According to our partners Neo Buggy, current ROAR National truggy champion Taylor James had a busy week prior to winning last weekends Nationals. Having only recieved his new Jammin truggy just prior to the event, he also made the switch from previous fuel suppliers O’Donnell to new sponsor Werks fuel. This didnt seem to effect him and he went on to win the race and National title with a brand new car and fuel supplier.
Source: Neo Buggy [neo-buggy.net]
A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:
> Serpent report on the Dalton Touring Master race – Link [serpent.com]
> New Team Magic product site for the M1B Turbo – Link [teammagic.com.tw]
> Some new pictures of the Team Associated B44 – Link [cmldistribution.co.uk]
> Traxxas REVO Dominates ROAR Truck Nationals – Link [rc411.com]
> 2007 Australian 1/8 Nitro Buggy Speedway Championships – Link [rubeduderc.com]
> Photos of the Mario Tuned Boss B12-TCT – Link [pitwork.co.kr]
We received a full report from the Hereford Micro Open event that took place two Sundays ago on the 12th August and which had some of the UK’s best micro off road racers in attendance. The track was a challenging mixture of rumble strips, polished floor drift sections, small kicker jumps, bumpy gym mats, a HUGE 45’ wall ride and equally big table top jump right in front of the rostrum! The track would certainly test car setup and drivers abilities.
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Serpent have a report online from the 3rd round of the South African 1/8th and 1/10th scale Nationals held at the very large Durban track recently. In qualifying it was Mike Wiseman all the way, taking the TQ with his Serpent 720 and 960 respectively continuing his dominant form from the first 2 rounds of the National series. In the 1/10th scale race it was a great dice between Mike Wiseman and Travis Carlyle, as they fought for the win with Wiseman eventually coming out on top. Finishing 2nd, Carlyle now leads the Championship with one round to go while another local youngster, Shaun White, rounded off the podium in 3rd. The 1/8th scale was fought out at a furious pace with four drivers contesting the lead, with Mike Wiseman, Hein Kotze, Jacques Liebenberg and Wayne Joelson never more than a few seconds apart. At the 20-minute mark, Kotze and Joelson came in to change tyres, which saw them lose time on Wiseman and Liebenberg who opted to run the full distance on one set. Liebenberg eventually dropped back a bit, giving Wiseman the win by over a lap at the end of the 45 minute final from Joelson in 2nd and Liebenberg 3rd.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:
> Lee Martin wins British Nationals for Novak – Link [cmldistribution.co.uk]
> RB report on the 200mm Euros in Madrid – Link [rbproducts.com]
> Xray also have a report from the Euros in Spain – Link [teamxray.com]
> Team Orion SLPB LiPo’s with the Traxxas Connectors – Link [teamorion.com]
> Serpent racer Alessio Mazzeo is European Junior Champion – Link [serpent.com]
> EVO parts for the OCM Kaos DT-19 buggy – Link [neo-buggy.net]
> Bouvier & Soyeurt win the first 6hr enduro in Belgium – Link [mikovic.pmes-info.com]
The 5th round of the Danish 1/10th scale electric buggy Nationals took place this weekend at the multi surfaced Midtjysk RC Arena. In the 4WD class it was Kyosho driver Ulrich Rasmussen who was the fastest man from the start of the day, setting the fastest time in qualifying and then going on to win all the three A-finals to take the overall win, followed home by local Kyosho racer Torben Nielsen in 2nd and Losi driver Allan Thyme in 3rd spot. In the 2WD class it was again a win for Lars Alex with his B4 who won from local Bo Dissing with another B4 in 2nd spot, while Christer Rasmussen found himself in 3rd place after a hard battle with X6 driver Lasse Nielsen in the third final, which saw the motor of Lasse break on last lap allowing Christer to pass him. In the Stock beginner class it was Alexander Breiner who was the man to beat and he won in front of 2nd placed Jesper Rasmussen and 3rd placed Martin Kristensen.
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For those of you who have been following our extensive race coverage from the 2007 1/10th scale 200mm European Championships you will already know that Dario Balestri has been crowned the 2007 European Champion. Winning his second straight Championships in Madrid, Spain, the Italian endured a tough race day having qualified down in the 1/4 finals, he won that final for a place in the semi, which he also won, to line up 5th for the 45 minute A-Final. After some great driving and having some luck come his way, the Team Magic driver crossed the line in 1st place to claim the 2007 crown. A fast charging Jilles Groskamp from Holland was 2nd for Xray while young Italian European ‘B’ Champion Alessio Mazzeo was 3rd for Serpent.
Our trackside reporter Oisin O’Briain will have a full report online tonight.
View our coverage from the event here or take a look at our championship gallery here.
Xray have a report on their site from the recently held ROAR Region 9 Off Road Championships hosted by Mike’s Hobbies and Gulf Coast Raceway. Qualifying saw the buggy TQ go to Team Losi driver Dave Mangelsdorf while in the truggy class it was again Dave Mangelsdorf that took the TQ. The Expert truggy A-main saw Branham and Mangelsdorf battling together for the first 10 minutes waiting for one or the other to make a mistake and eventually Mangelsdorf did. Branham eventually ran away with the lead to win by a lap with Mangelsdorf finishing 2nd and Jimmy Matsler in 3rd. The Expert buggy A-main saw Jason Branham crash early in the main which dropped him to the back of the pack letting Dave Mangelsdorf and David Joor to run away with the lead. After the 9 min. mark Mangelsdorf and Joor were lapping Branham as he was struggling to get back on pace. Once Branham broke away from the back of the pack and moved up through the field and got his lap back and was once again on pace and was catching the leaders in a hurry. With 5 mins to go Branham caught Mangelsdorf and passed him to take the win.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
