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November 18, 2007

Thongchai S. wins Thai 200mm Nats Rd5

Xray have a brief report from the recently run fifth, and penultimate, round of the Thailand National on-road series that was run at the Hobbica track in Nakornprathom, south of Bangkok. There were 40 drivers in the 1/10 touring car class and after the final it was a win for Xray NT1 racer Thongchai S., who with a trouble free run could finish ahead of 2nd placed Suwich V. in 2nd and Sompong V. in 3rd, giving Xray a complete lock out of the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 17, 2007

Hayato Matsuzaki TQ’s JMRCA Touring Nats

This weekend sees the best Japanese, and some top International, touring car racers battle out in the Super Expert class at this year JMRCA Japanese EP touring car Nationals. Held once more at the great indoor facility of the Yatabe Arena, the racers have been present since early in the week to try to find the best setup for this race. After qualifying, it is current 2wd off road World Champion Hayato Matsuzaki that has taken the top qualifier spot for Hot Bodies in front of former World Champion Marc Rheinard for Tamiya in 2nd with 3rd spot going to Yokomo racer and current Champion Masami Hirosaka (not shown). Current World Champion Andy Moore lines up in 5th with team mate Hara in 6th, Victor Wilck for Tamiya in 9th and British National Champion Chris Grainger for Yokomo in 11th.

Image: Team Novi [teamnovi.blog.drecom.jp]

November 17, 2007

Norwegian National Cup Rd2

Xray have a report from the second round of the Norwegian National Cup that was held recently on a 600m2 track with sharp turns and high grip in Spydeberg. The 19T touring class saw Truls Solberg take the TQ ahead of Markus Alvestad in 2nd and 13 year old Petter Berntsen in 3rd. In the finals, Truls took the win in the first 2 finals, but he forgot to marshall after the 2nd final and had his result nulled and in the 3rd final he had problems, so he ended the race in 5th leaving Markus Alvestad to take his first win from Knut E Enger in 2nd and Petter Berntsen in 3rd. In the modified touring class Adrian Berntsen took the pole position from Helge Johannessen in 2nd and Georg Ellingsen in 3rd. After a problem in final 1, Johannessen managed to take the win in the 2nd and 3rd finals to take the overall win with Adrian Bernsten finishing 2nd and Petter Solvberg 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 14, 2007

DRCMU Indoor On-Road Rd1 & Rd2

DRCMU Indoor On-Road Rd2

We received reports from both the 1st and 2nd round of the Danish DRCMU indoor championships held in Tinglev and Fakse. Round 1 was held in Tinglev near the German border and a few German racers were competing at the event. The drivers were greeted with a high speed track with a very good flow, and many drivers liked it a lot.

November 14, 2007

Spain & Netherlands take ’07 Nations Cup

Spain & Netherlands take ‘07 Nations Cup

The third running of the annual Serpent Nations Cup took place over the weekend in beautiful sunshine at the Monsanto track in Lisbon, Portugal, where 16 teams representing seven Nations gathered to race for the pride of their country. Previously an exclusive 1:8 scale event, the 2007 edition saw the introduction of the 1:10 Nations Cup and the first 200mm touring car competition attracted drivers from Ireland, France, Spain, Holland, Sweden and host nations Portugal. After 44 Nations Cup races run over the 2 days the 2007 Serpent Nations Cup had come to a close in the most dramatic way possible. Team Portugal (1) had won Leg 2 by 2 points leaving them equal on 163 points with Leg 1 winners and defending Champions Team Netherlands. Unfortunately for the host nation the tie break would be determined on the number of wins achieved by each team and this meant the Cup was returning to Holland with Team Netherlands drivers Rob Kuyper, Stanley Bauer, John Ermen and Miquel Hereijgers. Third overall went to Team Austria. In 1:10, Team Spain’s quest to secure the first ever Nations Cup title was never seriously threatened and the squad of Oscar Cabezas, Rodrigo Pahissa, Javier Hidalgo, Adrian Ortiz and David Lopez deservedly claimed top honours. Completing the 1:10 podium where Team Portugal (1) and a delighted Team France.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

November 13, 2007

Jacky Mouton wins Serpent F180 GP

Jacky Mouton wins Serpent F180 Grand Prix

Serpent hosted the first official Grand Prix event for their unique F180 formula car over the weekend as part of the annual Serpent Nations Cup event which took place at the Monsanto track in Lisbon, Portugal. Eight drivers travelled from France, Sweden, Netherlands and Portugal to attend the event and were greeted by glorious weather as they hit the track for practice on Friday. On both race days it was Jacky Mouton that topped qualifying and on Saturday it was local ace Luis Simoes that lined up on 2nd while on Sunday it was Dutchman Rob Kuyper who came shared the front row with the French man.

In Saturday’s Leg 1 Final, held under floodlights, Mouton led home fellow countryman Benoit Enicolo for a French 1-2 with Simoes completing the podium. The fastest car on the track was that of Stanley Bauer setting a best lap time of 21.537 seconds with the distinctive orange coloured F180 eventually crossing the finish line in fourth. Sunday’s second final saw the Toyota F1 finished F180 of Dutch driver Michel Nijman capitalise on a late problem to hit Mouton to claim victory. Nijman was on the pace throughout the weekend but in Saturday’s final an early race incident cost him over 2-minutes and despite a strong recovery drive he could only manage fifth but the combined result was still enough for him to claim the overall runners up spot behind Mouton while Enicolo secured third.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

November 8, 2007

2008 1/8th scale Euros Cancelled

Roeselare Belgium

We have received some more bad news concerning RC racing, following the immediate halt to EP racing in Norway, and that is that the 2008 European 1/8th scale ‘A’ Championships and preceeding 1/8th scale EFRA GP, to have been held in Roeselare, Belgium have been cancelled. We received the letter from Franky Noens, 1/10th scale section chairman in EFRA and secretary of the Belgian association, saying that due to problems with noise and no immediate solution the events have been cancelled. What hasn’t been said is if they will be held somewhere else or just left off the calendar next year, we would presume that they will find another venue. Roeselare played host to this years European 1/10th scale ‘B’ Championships.

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November 8, 2007

Northwest Indoor Champ Series Rd1

North West Indoor Championship Series Race 1

Xray have a report on their site from the first round of the Northwest Indoor Championship Series that was held at the Seattle Indoor Raceway, which saw just under 100 racers in attendance. With a groove formed after practice and the Friday night club race, Saturday’s qualifying was very quick and saw Darren Shank place first in both TC Mod Foam and 1/12th 19T, while the TQ in the other classes went to Frank Mirabelli in TC stock foam, Marcos Garcia in rubber stock class, Randy Sides the 19T Foam class and Brian Bodine the 19T TC Rubber class. The races ended the very same with all the TC top qualifiers taking their pace into the final and winning it, giving Xray top honours across the board, while in 1/12th 19T, it was Sean Maybell that took the win.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]