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August 20, 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:

> 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]

August 20, 2007

Danish Off-Road Nationals Rd5

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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August 19, 2007

Dario Balestri wins 2007 1/10th scale European Championships

Dario Balestri wins European Championships

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.

August 19, 2007

Jason Branham wins ROAR Region 9

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]

August 19, 2007

Ronny Arnesen wins Norwegian EFRA GP

Our partners Neo Buggy have been covering the Norwegian EFRA GP held this weekend in Skien that saw HoBao racer Joesph Quagraine take the TQ in qualifying. On finals day the rain came and put a bit of a dampener on the day but pole man Quagraine picked up where he left off at the end of qualifying and took the lead from the start up until 20 minutes in when he crashed onto his roof. A confused turn marshall stopped his cars engine, thinking something was wrong, ending the hopes of a win for the Finnish driver. Chris Svensson took over the lead from Quagraine up until 4 minutes from the end when his driveshaft broke taking him out on the spot, but he came home 4th anyway. This allowed local Norwegian driver Ronny Arnesen into the lead where he could control the rest of the race and take the win from Frode Skauen in 2nd and Steffen Culmsee in 3rd.

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August 19, 2007

Great Lakes Championship Series Rd5

We received a report from round 5 of the Great Lake Championships held at Niagara RC in beautiful Welland Port, which is 40 minutes from Niagara Falls. The Niagara track offered a very technical center race area with tight 45 and 90 Degree turns with challenging rhythm sections that provides some very competitive racing to watch. The track also wound out a large straight which measured at a little over 200 feet.

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August 18, 2007

Xray NT1 Pinion Gear Tool set

Xray have released this set of two XCA-clutch pinion gear tools to help install and remove pinon gears to and from the XCA clutchbell. The tools are moulded from a special composite mixture which ensures very high durability and very precise fitting to the pinions. The pinion gear tool is specially designed to fit the NT1 pinion gears which have very specific and unique teeth profile and design. The tools fit all NT1 pinion gears, both 1st gears – 15, 16, 17, 18T and 2nd gears – 20, 21, 22, 23T.

Source: Pit Work [pitwork.co.kr]

August 18, 2007

Russian EP Off-road Nationals 2007

Last weekend, the best electric buggy drivers from around Russia came to the RC2 track in Moscow to compete for the 2007 Russian National title. Qualifying saw Kyosho racer Ivan Laptev take the pole position from the JConcepts pairing of Dmitry Malyshko and Victor Spiridonov in 2nd and 3rd. In the race it remained the same with Laptev taking the win and the 2007 title ahead of Malyshko, who was using the MRC Models buggy wing, in 2nd and Spiridonov in 3rd.

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