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October 20, 2007

DHI Cup 2008 – Entry details

DHI Cup 2008

We received confirmation that entry for the 2008 DHI Cup will open on Wednesday the 24th of October, at 19:00 CET. It is with great pleasure, that the team behind the DHI-Cup has announced a three year deal with Odense Congress Centre to host the DHI-Cup. It means that they will have perfect surroundings for this race, with 3000 m2 floor, large tribunal for viewers and visitors, along with a great cafeteria. The track itself will have a size of 22 by 35 meters, and will be on a brand new carpet perfect for racing. New for this year is will be open practise on friday with qualifying beginning on friday evening. Red RC will be present to report live from the event but we will be bringing you more details of our coverage in the near future.

To enter the event, go to the official site here.

October 19, 2007

Juho Levanen wins the ISW

Juho Levanen wins the IWS

Juho Levanen has won last weekends International Speed Weeks run by the rc car club MCC Kastellaun and located in the indoor racetrack RC Car Minidrom. Qualifying saw the pole position go to Kyosho racer Steen Graversen with Xray racer, and Euros TQ, Steven Weiss with his team mate Alexander Hagberg in 3rd. In the race however it was Team Associated racer Juho Levanen that came out on top after the triple A-mains with 2 wins ahead of Graversen in 2nd and newly crowned French National Champion Cyril N’Diaye in 3rd.

Source: Much More [much-more.co.kr]

October 18, 2007

Region 1 Regional Championship report

We received this brief report from the recent Region 1 Championships hosted this year by NERCAR, one of the oldest and most revered RC Clubs in the region. The day was one that started with promise for many and the placement of only a few in the main show. After the lengthy day it proved that two racers from the Region would hold the title of Regional Champion, Mr. Alex “Total Control” Frank for the 1/8 scalers and Jamie “Mr. Consistency” Carrado for 1/10th scale.

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October 14, 2007

Lamberto Collari is World Champion

Final Podium

Lamberto Collari is the new 1/8th scale IFMAR World Champion, giving him an amazing 8th World Title. The race started clean for most racers except for Andrea Cristiani who had to pit for a new tire as his had come off from the wheel, this left him over a lap down behind the leaders. Early on, the race was turning into a 2 man race between pole man Massimo Fantini in the lead and Collari in 2nd position with Collari putting a lot of pressure on his fellow Italian. With this kind on continued press it looked inevitable that Collari was going to make the pass, which he did just after the 10 miunte mark to the cheers of the huge crowds present to witness this spectacle. Once passed he just checked out and easily pulled a gap.

Read the rest of the report here.

October 13, 2007

Massimo Fantini is World Champs TQ

Massimo Fantini

With rain causing the cancellation of the 5th and 6th rounds of qualifying, its Massimo Fantini who will line up first for the 1 hour long main final on Saturday. We talked to the Serpent 960 driver, and owner of Max engines, and he is very confident going in to the final, “To be honest we were very confident because my team mate Fabio and Andrea went for testing on the track and said the car works very good and also the engine. We had a big advantage for the 5 minutes we had almost no problem to run the qualification without any additional refueling stop. I could push stronger in the heats and the car was good and the important thing is making no mistakes and i was able to make the top qualifier in all the rounds”. When asked about his chances for the final he said “we are checking our strategy and to be honest we are quite confident, the only thing is the final is very long and anything can happen, also the other competitors are strong, so i need to be cool and make no mistakes”. “I was already in the main final of a World Championship several times and what it is, is hardcore racing”.

Schumacher Cup Denmark – Report

Steen Graversen wins Schumacher Cup

We received a report from the Schumacher Cup 2007 hosted by the Aarhus RC Randers and Randers Hobby Import (importer of Schumacher products) and held in the sports arena Vejlby Risskov Hallen in Aarhus. In the Stock/beginner class it was local youngster Frederik Larsen who was very fast with his Schumacher car from the beginning the of the day and was followed by Brian Lage and female driver Emma Lundgreen in the qualifying rounds. Electronic problems put Mads Madsen in to fourth spot after qualifying, but he had a better performance the A-finals and was able to put pressure on Frederik Larsen, but Frederik was able to keep his pace and won two out of the three finals to take the win ahead of Mads Madsen in 2nd and Brian Lage in 3rd.

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October 11, 2007

Martin Lissau wins 2007 Danish Nats

Xray have a report from their team driver Martin Lissau on the 5th and last race of the Danish 1/10 nitro touring car championship was held in Naestved RC Model Center. “I had to finish in the top 7 to be the National champion. It was hard because I had no tools and no staff with me as all were prepared for Worlds Championship in 1/5 cars that I have attended the day after the final run. After the qualification I was second, just behind Martin Fish, another XRAY driver. The final was without any stress as Martin got interference problems so he had to retire. Jesper Hoh could take the victory in this final as I made some mistakes. I finished on the second place, Dennis Hassing could take third place”.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 7, 2007

Erik Dankel wins Oktoberfest Cup

Erik Dankel wins Octoberfest Cup

Last weekend saw the annual Oktoberfest Cup run at the Turkheim track, and is considered as the final race in the 1/8th scale season for a lot of drivers in this region. This years event saw Mugen racer Erik Dankel, racing the new MRX-4X, take the pole position in qualifying ahead of his brother Jan, but due to an unfixable problem caused to his car he withdrew and gave the position to the next driver. In the final Erik won easily ahead of team mates Norbert Mayrhofer in 2nd and Markus Stegmann in 3rd.

Source: MID [mid-mugen.de]