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April 13, 2008

Groskamp & Spitteler take ETS Rd3

ETS Rd3 Modified podium

The 3rd round of the Much More backed Euro Touring series, held at the MACH circuit in Heemstede, The Netherlands is over and it was pole man Jilles Groskamp that took the overall win. Racing under spring sunshine, Groskamp was pushed hard in all rounds of the A-main but was able to wrap up the overall win after taking the first 2 legs. Despite having some run time issues on this big track, Marc Rheinard was able to clinch 2nd while Viktor Wilck could take 3rd to give Tamiya the complete podium. In the Super Stock class, it couldn’t have come to a more exciting climax with Jimmy Maddison taking the Leg 3 victory from George Spitteler but it was the latter that secured the overall win on tie break, with pole man Vasco Christiansse ending up 3rd.

View the full event report here.

April 12, 2008

Groskamp & Christiaanse TQ Dutch ETS

Groskamp & Christiaanse TQ Dutch ETS Race

Jilles Groskamp and Vasco Christiaanse have secured the TQ for the latest round of the Much More backed Euro Touring Series which is taking place at the MACH track in the Netherlands this weekend. Racing in his backyard, Tamiya ace Groskamp won three of todays four heats thereby putting the pole position out of reach of his rivals. Toughest of those rivals is current Dutch National Vice-Champion Hugo Van der Berg who took victory in the second of the heats and is currently on target to line up on the front row with his fellow countryman. In Pro Stock Vasco Christiaanse appears to be the class of the field securing the pole with relative ease taking a hat trick of wins in the first three heats that allowed the Kyosho driver to sit out the day’s final qualifier and save his tyres for tomorrow’s final. Chris Van Der Hagen, at the controls of a Tamiya took the final heat win of the day to move into fourth in the overall qualifying standings behind Schumacher pairing Jimmy Maddison and Ronald Bestman.

Full coverage of today’s ETS qualification can be seen on the official ETS site here.

April 12, 2008

Jeremy Cupps signs to Team XS Power

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]

April 12, 2008

Taylor Peterson joins KO Propo

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]

April 10, 2008

Cody King signs to Byron Fuel

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.

April 9, 2008

Nuno Gancho wins Portugal Nats Rd2

Nuno Gancho wins Portugal Nats Rd1

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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April 8, 2008

Daily News Round-up

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

April 8, 2008

Adam Drake dominates SoCal SS Rd1

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.