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March 14, 2008

HB Junior 1/8th Off Road Championships

Mirage Racing and the Frankley club are proud to announce the HB Junior Championships 2008, which will be held at the awesome Frankley venue. The race is a 1 day event and promises to be even better and bigger than last year. Practice is available on the Saturday for any one who wishes to get some lines sorted or for beginners who have just started. There will be no tyre rule so anything can be used. Rules will be very relaxed but cheating will result in disqualification form the event.Trophies will be given to 1st 2nd and 3rd in each of the finals on the finals day, plus prizes will be made available nearer the meeting. The Date is 6th JULY 2008 and the entry fee is £7.

Entry forms can be obtained here (PDF).

March 13, 2008

Franceschi wins Sao Paulo Stock Rd1

Franceschi wins Sao Paulo Stock Champs Rd1

Serpent have a report on their site from the first round of the Sao Paolo Championship held at the Sam’s Club track in Santo Andre, a city within Greater Sao Paulo, the State’s Capital. The format saw each driver get just a single qualifying round followed by four heats, the best three of which determine the overall result. Starting from pole the two first wins came easy for Serpent racer Felipe Franceschi but his team mate Thiago ‘Poldo’ Podolsky, although very fast, faced mechanical problems with the breakage of his front belt followed by the rear preventing him from getting a good score. In the third heat it would be Felipe’s turn suffer a broken belt, the team putting these failures down to the debris on a number of dirty spots on the track. With Felipe out, Poldo was the favorite but his back luck continued as a prototype aluminum central axle that is currently being developed by the team broke. The fourth and final heat saw Felipe take his third win of the day and with overall victory in the opening round of the championship in front of Corally racer Lincoln Almeida in 2nd and Xray driver Marcos Mayer in 3rd

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 12, 2008

Daily News Round-up

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

> JQ wondering into the unknown – Link [neobuggy.net]
> Nosram dominate Eden Park Winter Series – Link [mirageracing.com]
> Haley Double TQ & Win at Rotary Nitro Cup – Link [teamxray.com]
> Report from Rug Racers Round 6 – Link [mirageracing.com]
> New Italian E-Magazine for RC enthusiasts – Link [rclifestyle.it]
> G4RS Excellent Performance in Korea – Link [teammagic.com.tw]
> Carpet Wars, The Final Battle – Link [mirageracing.com]

March 12, 2008

Fischer wins Langenfeld Nats Qualifier

Marc Fischer wins Langenfeld Nats Qualifier

Law weekend saw a round of the qualification series for the German 1/10th EP Touring car Nationals held in Langenfeld, Germany. Top Team Corally driver, and current National Champion, Marc Fischer was on form TQ’ing the modified class and going on to win the race with his RDX Phi. In the first final Marc was able to lap all other competitors, while in the 2nd final he won by by just 4 seconds, to take the overall win in front of team mate Lars Treder, with Pascal Schonrock in 3rd. In the stock class it was Patrick Pasch that took the win also driving the Corally RDX Phi.

Source: Corally [corally.com]

March 12, 2008

Belgian EP Touring car Nats Rd1

The first round of the Belgian 1/10th scale EP on road Nationals was run last weekend indoor in Charleroi. The event had 38 drivers in two classes, EFRA and 19 turn, and they were presented with a very fast but also technical track to contend with. After a tough battle in the EFRA class, it was Olivier Bultynck with his Corally Phi who took the win in front of Xray driver Benoit Thomaes in 2nd, while the 3rd spot went to Demsey Jacob driving a Tamiya 416. In the 19 turn class, it was again a Corally driver that was the overall winner, with Urbain Swijsen placing in front of runners up Rico Claeys and Thomas Stockman.

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March 12, 2008

Niclas Nilsson wins Mid Swedish Cup Rd7

Serpent have a brief report from their young team driver Niclas Nilsson, who was in action again last weekend with his S400 for the 7th round of the Middle Swedish Cup where he took another win. A leading force in the Swedish EP Touring Car scene, Nilsson and his S400 had the pace throughout the event winning all legs of the A-main to take the overall victory over 2nd placed Kenneth Malksson and Niklas Filnk in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 12, 2008

Juanito Hidalgo wins Spanish 200mm Rd1

Juanito Hidalgo takes Spanish 200mm Rd1

The Opening round of the Spanish 1/10th 200mm National Championships was run last weekend at the RC Club Santa Oliva in the east of Spain. The race was held in dry conditions and after qualifying it was Eduardo Escandon that took the pole position ahead of Josue Artiles in 2nd and Ramon Guash 3rd. The beginning of the final saw a good start for Martin Sevilla, who moved into the lead early on with pole man Escandon having some problems and dropping down the order. A steady beginning from Juanito Hidalgo saw him move up the order to take the lead from Sevilla around the 10 minute mark and then proceeded to pull out a lap lead by the end of the race, taking the win from Ramon Guash in 2nd with Jonnhy Pastor in 3rd, a further 2 laps back.

Source: RC Santa Oliva [rcsantaoliva.com]

March 11, 2008

Daily News Round-up

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

> Jacky Mouton TQ’s 720 08 at French Nationals – Link [serpent.com]
> Jonnhy Pastor wins Trophy Touring Gas Magdalena – Link [teamxray.com]
> Truhe Wins Silver State with Tuned Flex Chassis – Link [losi.com]
> Report from Rd3 of BRCA Micro Nats Series – Link [cmldistribution.co.uk]
> Dempsey TQ’s Irish season opener – Link [serpent.com]
> Lee Woodhams ends Carpet Wars 5-cell Mod 3rd – Link [cmldistribution.co.uk]
> CML Nitro Winter Series report – Link [cmldistribution.co.uk]
> Mr. Franco Sabattini had passed away – Link [neobuggy.com]