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March 8, 2007

King and Lutz sign with Sirio and KO Propo

King and Lutz

We are going to run with the Kyosho press release as it tells you everything you need to know about whats going on this cool promo photo.

Kyosho America factory drivers Cody King and Ryan Lutz have signed with Sirio and KO Propo for the 2007 racing season. Both drivers will be running the new Sirio Evo III STI off-road engine in the buggy and truggy classes, and using the latest KO Propo EX-10 Helios C2 Limited Edition radio system. The power of the Sirio engine and precision of the KO Helios C2 means both drivers will have top-quality support equipment, virtually eliminating concerns about reliable control, consistent performance and maximum horsepower, which gives them more time find the fastest line around the racetrack. It’s World Champion hardware for the next generation of champions!

Source: Kyosho America [kyoshoamerica.com]

March 8, 2007

Gray and Horta take Rd6 FORGASS honours

Gray and Horta

Serpent are reporting on their site on the 6th round of the FORGASS Florida State Series that was held last weekend at the Kissimmee track. In the 1/8th scale class it was Serpent Development Driver Scotty Gray that took the top honours in the race leading home 2nd placed racer, and team mate, Paolo Morganti with Philip Abed ending the day in 3rd. In the 1/0th scale Sedan class it was Winternats finalist Danny Horta, driving a Serpent 720, that won the race, a lap up on second placed team mate DJ Apolaro with Mugen racer Art Carbonnell rounding off the podium in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 8, 2007

Roga fuel confirms Gomez and Batlle

Roga Fuels have announced that they have signed top Spanish racers Richi Gomez and Robert Batlle for 2 years to use their fuels. The two drivers, who both recently signed to use AXE Rossi engines, will use the companies latest RACE mixture that uses specialist production processes to ensure exceptional performance and lubrication.

Source: Modellismo RC [modellismorc.net]

March 8, 2007

Jake Zarb wins New Zealand On Road EP Nationals

New Zealand On Road EP Nationals

Xray are reporting on their site that Jake Zarb, racing an Xray, has won the New Zealand On Road EP Nationals that were run recently on the Manawatu track. The race was run on foam tires, with no additives allowed, and there was a 12 turn limit on the motors and finally brushless systems weren’t allowed, which all made for close competitive racing. Jake Zarb dominated the event from qualifying, where he easily TQ’d, to the finals which he was able to win comfortably to take the overall title followed home by Ivan Ho and Pearce Stephens in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

You can read the full report here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 7, 2007

HPI Baja buggy goes 120 miles through the Desert

HPI Baja buggy

Big scale isnt really our thing at Red RC, but what HPI Racing has done with their big scale Baja 5B, thoroughly deserves a mention. They drove the buggy continuously, apart from 6 fuel stops, 120 miles through desert roads while the driver who was controlling the Baja followed closely in a specially prepared off road vehicle, that itself was driven by a professional desert racer.

With only six stops to fuel the Baja, the car and its team made the historic journey in less than 6 hours of running time! This meant an average of nearly 22 mph for the Baja! Not fast enough to beat the best Barstow-to-Vegas race time, but certainly fast enough to make it the roughest, toughest off-road RC car in the world!

Source: HPI [hpieurope.com]

March 7, 2007

Leon McIntosh wins Rd1 of RC Pro Series East

Leon McIntosh

Leon McIntosh has won the first round of the RC Pro Series East held at the Badlands track in Myrtle Beach, SC. Leon driving and Xray XB8 managed to take the TQ spot, despite limited practice running, to qualify ahead of Losi pairing of Travis Dupree in 2nd and Jason Smith in 3rd. In the race Gene Hickerson managed to get the holeshot and pulled ahead, only to run into mechanical problems at the halfway point, leaving Travis and Leon to take over at the top. Dupree then himself ran into difficulties which dropped him back and allowed Leon to take the lead and go on to take the win ahead of Kyosho racer Robin Nelson in 2nd and Xray racer Chris Crews in 3rd.

Source: Neo-Buggy [neo-buggy.net]

March 7, 2007

Soeren Boy Holst wins Rd4 Pilegaards-Cup

Rd4 Pilegaards-Cup

Xray have a report on their site from Soeren Boy Holst who writes about the 4th round of the Pilegaards Cup in Denmark. Soeren managed to claim the TQ spot in the modified class and then went on to win the race ahead of Michael Priest and Nikolaj Hviid who finished in 2nd and 3rd respectively

The first final was perfect. Michael was close in the beginning, but made some mistakes and so I made a gap. The car was still fine, but the tyres felt a little looser this time. Michaelâ€™s car broke down, and so did Nikolaj Hviid, so it was Kim Lindegaard who would take 2nd place with his T2â€™007, and his son Nicolai in third, also with a T2â€™007.

You can read the full report and get the top 3 from the other classes here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 6, 2007

2007 ROAR Carpet On-road Nats

CEFX Raceway

This week sees the 2007 ROAR Carpet On-road Nats run at Josh Cyruls indoor track, the CEFX Raceway, in Toledo Ohio with the race catering for 1/10th sedan and 1/12th scale, with 3 categories for each scale. With the entry expected to be around 230+ entries, the racing will begin on Wednesday with open practice on the completely new track layout that you can see above. We will hope to bring you reports from the race at the end of each race day but in the meantime if you want more information, here are some useful links.