December 20, 2007

TGR Hurda Challenge – Announcement

TGR Hurda Challenge - Announcement

We received word from TGR about the upcoming TGR Hurda Challenge, a new race series which focuses on promoting open class racing which will take place next year in several countries with a great final in Istanbul, Turkey. The series is open to all makes of 1/28th scale cars and has 4 countries already commited to supporting the series with a number of other countries likely to get on board. There are a number of rules for the cars to conform to and prizes at all races leading up the series final. For more information on the series go here.

Source: TGR [tgr.com.tr]


December 18, 2007

Truggy.nl Winter Indoor Masters 2007

Truggy.nl Winter Indoor Masters 2007

Last weekend saw the first International Truggy.nl Indoor Masters 2007 run on an indoor dirt track in the Netherlands. The 30 minute A-main was won by German Kyosho ST-RR/Sirio driver Frank Lemke who managed to finish 1 lap up on the 2nd place finisher Stefan Petrich, also from Germany, with his RB powered Robitronic Mantis. The 3rd spot went to Dutch driver Daniël van der Drift with his Novarossi powered GS Racing XUT, only 7 seconds behind 2nd.

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December 17, 2007

DHI Cup – Control tire change

DHI Cup change control tire

We received word from the organisers of the DHI Cup, an event that Red RC will cover live, that they have decided to change the control-tires because Much More could not guarantee a sufficient supply of their AT-32 tire. So for the 2008 edition of the DHI-CUP, racers will use the Much More Sweep LHS carpet tire with JB foam inserts and pre-glued on JB X-tra Hard wheels. The sweep tires are a new development made especially for carpet racing and tested by Much More team-drivers. To supplement the tires the organisers have also bought the same carpet as used at the ISTW race in October.

Source: DHI Cup [dhi-cup.dk]


December 17, 2007

Ryan Maifield dominates JConcepts Clash

Ryan Maifield dominates JConcepts Clash

JConcepts contacted us to tell us about their great JConcepts Clash that was run recently in Lake Park, Tampa, Florida. As promised “The Powers Exploded” and a unique event, which featured electric and nitro vehicles competing on the same day, was launched. The event was open to sportsman and expert classes thus catering to drivers of all skill levels. Ryan Maifield driving his Team Associated RC10B4, B44 and RC8 vehicles dominated the extended A-main events using JConcepts Racing Tires. In the 2wd Modified class Ryan used on his RC10B4 to win the 10-minute A-main event, while UK National 4wd Champion Lee Martin TQ’d the event. In the 4wd Modified class Ryan took his B44 to a convincing victory in this highly competitive class, while in the 1/8th buggy class Ryan took his Team Associated RC8 to victory in this prestigious class, while once more it was Lee Martin that took the overall TQ.

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December 17, 2007

Walker & Brimmer claim 2007 NZ titles

Walker & Brimmer claim 2007 NZ titles

The New Zealand Nationals for 1/8th scale buggies and truggies was held over the weekend and it was Australian driver Wayne Walker that came away with the 2007 National buggy title. Having lined up first for the hour long final, the Mugen racer was able to pull out a lead ahead of 2nd placed HongNor racer Peter Brimmer to finish 2 laps ahead at the end of the race with Associated racer Ryan O’Connor in 3rd. In the truggy class it was pole man Peter Brimmer, racing the HongNor X1CRT, that took the win by 2 laps in front of Kyosho driver Mike Stratford with 3rd placed Tim McKay, driving the Xray XT8, a few seconds further back at the end of the hour final.

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December 16, 2007

S. Lnenicka wins Rd2 LRP Islikon Masters

Sacha Lnenicka wins Rd2 LRP Islikon Masters

Xray have a brief report on their site from the second LRP Islikon Masters held last weekend in Switzerland. The qualification rounds on Sunday saw Sacha Lnenicka TQ ahead of his Xray team mate and brother Ronny in 2nd place with Serpent racer Markus Geisendorf in 3rd. The finals were dominated by Sacha and he managed to win all three finals with Ronny ending up in 2nd, with Geisendorf taking the last podium spot in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


December 15, 2007

Holst wins Rd2 of Danish Champs

Soeren Boy Holst wins Rd2 of Danish Champs

Xray have a report on their site from driver Soeren Boy Holst on the 2nd round of the Danish Touring Car Championships that was held last weekend at the Broendby Racing Club close to the capital Copenhagen. Modified qualifying saw the pole position go to the Xray driver Holst in front of 2nd place Corally racer Jonas Kaerup and Martin Lissau for Xray in 3rd. In the finals it was 2 wins for Holst to take the overall win despite having some clashes in the 2nd final he could still wrap up the win with 1 final left. The 2nd place went to Kaerup with Emil Rath ending the day in 3rd, just ahead of Lissau.

Click here to read the full report.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


December 12, 2007

R1GP IIC 2008 – Announcement

 R1GP IIC 2008 - Announcement

The 2nd annual R1 Grand Prix Indoor International Championship will take place in 2008 on January the 19th – 20th. The event will be held in Seoul, South Korea at the Best Western Airport Hotel and many international racers from various different countries are expected to participate. This year, Scotty Ernst will announce for the race, and the organisers expect attendance from Atsushi Hara, Adachi Shin, and other international racers.

For more information go to the official event site here.