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June 23, 2008

Batlle takes Spanish 1/8th TT Rd3

Batlle takes Spanish 1/8th TT Rd4

The 3rd round of the Spanish 1/8th scale buggy Nationals took place at the Fuencarral track in Madrid last weekend. After qualifying it was Borja Hernandez that took the top qualifying spot from new HongNor signing Richi Gomez, while current European Champion Robert Battle took 3rd spot. The Semi finals saw wins for Battle and Gomez, with Hernandez failing to progress as problems at the very start of his semi dropped him out of contention. The final saw Battle in commanding form, never giving up his lead to take the victory by a lap from 2nd placed Richi Gomez, who had an early battle with Daniel Vega and later had to contend with pressure from eventual 3rd place finisher Raul Peris.

Source: Vigo TT [vigott.com]

June 23, 2008

Savoya wins French 1/8th TT Nats Rd4

The 4th round of the French Nationals for 1/8th scale buggies was held last weekend in Avesnes sur Helpe in the North of the country, close to the Belgian border. In qualifying, it was round 3 winner Yannick Aigoin, with his Losi 8ight, that took the top qualifying spot in front of Mugen team driver Renaud Savoya in 2nd, with Jerome Sartel and Guillaume Vray rounding out the top 4. Following the Semi finals, which saw wins for Aigoin and Savoya, it was the latter that came out on top after the 30 minute race, winning by a lap from Losi racer Michel Farina in 2nd, with Mugen driver Vray taking the final podium spot in 3rd.

Source: RC Mag [rcmag.com]

June 22, 2008

Levi Jackson wins SoCal SS Rd3

Kyosho team driver Levi Jackson scored another victory with the Kyosho ST-RR during the 3rd round of the Southern California Saturday Series, held at Thunder Alley in Beaumont, CA, host of the recent 1/8 Off-Road Buggy Nationals. Levi won from 2nd placed Scott Hughes, the Mugen driver having problems on the last lap of the race giving him a non finish, while Jake Malkin took 3rd.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

June 20, 2008

2008 East Coast NS Rounds 6 & 7

The Drake was in touch to tell us that last weekend he and Mike Truhe made the trip back to The Farm 2 in Charlotte, NC for round 6 & 7 of the East Coast Nitro Series. Adam TQ’d both rounds 6 and 7, and while Mike won round 6, with Drake 2nd, it was Adam that took the win in round 7. Afterwards the two Losi drivers stayed on for testing for the IFMAR 1/8th Worlds that will be at the same track in September.

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June 19, 2008

Richi Gómez joins HongNor team

HongNor are proud to announce that Richi Gómez is the newest addition to their Racing Team. Richi is a top competitor in the European 1/8 off-road field and he will be using the HongNor X1X-CR Team buggy at the European and World Championship this year as well as also driving HongNor competition racing cars at all other major events until the end of 2010. Richi had this to say about the deal:

I am very satisfied and have a lot of visions of this new project for the next 2 years with Hongnor. I expect to obtain with this car very good results in the next Championships in Spain and even better achievements in the European and World Championships.

Source: Hong Nor [hongnor.com.tw]

June 19, 2008

Factory Team at the Euros in Crete

Meet Associated’s very own Factory Team drivers Craig Drescher and Richard Saxton at the 2008 European Championships being held on the island of Crete, July 3rd through 6th. Craig and Richard will be on hand to help support Associated Factory Team drivers Neil Cragg, Elliot Boots and Peter Pinisch, as well as all the other RC8 drivers. Associated’s Factory Team drivers bring with them a wealth of talent and in-depth working knowledge regarding all of the current RC8 set-ups and tips. Let them show you how to get the most out of your RC8 buggy, and to keep it running at the peak of performance. With 22 IFMAR World Championships, and many European, US National and regional championships to their credit, this opportunity offers you a chance to benefit from decades of race winning experience. Please be sure to drop by to introduce yourself and don’t be shy, Craig and Richard are there to help you.

Image: Neo Buggy [neo-buggy.net]

June 19, 2008

Cody King wins Truggy at JBRL Rd3

Kyosho team driver Cody King proved to be unstoppable during round three of the popular Southern California JBRL Nitro Series, taking TQ and the win in the main event with his Sirio-powered Kyosho ST-RR. Held in Hemet, CA, King nearly lapped the field during the main, which was his first outing with the new KO Propo 2.4 GHz system – he went wire to wire with solid performance from the new radio gear. His performance puts King up in the top end of the points and in contention for the overall series win.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

June 19, 2008

2008 RC Pro Series Northeast Rd1

We received this report from the first round of the Northeast RC Pro Series held at CRC Raceway in Rome, NY. As it has been with almost every out door race in the nitro offroad series this year weather tried to play a part in the event. Saturday it didn’t look like we would get all 4 rounds of qualifying in because of rain rolling in from the west but each time it came close to town it would disappear. So we managed to get all the qualifying in even though the weather reports estimated an 80% chance of rain. Sunday was supposed to be better with only a 20% chance. Sunday was a beautiful day until we started the last main – the Expert Buggy A Main – dark clouds rolled in from the west just south of the track.

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