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January 15, 2008

Moscow Winter EP off-road race

Last weekend saw the first Russian indoor EP buggy race of the year, held in the country’s capital Moscow at the new “RUM Sokolniki” club. In the 4wd class it was a great result for the JConcepts BJ4WE, with all 5 drivers in the final running the car as well as claiming the event TQ. That top qualifying spot went to Larkin Roman, but he could only manage 3rd in the final behind 2nd placed Victor Spiridonov and eventual race winner Dmitry Malyshko. In the 2wd class it was Malyshko that took the top qualifier spot and who went on the win all finals on his way to the overall in front of Konstantin Volkov in 2nd and Ilia Plahotnik in 3rd.

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January 14, 2008

2008 Southport GP – oOple report

2008 Southport GP - oOple report

oOple.com have a report from last weekends annual Southport GP event, which was held at their usual indoor venue, the Formy high school near Southport. There were 8 heats in total, with 5 of 2WD and the remaining three devoted to 4wd. The 4wd event was won by Matt Dodd, racing his Atomic Carbon S4, while in the 2wd class it was a straight forward lights to flag victory for Tom Yardy with his B4.

Read the full event report here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

January 14, 2008

Bloomfield wins Rd4 CML Winter Champs

The fourth round of the CML winter series was held last weekend at Frankley and was once again a very wet affair. The UK weather really has not been to kind to the racers or organisers over the past few months. With the qualification to be decided on a TQ basis everyone had to be on top form in all rounds just in case the track went significantly faster. In round 1 of qualification David Crompton and his RB powered Crono took the top spot just in front of Losi driver Simon Willetts and Special agent Barton in 3rd. In round 2 the track didn’t really get any quicker with drivers knocking just a few seconds off their best times and Karl Jackson for Kyosho and Sirio now on top on the pile. Round 3 saw all the top drivers attack at full speed with nothing held back in reserve. Darren Bloomfield with his Losi 8ight powered Novarossi sorted out his minor problems from the start of the day to set TQ by just over five seconds in front of Lee Martin.

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January 14, 2008

Stefano Solaroli signs to Motonica

Top Italian 1/8th scale gas racer, and owner of Solaroli Tuning, has signed a 4 year deal to join Motonica starting immediately. Joining fellow Italian racer, and current number 1 Motonica driver, Dario Balestri, Solaroli will begin work on development of the car as well as helping customers trackside at races. Stefano has raced for a number of top brands, the most recent of which being Mugen.

Source: Automodellismo [automodellismo.net]

January 13, 2008

Wilck & Maddison win DHI Cup

Modified Class Podium

Viktor Wilck has won the modified class here at the DHI Cup after a great run in the 3rd and last leg of the A-final. Quicker than Teemu Leino from the start, he began to hound the Xray racer until they actually hit before both continuing. Shortly after the Finnish racer made a mistake going onto the straight, rolling over the dots and causing his body to stick up over the wheel. Once this happened Wilck was able to pull out a commanding lead and this also allowed Hagberg, Volker and Graversen through.

Read the full race report here.

January 12, 2008

Teemu Leino is TQ at DHI Cup

Teemu Leino is Modified class TQ

In a blistering run that saw him make the fastest qualifying run of the day, a 19 lap run in 5 minutes 03.03, Finland’s Teemu Leino has snatched TQ in round 5 to start from pole position in tomorrows final. In typical Finnish style the Xray/ Team Orion driver showed little emotion but stated he was pleased with his qualifying performance. Tamiya racer Viktor Wilck, who had a crash in the final round dropped to 2nd position and in the same incident, the marshall who was attending the crash was hit by Jilles Groskamp who was on pace to take the round win and TQ but instead will start tomorrows final from 4th.

Read the full report here.

January 11, 2008

Groskamp overnight TQ at DHI Cup

Jilles Groskamp TQ

Jilles Groskamp has made the perfect start to his new tenure at Tamiya by setting the quickest time in round 1 of the 2008 DHI Cup, giving him maximum points for the round with 3 of the 5 to count. Heading into Heat 21, the final heat of the round, it was Hot Bodies racer Andy Moore that had taken the TQ spot over from Shin Adachi, who had only taken the spot in the previous heat. Heat 12 saw a gaggle of quick cars, all on TQ pace which included Juho Levanen, Teemu Leino and of course Groskamp. In the final moments Jilles managed to get his head down and put in the laps needed to take the top spot and was aided by a slowing Levanen, run time being a struggle for a lot of the competitors.

Read the full report here.

January 10, 2008

Jonas Kaerup joins Hot Bodies

Jonas Kaerup has made a surprise move only a short time before the 2008 DHI-CUP, with the former European 1:10 electric Touring Car Champion deciding to end his relationship with Corally, and race the Hot Bodies Cyclone for Morfars.dk and Hot Bodies Europe. Jonas had to say-

It is a major chance to get to drive the Hot Bodies Cyclone and I am thrilled to get the opportunity. The car has won the European championships and World championships in the hands of Andy Moore. It is probably the best car I get to drive now, so I cannot wait to try it on the track.

As well as signing up to Hot Bodies, Morfars.dk and Much More Racing, Jonas will be continuing to run GM motors and batteries with Xenon racing gears.

Source: Race RC [racerc.dk]