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February 23, 2007

Stewart Wilcox joins Team Losi

Stuart Wilcox

Top British off road racer and long time Mugen driver has made the switch to Team Losi to race the all conquering 8ight. Powered by Novarossi, with additional backing from KO Propo and LRP, Stewart will join the Helger Racing team to contest the National championship this year with his new ride.

With the start of the season only just around the corner time is short but Stewart feels confident he can be up to speed and ready for the first national. Not only do we benefit from Stewarts driving skill and technical knowledge but also customer support trackside from Models in motion.

Source: Helger Racing [helgerracing.com]

February 20, 2007

JR Mitch wins Buggy class at Rd3 Florida State Series

JR Mitch

Yesterday we told you about Gene Hickerson winning his 3rd straight truggy race in a row at round 3 of the Florida State series. Well this race was attended by nearly 200 racers in a number of different classes and in the buggy class it was JR Mitch driving a Werks powered Thunder Tiger that won the race ahead 2nd place Jason Rouna whilst the 3rd position went to Ryan Eckert.

Source: Neo-Buggy [neo-buggy.net]

February 20, 2007

Batley Indoor Supercup

Neil Cragg - Batley Indoor Supercup

Last weekend saw the running of the Batley Indoor Supercup for buggies on a rather slippery and creative track, made using gym mats, rope and pieces of wood. In the 2wd class it was World Champion Neil Cragg that took the win, from the TQ spot, with his Team Associated B4 whilst in 4wd Ellis Stafford took the win with his X-Factory X-5.

To get lots more pictures of this event you can head on over to oOple here.

Image: oOple [oople.com]

February 19, 2007

Gene Hickerson wins Rd3 Florida State Series

Gene Hickerson

Buggy-Sport are reporting that Gene ‘The Machine’ Hickerson has won the 3rd round of the ROAR Florida State Series held last weekend. Racing in the truggy class, Gene powered his way to his 3rd TQ and win from 3 rounds, an amazing record for him and his Mega powered CEN Matrix Arena TR. Jeff Keeton, racing a Kyosho came home in 2nd just ahead of 3rd place finisher Kyle Sokol, also running a Mega powered CEN Matrix.

Source: Buggy-Sport [buggy-sport.info]

February 19, 2007

Martin Pater wins Czech Kyosho Masters

Czech Kyosho Masters

Xray have a report on their site about last weekends Kyosho Masters race in the Czech Republic. The event attract around 100 racers from all around Europe and included many top international racers like former World Champion Daniel Reckward. In qualifying it was Michael Jonsson that got the fastest time ahead of Thomas Passmann and Martin Pater. After the semi finals were run it was on to the main final were Martin Pater was able to pull out a lead and keep it to the end despite heavy pressure throughout the race.

Martin was able to get a good lead which allowed him to take one extra fueling to keep a safe run. Despite having World Champion Daniel Recward pushing hard and trying to catch the leader, Martin stayed calm the whole race and was able to bring the XRAY XB8EC to the final win of this prestigious race.

Read the full event report here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 16, 2007

Markus Eirenschmalz win Flawil Indoor race

Flawil Indoor race

Xray have a article on their site from Swiss Xray rider Robin Frischkopf who reports on the Indoor Race Flawil which attracted over 100 entries from Germany and Switzerland. The race took place on an old indoor horse riding arena which made it very tight and seemed to cause some problems for Robin, who eventually ended up in the quarter finals after qualfiying but managed to bump in race day to the semis and then into the Main final where he finished in 2nd position behind eventual winner Markus Eirenschmalz, also driving Xray.

However, German driver Markus Eirenschmalz (also driving an XRAY XB8TQ) was a little bit faster than me. We battled for a long time and were only seconds apart. Nearing the end of the final I was again in some traffic and got crashed into, so he was half a lap ahead of me. For the last part of the final I tried to catch up but I couldn’t quite make it. In the end there was still only half a lap between us so I settled for a good second place.

You can read the full report here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 15, 2007

Adam Drake Interviewed

Our partners down under, RubeDude, have a real nice interview with Mr. gas off road ‘The Drake’. In the interview Adam answers all sorts of questions from how he begun racing, to what his routine is in the build up to his race, to his favourite type of track and class of racing.

I always try and watch the races leading up to my race. It gets me pumped up and it’s a great chance to see if the track has change or if another drive has found a better line around the track. I always like to walk the track in the morning and before a main event. It’s kind of my time to get away and get into race mode.

You can read the full interview here.

Source: Rube Dude [rubeduderc.com] Image: Greg Rojna [gregrojna.com]

February 15, 2007

Paul Coleman debuts the Robitronic Mantis

Paul Coleman Mantis

Paul Coleman made his debut race with the Robitronic Mantis at last months Team Losi Nitro Winter Championships held in Tampa Florida. The race was a learning experience for Paul, driving the Mantis in its debut Truggy race Stateside, and he could qualify in 6th position with some consistent running and went on to perform well in the race until he was forced to retire with some technical problems. The car however showed its potential and look good on the track, very stable over the jumps and fast through the corners and looks promising for the rest of the season.

Source: Axial Racing [axialracing.com]