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January 25, 2008

Norwegian Winter Series Rd3

The first race since the ban on racing in Norway due to exploding cells was lifted took place recently in Tromsø, a city 1700km north of Oslo. There was 2 qualifying heats on Saturday and 1 on Sunday and after both days of qualifying in Modified it was Xray racer Adrian Berntsen on pole followed by Corally racer Jon Åge Olsen in 2nd while Serpent racer Goran Langsholt finished up in 3rd. In 19T stock class Marcus Alvestad, driving a Kysoho took top spot ahead of Petter Chruckshank in 2nd and Leif Tore Stensrød in 3rd.

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January 25, 2008

Much More UK Grand Prix ’08

Much More UK Grand Prix ‘08

After the huge success of last year’s event, the 2008 Much-More UK GP will be once again held at the impressive Stonehaven circuit in Scotland. In 2007 Andy Moore won both 19 Spec and 5 Cell Modified titles, with Chris Kerswell winning the 6 Cell Modified crown, can they repeat those performances this year? With the recent changes being adopted, the 19 turn class will now become ‘Pro Stock’, while Modified will remain the same as the successful format in 2007. A control tyre will again be used and will be available on-site for all entrants.

For more information about the event go here.

January 25, 2008

Ryan Lutz wins Midwest Nitro Champs

Kyosho have been in touch to tell us that their team driver Ryan Lutz drove his Sirio-powered Inferno 777 WC buggy and Inferno ST-RR truck to wins in their respective classes during the 13th Annual Midwest Nitro Champs at the popular CRCRC facility last weekend. Lutz TQ’ed the truggy class and, even with two lengthy pit stops to repair some body damage, led the last 60 laps of the main to take a decisive victory. In the 1:8 buggy class, Lutz qualified sixth which meant he had a tough task ahead if he hoped to sweep both 1:8 classes, however a superior driving performance allowed Lutz to pull to the front of the pack. An unfortunate flameout in the latter stages of race erased a comfortable half-lap lead and put Lutz nearly a full lap down to Mayfield. Once back on the track, Lutz bumped his pace to more than a full second a lap faster over the next 30 laps, closing an entire lap on Mayfield and making the inevitable pass to take the victory, completing the sweep of both classes.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

January 24, 2008

RCSignup.com & RC Pro team up

RCSignup.com & RC Pro Online Registration

RCSignup.com were in contact with us to say they have finalized an agreement with the RC Pro Series that will make them the official online sign up site for RC Pro Series Events. The site has now added a special button to the navigation that will display only RC Pro Events and has also added an RSS feed specific to RC Pro Events. A custom widget for the RSS feed is also available for placement on websites, message boards, and even mySpace. The RC Pro Series is happy to recommend this free service to all RC Pro Tracks and looks forward to utilizing RCSignup.com as the exclusive online sign up site for the 2008 RC Pro Series Offroad Finals.

Source: RC Sign Up [rcsignup.com]

January 24, 2008

Charlee wins Thailand Buggy Party Rd1

The first round of the Thailand Buggy Party championship for 2008 was held last weekend at the R.C. Mania track located in western Bangkok, Thailand. Qualifying saw team PRC Mugen/Titan racer Charlee take the TQ, a pace they he kept up for the 40 minute final, powering his Mugen MBX5R to a 12 second win. Coming home in 2nd spot was Hobao racer Yuthana D., while 3 laps back from the leaders in 3rd was Xray racer Meen V.

Source: Nitro Party [nitroparty.com]

January 23, 2008

Elliot Harper wins Carpet Wars Rd4

Xray have a report on their site from team driver Elliot Harper on the 4th round of the Carpet Wars series that took place at the Black Lion Centre in Gillingham, Kent. The format was 4 qualifiers and one final and after the initial qualifier it was Elliot who was quickest, slipping back to 4th in the second and up to 3rd again after the third qualifier. Following a few adjustments to his set up, he performed extremely well in the 4th qualifier to secure pole position in the A final. From the start Elliott took a commanding position and pulled out a comfortable lead, finishing the race in 1st place ahead of Glenn Doman and Lee Woodhams, who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 23, 2008

Atsushi Hara wins 2008 R1 GP

Some brief news about the 2008 R1 GP electric touring car event that took place last weekend in Seoul, South Korea. Qualifying saw Kyosho factory driver Shin Adachi, dirving the new prototype Stallion (pic1, pic2) touring car, claim the TQ spot ahead of fellow Japanese racer Atsushi Hara, racing for Hot Bodies in 2nd. In the finals it was a clear win for Hara however, taking the overall victory in front of Adachi, with Japanese National 1/12th scale and 4wd buggy Champion Naoto Matsukura, racing for Yokomo in 3rd.

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January 22, 2008

York Indoor Regional – oOple report

York Indoor Regional - oOple report

oOple have a report from last weekends York Indoor Regional, held at the Huntington High School on one monster of a track in the sports hall. The day was a busy one with 111 drivers, 12 heats split between 2 and 4WD classes broken down into 7 heats of 4WD and 5 of 2WD. The 4wd class saw the win go to the TQ man Adam Skelding, driving the Hot Bodies Cyclone D4, while in 2wd the victory went to Richard Lowe who also won from pole with his Associated B4.

Read the full report, as well as view some Video and photos, here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]