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February 26, 2008

Dmitriy Chub wins Rd1 Ukraine Champs

The first round of the Ukrainian Championships took place recently at an indoor track in Nikopol. The race was open to both touring car and buggies and in both it was LRP team driver Dmitriy Chub that took the win. Racing a Tamiya chassis in each class, he TQ’d the touring class and won ahead of team mate Nikita Dimbitskiy, with Xray driver Anton Buga in 3rd. In the buggy class, it was Evgen Brajko that was quickest in the qualifying session, but he dropped to 3rd by the end of the final behind 2nd placed Andriy Boyko, while Chub managed to work his way to the front and take the win.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

February 26, 2008

Olly Jefferies wins Carpet Wars World Cup

Last weekend saw the running of the Carpet Wars World Cup, a 2 day event that saw International interest with Marc Fisher making the trip from Germany for the race. After Saturdays qualifying it was Kevin Brunsden on pole but a quick run in the final qualifying heat on Sunday saw Olly Jefferies take the top spot by 0.6 of a second. Leg 1 of the finals saw some problems for the front runners and this allowed Glen Doman through for the win ahead of Elliot Harper, with Olly recovering to 3rd. The 2nd leg was better for Olly, taking the lead from the start and converting it into the win in front of Harper and Doman, while the final leg was again won by Olly, who took the overall win, in front of Elliot in 2nd who claimed the overall runner up spot and Glen coming home in 3rd overall.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]

February 25, 2008

Charalambous wins Cyprus NC Rd2

Serpent are reporting that their team in Cyprus concluded another almost perfect weekend in during Round 2 of the Cyprus Nitro Challenge as the ‘Dream Team’ completed a 1-2 finish in the A-final. This time it was new signing, Andreas Charalambous’ turn to take the victory only seconds ahead of reigning Champion and team mate Nicholas Ζachariades. The two Serpent 960 drivers led the race throughout, after qualifying on the front row of the A Final grid. Both drivers pulled away from the rest of the pack right from the start of the race and battled each other for the win.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 25, 2008

Puerto Rico National Championship Rd2

The 2nd round of the Puerto Rico National Championships was run last weekend at the country’s Isabela Track. Qualifying in 1/8th scale went the way of round 1 winner and Mugen racer Andy Báez and he carried forward that form to the final, taking an easy win ahead of the Kyosho pairing of Ito Nieves and Fernando Méndez. In the 1/10th 200mm class, the pole position went to Serpent racer Alfred Aeschliman but he had bad luck in the final and this enabled the Mugen driver Juan “My Bad” Rodríguez into the lead from where he could take the win. Just behind a recovering Andy Báez came up behind Serpent racer Edgar Tirado and with 3 minutes to go in the 45 minute final, was able to take the 2nd position from him.

Thanks to Zobeida Ocasio for the report

February 25, 2008

Teemu Leino wins 2008 TITC

Seen as the warm up race for the World Championship held on the same track in November, this years running of the TITC in Thailand was very well attended by factory teams from around the World. Run on a tight smooth circuit under warm conditions, qualifying saw Xray racer Teemu Leino set down the fastest runs to take the top qualifier spot with 3 round wins in front of former World Champion Atsushi Hara in 2nd and current European Champion Ronald Volker in 3rd, both racing the Hot Bodies Cyclone. The finals were easy for Teemu, who could win the first 2 to claim the overall win with 1 final left to be run. With Teemu sitting out the 3rd run, this allowed Andy Moore to take the leg 3 win, which combined with his 2nd spot from leg 1 gave him 2nd overall in front of Ronald Volker in 3rd.

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February 23, 2008

GiBon Goo wins KORG Series Rd1

Xray have a report from round 1 of the Korea On road Race Grand Prix series that was run last weekend at the Girina Raceway in Kyunggi-do, Seoul. Xray NT1 driver GiBon Goo showed again that he would be the racer to beat in 2008 took by taking a spectacular win in the final after starting from second on the grid. The 2nd spot went to SeYoung Oh, while in 3rd spot was another Xray racer
GiYeul Kim

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 21, 2008

ETS Denmark – Marc Rheinard confirmed

ETS Denmark - Marc Rheinard confirmed

Tamiya Factory driver, and 2004 IFMAR World Champion, Marc Rheinard from Germany is just one the big name racers to have confirmed his entry for round 2 of the Euro Touring Series that takes place on the 14th – 16th of March in Vejle, Denmark. Running in the modified class he will be joined by other mod entrants that include 2008 DHI Cup winner Viktor Wilck, HB team driver Toni Rheinard as well as super quick locals Steen Graversen for Kyosho and Jonas Kaerup racing for HB. With more big names expected to enter, we will keep you informed when we find out more.

Do you want to race against some of the World’s top touring car racers, while being commentated on by the legendary Scotty Ernst, in a fun and friendly, yet professional racing atmosphere then be sure to get your entry in for round 2 of the ETS by going here.

Find out more about the ETS Series by going to the official site.

February 21, 2008

Chris Kerswell wins 1/12th British GP

Last weekend saw the 19 turn British 1/12th scale GP run in Hereford, where the organisers created a challenging layout that was very unforgiving and punished small errors very heavily. Qualifying saw the TQ spot go to Russ Williams but he suffered worse luck in the 3 leg finals, crashing out of the third leg while leading. In the first leg of the A-final the win went to Corally racer Chris Kerswell ahead of Matt White with Mark Stiles in 3rd. The 2nd final saw a battle between HB team mates Mick Farrell and Mark Stiles until pressure saw Mick make a mistake eventually ending in 3rd behind winner Stiles and Keith Robertson in 2nd. This meant the winner would be decided in leg 3 and following the demise of Russ Williams, Chris Kerswell could take the lead and eventually the win, giving him the overall win ahead of Mark Stiles in 2nd.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]