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January 23, 2007

Andy Griffiths wins Modified 1/12th National

Andy Griffiths

Even though Andy Griffiths had been crowned British Champion in 1/12th scale at the previous round of the Nationals back in December he still continues to push hard for the win, this time at the 5th round in Plymouth. Whilst in 19T he wasnt so fortunate, suffering a number of crashes during the final, in Modified class he once again lead the field home after starting from 2nd on the grid. With pole man Matt White, missing the starting grid and being forced to start from the pitlane Andy could take the lead from the start and easily win with his brushless motor driven car ahead of Keith Robertson who finished 2nd.

Source: Mirage Racing [mirageracing.com]

January 23, 2007

Jilles Groskamp confirmed to race NT1

Xray have posted a piece on their site confirming that top Team Xray racer Jilles Groskamp will race the NT1 along with his electric duties. His first race will be at the Winternats at the start of February and this statement was probably issued to remove any doubt over what gas cars he will race having done several important races for Serpent last year.

…and additionally will join the team to support and run the new XRAY NT1 in nitro touring car races. Jilles will debut the NT1, together with the rest of Team XRAY, at the upcoming US Winternationals in Florida.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 22, 2007

LRP Carpet Wars, round 3

Helger Racing have the full report on the recent running of round 3 of the LRP Carpet Wars. The event played host to 3 touring car classes, Stock, 19t and modified and in Stock it was Elliot Boots all the way, who managed to take both the TQ spot as well as win the overall event. In 19T, Mark Stiles took the win after a close battle with TQ Nathan Parker, who eventually finished 2nd, whilst in Modified class Glenn Doman was unfortunate after taking the TQ spot and one final leg win but a 9th place in leg 1 meant that he couldnt do better than 3rd and so Keven Brunsden took the overall win ahead of Andy Childs.

You can read the full report from the event here.

Source: Helger Racing [helgerracing.com]

January 21, 2007

R1GP Winter Attack Indoor Carpet Race Rd2

The second round of the R1GP Winter attack Indoor Carpet race took place last weekend, once again on the great indoor carpet track at the Olympic Gymnastic stadium in Seoul. About 100 drivers showed up for the event, co organised by our site partner RC Forum, and the racing was tight with round 1 winner Ji Hyun Jang taking the win in the modified class ahead of Sang Jun Nam in 2nd place and Bon Gi Goo taking 3rd position.

Read the full report here and here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 18, 2007

Marc Kreisig wins Rd2 of RCM Cup

In his debut race using the .12 spec 1 RR engine from Axial, Kyosho driver Marc Kreisig has won the second round of the RCM Cup held at the indoor Race Center Munzig. In qualifying Kreisig could only manage 4th position, despite setting a new lap record, behind Ralf Krause, Andreas Giesa and Thomas Fischer. In the race however he had to start from the pit lane but could fight his way back up to 2nd place and, after a mistake from Ralf could take the lead and never looked back to take the win.

Source: Robitronic [robitronic.eu]

January 18, 2007

Bastian Hennig wins Stock class at DHI Cup

With all the attention normally focussed on the Modified category at big races, it sometimes overshadows the great competition that takes place in the other classes. Whilst we focused on Ronald VÃ¶lkers win at last weekends DHI Cup, it was Bastian Hennig, driving and Xray, that took the stock class win after starting from 2nd place after qualifying. Bastian managed some better results in the A-main to get passed pole man Dennis Fadtke and take the overall class win with Fadtke dropping 1 place back to take 2nd overall, ahead of Lars Hoppe who took the final podium step in 3rd. Bastian was running the Orcan batteries that we featured on our site a few weeks back to take the win.

You can read the full report on the DHI Cup from Xray here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 17, 2007

Calshot Velodrome race announcement

Calshot Velodrome

Anyone who has ever want to run full speed around a cycling velodrome with their RC car, then this is the event for you. Supported by Much More UK, the race is open to 1/12 or 1/10 pan car or a 1/10 touring car and they reckon you can average up to 53mph over a lap, which is pretty quick. The event takes place on the 11th of March and if you want more details click more… content

January 17, 2007

Full report from Rd3 of the French 1/12th Nationals

Rd3 of the French 1/12th Nationals

We briefly reported on the 3rd round of the French 1/12th Nationals a while back but our partners RC Infos now have the full report from that event on their site. Although the report is only in French, there are lots of images to look at, which is great for all you 1/12th fans out there.

You can view the full report here.

Source: RC Infos [rcinfos.com]