA 1/12th Nationals Round 2

The second round of the BRCA 1/12th scale Nationals were run last weekend at the Chippenham indoor track for both 19T and Modified classes. In the 19T class, which was run on Saturday, it was Matt White that took the pole position, but a slow start in the final meant he was eaten up by the pack and after the positions settled down, it was Keith Robertson that was at the front, taking the win from Chris Kerswell and Matt White. In the Modified class on Sunday, the pole position went to current National Champion and round 1 winner Andy Griffiths but in the final he was made to work for the win having been knocked down the order at the beginning of the race. He managed to regain his pace and worked his way back to the front with a great recovery drive, taking the win from 2nd placed Matt White with 3rd spot going to a very close Mark Stiles.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]

October 26, 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:

> Tamiya release detailed information about their DT-02 MS buggy – Link [tamiya.com]
> Soeren Boy Holst wins round 1 of Pilegaards Cup – Link [teamxray.com]
> Images from the final round of the French 1/8 TT Nationals – Link [rcmag.com]

October 25, 2007

Offroad Winter Champs – Announcement

Off Road Winter Champs - Announcement

We received an e-mail from the organisers of the Offroad WinterChamps, held in the first weekend of the new year in Hohenems in Austria. The unofficial European Indoor Championship as it has been referred to as, the event attracts top drivers like European Champion Hupo Hoenigl, Joern Neumann and Peter Pinisch every year, who come to take up the challenge on the demanding multi surface indoor track. The race will be held on the 5th – 6th of January and entry opens on the 8th of November at 20:00 CET. In 2007 the race was fully booked out in less than 48 hours so don’t miss out on your chance to sign up to be one of the 160 participants taking part in 2008.

You can find more information about this event here.

October 25, 2007

Paul LeMieux wins Midwest Series

Xray have a report from their team driver Paul LeMieux on the sixth and final race of the Midwest series, which was held in Toledo, Ohio recently. After 4 rounds of qualifying it was LeMieux who was on the pole position with the NT1, ahead of Andy Powers in 2nd and Chris Doseck in 3rd, the latter having ran out of fuel on his final and potentially fastest run. In the finals it was Paul and Andy that could pull away from the pack at the start with Chris settling in to 3rd but after some time Andy started to fall back into the clutches of Doseck, who managed to get passed into 2nd and was able to go after his team mate LeMieux. Bad luck for Chris however who flamed out after a coming together with a marshall with 10 minutes to run, which dropped him down the order. In the end it was Paul LeMieux that took the win from Andy Powers in 2nd and Ira Schultz in 3rd, this win gave Paul the Midwest title with Doseck finishing as runner up in the standings.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 23, 2007

Nilsson and Garant win SSIC Rd2

Niclas Nilsson wins Swedish Indoor Rd2

The 2nd round of the South Swedish Indoor Championship (SSIC) took place last weekend at the Väst-8 track in Gothenburg where young Serpent team driver Niclas Nilsson was the star of the 50 car field TQ’ing in Modified class while in the 27 turn class it was a win for another Serpent S400 driver Oliwer Garant. Racing on the tight and technical track, Nilsson took 2 A-main Modified victories to claim the overall win ahead of team-mate Christopher Södergren in 2nd and Associated racer Mathias Larsson in 3rd. In the 27-turn finals it was Garant that took the overall victoy by winning all three finals finishing in front of Robin Haugnes in 2nd and Joakim Taxén Swahn in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 23, 2007

Matticoli crowned Argentine Champion

Serpent are reporting that their Argentinian team driver Juan Ignacio Matticoli has won the 2007 Argentine National Championship for 1:10 200mm. Held in the La Tablada province of Buenos Aires, the National Championship attracted the best drivers from across the country but it was Matticoli, driving a Serpent 720, that won the two day competition in dominant fashion, winning the 45-minute Main Final by 5 laps ahead of Mugen driver Adrian Castro in 2nd with Kyosho racer Enzo Branciforte 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 23, 2007

Hupo Hönigl joins Much More

Hupo Honigl joins Much More

Current European Electric 4wd Buggy Champion Hupo Hönigl has been signed to Korean electronics and tools manufacturer Much More. The Austrian driver, who races for Tamiya in both off road and in Touring car, will now be using Much More products track side and joins many other great drivers signed to the Much More brand such as Andy Moore, Atsushi Hara, Marc Rheinard and Surikarn Chaidejsuriya.

Source: Much More [much-more.co.kr] via RC Forum [rcforum.co.kr]