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July 31, 2008

Southport Nationals report by oOple

Our friends at oOple are reporting on the recently held Southport National, the penultimate in the 2008 BRCA National series, which saw the 2WD title decided early, with another TQ and win for Ellis Stafford driving the XFactory X6. Ellis was in command and took three qualifying rounds to take the TQ, and won the second and third A final legs to take the meeting, and with the valuable points secure the 2WD championship title in the process. Neil Cragg had a surprise up his sleeve in the 4WD event, the new Yokomo B-Max4 had made it after all. After Yokomo flew around the world to deliver the car the Thursday before the event, Neil didn’t hold back, taking all four rounds of qualifying and the first two A final legs. Only a win from Lee Martin in leg three with Cragg second, stopped a ‘total domination’ from the Craggster.

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

Source: oOple [oople.com]

July 30, 2008

Ryan Maifield confirmed at Reedy

Reedy has confirmed that Team Associated Factory Driver Ryan Maifield has signed to race Reedy’s all‐new .21 competition nitro engine for the remainder of the 2008 season and beyond. Input from a driver of Ryan’s caliber is instrumental in the development of an engine suitable for World Class competition. In Ryan’s first race with his new powerplant, the 2008 Summer Nitrofest at The Farm 2, he qualified on pole position and nearly led wire‐to‐wire to win in convincing fashion. Because The Farm 2 is the host of the 2008 IFMAR World Championships later this year, Maifield becomes an early favourite for the coveted title.

Source: Reedy [rc10.com]

July 30, 2008

Hodapp takes victory at JBRL Rd5

Kyosho and Slingshot Batteries have been in contact to report victories in Modified 2WD and Truck classes at round 5 of the series at Freedom Park in Camarillo, CA. Hodapp piloted his Kyosho RB5 to the win from the 3rd spot on the grid. Patience paid off for Hodapp as he followed the leaders for the first half of the race and then seeing a passing opportunity Hodapp made his move and never looked back as the rest of the field battled for precious series points. In the truck class, Hodapp started from the 2nd qualifying position with his prototype Kyosho truck and he again played it safe and followed the leader for several laps until his chance came a few laps into the main event. Once in the lead position, Hodapp never looked back crossing the line and taking the victory first time out with the truck.

Source: Slingshot [slingshotbatteries.com]

July 29, 2008

Matsukura dominates Japanese Nationals

Last weekend saw the JMRCA Japanese electric buggy Nationals take place at the indoor Yatabe Arena track. With 220 drivers in attendance, the competition was going to be hot and in the 2wd class it was current 4wd National Champion Naoto Matsukura that took the top spot for Yokomo, having started from pole position, to win ahead of Satoshi Maezumi, racing and X-Factory X-6, in 2nd and Shin Adachi with the Kyosho Ultima RB5 in 3rd. In the 4wd class it was again Matsukura that took the win, to complete a dominant performance in recent events for the new B-Max4 buggy, finishing in front of Shin Adachi with the Lazer ZX-5 in 2nd, with Tamiya rounding out the podium.

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July 28, 2008

Ellis Stafford takes BRCA 2wd crown

Ellis Stafford has won the fifth round of the BRCA Championship at Southport, which has seen him take his third National crown. In just his second year with X Factory, Stafford took convincing wins in A-2 and A-3 to wrap up the 2008 Outdoor Championship. Ellis won the last two mains by 8 second each with a car that was obviously faster than anything else on the track.

Last year I was getting used to the entirely new concept of the mid-motor car. It’s just obvious to me that The New Math is faster, but there is a bit of a new driving style and that takes getting used to. But once I learned it, it was nothing but “go” from that point on. I’ve just gotten faster and faster the longer I drive this car, and I’m looking forward confidently to the worlds in ’09

Source: X-Factory [2wdrc.com]

July 26, 2008

Ultimate Racing team wins in Las Palmas

Last weekend in Telde, Las Palmas, saw a 2 hour endurance race held with a total of 10 teams in attendance, with each team comprising of 2 drivers. The Ultimate Racing team with Armiche Aleman as 1st driver and Cristo González as 2nd driver, together with Lito as mechanic, took the win by 15 laps over the pairing of Carlos Santana and Oliver who finished in 2nd spot.

Source: Ultimate Racing [ultimateracing.es]

July 23, 2008

Taylor James wins the IFMAR Pre-Worlds

Jammin are reporting on last weekends win for their team driver Taylor James at the IFMAR Pre-Worlds Race in Charlotte, North Carolina. Taylor proved that the Jammin X1X Buggy is now one of the the top contenders for the World Championships, to be held later this year, by posting top qualifier and then going on to take the win in the one hour long A-Main. “With a new chassis layout, the X1X Buggy is faster through the corners and accelerates off the corner quicker. Overall stability is much better.” says Jay Halsey. He also revealed that Jammin Products is planning a Conversion Kit for the X1X and also a complete kit, both coming within the next three months.

Source: Jammin [jamminproducts.com]

July 23, 2008

Bickerstaff completes perfect weekend

Irish Buggy National Round 2

Having being forced to cancel the event at the first attempt due to poor weather conditions, the re-scheduled second round of the Irish 1:8 Off Road National Championships took place in Galway over the weekend where Team Associated driver Alan Bickerstaff completed the perfect weekend. Taking the race victory Bickerstaff made it two National wins in 24 hours having won the EP Touring Car National opener at day earlier in Northern Ireland.

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