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October 1, 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:

> Xray T2’008 TQ & WIN International Indoor Championship – Link [teamxray.com]
> Much Mores coverage of the IIC – Link [much-more.co.jp]
> Team Modelsport dominate Cyprus 1:8 National – Link [serpent.com]
> Exclusive premiere of Ultimate Racing’s video – Link [neobuggy.net]
> Paulo Mota wins in Povoa de Varzim, Portugal – Link [teammagic.com.tw]
> Report from Finals day at the 2007 IIC – Link [serpent.com]
> 1/10th French Electric Touring car Championships – Link [rbproducts.com]
> Serpent F180 meets A1GP – Link [serpent.com]
> More coverage from last weekends JMRCA 1/12th Nats – Link [kimihiko-yano.net]

October 1, 2007

International Indoor Championships – Results

International Indoor Championships - Results

Last weekend saw the International Indoor Championships, or IIC as its better known, take place in Las Vegas with the event attracting the best EP drivers in the World. The race was open for 1/10th scale touring car and 1/12th scale with different classes for rubber and foam in the touring class as well as Modified, 19T and Stock in each scale, in total there were 8 classes. The blue ribboned events are the modified classes which attract the most factory drivers and in 1/12th Mod it was current European Champion Andy Moore, racing the new Cyclone 12, that dominated proceedings taking the pole position and in the final the win, coming home ahead of German driver Marc Rheinard in 2nd and top US driver Josh Cyrul in 3rd. In the TC Mod Rubber class it was Xray racer Paul LeMieux that claimed the TQ but in the final he was outpaced by former World Champion Marc Rheinard racing for Tamiya, Paul came home 2nd with another former World Champion Atsushi Hara, racing for Hot Bodies, in 3rd. The TC Mod Foam class saw the pole position go to Corally driver Chris Tosolini, but once more the pole man lucked out and it was Xray driver Teemu Leino that came through to take the win ahead of Tosolini in 2nd with another Xray, that of Paul LeMieux, in 3rd. There was plenty of great close racing in the other classes and you can see all the A-main results below.

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October 1, 2007

Jon Hazlewood wins UK Truggy title

Hazlewood wins UK Truggy title

Last weekend saw the final round of the UK Truggy Pro Nationals take place at Clanfield near Portsmouth in the south of Britain. With the title still up for grabs between Xray driver Jon Hazlewood and Hobao racer Graham Alsop, the competition was fierce and non more so than in qualifying with the main contenders battling for the pole position along with Kyosho racer Elliot Boots and in the end it was a strong drive by Alsop that gave him the top qualifying position. In the finals it was a clean get away for the top 3 with the lead changing many times between them but at the end of the race it was Hazlewood that took the win from Boots in 2nd and Alsop in 3rd. This result meant that the title contenders were tied on points, and even previous results, meaning that a 15 minute dual would decide the identity of this years National Champion. Hazlewood got off the start line best and was never headed and despite Alsop putting in some really quick laps he couldnt catch the Xray driver and the title was decided in favour of Hazlewood.

Source: UK Truggy Pro [uktruggypro.com]

October 1, 2007

Mark Green wins Rd10 of UK 1/8th Nats

The 10th and penultimate round of the British 1/8th scale Nationals were held at the weekend at the fast Halifax track in the North of England. Qualifying saw Serpent driver, and round 9 winner, Mark Green claim a close TQ ahead of team mate Tim Wood only 1 second behind, with another Serpent racer Richard Hicklin in 3rd. The start of the final saw Green lead away with Wood following very close behind until a broken piston ended his chances and allowed Hicklin up into 2nd position where he stayed for the rest of the race. Jason Frost moved into a podium position which he held for 20 minutes until a blown plug dropped down the order. Several big collisions mid pack involving Andy North and James Connolly meant that Mugen racer Andy Hastings came home third to collect his best result for over a year behind Hicklin in 2nd and Mark Green in 1st. This result meant that Mark Green claimed the 2007 National title ahead of Andy North in 2nd with 3rd position still up for grabs in the 11th and final round in Brooklands.

Thanks to Andy North for the report and photo.

September 30, 2007

2007 IFMAR 1/8th scale Worlds – Preview

2007 IFMAR 1/8th scale Worlds - Preview

Argentina is the host country for the 2007 IFMAR 1/8th scale World Championships and as the elite of the RC World descend on the country’s 2nd city, Cordoba, we bring you our event preview.

This year’s event takes place on a recently completed track at the Complejo Ferial Cordoba, the same venue as used by the Argentinean round of World Rally Championships. Favourite for this years event has to be the 7-time World Champion Lamberto Collari of Italy, the Kyosho driver will be trying to further cement his legendary RC status with an 8th IFMAR World title. Lamberto was present at the warm-up race in March but despite a good qualifying he had radio problems in the final, which meant he retired after only 50 laps, a problem I’m sure that will be sorted in time for this year’s main event.

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September 30, 2007

Naoto Matsukura wins Japanese 12th Nats

This weekend saw the 1/12th scale JMRCA Japanese Nationals take place at the Yatabe Arene indoor race track. Qualifying for this hotly contested race saw pole position go to young Yokomo driver, and 4wd off road WC finalist, Naoto Matsukura with 2006 National Champion Hideo Kitazawa in 2nd and Masami Hirosaka in 3rd. In the finals it was a complete dominance by Matsukura, winning all three 8 minute A-finals by a massive margin to claim his first National title ahead of 2nd place Hirosaka, while Kitazawa came home 3rd.

View reports from the race here, here and here.

Source: JMRCA [jmrca.com]

September 29, 2007

Singer is ’07 Austrian National Champion

Singer is ‘07 Austrian National Champion

Xray have a report on their site about their 13 year old Xray NT1 driver Manuel Singer becoming 2007 Austrian National Champion. The final race of the year, and showdown for the title, was run on a wet Amstetten track where only Manuel Singer or Serpent racer Gerhard Kandelhart could take the title. In qualifying it was another Xray driver Manuel Huber that claimed the pole position spot and in the race he lead from start to finish taking the win. Kandelhart had a troubled race with a spin off the track as well as an engine flameout meant he was out of contention. Another Serpent driver, Scheidl Christian, managed to claim 2nd place in the race, while 3rd spot went to Singer, which meant he would claim the 2007 title.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 29, 2007

Phil Sleigh joins Hot Bodies

Mirage Racing have announced that top UK Off Road Star Phil Sleigh will be using the HB Cyclone D4 with Nosram electrics for the late 2007/2008 season. Phil had this to say about joining the Mirage team:

I’m really looking forward to the 2008 season, which will give me the opportunity to work with the already successful Hot Bodies team… Racing the HB D4 will be a new challenge for me, but already the overall performance of the car is providing very successful results. More great results are sure to follow from the whole team in 2008.

Source: Mirage Racing [mirageracing.com]