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June 16, 2008

Lee Martin wins European ‘B’ title

The European ‘B’ Championships for 1/8th scale buggy were run last weekend at the USBRC’s track in Bergerac, France. Qualifying saw a close battle between Associated driver Lee Martin and Losi racer Darren Bloomfield, both from the UK, as well as Czech driver Martin Bayer. In the end it was Lee that took an easy pole position ahead of Bayer, who managed to claim the spot from Bloomfield in the last round of qualifying, demoting Darren to the 3rd spot. Following the semi’s, the final saw Lee and Darren immediately shot off into the lead of the 45 minute race. Darren worked his way passed Lee in the early stages, but problems following the first refuelling dropped him down the order and gave Lee some breathing space at the front. Darren would eventually work his way back to the front, managing to come from 10th to take 2nd in the last 5 minutes of the race. Lee Martin took the win, and the European title, ahead of Bloomfield in 2nd, 2 laps back, with French racer Romain Soret in 3rd, 1 lap further back.

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June 15, 2008

Danish Off-Road Nationals Rd3

We received a report from last weekends 3rd round of the Danish DRCMU Off-Road championship that was held at the Midtjysk RC Arena track. In Stock class it was again 9 year old Jesper Rasmussen that was in the fast lane with his Kyosho and nothing could stop him, taking the win in all 3 qualifying rounds to finish up in front of Martin Kristensen in 2nd and Kim Gundorph, in his first race, 3rd, while local youngster Sebastian Sorensen claimed the 4th spot.

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June 13, 2008

Ellis Stafford re-signs to X-Factory

Oswestry Nationals report by oOple

UK star Ellis Stafford has re-signed with X Factory through the 2009 season. Stafford, a two-time European 4WD Champion and BRCA buggy Champion, recently TQ’d and won both 2wd and 4wd at the Ozwestry round of this year’s British Nationals and currently stands first in both the 2wd and 4WD Championships. Ellis finished the 2007 BRCA series in 5th with his X-6 in 2wd and 6th in 4WD with the X–5 Squared. “I am so pleased with the progress we made last year calculating The New Math,” said Stafford, “I am particularly happy with the attitude of the whole X Factory Team and their willingness to back me in working to try new things.” Stafford continued, “I also like the direction X Factory is taking. This team is on the go, expanding and getting faster every day. With Brian Kinwald back full time, it seems like we start work on another idea every day. Chazz and the Team are all about racing to win, and nothing else. 2007 was the happiest R/C year for me in a long time, and I need to stay a part of this action!”.

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June 12, 2008

Talywain Nationals report by oOple

oOple has the report from the 3rd round of the BRCA 1/10th National series, that was held recently at Talywain, Wales with the club putting on a good all-grass track with plenty of man-made obstacles to navigate. Darren Bloomfield was making a return to 1/10th off road after missing the first two rounds of the championship due to 1/8th buggy commitments. Darren, being the reigning 2WD National champion didn’t seem to be too concerned with his lack of practice – taking The TQ and a hard-fought win. The 4WD class wasn’t quite so straight forward for Darren, with only two finishes from the four qualifiers he only lined up 4th on the grid. Ellis Stafford, double-winner at the previous round was on pole and looked devastatingly quick. It was Darrens day however and he took the last two legs of the A final to secure a fantastic double victory to mark his return to the class.

Read the full report here, including lots of great photos and interviews.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

June 11, 2008

Mike Truhe wins ROAR 1/8th Buggy Nats

We received this report from Losi, whose 8ight buggy just won the ROAR 1/8 Nitro Off-Road National Championship for the second year in a row. There is no doubt this 2008 ROAR Nationals will go down in history as one of the nicest and best run events in the last 10 years. Virtually every top factory driver, as well as the best privateers, from around the country raced throughout the week at the beautifully prepared Thunder Alley off-road track in Beaumont, California. The gruelling hour-long A Main event is the ultimate test of both driver and machine. While it was Jared Tebo that took the pole position, it was Losi racer Mike Truhe that took the lead early and went on to complete 126 flawless laps, with times consistently faster than his competitors, to take the win. Overlooked for much of the race was Losi 8ight driver Billy Fischer who bumped up three times through the semi-finals to earn one of the last starting spots in the Nationals A final. With a car that had been raced hard for over an hour Fischer put in a sensational drive from the back of the pack, passing 10 of the best drivers in America, to take the 2nd spot. Jared Tebo rounded out the podium in 3rd spot, ahead of Scott Hughes in 4th, while Losi driver Adam Drake, the reigning 2007 National Champion, completed the race in 5th.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

June 10, 2008

GO Engines 2009 Sponsorship offer

Our friends at the RC Pro Series have announced that GO Engines, in conjunction with Racefactor Industries, is offering an engine sponsorship to the 2008 RC Pro National Champion in Intermediate Buggy. This will be a 100% contracted sponsorship and if those Champions elect not to take the sponsorship it will be offered to the next highest placed racer in that class. GO and Race Factor also offer a contingency program for club and large events where racers using the GO Engines can win money or discounts on a new engine.

Source: RC Pro Series [rcprosites.com]

June 10, 2008

Jon Hazlewood wins BRCA Nats Rd4

The 4th round of the BRCA 1/8th scale buggy Nationals were run over the weekend at the Clanfield circuit, a very fast & technical dirt track. For the first time this year the racers in attendance had great weather all day with temperatures hitting 25 degrees. Qualifying saw Losi race Darren Bloomfield take the top qualifying spot ahead of Graham Alsop in 2nd Elliot Boots 3rd. The start of the main final saw a close battle between Alsop and Jon Hazlewood at the head of the field, with the pair pulling away from the field. After some mistakes from Alsop, Jon was able to stretch out a lead and left Alsop battle it out with Boots. A mistake by the young Associated driver meant that he would finish in 3rd, behind Alsop in 2nd, with Hazlewood taking the win on his return to Xray.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 10, 2008

Yaniv Sivan takes Israel League Rd6

The 6th round of the Israeli League took place at the Hot Wheels racing club last weekend under blisteringly hot conditions. Yaniv Sivan TQ’d the field and both 20 minute Semi finals provided some intense battles prior to the 30 minute A-Final. The final started with Yaniv Sivan opening up a gap on the rest of the field, which saw some interesting battles between Nir Sivan, Alon Maltzov, Dan Price and Yaniv Levi, all four racers battling for the runner up spot. Near the end of the race Yaniv Sivan had opened up a 20 second advantage on Nir Sivan, who was now comfortably in 2nd, but the 3rd spot had not been decided yet. The trio of Alon Maltzov, Dan Price and Yaniv Levi battled it out for the final podium spot all the way to the end and it was Dan Price that took the spot behind Nir Sivan in 2nd and Yaniv Sivan, who was for the 5th race in a row, the winner.

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