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July 24, 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:

> Barry Baker reports on his ROAR Nationals win – Link [teamxray.com]
> Ultimate Racing celebrate their great result in Auxerre – Link [ultimateracing.es]
> Pro-Line’s Scott Hughes has joined forces with Futaba – Link [neo-buggy.net]
> Central RC release the full range of East parts for Serpent 960 – Link [centralrc.co.jp]
> Build review of the Team Losi JRXS Type-R – Link [rcinfos.com]
> RB Concepts announce the limited edition ‘Seven’ – Link [rbproducts.com]
> Automodelisme have a large gallery from the 1/8th TT Euros – Link [automodelisme.com]
> Team Orion USA are moving offices – Link [teamorion.com]
> RB Products have started selling their large RB flags – Link [rbproducts.com]
> Message from Robert Battle on winning the Euros – Link [neo-buggy.net]

July 23, 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:

> Large gallery of pictures from the European Championships – Link [neo-buggy.net]
> Podium images from the Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout – Link [radiocontrolzone.net]
> Video from the European Championships main final – Link [medialpro.com]
> Results from round 4 of the Rio De Janeiro Championships – Link [buggy-sport.info]

July 23, 2007

Darren Johnson wins BRCA 200mm Rd6

Last weekend saw the 6th round of the 1/10th 200mm National Championship run at the fast Halifax track in the North of England. The weather on Saturday was wet and so practice was limited, but on Sunday the track started damp but dried quickly and stayed dry for the rest of the day and this allowed Kyosho racer, and winner of round 5, Steve Brown to take the pole position ahead of Xray driver Mark Gilliland in 2nd. In the final however it was to be Team Magic racer Darren Johnson that was on form and he could take the lead, and with it the win, 1 lap ahead of pole man Steve Brown with 3rd spot going to Serpent SDD driver Kyle Branson who was 1 lap further back and only 1 second ahead of 4th placed Gilliland.

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July 23, 2007

Arya Rido wins Indonesian Nats Rd6

Serpent are reporting that young Indonesian Serpent driver Arya Rido has won the 6th round of the 1/8th scale National Championships held at the BSD Super Traxxx circuit last weekend. The winner of the 5th round of the championship, which was held on the same track a month earlier, 10-year-old Rido was the only Serpent representative in the A Final and the young sensation didn’t disappoint as he cruised home to take his second National 1/8th sale win of the season.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 22, 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:

> RB Products final report on the European Championships – Link [rbproducts.com]
> Brief picture report from the preperation day in Finland – Link [oople.com]
> Car Action report on the 2007 Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout – Link [radiocontrolzone.com]
> 2007 Upgrade/RCID Nitro Buggy Pointscore Series Rd8 – Link [ocrraceway.com]
> Brian Kinwald returns to racing this weekend – Link [2wdrc.com]

July 22, 2007

Joosens & Collen win at Belgian Nationals

This weekend saw the latest round of the Belgian 1/10th Electric Touring car Nationals take place on the brand new MRCC track in Charleroi. The weather for the event was a mixture of sun and rain and in the Modified class it was a win for pole man Koen Joosens racing a Schumacher, while his brother Nick Joosens, also driving a Schumacher, was in 2nd ahead of Corally driver Olivier Bultynck in 3rd. The 19T class was won by Bernard Collen, in front of 2nd placed David Broze with 3rd spot going to Michel Mahieu.

View a full gallery of the event here.

Source: Alain Sergeys [nondidju.e-bulles.be]

July 22, 2007

Kawada – New wheel for M300

Kawada - New wheel for M300

We wrote about the new Kawada wheels back in May when they were just CAD images, now over 2 months later and they have the final production samples which you can see above. These wheels are suitable for the company’s M300RSX 1/12th scale and they have a larger diameter than the original versions and are also made very true, for precise handling. Expect them to go on sale on the 25th of July.

Source: Kawada [kawadamodel.co.jp]

July 21, 2007

Robert Batlle is 2007 European Champion

Robert Batlle from Spain has won the 2007 European Championship today in Auxerre, France. Having qualified in pole position, the HoBao Hyper 8.5 driver also won his semi final to line up first for the main final ahead of Spanish Mugen racer Borja Hernandez in 2nd, while Portugese Kyosho driver Miguel Matias lined up 3rd. A big upset ws that reigning European Champion Yannick Aigoin didnt make the final, after a problem in his semi put him out while leading, this meant that no Xrays would be present in the final. The final started badly for Batlle with the Spanish driver down the order as the race commenced, meaning he had to push hard to get on terms, this left Matias and Hernandez battle is out front with French driver Savoya joining in on the mix later on. All the while Batlle’s recovery was relentless, picking off racers throughout the race finally coming up behind leader Savoya and taking the lead in the last minutes. Robert Batlle crossed the line to take the title followed closely by French Mugen racer Renaud Savoya, with another Mugen driver, Borja Hernandez completing the podium in 3rd.

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