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May 20, 2007

Hicklin wins Rd3 of UK 1/8th Nats

We were a bit slow off the mark with the result of the 3rd round of the BRCA 1/8th scale Nationals which took place last weekend at the ultra fast Tibshelf track. The event was hampered by wet weather which started just before qualifying and continued for the rest of the event. In the qualifying it was Serpent racer and round 1 and 2 winner Mark Green that took the top qualifying spot by just less than a lap ahead of team mate Richard Hicklin with Pete Hastings in 3rd, 1 second further back. In the main final the rain continued to fall and only 8 drivers took to the start with pole sitter Mark Green the first retirement after 1 lap. Andrew North led from the start but had some rain related problems after 10 minutes, as did most of the racers, and in the end it was Richard Hicklin that won the race by 2 laps from Pete Hastings with Tim Wood a distant 3rd, 14 laps further back.

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May 19, 2007

ROAR create LiPo powered Demo class

ROAR

Back at the end of last year, ROAR (US governing body) announced that LiPo cells would not be allowed to be used at their sanctioned events as a power source. Well 6 months on and it seems that ROAR has changed its opinion of the new cells, as well as brushless motors, by announcing that the 2007 ROAR Off Road Electric Nationals has added a LiPo/Brushless demo class. What is interesting about this demo class is that it is for 1/10th 2wd trucks, all brushless motors are allowed and the A-main final will be 20 minutes long, which should make for some good racing.

Source: ROAR [roarracing.org]

May 17, 2007

NakSung wins Korean National race

Korean National race

Serpent have a report on their site from last weekends Korean National race which took place on the Kirina Circuit near Seoul, in the North of the country. In qualifying it was Serpent SDD driver Nam Sangjoon that took the TQ spot with a great run in the 10 minute qualifiers to edge out Goo Kibon and Namgoong Wook who qualified 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the final, the top qualifer Sangjoon lead until a battery connection broke loosing the young driver over a minute, and the lead, which fell to Choi NakSung who went on to win while a recovering Sangjoon took 2nd and Oh YongTaek 3rd. Guest driver from Japan Masao Tanaka (above with Nam), driving for Motonica, failed to finish the 45 minute final and came home in 10th.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 17, 2007

Kyosho Spada 09 up close

Kyosho Spada 09

Kyosho have shown their new 1/12th scale 4wd pan car today at the Shizuoka Hobby show in Japan under its new name, the Spada 09. The car up close looks well made, featuring a carbon fiber chassis which wasnt present on the first picture released last week, as well as sporting a new low profile steering servo and different receiver placement. Also shown were the body shells that it would use and these too look pretty good.

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May 16, 2007

Wischnewski wins Rd1 in Central Germany

Rd1 Central German regionals

Last weekend saw the first round of the central German regionals run on the MSC Kirchhain track, near Marburg. Qualifying saw the pole position taken by Xray NT1 driver Dirk Wischnewski with team mates Andreas Schuch and Patrick Garbi lining up in 2nd and 3rd position on the grid for the main final. The start of the main final saw Dirk, and Mugen racer Alexander Mehl, pull away at the front until Dirk had a flame out dropping him down the order and allowing Mehl to take the lead. The Mugen racer held onto this position until a mechnical problem sidelined the Mugen driver allowing Dirk back into the lead which he held onto until the end of the race, leading home 2nd placed Patrick Garbi with SMI owner, and Xray importer, Bertram Kessler in 3rd, both drivers also racing the NT1.

Source: SMI [smi-motorsport.de]

May 16, 2007

Mike Blackstock joins CEFX

Following on from the announcement yesterday that top US racer Mike Blackstock had left Trinity to join Team Bo00d, comes the news the Mike will race for Josh Cyruls CEFX brand in 1/12th scale. According to the short announcement by CEFX, Blackstock and Cyrul combined have won 8 of the last 10 ROAR Carpet Nationals and 5 of the last 7 Snowbird Nationals – a force to be reckoned with then.

CEFX is excited to announce that Mike Blackstock with race with us through the 2007 outdoor/indoor racing season. Mike will pilot the C12 Evo2 at the major events for this season giving CEFX a great 1-2 punch in the modified class.

Source: RC Tech [rctech.net]

May 16, 2007

Juho Levanen wins Fintrack Nationals Rd5

Fintrack Nationals Rd5

There seems to be no stopping Juho Levanen in the Fintrack series as the championship went outdoors last weekend for the 5th round, run in Hyvinkää in the south of Finland. This was the first race in the series were it was run to the new EFRA rules, with 5 cells and the new lower weight, and last months LRP Masters winner, Juho Levanen driving his Team Associated TC5 could take the TQ and the win, after a tie on points with Teemu Leino was decided by fastest run, Teemu came home in 2nd for Xray while 3rd place went to Corally racer Simo Ahoniemi.

Check out lots of pictures from the event here.

Source: RC Zone [rczone.net]

May 16, 2007

Mario Rigert wins Rd1 of Swiss EP Nats

Xray have a report from the 1st round of the Swiss Electric Touring car nationals that was held 2 weekends ago in bad weather conditions. Saturdays practice was rained off and Sundays qualifying rounds took place on a wet, then dry, track and after 4 rounds it was Bastien De Marco that took the pole spot ahead of Mario Rigert in 2nd place. In the dry finals it was Xray racer Mario Rigert that could take the win in front of his team mates Sacha Lnenicka and Daniel Fankhauser in 2nd and 3rd repectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]