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March 6, 2007

Takaaki Shimo leaves Sirio

We have heard whisperings that former Japanese National Champion and World Championship Vice Champion Takaaki Shimo has left Sirio engines with immediate effect, although we have yet to receive confirmation of his new engine supplier. Shimo as we all know is a top Kyosho racer and very close to the factory and with this latest move further confirms a split between the Japanese car manufacturer and the Italian engine manufacturer, no matter how much Star Motor wants to deny it. Shimo joins fellow Kyosho racers Bertin, Collari, Cyrul who have all left Sirio with Collari choosing Novarossi and Cyrul and Bertin going for the Team Orion CRF engines to power their cars. We have talked a lot about this matter in the past and believe that there is definitely a shift within Kyosho to move away from Sirio but until we receive some official confirmation from either party we cant say for sure.

March 5, 2007

Borja Hernandez signs for Pro Line

Borja Hernandez

Top Spanish off road racer Borja Hernandez has agreed a deal to use Pro Line tires on his Mugen buggy and truggy for this season. Borja who recently finished 4th at the Neo Invitational race held in the UK last December had up until this point run for GRP.

Source: Neo-Buggy [neobuggy.net] Image: oOple [oople.com]

March 5, 2007

French EP Off road Nationals Lique 10 Rd1

French EP Off road Nationals Lique 10 - Rd1

Just a quick post to tell you that last weekend saw the start of the new outdoor season for electric off road in France with the Ligue 10 championships getting underway at the Pegase Racing-club. In the 2wd open class it was Olivier Demontfuma that took the round 1 victory ahead of Manu Moncada with JosÃ© Fonda finishing in 3rd. In the 4wd class the race went to Ansellem Xavier with 2nd and 3rd placings going to Cedric Avaro and Fabrice Lassale respectively.

You can check out the full report (in French) and plenty of pictures here.

Source: Petit RC [petitrc.com]

March 5, 2007

Chad Bradley dominates Canadian Winter Nationals

Canadian Winternationals

Yesterday we told you about the Canadian Winternationals that were held at an indoor facility last weekend in Red Deer, Alberta. Gary Guest may have been all dominant in the qualifying for the race but it was his Jammin team mate Chad Bradley that took the win in both Buggy and Truggy classes ahead of Gary Guest who finished 2nd in both classes. In the 1/10th stadium truck class it was Richard Mucha that won the event despite finishing behind Jay Halsey, who won the race but was racing with a 1/12th 4wd Jammin CRT-5 and so wasn’t officially classified.

More results to follow soon.

Source: OFNA [ofna.com] Image: Will

March 5, 2007

Yaniv Sivan wins Rd3 of Israeli League

Israeli League

Last Saturday saw the 3rd round of the Israeli League for 1/8th scale buggies held at the Sphim race track which was very well attended despite the damp conditions. Qualifying saw young Kyosho racer Yaniv Sivan come out on top with Xray racer Oren Levi close behind in 2nd whilst in the race itself Yaniv could easily take the race win ahead of Levi with another Kyosho racer Nir Sivan coming up from his 5th on the grid to take 3rd.

Source: RC Zone [rczone.co.il]

March 4, 2007

Javier Hidalgo wins Rd1 of Spanish 200mm Nationals

Rd1 of Spanish 200mm Nationals

Today saw the running of the 1st round of the Spanish National championships for 200mm held in Gijon. The race was won by 3rd placed qualifier Javier Hidalgo, driving a Serpent 720, who managed to pull out a lap on Kyosho racer Luis Cayetano who finished 2nd while a lap further back in 3rd place was Jose Casas who gained the final podium spot driving a Serpent 710. This race was the first national event for the Xray NT1 with the new car gaining 3 spots in the main final with Carlos Peracho bringing the car home the highest in 5th.

Source: Coches RC [cochesrc.com]

March 4, 2007

Canadian Winternationals – Qualifying

Canadian Winternationals

This weekend sees the running of the Canadian Winternationals that takes place in an indoor hall in Red Deer, Alberta. Qualifying has been completed for the event and it was Gary Guest who was leading the way in the Buggy class ahead of Chad Bradley and Ryan L. McCrery, whilst in the Truggy class the top 3 is the exact same with Guest, Bradley and McCrery in 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The racing takes place today, Sunday, but due to the time difference we may not have any results for you until Monday morning.

In the meantime you can check out the top 10 for both classes here… content

March 4, 2007

Alex Calatayud wins Rd2 Social Santa Perpetua

Social Santa Perpetua

This weekend saw the 2nd round of the Santa Perpetua club championships, which happened to be very well attended due to the fact that this track will host rounds of both the Spanish and Catalunyan championships this year, and racers attending these events wanted to get some pre event track time in. The race itself was won by Xray racer Alex Calatayud ahead of 2nd place Hot Bodies racer Gerard Roig and Albert Navarro racing for HoBao in 3rd.

Source: TT Catalunya [ttcatalunya.com]