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May 16, 2007

Juho Levanen wins Fintrack Nationals Rd5

Fintrack Nationals Rd5

There seems to be no stopping Juho Levanen in the Fintrack series as the championship went outdoors last weekend for the 5th round, run in Hyvinkää in the south of Finland. This was the first race in the series were it was run to the new EFRA rules, with 5 cells and the new lower weight, and last months LRP Masters winner, Juho Levanen driving his Team Associated TC5 could take the TQ and the win, after a tie on points with Teemu Leino was decided by fastest run, Teemu came home in 2nd for Xray while 3rd place went to Corally racer Simo Ahoniemi.

Check out lots of pictures from the event here.

Source: RC Zone [rczone.net]

May 16, 2007

Mario Rigert wins Rd1 of Swiss EP Nats

Xray have a report from the 1st round of the Swiss Electric Touring car nationals that was held 2 weekends ago in bad weather conditions. Saturdays practice was rained off and Sundays qualifying rounds took place on a wet, then dry, track and after 4 rounds it was Bastien De Marco that took the pole spot ahead of Mario Rigert in 2nd place. In the dry finals it was Xray racer Mario Rigert that could take the win in front of his team mates Sacha Lnenicka and Daniel Fankhauser in 2nd and 3rd repectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 15, 2007

French Buggy Nationals – Round 3

French Buggy Nationals - Round 3

Yet more racing from France, this time its the running of the 3rd round of the French electric buggy Nationals which took place last weekend, organized by the MRCI club near Paris. 114 racers were entered into the event, which took place on a grass track and in qualifying it was Antoine Rosetti driving the X Factory X-5 that took the top spot in 4wd, while in 2wd it was Olivier De Montfumat that top the times driving his Associated B4.

The 4wd main finals saw a clear win for Losi XXX4 driver, and round 2 2wd winner, Carl Maignien (represented by the shovel in the photo above) who achieved a perfect score and took the win from pole man Rossetti, who finished 2nd, while 3rd place went to TTech X10 racer, and winner of round 1, Lionel Labbez. In the 2wd class it was a closer battle with round 2 runner up, Alexander Valente, taking the win with his X Factory X-6, finishing on the same points as 2nd placed pole man Olivier De Montfumat, with the 3rd spot going to Thomas Vogel with his XXX BK2.

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May 15, 2007

B-A Arnaldi wins Rd3 French 1/10th 200mm Nationals

Rd3 French 1/10th 200mm Nationals

We showed you the results from the 3rd round of the 1/8th scale French Nationals that took place last weekend, well now its the turn of the 1/10th 200mm racers who were also in action at the weekend, this time at the Angouleme track in the west of the country. In qualifying for the Open class it was Mugen racer Renaud Monin that took the top spot ahead of B-A Arnaldi in 2nd and Sebastien Wartelle in 3rd. In the final it was a close battle from the start between the top qualifiers with Wartelle dropping out with problems just after half way followed by pole man Monin with transmission problems, leaving Kyosho racer B-A Arnaldi to take the win ahead of 2nd placed, Serpent racer, Michael Derderian with Nicolas Bougnoteau, driving for Xray, close behind in 3rd.

In the National class it was Mugen racer Frederic Blanchard that took the win in a close battle with 2nd placed Joffrey Defie, driving a Kyosho, while 3rd position went to Thomas Guillon with another Kyosho.

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May 15, 2007

Josue Artiles takes Spanish 1/8th scale Rd2

Spanish 1/8th scale Rd2

Last weekend saw the 2nd round of the Spanish 1/8th scale National Championship take place at the fast new Valladolid track, 2 hours north west of Madrid. In the main final, round 1 winner and current National Champion, Oscar Cabezas was bumped into which dropped him back to last which meant he had to put on a recovery drive, which he duly did, working his way back up to the front of the field. Mugen racer Josue Artiles took the race win after a steady drive just ahead of Juanito Hidalgo, driving for Motonica, while Serpent racer Cabezas ended the race in 3rd position, only 1 lap behind the leaders.

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May 15, 2007

Nicolas Guillot wins Rd3 of French 1/8th Nats

Last weekend in the South France, saw the 3rd round of the French National 1/8th scale Championships take place at the Beaumont-Monteux track. In qualifying for the Elite class it was round 1 winner Nicolas Guillot that took the top qualifying spot ahead of round 2 winner Stephane Bouche, both racing for Mugen.

In the main final Guillot could easily pull away after an accident in the first corner cost his Championship rival Bouche 5 minutes as he had to replace his exhaust system. Guillot was unchallanged at the front and took the win, while behind him it was Kyosho racer Adrien Siegfried that took the 2nd spot ahead of local Kyosho racer Jerome Papaconstantinos who was gifted the position after previous 3rd placed man Anthony Abisset, driving for Serpent, ran into troubles near the end of the race. In the National class it was Mugen racer Yoann Coelho that took the win, in front of 2nd placed Frederic Ragaru driving for Kyosho while 3rd place fell to another Mugen, that of Jeremy Becht.

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May 15, 2007

Patrick Hess wins Rd1 Swiss Nationals

Xray have a report on their site from Swiss team driver Robin Frischkopf from the 1st round of the Swiss 1/8th buggy nationals that took place last weekend at the MBLR club track near lake Geneva. After the semi finals it was Xray driver Patrick Hess that was in the top spot for the main final followed by Robin Frischkopf while in the race Robin could take the lead which he held until a mistake meant his motor flamed out handing the lead to Hess. Robin managed to work his way back up the order to 3rd where he finished behind his team mates Hess who took the win and Francois Bossetti who came home in 2nd.

Read the full report here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 15, 2007

Kidderminster Nationals report by oOple

The second round of the BRCA electric buggy nationals were held last weekend at the multi surface Kidderminster track in the mid west of England. Weather was on and off for the weekend with Saturdays running for 2wd taking place in wet / dry conditions, while Sundays 4wd race was run in a lot wetter conditions (above) with the result being called after 2 rounds of qualifying due to worsening weather. oOple have of course got a great report online, including video, and should have lots of pictures online soon too, so check that and find out how Neil Cragg and Lee Martin took the class wins at this event.

Read the full report here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]