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May 8, 2007

John Ermen wins Rd2 Dutch Nationals

Last weekend saw the 2nd round of the Dutch 1/8th scale National Championship return to the venue of the first round of the series, Rucphen in the south west of Holland. In a repeat performance from the first round it was John Ermen, driving for Serpent, that took the top spot in qualifying as the only driver to hit 23 laps followed by Rick V for Mugen in 2nd. In the race itself it was a pretty easy run for John until a coming together with slowing team mate Rob Kuijper forced John into the pits to fix his body shell. This allowed Rick V to close the gap and despite some traffic problems for the leader he couldn’t get passed and thats how it stayed with John taking the win by less than a second from Rick V in 2nd and 3rd place going to Rik Veenma.

Read a full report here.

Source: JE Racing [jeracing.eu]

May 7, 2007

Kawada M300RSX 20th Anniversary edition

Kawada M300RSX 20th Anniversary

Kawada, the Japanese car maker, have announced the release of a 20th Anniversary edition of their M300RSX 1/12th scale chassis. This special edition first off features lots of gold anodising, which looks pretty cool alongside the carbon fiber, and in addition to that it has a new smoother action shock absorber, new T-plate, aluminum front strut, long wheel base chassis and the whole car comes pre assembled. Available late May.

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May 7, 2007

Team Magic 2007 G4+ Limited Edition

Our great partners 3Hobby have some exclusive pictures of the new Limited Edition Team Magic 2007 G4+. The new car in the picture is a prototype and belongs to Spanish GP winner Darren Johnson and if you go to 3Hobby you can see that the car looks completely new, with aerodynamic wishbones all around, new shock absorbers and shock mounts, front carbon stiffener, new rear anti-roll bar, new rear uprights and new low CG chassis plate. The car has been tested and appears to be very smooth with more steering and is now very responsive.

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Source: 3Hobby [3hobby.net]

May 6, 2007

Xu Qiliang & Ye Guowei win 555 Cup

555 Cup

As we reported earlier today, the 555 Cup was taking place in Canton (Guangzhou city), China this weekend, and it is one of the biggest races in China this year with lots of National and some International racers taking part in this electric and gas touring car event. Xu Qiliang, from the HK World Model Team, got the 1/10 GP Touring Car TQ yesterday and was able to take an easy win in todays main race ahead of Lee YuanJie in 2nd, driving a brand new Xray NT1. Third Place went to Mr Shi Zuer, from Macau, also driving a Serpent 720 while a special mention should be given to female driver Huo Biqi who made the main final in the GP class and finished in 7th place.

In the 1/10 EP Touring Car A Final, Ye Guowei won the race, driving a Tamiya TA05 while 2nd place went to yesterdays TQ man Wang Haifeng driving a Tamiya 415 with Dong Sizheng, running an Xray T2 007, ending the race in 3rd position.

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May 6, 2007

Russian prototype Touring car – Part II

Russian prototype Touring car

A while back we showed you pictures of a new Russian made prototype touring car that has been tearing up the tracks in Russia. The car we showed you before was shaft drive and sported the motor mounted perpendicularly to the shaft and although we never did see how that worked along comes another Tourer, this time its fully carbon which makes it extremely light. The main feature of this, and the previous car too, is the fact that they dont appear to have shock absorbers or even anywhere to mount them and are basically flat pan electric touring cars.

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May 6, 2007

TecRace 2007 – Race Announcement

TecRace 2007

TecroTec were in contact to inform us that they have organized an international event in Zaragoza (Spain) with the collaboration of several important RC brands and with the confirmed attendance of top drivers like Adrien Bertin and Darren Johnson who also will give some talks about different topics. TecroTec is pleased to invite you at one of the most exciting events of the year in touring 200mm which takes place on the first weekend of June (1 Friday ~ 3 Sunday) on the Pinseque track (Adcaz club) located in Zaragoza, Spain.

Click here for full information on the event.

May 6, 2007

Alessio Mazzeo wins 1/10th scale European B championships

Alessi Mazzeo wins 1/10th scale European B championships

Just a brief update to let you know that Serpent 720 driver Alessio Mazzeo has won the 2007 1/10th scale European B championships held in Roeselare, Belgium. The young Italian won by one lap after 45 minutes of action, having dropped down just behind Eric Dankel after a tire change, but the advantage of this change was enough that he could overhaul the German racer and regain the lead. Dankel took the 2nd place for Mugen in a very close battle with Rocco Ania of Italy driving a Team Magic G4s. We hope to have a full report later on in the day.

UPDATE: Added the full final day report below.

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May 6, 2007

Xu Qiliang & Wang Haifeng TQ 555 Cup

Xu Qiliang

This weekend sees the 555 cup take place in Canton (Guangzhou city) in China, which is one of the biggest touring car races in the country. Drivers come from all over mainland China, including Hongkong and Macau, as well as some Japanese drivers join this race which makes it a very prestigous and competitive event. What makes this race stand out more from other touring car races is that it is open to both 1/10 EP Touring Car and 1/10 GP Touring Car. So far the action has been really good and after 3 rounds of qualifying, Mr.Wang Haifeng, from Jing-Hu-Hang RC Team has TQ’d the 1/10 EP Touring Car class, driving Tamiya 415, while in the 1/10 GP Touring car class it is Mr.Xu Qiliang (pictured above), from HK World Model Team, driving Serpent 720, that has taking the top spot. We will report on the finals as soon as we receive the information.

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