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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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September 22, 2007

Zack Barry dominates East Coast Champs

Xray have a report on their site from the 1/18th scale East Coast Championships that were held at RC Excitement in Fitchburg, Massachusetts last weekend. Last years Formula 18 truck class winner Zack Barry was present and this year he would also race the micro sedan classes for the first time, having only completed building his M18 Pro chassis’ before the event. After 3 rounds of qualifying Zack had TQ’d the Formula 18 truck class by 2 laps, claimed 3rd on the grid in Pro brushless micro sedan and lined up 5th in Pro Mod micro sedan. On Sunday the mains were run and in the Formula 18 class Zack had an amazing 28 lap run, winning easily by a full 2 laps. Next to the sedan class where in the Pro brushless A main he again took the win, while in the pro mod class Zack had a tough run and finished 6th.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 21, 2007

Walti Beat wins Swiss 200mm Nats Rd4

Xray are reporting from the 4th and final round of the Swiss 1/10th 200mm Nationals that took place on the first weekend of September in Aigle in the West of Switzerland. With Walti Beat having taken the National title in the previous round the battle was on for the lower places in the championship and this allowed for some exciting racing. Qualifying was difficult for the newly crowned Champion, who missed his 3rd qualifying run and becuase of this he qualified last and was forced to work his way from the quarter final into the main which he did with ease. In the main final Beat had a bad start but was able to push hard and take the lead, followed by the win ahead of Xray team mate Traugott Schar in 2nd with Loris Pierroz in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 19, 2007

Barry Baker joins Mugen Racing

Mugen Seiki Racing have annnounced that they have signed double ROAR National Champion (this year alone) Barry Baker to their 1/8th scale team for the 2008 season, and we presume for whats left of the 2007 season too. Barry, who continues to race Xray in the 200mm class, will be using Max power and Jaco tires in his MRX4-X and will be attending most of the major 1/8th races next year.

Source: RC Tech [rctech.net]

September 18, 2007

Josh Cyrul joins Novarossi

Top US racer, and winner of this years ARCOR World Championships, Josh Cyrul has been confirmed at Novarossi in a statement released on the company’s website. Although Josh had been running the Novarossi engines in his Kyosho for some time, the statement confirms that he is now a factory supported Novarossi racer, leaving behind the CRF powerplant with which he claimed the 1/10th open class ROAR title last year.

We from NOVAROSSI WORLD S.r.l. are very proud to have one of the USA’s best electric/nitro driver in our team for the upcoming events. NOVAROSSI and Josh Cyrul are very excited about this cooperation and both are looking forward to an exciting time.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]

September 18, 2007

Christopher wins BRCA 1:10 Truck Champs

Serpent are once more reporting on their National success with Mark Christopher clinching the BRCA 1:10 200mm Truck Championship title in style by winning the final round of the Series at Aldershot. Driving his Mega powered Serpent 720, Christopher took 5 wins over 8 rounds to win the title by 18 points from Andrew Oulton. In the 1:10 200mm Rubber Championship, which runs alongside the National Truck Series, young Joe Kerry (above right) finished off his 2007 season on a high by taking his Serpent 720 to its second victory on his way to becoming Vice-Champion.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 18, 2007

Marc Fischer wins German EP Nationals

The German outdoor electric touring car Nationals were held last weekend at the fast flowing Walsum track in the North West of the country with all the top names present, gunning for the title. Qualifying saw Corally RDX Phi driver Marc Fischer claim the top spot and he went on to shine in the triple mains too, to claim the 2007 National title in front of European Champion Ronald Volker for Hot Bodies in 2nd and another Hot Bodies racer Toni Rheinard in 3rd.

Source: Corally [corally.com]