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August 5, 2007

Ronald Volker wins European TC Champs

This years European Championship for Touring cars held in Montbrison France is over, and it is Ronald Volker that has taken the overall win for Hot Bodies. The first final saw a win for the pole man, and Xray driver, Steven Weiss, followed home closely by former World Champion Marc Reinhard for Tamiya, while the 3rd spot went to Volker. The 2nd final was the same 3 drivers at the front but in a different order, with Volker managing to squeeze past Weiss for the lead which he held till the end in front of Weiss in 2nd and Reinhard in 3rd. The 3rd leg of the final would be the decider and it was Volker once more that made his way to the front to take the lead after Weiss left a small gap which was enough to let the Hot Bodies driver through. Weiss proceeded to follow to try and regain the lead but a mistake cost him several positions and eventually allowed Reinhard up into 2nd and Groskamp into 3rd with Weiss demoted to 4th. This final result gave Volker and Hot Bodies the win, with Weiss in a hard fought 2nd for Xray and Reinhard for Tamiya in 3rd taking the final podium spot.

Podium picture to follow.

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August 4, 2007

Steven Weiss TQ’s European Electric TC Championships

Steven Weiss TQ's European Championships

Another week, another European title up for grabs, this time its the turn of the electric touring drivers who will be fighting for the title of European Champion. This year championships are held on the super smooth Montbrison track on the south east of the France and all the teams and drivers have been fine tuning their setups since mid week under ideal weather conditions. With qualifying already over, and the rule stating that your 2 best runs are to count, it is Xray driver and German Indoor Vice Champion, Steven Weiss that has taken the top qualifying spot ahead countryman Ronald Volker in 2nd, racing for Hot Bodies, while 3rd spot goes to Snowbirds winner Jilles Groskamp driving another Xray. Lets see tomorrow if Xray can finally break their electric touring car Euro’s jinx and finally turn a pole position into a win.

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August 3, 2007

Kerswell takes BRCA 19T win at Rd5

While the modified and 27T guys were racing in London, the 19T Super Stock racers were in Wrexham for the 5th round of their championships, so far dominated by Corally racer Chris Kerswell. This event would be no exception with Kerswell taking the pole position for the race ahead of Schumacher racer, and round 4 winner, Dewi Jones in 2nd and another Corally racer Christopher Delves in 3rd. In the finals it was Kerswell that took the leg 1 win ahead of Jones, with Daniel Fallows, racing a Schumacher, in 3rd. The top 3 drivers were the same for the 2nd leg but the top 2 order was reversed, with Jones taking the win and Kerswell 2nd, a tie break needed to seperate the two with Kerswell taking the overall win and with it this years title. Local racer Jones came home in 2nd while Fallows, with a consistent run in both legs, rounded off the podium in 3rd.

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August 3, 2007

Grainger wins Rd5 of BRCA Mod Nats

Last weekend saw the 5th round of the 2007 BRCA EP Touring car National Championships for Modified and 27T held in West London under sunny conditions. In qualifying it was TQ for Yokomo racer Chris Grainger in the Mod class ahead of Xray driver Ben Cosgrove who would start 2nd, while in the 27T class the pole position belonged to Adrian Bidewell. In the modified class it was a win in the first final for pole man Grainger with Andy Moore in 2nd and Ben Cosgrove in 3rd while in the 2nd and deciding final the win went to Hot Bodies racer, and round 4 winner, Olly Jefferies in front of Cosgrove and Grainger, the 3rd spot being enough to give Grainger the overall win and an almost unbeatable lead in the championships, Cosgrove came home 2nd ahead of Jefferies in 3rd. In the 27T final it was an overall win for Yokomo driver, and pole man, Bidewell who came home ahead of 2nd placed Jon Winter with Matt Digby in 3rd.

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August 2, 2007

European EP buggy Champs – Video

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Here are some videos from the 4wd class at the European Electric buggy Championships held in Vassa, Finland in which Hupo Hönigl took the win for Tamiya. We have the 3 videos showing the all 3 A-mains, with the first final shown above and the other two parts, along with the jumping contest, below.

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August 1, 2007

Bruecher & Taylor win WA Challenge Cup Rd1

Bruecher wins WA Challenge Cup Rd1

Our partners Rube Dude have a report from the first round of the WA Challenge Cup that was held last weekend in Geraldton, Western Australia. The event was open to both buggy and truggy classes and in the buggy class it was a win for HongNor racer Logan Bruecher who tore it up on the track to win by 2 laps ahead of Ian Haley racing the OCM, while 3rd spot went to Darren Wiese, who had lead the race for some time but dropped back later in the race. In the truggy class it was a win for 13 year old Josh Taylor who came home 2 laps ahead of runner up John Grupillo in 2nd and Jack Tompsett, a further 2 laps back, in 3rd.

Read the full report here.

Source: Rube Dude [rubeduderc.com]

August 1, 2007

Announcement – 2008 Neo Race

Announcement - 2008 Neo Race

Our partners Neo Buggy have announced that they will once more run their popular Neo indoor race, which for this year will be called the Neo08, replacing the previous Neo Invitational name. Run in association with DXR and at the same great venue as the 2006 running of the event, the Harper Adams College, Newport, Shropshire UK, the 2008 event will be run over 4 days from the 21st – 24th of March.

The 3rd edition of the Neo Race returns to the Harper Adams indoor venue for Easter 2008. After the very successful 2006 race, DXR and Neo-Buggy will once again join together to organise and run Neo08. The DXR team are known for their excellent events run at the Harper Adams venue, and pairing with Neo-Buggy we hope that this race will be the best yet. The event will be a 4 day race, using IFMAR adapted rules; 10min heats for practice and qualifying and standard Christmas tree finals. Entry limit is set at 210 drivers.

More information to come at the official site Neo08.net

July 31, 2007

Shin Adachi to attend this weeks Euros

Kyosho have confirmed to us that their top Japanese Factory racer, and the man behind the TF-5 Stallion Shin edition, Shinosuke Adachi will be present at this weeks European Electric Touring car Championships being held in Montbrison, France to provide support to all Kyosho racers at the event. This marks the first time that Kyosho will sponsor and provide support at an electric event in Europe since the Japanese brand re entered the EP market with the Lazer ZX5 buggy back in 2005. Kyosho have seen a huge push towards electric classes lately with the introduction of their TF-5 chassis back in 2006 and the release of the Ultima RB5 2wd buggy earlier this year as well as changes within the company that have seen the hiring of Gil Losi Jr in March and the acquisition of Team Orion in May. The smiling man you see in the picture above is just the first step in a larger move towards World domination by Kyosho as already witnessed in the 1/8th scale buggy class since the late 90’s and the gas on road class in the last 6 years.