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June 27, 2007

Josue Artiles wins 1/10th Spanish Nats Rd3

The 3rd round of the 1/10th 200mm Spanish Nationals was held last weekend at the Madrid track, host of this years European Championships. Qualifying saw Serpent SDD driver Oscar Cabezas take the pole position for the race but at the start of the final he was pushed out causing him to drop 2 laps to have his car repaired. Back on the track and Oscar could work his way back through the field up to 2nd spot just a lap behind eventual winner Josue Artiles, racing for Mugen, while Xray driver Iñaki Pahissa Lopez finished in 3rd.

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June 26, 2007

ROAR Nitro Buggy Nationals on LiveRC

The guys from Live RC asked us to tell you about their free live coverage from this weekends ROAR 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals, which is held at the St. Louis Dirt Burners track in Missouri.

This year’s U.S. ROAR 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals will have one of the largest turnouts for this class in ROAR history. The buggy and truck nationals have been separated this year, and there are currently nearly 300 entries for the 1/8th Scale Buggy class. With this year being the qualifier for the upcoming IFMAR World Championships, which will be held in the USA, all of the top names from around the country are in attendance.

All of the action with live scoring, live audio, and live video will be broadcasted on LiveRC.com. The audio will be streamed live, free of charge to all viewers courtesy of ROAR. Video will be streamed free of charge to all viewers courtesy of Pro-Line Racing.

Check out the Live RC coverage on their site here.

June 26, 2007

Top End Nitro Challenge – Videos

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We briefly wrote about the Top End Nitro Challenge that was run last weekend at at the OCR Raceway, and which allowed OCM racer Ian Haley to take home $3000 in prize money for winning the overall event. Well now thanks to our Aussie pals Rube Dude, we have some videos from that event in which we see Haley on his big cash run with the first part in the player above while the 2nd part can be seen below.

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June 26, 2007

Daniele Ielasi wins French EFRA GP

The French EFRA GP was held last weekend at the super fast Grenoble track in the South of France, near Lyon. Weather was good for most of the event and on a track that required a fast engine that was not thirsty on fuel it was Kyosho racer, and Picco employee, Daniele Ielasi that took the pole position ahead of Alberto Picco, racing a Mugen, while the final 2 direct qualifiers were Shepherd Velox racer Robert Pietsch in 3rd and French Championship front runner Nicolas Guillot racing for Mugen in 4th. Before the final it start to rain quite heavy and this meant that a number of drivers didnt take the start including Picco, Guillot and Bertin, who ran with a JP motor at this race, and left the other racers struggling to find the best tyres for the changing conditions. After a small rain delay, the event got underway and Ielasi and Pietsch immediately pulled away at the front, leaving the rest of the field to battle for the lower places with the chasing pack being headed by Mugen driver Walter Salemi in 3rd. With 7 minutes to go, Pietsch ran into radio problems which took him out a certain 2nd place and promoted Salemi into the runner spot, which is how it finished, with Ielasi winning by a lap from Salemi in 2nd and Serpent racer Arnaud Chaussard in 3rd.

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June 26, 2007

Tim Wood wins Rd5 of UK 1/8th Nats

Last weekend, under changing weather conditions, saw the 5th round of the BRCA 1/8th scale Nationals run at the Halifax track in the north of England. In qualifiying, and despite rain plaguing the event, everyone managed to get a dry run in which allowed Tim Wood, racing a Serpent 960, to take the pole position spot ahead of 2nd placed James Connolly racing a Kyosho Evolva. In the final, which some drivers decided not to race because of the weather, it was Tim Wood and Mugen racer Andrew North that had a close battle in the early stages but as the track dried Andrew started to drop back, leaving Tim to take the win, 2 laps ahead of 2nd placed Gareth Bell who managed to pass North in the closing stages demoting him to 3rd.

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June 25, 2007

Stéphane Bellity wins Rd4 French EP Nats

Last weekend at the Antibes track in the south of France, saw the 4th round of the French 1/10th 190mm touring car Nationals run under perfect racing conditions. Qualifying saw local Xray driver Stéphane Bellity take the pole position ahead of Schumacher racer Alexandre Laurent in 2nd place, while in the triple A-main it was Bellity that came out the clear winner in the overall results ending his race ahead of Tamiya racer Loic Jasmin in 2nd while 3rd spot fell to Aurélien Thréhout, driving an Xray. In the B class the race was all about Corally racer Olivier Beining who took the TQ spot and went no to take the win from team Michel Berty in 2nd, while Hot Bodies racer Cyril Fages claimed 3rd spot.

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June 25, 2007

Jerome Delcourt wins GP of Courcelles

We have a very brief report on last weekends International GP of Courcelles, held close to Charleroi in Belgium. Qualifying saw Team Losi 8ight driver Jerome Delcourt claim the pole position, and with it a EUR 100 bonus, before going on to take the win in the main final and pocketing a further EUR 600 prize money. Another Losi driver Guy De Weerd finished the day in 2nd, picking up EUR 300 for his troubles and on the final step of the podium was Xray driver Cedric Nickell who walked home with EUR 150.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

June 25, 2007

Renaud Savoya takes Rd4 of French Nats

The 4th round of the French 1/8th buggy Nationals took place at the weekend at the LMRC track in Limoges, in the center of the country. The weather was fine for this race and in qualifying it was Xray driver, and round 3 winner, Yannick Aigoin that claimed the fastest qualifying time, and to confirm his pace he went to break the track record his Semi final to take the pole position spot for the final, ahead of Mugen race Renaud Savoya. The main final saw a close battle between the 2 racers and while other racers ran into trouble, like Guillaume Vray and Jerome Aigoin, the pairing kept battling till the end, with Savoya taking the win by less than a second from 2nd place Aigoin with Crono racer Jerome Sartel finishing 3rd.

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