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February 1, 2008

Zack Barry dominates Indoor ROC

Xray are reporting on the 2008 18th Scale Indoor Off-road Race of Champions that were held last Sunday at RC Madness in Enfield CT. This was the third year that this warm up race for the 18th Scale Off-road Nationals was held and attendance at the race was good with approximately 80 entries. Three rounds of qualifiers were run and then the mains and it was Zack Barry that finished the qualifiers with the TQ in all three classes entered, he also won every qualifier that he ran. Zack went on to win the A-mains in all 3 classes, winning by 2 full laps in each race.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 31, 2008

Ielasi wins on debut for Shepherd

We got word from Shepherd Racing that newly signed team driver Daniele Ielasi won last weekend in Lucca, Italy in his first race with the Velox. With the Shepherd team, consisting of Robert Pietsch, Patrick Schäfer and Armin Weihert, in attendance to give support, Daniele quickly became comfortable with the car and could improve his lap times constantly. The race saw 50 drivers in attendance including 2 time European Champion Dario Balestri as well as Marco Vanni and Stefano Puccinelli and after Saturday’s practice session it was clear that the battle for the win would be between Dario and Daniele. After 3 qualifying rounds on Sunday morning, and with drivers battling with fuel consumption, it was Balestri that took the pole position just in front of Ielasi in 2nd. With changes to his muffler prior to the final Daniele immediately jumped into the lead in front of Balestri, Vanni and Puccinelli and up to the first pit stop the Velox racer could increase his lead at the front of the pack. By the middle of the final there was a gap of 8 seconds between the first 2 racers but 6 minutes before the end Dario had to stop with glowplug failure while Marco Vanni also had to retire because of gearbox problems. This left Daniele to cruise home in first, taking his first victory in his first outing with his new team.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

January 31, 2008

Tobias Hepp joins Serpent SDD program

Tobias Hepp joins Serpent’s SDD program

Serpent have announced that young German racer Tobias Hepp has been signed to the Serpent Driver Development program, which aims to assist up and coming racers in their quest to reach the highest levels of the sport. 14-year-old Tobias has been racing for 5 years and has made a big impression in his home country, winning his first major RC championship title in 2004, for the past two seasons has been the German 1:8th scale Junior National Champion. This season will see him race in both the 1:8 and 1:10 200mm German Nationals, while in addition to his National racing the youngster will travel to Austria and Spain for the European 1:8th B and A Championships respectively.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 30, 2008

Daily News Round-up

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

> CRC release more detailed pics of their GenX10 – Link [teamcrc.com]
> Schumacher Mi3 places 3rd at Swedish Nationals – Link [racing-cars.com]
> Mario Spiniello wins Star Racing Event in Italy – Link [teammagic.com.tw]
> Aigoin Racing release new Fuel called Oxygen– Link [aigoinracing.com]
> Hot Bodies Japan Cyclone D4 WE page – Link [hpiracing.co.jp]

January 30, 2008

2008 Latin Cup – Announcement

2008 Latin Cup - Announcement

We received a mail announcing the upcoming 2008 Latin Cup that takes place in Puerto Rico on July 18th – 20th. Held at the most complete Sport Complex in the north area, the Barceloneta R/C Speedway, the track is located 45 minutes from the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport and on your way to the track you will find beautiful hotels, restaurants and an excellent view of our beaches and sunsets. Open to 1/8th, 1/10th Sedan and 1/10th Outlaw classes, racers are expected from the United States, Dominican Republic and other countries in Central and South America.

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January 30, 2008

Joern Neumann wins Kyosho Indoor

Joern Neumann wins Kyosho Masters

Serpent have a report from their team driver Joern Neumann who was in action last weekend at the Kyosho International Indoor in Ostrava in the Czech Republic. The event was held in a large ice hockey arena with the surface made up of carpet and a kind of grass, which made tire choice very difficult. Following some tire tests, Joern found the correct balance and managed to win 3 of the 4 qualifiers to take the event TQ. Once through the semis, in which he drove most of the final in 2wd after a broken drive shaft, he was able to pull out a clear lead in the main final, winning by 2 laps from Kyosho driver Daniel Reckward in 2nd and Gerhardt Frank in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com] / Image: RC Car Ostrava [rccarostrava.cz]

January 29, 2008

Daily News Round-up

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

> Perfect S400 debut for Tim Wood – Link [serpent.com]
> Phil Chambers wins British Indoor Winter Series Rd3 – Link [mirageracing.com]
> Tom Kalves takes Prostock win in Kuusanko, Finland – Link [serpent.com]
> Team Exotek release M18 & Spada foam bumpers – Link [exotekracing.com]
> Team Corally 4200UP matched cells – Link [rctouring.eu]
> Xray report on the International Friendship Race – Link [teamxray.com]
> Buggy prototype of Joern Neumann – Link [neobuggy.net]

January 29, 2008

Puerto Rico National Championship Rd1

The first round of the Puerto Rico Championships was held last weekend in Barceloneta, with the event open to 1/8th scale and 1/10th 200mm. In the 1/8 scale class it was Mugen team driver Andy Báez that took the TQ spot and in the 30 minute final the IDM powered racer took the win by 1 lap in front of Juan C. Rodríguez in 2nd and Fernando Méndez in 3rd. In the Sedan class it was again Andy Báez that took the TQ with his Mugen but in the final finished 2nd after a long battle with Kyosho driver Geovanni Gónzalez. In the end of the 45 minute final the gap between to first and 2nd placed racers was 3 laps with 3rd placed Jesús M. Rivera a further 2 laps back.

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