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August 20, 2007

Danish Off-Road Nationals Rd5

The 5th round of the Danish 1/10th scale electric buggy Nationals took place this weekend at the multi surfaced Midtjysk RC Arena. In the 4WD class it was Kyosho driver Ulrich Rasmussen who was the fastest man from the start of the day, setting the fastest time in qualifying and then going on to win all the three A-finals to take the overall win, followed home by local Kyosho racer Torben Nielsen in 2nd and Losi driver Allan Thyme in 3rd spot. In the 2WD class it was again a win for Lars Alex with his B4 who won from local Bo Dissing with another B4 in 2nd spot, while Christer Rasmussen found himself in 3rd place after a hard battle with X6 driver Lasse Nielsen in the third final, which saw the motor of Lasse break on last lap allowing Christer to pass him. In the Stock beginner class it was Alexander Breiner who was the man to beat and he won in front of 2nd placed Jesper Rasmussen and 3rd placed Martin Kristensen.

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August 19, 2007

Jason Branham wins ROAR Region 9

Xray have a report on their site from the recently held ROAR Region 9 Off Road Championships hosted by Mike’s Hobbies and Gulf Coast Raceway. Qualifying saw the buggy TQ go to Team Losi driver Dave Mangelsdorf while in the truggy class it was again Dave Mangelsdorf that took the TQ. The Expert truggy A-main saw Branham and Mangelsdorf battling together for the first 10 minutes waiting for one or the other to make a mistake and eventually Mangelsdorf did. Branham eventually ran away with the lead to win by a lap with Mangelsdorf finishing 2nd and Jimmy Matsler in 3rd. The Expert buggy A-main saw Jason Branham crash early in the main which dropped him to the back of the pack letting Dave Mangelsdorf and David Joor to run away with the lead. After the 9 min. mark Mangelsdorf and Joor were lapping Branham as he was struggling to get back on pace. Once Branham broke away from the back of the pack and moved up through the field and got his lap back and was once again on pace and was catching the leaders in a hurry. With 5 mins to go Branham caught Mangelsdorf and passed him to take the win.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 19, 2007

Ronny Arnesen wins Norwegian EFRA GP

Our partners Neo Buggy have been covering the Norwegian EFRA GP held this weekend in Skien that saw HoBao racer Joesph Quagraine take the TQ in qualifying. On finals day the rain came and put a bit of a dampener on the day but pole man Quagraine picked up where he left off at the end of qualifying and took the lead from the start up until 20 minutes in when he crashed onto his roof. A confused turn marshall stopped his cars engine, thinking something was wrong, ending the hopes of a win for the Finnish driver. Chris Svensson took over the lead from Quagraine up until 4 minutes from the end when his driveshaft broke taking him out on the spot, but he came home 4th anyway. This allowed local Norwegian driver Ronny Arnesen into the lead where he could control the rest of the race and take the win from Frode Skauen in 2nd and Steffen Culmsee in 3rd.

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August 19, 2007

Great Lakes Championship Series Rd5

We received a report from round 5 of the Great Lake Championships held at Niagara RC in beautiful Welland Port, which is 40 minutes from Niagara Falls. The Niagara track offered a very technical center race area with tight 45 and 90 Degree turns with challenging rhythm sections that provides some very competitive racing to watch. The track also wound out a large straight which measured at a little over 200 feet.

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August 18, 2007

Russian EP Off-road Nationals 2007

Last weekend, the best electric buggy drivers from around Russia came to the RC2 track in Moscow to compete for the 2007 Russian National title. Qualifying saw Kyosho racer Ivan Laptev take the pole position from the JConcepts pairing of Dmitry Malyshko and Victor Spiridonov in 2nd and 3rd. In the race it remained the same with Laptev taking the win and the 2007 title ahead of Malyshko, who was using the MRC Models buggy wing, in 2nd and Spiridonov in 3rd.

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August 16, 2007

Graham Alsop wins Truggy Pro Rd3

The 3rd round of the UK Truggy Pro series took place last weekend in Ledbury near the England Wales border and with 100 participants present the weather gods were kind to the racers with the event evntually turning out to be warm and dry. Qualifying saw Kyosho Masters winner Elliot Boots take the TQ spot by 3 seconds ahead of round 2 winner and HoBao racer Graham Alsop in 2nd. After a bit of banging and scraping at the start of the main final it was Boots that emerged in 1st only to be passed 4 laps later by Xray driver Hazlewood and then also eventually by Alsop. With Boots clearly in 3rd it was left to Alsop and Hazlewood to battle it out for the win with the lead swapping a number of times and after the last pitstop it looked like Hazlewood had the win secured, but a coming together with a back marker handed Alsop the lead and despite heavy pressure he could also take the win, with Hazlewood in 2nd and Boots in 3rd.

Source: UK Truggy Pro [uktruggypro.com]

August 14, 2007

Felicio wins Ceara State Champs Rd5

The weekend just gone saw the 5th round of the Ceara State Championships held in Braczil on the countries best track, and host of the 10th running of the Brazilian off road Nationals later in the year, the Asa Branca Speedway. In qualifying for the buggy class it was a TQ for CEN racer Rafael Felicio who also TQ’d the truggy class and he went on the win both classes, beating out Jesus Fernandes and Francisco Alcantara in the buggy class and Cleyton Viana and Joao Bruno in the truggy class. With this win Rafael Felicio becomes the 2007 Ceara State truggy Champion with 4 TQ’s and wins from 5 rounds while in the buggy class he is the leader in the series but has yet to clinch the title, battling with CEN team mate Francisco Junior who currently lies in 2nd place with 2 rounds still left.

Source: CEN [cenracing.com]

August 14, 2007

Daniel Reckward wins German West Rd1

The first round of the West German 1/8th scale off road qualification races for the 2008 Nationals took place last weekend at the MAC Essen track. The event was open to both buggy and truggy classes and in the buggy class it was a win for Kyosho racer Daniel Reckward ahead of team mate Denis Macek in 2nd and Mugen driver Frank Derksen completing the podium in 3rd. Daniel managed to do the double for Kyosho, taking the win in the truggy class also in front of 2nd placed Mugen driver Alexander Munsch and Team Losi racer Thomas Wüller in 3rd.

Source: Vita Racing [vita-racing.de]