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September 29, 2007

Singer is ’07 Austrian National Champion

Singer is ‘07 Austrian National Champion

Xray have a report on their site about their 13 year old Xray NT1 driver Manuel Singer becoming 2007 Austrian National Champion. The final race of the year, and showdown for the title, was run on a wet Amstetten track where only Manuel Singer or Serpent racer Gerhard Kandelhart could take the title. In qualifying it was another Xray driver Manuel Huber that claimed the pole position spot and in the race he lead from start to finish taking the win. Kandelhart had a troubled race with a spin off the track as well as an engine flameout meant he was out of contention. Another Serpent driver, Scheidl Christian, managed to claim 2nd place in the race, while 3rd spot went to Singer, which meant he would claim the 2007 title.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 27, 2007

BRCA 1/12th Nationals Round 1

Mirage Racing are reporting on last weekends first round of the 1/12th scale Nationals, that were run indoors in Milton Keynes. The event was open to both 19 Turn and Modified with the former being run on Saturday before the Modifieds took to the track on Sunday. In the 19Turn class, it was 19T Touring car National Champion Chris Kerswell that took the pole position from Mick Farrell and Andy Griffiths in 2nd and 3rd. The start of the final saw a number of collisions that involved many of the front runners, leaving Matt White to take the lead and despite pressure from Keith Robertson he could hold on for the win, with Robertson in 2nd and Mark Stiles in 3rd. The Modified class was a continuation from where National Champion Andy Griffiths left off last year with the Hot Bodies driver taking the pole position ahead of Keith Robertson and Mark Stiles. In the final Andy could get straight into the lead pursued by Robertson and a fast starting Mick Farrell in 3rd, which was how it stayed for the full 8 minutes, Andy taking the win for Hot Bodies ahead of Asso driver Robertson in 2nd and Farrell for HB in 3rd.

Source: Mirage Racing [mirageracing.com]

September 27, 2007

Bart Wubben is Dutch National Champion

Xray have a report on their site from the 5th and 6th rounds of the Dutch 1/10th scale EP nationals that saw their driver Bart Wubben claim the National title. The 5th round of the Championship was run at the HFCC track and saw Wubben claim the top qualifier position ahead of Arjen Potharst and in both finals the Xray driver took the win giving him the overall round win in front of Potharst and Rob Janssen. This result was good enough to secure the title with 1 round left to be run. The 6th and final round was run on the AMCA track in Apeldoorn and in the absence of the new Champion, Wubben, the battle would be played out for the runner up spots in the Championship. The race was won by Hugo van den Berg ahead of Stefan Jansen in 2nd and Ron Janssen in 3rd, this result secured the runner spot for van den Berg.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 27, 2007

Per Ola Hard wins Swedish Nationals

Serpent are reporting that their team driver Per Ola Hard has won the 2007 Swedish 1:10 200mm National Champion securing the title in the best way possible over the weekend with victory in the final round. Racing at the fast Staffanstorp track in the south of the country, Hard’s Serpent 720 was working brilliantly allowing him to TQ for the all important grand finale. In the final he was able to carry forward that pace, winning the race and with it becoming the 2007 Champion, Kyosho racer Klas Runesson was 2nd with Xray driver Niklas Hakansson in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 26, 2007

D’Hondt is Belgian 1/8th scale Champion

More news from Belgium, this time its Serpent reporting that their team driver Robin D’Hondt has clinched the 2007 1/8th scale Belgian National Championship with a calculated drive to 2nd place in the final round at Roeselare over the weekend. The current Benelux Champion qualified 2nd for the event behind outgoing Champion Steven Cuypers making it an all Serpent front row and making the most of his TQ position Cuypers, the winner of Round 3, led the final well into the second half of the race before an engine flame out ended a great drive. This allowed Ilia van Gastel into the lead and D’Hondt, who had won round 1, 4 and 5 of the Championship, into 2nd spot which was enough for him to become National Champion.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 26, 2007

Koen Joosens wins Belgium Championship

Schumacher are reporting that their driver Koen Joosens has won the 2007 Belgian National Championship in Touring Modified racing the company’s Mi3. The last and deciding race took place at the very technical circuit off MRCZ at Zwevegem under magnific weather conditions, and while a third place was enough for Koen to win the championship he took 2nd and secured the title. With three wins and a 2nd place out of six races during the whole season Koen is the deserved Champion. His younger brother Nick ended fifth in the total standing with his Mi3.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

September 25, 2007

Kröber & Henschel win East German Regionals Rd1

Kröber & Henschel win Rd1 German East Nats

The first round of the East German Regionals were run last weekend at the MRC Leipzig track and it was open to both 1/10th and 1/8th scale classes. In the 1/10th scale qualifying it was Kyosho racer Rico Kröber that took the top qualifying spot ahead of team mates Marcus Kreutziger and Franc Pudewell in 2nd and 3rd respectively, while in 1/8th scale it was Serpent driver Mirko Morgenstern on pole followed by Martin Henschel and Toni Gruber. In the 1/10th scale race it was pole man Kröber that could convert his pole into a win, coming home 7 laps ahead of Tom Krägefski in 2nd while 3rd spot went to Marcus Kreutziger. In 1/8th scale Morgenstern had problems and this allowed Henschel to take a clear win ahead of the Serpent pairing of Torsten Müller and Holger Ritter.

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September 24, 2007

Connolly and Steele win Irish Nats Rd4

Last weekend saw the previously postponed 4th round of the Irish National Championships run at the St. Annes Park track in Dublin. The National round was open to both 1/8th scale and 1/10th 200mm and in 1/8th it was Serpent racer Clive Connolly that took the TQ while in the 1/10th class it was Xray driver Steven Hayes that took the TQ spot. The 1/8th scale A-final was won by Clive Connolly who clinched the National title while Serpent team mate Darragh Fox was 2nd and Mugen racer Austin Elliot in 3rd. In the 1/10th scale class it was out going Champion Chris Steele that won the A Final, his second win of the year, with Serpent racer Eoin Doran in 2nd after a great battle with new Champion Steven Hayes in 3rd. The B final was won by rookie Robert Boylan with Darren Hill in 2nd and Oliver Pauloin-Valory in 3rd.

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