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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]

January 16, 2007

Guy Thornton wins latest round of BIWS

Guy Thornton BIWS

Xray racer Guy Thornton has won the penultimate round of the British Indoor Winter Series held last weekend at the Don Valley Stadium. Benefitting from a crash between pole man and race leader Ben Cosgrove, who was running 5 cell in preperation for the upcoming BRCA National season, and a back marker, Guy didnt have to be invited twice and took the lead. Despite huge pressure from Hot Bodies racer Elliot Harper, who was recovering from the same collision that took Ben out, Guy held on to take the win.

You can read a full report on the race action here.

Source: Mirage Racing [mirageracing.com]

January 16, 2007

Olly Jeffries wins Rd5 of Carpet Thrashnals

Olly Jeffries, who was forced to compete in 19T class after insufficient numbers in Modified, has taken TQ and won round 5 of the Carpet Thrashnals. Driving his Hot Bodies Cyclone, Olly struggled to get a balance in his car the whole event yet still managed to do well despite what turned out to be problems with his tyres.

I struggled with my set up for most of the day and my car never felt balanced, Russ looked very quick and put me under a lot of pressure, I had to adapt my driving style a little making sure I made no mistakes and hoping that others around me would make errors, this was the case and I was able to take FTD comfortably.

You can read the full report from this event here.

Source: Mirage Racing [mirageracing.com]