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January 29, 2008

Olly Jefferies wins Carpet Thrashnals Rd6

Last weekend saw the 6th round of the CML Carpet Thrashnals run in Chippenham and it was Hot Bodies racer Olly Jefferies that was the man to beat on the day. In qualifying he ended up a lap ahead of Russ Williams in 2nd with Stu Noble in 3rd and Andrew Carter in 4th. In the modified A final Olly shrugged off an early challenge from Russ and disappeared off in to lead to record yet another winter victory ahead of Russ in 2nd and Tom Green in 3rd.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]

January 29, 2008

Boots wins Novarossi Winter Series Rd5

We received a report from the recent 5th round of the Novarossi Winter Series that saw some fantastic racing after the weather eased off enough for the Novarossi Raceway track to dry out for the event. Elliot Boots (RC8 RB) owned qualification taking all three rounds with David Spashett (Losi Novarossi) second and Edd Kerry (Losi Novarossi) third. In the Truggy class it was a battle all day between John Hazelwood (Xray OS) and Reece Sawyer (Losi Novarossi), both drivers missing one round during the day due to their mechanics whooopsy’s but still all in good fun. John took top spot for the final with Reece second and Mark Truslove (Losi Novarossi) in third.

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January 28, 2008

RC Pro 1/5 F1 World Championship

The RC Pro Series were in contact to tell us about their upcoming 1/5th scale F1 World Championship that will be held at the SV Speedway in Sun Valley, California. The event, which takes place from August 20th to 23rd, sees registration open on February the 7th and as a side attraction the event will also see 1/8 Spec GT and Open GT classes run alongside.

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January 28, 2008

Kawahara for MSR & Mike Swauger

Mugen Seiki Racing have announced the exclusive distributor rights for Kawahara Racing product in the USA for 2008. Starting in February 2008, MSR will carry the complete line of 1/10th and 1/8th scale on-road foam tires plus all the high quality option parts that Kawahara is known for making. This new deal will also see top Mugen racer Mike Swauger, who recently switched to JP Racing engines, run the Kawahara tires at all races. Contact MSR for further information regarding all Kawahara products.

Source: MSR [mugenracing.com]

January 28, 2008

Schumacher Indoor Masters – Report

Schumacher Indoor Masters - Report

oOple have a report from last weekends Schumacher Indoor Off Road Masters, held at the indoor track in Worksop. The track was laid out the previous evening and was wider than the usual layout, with plenty of well thought out features to tax the drivers skills. The 4wd class saw the win go to the TQ man Richard Lowe, driving the JConcepts BJ4 WE, while in 2wd the victory went to European Champion Neil Cragg who had qualified 2nd behind Team oOple driver Stuart Wood.

Read the full report here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

January 27, 2008

1/10th 200mm Worlds Warm up race

A quick post to remind everyone who wants to attend the 1/10th 200mm Worlds Warm up in Portugal, that the entries are now open for the March 17th – 23rd event. This promises to be a great race on a very flowing track, close to the centre of Lisbon and will be attended by some very quick drivers making it a nice event to attend, even if you wont be competing at the Worlds in August.

Go here to see the warm up schedule, and here to enter.

Source: Worlds Portugal [world-championship-2008.com]

January 26, 2008

Paul Wynn wins 08 FSEARA Champs Rd1

Team Associated are reporting that the 2008 FSEARA Championship series and newly acquired Team AE driver Paul Wynn have gotten off to a fantastic start. Last weekend PnP Hobbies hosted the first race of the FSEARA Championship, the first series in the country to adopt brushless motors and Li-Po batteries for all classes. Paul made the most of it by winning 4 out of the 6 rounds in the modified class (Reedy Race format) with his LRP/Reedy powered TC5 to take the overall win.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

January 25, 2008

Norwegian Winter Series Rd3

The first race since the ban on racing in Norway due to exploding cells was lifted took place recently in Tromsø, a city 1700km north of Oslo. There was 2 qualifying heats on Saturday and 1 on Sunday and after both days of qualifying in Modified it was Xray racer Adrian Berntsen on pole followed by Corally racer Jon Åge Olsen in 2nd while Serpent racer Goran Langsholt finished up in 3rd. In 19T stock class Marcus Alvestad, driving a Kysoho took top spot ahead of Petter Chruckshank in 2nd and Leif Tore Stensrød in 3rd.

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