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September 4, 2007

Yuya Sahashi is Japanese 1:8 Champion

Sahashi is Japanese Champion

The 2007 Japanese 1:8 Onroad Nationals took place over the weekend at the Central Racing Park track where Yuya Sahashi took the win from defending champion Keisuke Fukuda. Serpent driver Sahashi TQ’d the event ahead of younger brother Tadahiko with another Serpent driver Takahiro Terauchi and Mugen’s Fukuda the other direct qualifiers. In the Final Yuya Sahashi set the pace for the 45-minute race to win from Fukuda who managed to find a way past both Tadahiko Sahashi, who completed the podium, and Terauchi.

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September 3, 2007

Van Gastel wins Dutch 1/8th Nats Rd6

The 6th round of the Dutch 1/8th scale Nationals was held last weekend at the ultra smooth Apeldoorn track in the east of the country. The drivers were greeted with great weather and in the NK main final it was Kyosho racer Ilia Van Gastel, who won here last year in the Nomac class, that took the win from Marcel Schouten in 2nd and Danny Leeuwis in 3rd. In the Nomac class it was a win for Miquel Hereijgers ahead of Donny Blommers in 2nd with Peter van Marion claiming 3rd.

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September 3, 2007

Serpent sign young talent Neumann

Following on from their announcement last week that Gerd Strenge will spearhead the design of their re-entry into offroad racing competition, Dutch company Serpent have announced the signing of young German talent Jörn Neumann.

Neuman has been racing intensively with 1/10 Offroad cars and has been topping the podium in the European Championships and is a regular finalists at the big races. 4WD is his number one class but he has also proved very qiuck in 2wd. Jörn has been a dedicated racer and promotor of the Durango 1/10 Project and has travelled to many races with Gerd Strenge, the designer of this unique car.

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August 31, 2007

Champ Car star Bourdais samples Serpent F180

Serpent have an interesting story on their site about Champ Car star and soon to be Formula One driver Sebastien Bourdais who tried out one of their F180 formula cars yesterday (Thursday) at Assen where he and his Newman Haas Lanigan Team are preparing for this weekend’s second European Champ Car World Series encounters. The reigning Champ Car Champion drove one of three F180s brought by Serpent to the 1:1 track which is situated in the north of Holland. While light rain made the temporary r/c track, which was situated right in front of the Newman Haas Lanigan Team pitbox, tricky Bourdais proved to be a natural at the controls as he and his Crew Chief Pedro raced one another. Both were impressed with the handling and speed of the 1:8 scale car as well as the strenght of the parts as they made contact on a number of occassions!!

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August 31, 2007

Former World Champ Vray wins French Cup

Former World Champ wins Vray wins French Cup

The French Cup for 1:8th Off Road took place over the weekend at the Pertuis track in the South of France where former World Champion Guillaume Vray showed he still has it by taking the victory. The event saw 123 drivers tackle the winding and very dusty track where temperatures reached as high as 35 degrees over the two days. Driving his RB powered Mugen, 2004/2005 World Champion Vray won the 45-minute final from Crono driver Jérôme Sartel with Renaud Savoya making it two Mugen’s on podium in third despite suffering radio problems

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August 30, 2007

Harder closes in on Danish Offroad title

Harder wins Danish 1/8th Offroad Championship encounter

Peter Harder was the man to beat in the fifth round of the Danish 1/8th Offroad Championships which took place over the weekend in Naestved, south of Copenhagen. Perfect racing conditions saw the Team Xray driver TQ the event with his XB8 EC.

After an easy win in his Semi, Harder amost saw all his good work go by the wayside in the A Main when he made a mistake at the triple jump on the opening lap which allowed CEN driver Rune Gustavsen and Xray team-mate Claus Nielsen to take up the lead battle. Recovering his composure Harder, winner of Round 3, closed in on the pair and at 8 minutes took the lead from were he never looked back.

Making it a good day for CEN, Rune Gustavsen and Steffen Culmsee completed the podium.
The 6th and penultimate round of the championship takes place in 2 weeks time when Harder has the chance to wrap up the National title.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 29, 2007

Olly Jefferies wins KO Grand Prix

The 12th running of the KO Grand Prix took place in England over the weekend and it was Mirage team drivers who filled the modified podium with Olly Jefferies taking the win from Andy Moore and Ben Cosgrove.

Driving his Hot Bodies/Orion combination, Jefferies ruled throughout the event setting the FTD ahead of team-mate Moore. Leg 1 of the A Final saw Jefferies take the win using his final set of new tyres to good effect. Xray driver Ben Cosgrove took leg 2 victory with Leg 3 going to Moore despite intense pressure from Jefferies who knew he had done enough to take the overall victory.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]

August 28, 2007

Danish Off-Road Nationals Rd6

The 6th round of the Danish 1/10th scale electric buggy Nationals took place last weekend at the multi surfaced Tinglev track. Lars Alex won the 2WD class after a close battle with Christer Rasmussen who ended up in 2nd and Rene Jespersen who put himself into 3rd spot after a great performance in the 2nd and 3rd final. Lars Alex is the current championship leader with 159 points followed by Christer Rasmussen in 2nd with 156 points and Bo Dissing lies in 3rd with 149 points. In the 4WD class Kim Nielsen and championship leader Ulrich Rasmussen had a very good battle going from the very beginning of the race, Ulrich who put his Kyosho on pole postion won all three finals followed closely by Losi driver Kim Nielsen in 2nd and Palle Hornum in 3rd. Ulrich Rasmussen leads the championship with 159 points, 2 point ahead of Kim Nielsen in 2nd with Palle Hornum 8 points further back. In the Stock class it was again Alexander Breiner in the fast lane with his Kyosho, he took the win followed home by Jesper Rasmussen in 2nd and Dennis Hansen in 3rd. Before the final race in Odense on the 8th and 9th September it’s Alexander and Jesper both on 159 points and their result in Odense will decide who will be Stock Champion 2007.

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