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July 19, 2007

Tortorici heads European 1/8TT qualifying

With 3 rounds of qualifying completed at this years European 1/8th scale TT Championships in Auxerre, France, it is Italian Crono racer Davide Tortorici that is ahead on points and currently sitting in the pole position spot. His qualifying has been very consistent and would be placed in 2nd, had current European Champion Yannick Aigoin of France, not had troubles in his 3rd run, only finishing in 10th. The Xray driver is currently 2nd, just ahead of Spanish Mugen driver Daniel Vega, while in 4th its another Mugen, that of top French runner Renaud Savoya. The 5th place is currently occupied by another Spaniard, Robert Batlle, who actually set the fastest overall run time today and won the 3rd round, this result doing wonders to his overall position. The top 16 make it straight through the semi finals and the drivers now have 2 more rounds of qualifying on Friday to move themselves up the qualifying order to be in with a chance for the title come Sunday afternoon.

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July 17, 2007

Walti wins Swiss 1/10th Champs Rd3

Swiss 10th Nats Rd3

Last weekend saw the 3rd round of the Swiss 1/10th scale 200mm Nationals run at the Lostallo track, host of next weeks European 1/8th scale Championships. Qualifying saw Mugen racer Dirk Stammler claim the pole position ahead of the Xray driver, and winner of the first 2 rounds, Beat Walti in 2nd, while 3rd spot went to another Xray, that of Traugott Schär. At the start of the final pole man Stammler has some problems and lets Walti into the lead followed by Schär close behind, while on lap 5 Stammler flames out and drops out of contention then the next lap Walti makes a mistake and drops back to fifth. Schär takes over the lead where he stays until 5 minutes till then end when he makes a mistake allowing the recovering Walti to regain the lead where he stays to take the win, and the 2007 National title, ahead of Schär in 2nd with Serpent driver Walter Pollet-Villard in 3rd.

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July 17, 2007

Oswestry Nationals report by oOple

The fourth round of the BRCA electric buggy Nationals was held last weekend on the grass surfaced Oswestry track, close to the England – Wales border. The track was damp for most of Saturday and Sundays running took place in even wetter conditions, with the event being called during the first round of finals. The 2wd class was won by Losi driver Darren Bloomfield who also took the TQ while in 4wd it was once again Lee Martin that took the TQ, and due to the cancellation of the finals, his qualifying position translated into the win. oOple also have an interview with X-Factory designer Paul Sinclair, who was over from the US for this event, and last weeks Belgian GP.

Read the full report race here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

July 16, 2007

Robert Pietsch is 2007 German Champion

Robert Pietsch is German Champion

Just this weekend saw the German National Championship title race run for 1/8th scale at the Hamm track in the West of Germany, a race that would crown the new German National Champion. In qualifying it was Serpent racer Michael Salven that claimed the pole position ahead of Shepherd racer Robert Pietsch who would start 2nd. The start of the race was filled with drama as Salven missed the start changing tires and had to begin the race from the back of the grid meaning he would have to push from the start. With the race underway Pietsch could take the lead, but with Salven pushing hard he couldnt afford to relax, that was until Michael went off and with the motor starved of fuel sitting upside down, it stalled, which lost him 2 laps and so began another recovery drive. By the end of the race Salven had recovered to 3rd only a few seconds behind 2nd placed finisher Oliver Mack for Mugen, while the win went to Pietsch, driving the prototype Shepherd Velox.

Image: Shepherd [shepherd-racing.com]

July 16, 2007

Barry Baker is US National Champion

Barry Baker has backed up his ROAR Carpet Nats title by winning the modified touring car class at last weekends ROAR On Road electric Nationals held at the Seattle Indoor Raceway. Baker, who had TQ’d the event, drove his Xray to victory in the first 2 of the 3 finals to take the overall title with 1 round still left to run. Xrays strong showing was backed up by Paul LeMieux who had qualified 3rd but took 2nd place ahead of Tamiya driver Josh Numan in 3rd.

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July 15, 2007

ROAR On-road Electric Nats – Qualifying

ROAR On-road Electric Nats - Qualifying

A quick post to let you know that this weekend sees the ROAR on road electric Nationals held on the small, but tricky, Seattle Indoor Raceway. The event is open to 2 scales, 1/10th touring Mod, 19T, Stock and Masters & 1/12th 19T and Stock. Qualifying has alrady taken place with the mains being run today and in the premier classes it was Xray driver Barry Baker that TQ’d Touring Mod ahead of Tamiya racer Josh Numan in 2nd and Paul LeMieux with another Xray in 3rd, while in 19T 1/12th scale it was Mike Blackstock driving the CEFX that took the top qualifying spot in front of James Arluck in 2nd and Brian Bodine in 3rd. We hope to bring you the final results when we get them.

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July 13, 2007

Ales Bayer takes Czech Nats Rd3

Ales Bayer takes Czech Championship Rd3

Xray are reporting on the 3rd round of the Czech National Championship for 1/8th scale buggies that was held 2 weekends ago at the very end of June. Qualfiying saw Xray driver Martin Bayer take the pole position for the main final and was joined by the winners from both semi finals for the start of the 30 minute main. As the final go underway it was Martin that took the lead and gradually started to create a gap from the chasing pack that included his brother Ales as well as L. Zeman. Martin lead until 3 minutes from the end, when a stone jumped into his car some obstruction which cost him 20 seconds in the pits and allowed his brother Ales driving the Losi 8ight to take over the lead which he held to the end, to take the win ahead of his brother Martin in 2nd and P. Klatovsky in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 11, 2007

Bobby Flack wins Midwest series Rd3

Xray have a report on their site, from team driver Paul Lemiuex, on the 3rd round of the Midwest series that was run recently in Canton Mi, a suburb of Detroit. Qualifying saw a complete lock out of the top 5 places by Xray, with Paul Lemiuex taking the pole position followed closely by Bobby Flack in 2nd while the 3rd spot went to Tom Espisito.

The mains were set and from the tone it was myself and Bobby Flack battling it out for the first few laps, with Chris in third and Tom in toe. Very soon into the 30min final I had a glow plug go bad and after missing 4 laps got back on the track. The race was now being lead by Bobby Flack who also had an issue which caused him to miss some amount to time in the pits, as I begun to work my way back threw the field from last it was Chris Doseck in the lead with Bobby Flack beginning to close and Goop all the way from 8th on the grid running third as Tom Espisito also had problems. I was able to run very fast for the rest of the final and make up a couple of laps to get past Goop in the last 5 minutes or so as Chris had a 1 lap lead over me and Bobby had a nice lead over Chris at the end.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]