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September 20, 2007

Glenn Phuah wins HPC International ’07

Glenn Phuah wins HPC International ‘07

We briefly mentioned this event in one of our Daily news Round ups the other day but now Xray have a full report from the HPC International, which attracted 60 drivers from all over the region, namely Singapore, Macau, Taiwan and the host country Malaysia. Qualifying saw a comfortable pole position for local Malaysian ace driver David Lim with his Werks-powered Losi, with Singaporean driver Glenn Phuah in an RB-powered Xray 2nd, after the dmap semi finals however Lim was eliminated and wouldnt run in the final. That final began with Hong Nor racer Ah M pulling into the lead after managing to overtake Sam Cheng and Glenn Phuah in the first few minutes of the 45min final. It was a tough final and the lead changed several time times between Sam, Glenn and Ah M. Sam made a slight mistake that gave Glenn an opportunity to take to lead the race leaving Sam to settle for 2nd behind eventual race winner Glenn Phuah, while Danny Teh claimed 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 20, 2007

1st Annual gshobby.com Nitro Jam

We received this report from JR Mitch on the recent 1st Annual gshobby.com Nitro Jam – With exactly 100 entries, the 1st Annual gshobby.com Nitro Jam held at the 555 Raceway in Bartow, FL amd presented by JR Mitch (Sept 8 & 9) was a success. People began showing up to practice on Thursday and Friday for non-stop track time.

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September 19, 2007

Lnenicka wins Rd4 of Swiss Championship

Xray are reporting on their site from the the final race of the Swiss electric touring car Championships held in Baar 2 weekends ago. Qualifying saw Xray driver Ronny Lnenicka dominate the qualifying and take TQ ahead of Corally driver Philipp Huber in 2nd and another Xray driver Sacha Lnenicka in 3rd. In the finals it was a double win for the pole man Ronny who took the overall round win ahead of Huber in 2nd and Sacha Lnenicka in 3rd spot. This result was enough to seal the top 3 positions in the championship for Xray with Mario Rigert claiming the overall title with Ronny the Vice Champion title and Sacha, with 3rd overall also claimed the Swiss Junior title.

Source: Xray [teamxray.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]

September 18, 2007

Romagnoli clinches Italian National title

Another report from Xray this time on the 3rd round of the Italian electric touring car Nationals that were held recently at the Gubbio track (host of last weekends EFRA GP). Conditions were hot and the track was very fast and after qualifying it was Michele Romagnoli who claimed the TQ ahead of Maurizio Taddei in 2nd and Simari Andrea in 3rd. The 1st final saw a big pileup at the start, but at the end it was Michele Romagnoli who took the win with a big gap of 8 seconds back to Costanzo in 2nd. The 2nd final was won by Sala with his Corally Phi ahead of the Xray of Marco Gennari, with Maurizio Taddei ending up in 3rd place. So the big battle was set for the last final, and this time Romagnoli won again in style with only a 1 sec gap on Sala in 2nd with Taddei again in 3rd place. This result gave Romagnoli the National title in the Expert class.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 18, 2007

João Malveiro wins Portugese Nationals

João Malveiro wins Protugese Nationals

Serpent are reporting on their site that their driver João Malveiro is the 2007 1:10 200mm Portuguese National Champion. The Team Serpent Portugal driver clinched the title last weekend with a podium finish at the new MAIA track in the north of the country. Driving his Serpent 720, third in the final round of the championship was enough for Malveiro to secure the title by 20 points from Mugen driver Bruno Coelho.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 18, 2007

Collari wins Italian EFRA GP

Novarossi are reporting on last weekends Italian EFRA GP held at the Gubbio track in the center of Italy. Joining the extremely fast Italians at the event was Team Orion driver Adrien Bertin who was the only non Italian to make the ultra competitive final. Qualifying saw the TQ spot go to Mugen racer Stefano Solaroli ahead of Andrea Pirani in 2nd and Lamberto Collari in 3rd. After 45 minutes of intense action it was a photo finish for the top 3 positions with Collari crossing the line in first, with fellow Kyosho driver Danielle Ielasi in 2nd, 1 tenth of a second behind, and Serpent driver Andrea Cristiani a further 6 tenths of a second back in 3rd.

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September 18, 2007

Ho Hong wins Kyosho Masters in Korea

Jung Ho Hong wins Kyosho Masters in Korea

Xray are reporting on their site about the recent Kyosho Masters held at the Banwol Park Raceway in Korea which was the final big race before this years Korean Nationals. The event saw the TQ spot go to Xray XT8 driver Jung Ho Hong who converted this top qualifying pace into great race pace by going on to win the main final by 1 lap ahead of 2nd place Joong Suk Oh and 3rd place Wook Taek Lee.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]