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July 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:

> oOple continues his great coverage of the Euros in Finland – Link [oople.com]
> Medial Pro choose the winner of their Design a tyre competition – Link [medialpro.com]
> Ultimate Racing pay tribute to their new Champion, Robert Batlle – Link [ultimateracing.es]
> Lai Kok Heng wins Borneo Race in Miri Sarawak, Malaysia – Link [ocmracing.com]
> BRCA 1/8th TT round 5 cancelled – Link [brca-rallycross.co.uk]

July 26, 2007

Xtreme Racing CEN Matrix shock tower

Xtreme Racing have announced the release of their new carbon fibre shock tower for the CEN Matrix TR Arena truggy. Made from 4mm thick carbon fiber this tower replaces the original aluminum version and while it is much lighter than the original tower, it is still extremely strong.

Source: Xtreme Racing [xtremercracing.com]

July 26, 2007

Jörn Neumann quickest at 4wd Euros

We received a quick update from the Durango team, who are present at this weeks European Championships in Finland, on todays 4wd practice. Durango team driver Jörn Neumann, who finished 8th in the 2wd class event, set the fastest lap time after 7 rounds of practice just in front of newly crowned 2wd European Champion Neil Cragg, driving the Yokomo BX, while Tamiya driver Hupo Hönigl ended the day with the 3rd quickest lap time. Friday sees final practice and the beginning of qualifying with the final qualfiying rounds and the finals taking place on Saturday.

July 26, 2007

Branham wins US Monster truck Champs

Branham wins US Monster Truck Nats

Xray are reporting on their site from last weekends US Monster truck Championships that were run on the Johnny Cool Guy Raceway in Euless, Texas. Team driver Rocco Margiotta reports on the race:

After a bad start for both Jason and I, Jason put the petal down and pulled away from me and within a couple minutes was battling with McCrary and Battaile for the top spot. The top three guys, including Jason and Mike would switch spots very frequently throughout the rest of the race, until Battaile (running Losi) broke which let McCrary and Branham take off with me in third. McCrary and Branham would swap places a few more times for the rest of the race until Jason pulled away slightly at the end of the race, which resulted in an all XT8 podium!

Read the full report here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 25, 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:

> JP Racing report on the European Championships from Auxerre – Link [jpracing.com]
> Another McLaren Serpent F180 paint scheme – Link [serpent.com]
> Round 6 of the BRCA 1/8TT nationals changes venue – Link [brca-rallycross.co.uk]
> Xray is Principal Sponsor of the 2007 EP Touring Euros – Link [teamxray.com]
> TQ Fuel/Competition products no longer distribute OCM Racing – Link [neo-buggy.net]
> Yet more photos from last weekends Europeans – Link [rcmag.com]
> Werks fuel and tires TQ and win at US Monster Champs – Link [radiocontrolzone.com]

July 25, 2007

Nam & Kanyun win Rd3 of Serpent Korean Cup

Nam & Kanyun win Serpent Korean Cup Rd3

Serpent are reporting on their site from the 3rd round of the Serpent Korea Cup that took place at the Kirina Circuit last weekend. Qualifying saw Serpent development driver Nam SangJun that the top qualifying spot in both the 200mm and 1/8th scale classes. The 18 year old easily converted his 1/10th pole position into victory winning the 40-minute final by a clear 2 laps ahead of Kim KiYoul in 2nd and Ahn HyunHo in 3rd. In the 1/8th scale final the current Korean National Champion was struck by engine trouble which forced him to retire 1/4 way into the race which left Serpent team mate Kyun DooHyun to take the win in front of NamGung Wook in 2nd and Jang JiHwan in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 25, 2007

Kartanegara wins Rd2 of Indonesian Nats

Xray are reporting on their site from the 2nd round of the Indonesian National Championships for electric touring cars held recently at Jakarta’s International Twin Circuit facility. In qualfiying it was Xray driver Didi Kartanegara that took the TQ spot in the Foam Mod class while in the Rubber Mod class the top qualifying spot went to another Xray, that of Yung Yung. After the 3 finals in each class it was a win in Foam Mod for Kartanegara, ahead of team mates Bowie and Freddy in 2nd and 3rd respectively, while in the rubber class the win went to Yung ahead of Sutrisno in 2nd and Kartanegara in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 25, 2007

Neil Cragg wins 2wd European Champs

The 2007 European Championships for electric powered buggies are being run in Vaasa, Finland this week and already the 2wd event is history. Qualifying saw a dominant display by current World Champion Neil Cragg, the Associated driver winning all 5 heats to stamp his authority on the event and claim the pole position. The 2nd place went to Hupo Honigl racing a Losi buggy while in 3rd was another Associated, that of Lee Martin. In the finals it was again all about Cragg who won the first 2 finals and with it the crown, but he didnt have it all his own way having been heavily hounded by Lee Martin in final 2, a roll by Martin saw his chance for the win over and the crown go to Cragg. Neil sat out the 3rd final and this allowed Martin to take the win and with it the 2nd place overall, while the last step of the podium went to Honigl in 3rd.

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