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June 20, 2007

Robitronic Avid product news

Robitronic have released a new front ball differential for their Avid electric touring car as well as making the announcement that they will give current owners of the car a replacement set of hardened driveshafts, which i suppose replaces the original versions that were perhaps breaking or twisting. These hardened shafts will be included in all upcoming releases of the kit and to receive your free replacement, simply ask your Robitronic dealer.

Click here to see the drive shafts… content

June 20, 2007

Team Magic 2007 G4+ LE Auction

We were contacted by Team Magic to let us know that they are auctioning off two of their most special new G4+ 1/10th 200mm kit on EBay. Limited to only 999 kits worldwide you have the opportunity to own the kit numbers 999/001 or 999/999 which are currently opening for bidding on EBay and will be there for the next 4 days. These 2 exclusive G4+ packages will also include a limited edition G4+ t-shirt and a G4+ certificate signed by 2006 European Champion Dario Balestri. At the time of writing this, both kits are over $700 with the #999 being the most expensive, strangely enough.
Check out the auction here.

Source: Team Magic [teammagic.com.tw]

June 20, 2007

Chris Grainger wins Rd3 of BRCA Mod Nats

Rd3 of BRCA Mod Nats

Last weekend saw the 3rd round of the BRCA Electric Nationals take place at both Halifax and Southend for Modified/27T and 19T respectively. In Halifax the wet weather meant that the first 2 rounds of qualifying took place on a damp track but the track dried up for the 3rd round and it was National round 2 winner Chris Grainger, racing for Yokomo, that placed his car on the pole position spot with Associated racer Craig Drescher in 2nd. In the final it was Grainger all the way, taking the 2 final wins to take the overall round win ahead of Craig Drescher in 2nd while Hot Bodies driver Olly Jeffries finished in 3rd. In the 27T class it was Schumacher racer Lee Price that took the top honours with Adrian Bidewell in 2nd and Andrew Twigger in 3rd.

Over in Southend at the 19T class Nationals it was Mark Fuller that took the win ahead of round 1 and 2 winner Chris Kerswell, who took the pole position, but ended the event in 2nd, while Richard Thorpe claimed 3rd.

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June 19, 2007

Tomaschko wins Rd2 of Austrian Nats

Tomaschko wins Rd2 of Austrian 1/8th Nationals

Serpent are reporting on their site on the 2nd round of the Austrian Nationals that was run last weekend at the Kematen track, near Innsbruck. In the 1/8th scale class it was a win for Serpent racer Daniel Tomaschko who placed ahead of Manuel Gremlica in 2nd and Michael Selner in 3rd. In the 1/10th scale class, it was a win for Mugen racer Hupo Hönigl with Serpent driver Gerhard Kandelhart in 2nd and in 3rd was Xray racer Manuel Singer.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

June 19, 2007

Wartelle wins Rd3 200mm Belgian Nats

The 3rd round of the Belgian 1/10th 200mm Nationals was held last weekend in Houthalen, and as we already know young Maxim Claes won the Class 2 race at this event, but now we can tell you how the Class 1 racers faired. Qualifying saw top French National runner, and round 1 winner, Sebastian Wartelle racing a Kyosho claim the pole position for this race and in the man final he was once again the man to beat, winning the race and leading home a Kyosho clean sweep of the podium with team mates Jerome Renaux and Maarten Kempeneers finishing in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

June 19, 2007

Balestri wins Rd2 1/10th Italian Nationals

The 2nd round of the Italian Nationals was held 2 weekends ago at the Padova track in the North East of the country, near Venice. This race was dominated by current European Champion Dario Balestri who, running the new Team Magic G4+, took the pole position after setting fastest times in all qualifying rounds to line up ahead of current European ‘B’ Champion, and Serpent driver, Alessio Mazzeo in 2nd with the 3rd qualifying spot going to former 1/8th scale European Champion Daniele Ielasi. At the start of the 45 minute final a coming together broke the front right shock on Mazzeo’s car losing him 5 laps and forcing him to push hard for the rest of the race to claw back time. Balestri who led from the start was pushing hard as he was the only driver due to make a tire stop and so had to build a big enough time cushion to stay in front, which he managed to do, however his engine stalled and he lost the lead to Mugen racer Giuseppe D’angelo but Dario, on new tires to easily catch and pass him. Balestri took the win, 7 seconds ahead of D’angelo in 2nd with 3rd spot going to Kyosho racer Daniele Ielasi.

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June 19, 2007

Racer in the Spotlight – Philip Eberle

Philip Eberle

Continuing their Racer in the Spotlight series, Serpent have interviewed European B Championship finalist Philip Eberle from Germany. Racing for 8 years Philip has already achieved some very good results in his home country but wishes to increase his racing level even higher and as such he will focus less on regional races and compete in more international events. Go check out the interview and find out more about this young racing talent.

Read the full interview here.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

June 19, 2007

Goo Gi-Bon wins Kyosho Cup, Korea

Xray are reporting on their teams performance at the recent Kyosho Cup, a touring car race in Korea for gas powered 200mm 1/10th scale cars. In what was a close final it was Goo Gi-Bon that took the win for Xray, his 3rd straight win in a month, ahead of Serpent 720 driver Jang Ji-Whan in 2nd, while 3rd place went to another Xray NT1 racer, Kim Gi-Yul.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]