March 8, 2007

Gray and Horta take Rd6 FORGASS honours

Gray and Horta

Serpent are reporting on their site on the 6th round of the FORGASS Florida State Series that was held last weekend at the Kissimmee track. In the 1/8th scale class it was Serpent Development Driver Scotty Gray that took the top honours in the race leading home 2nd placed racer, and team mate, Paolo Morganti with Philip Abed ending the day in 3rd. In the 1/0th scale Sedan class it was Winternats finalist Danny Horta, driving a Serpent 720, that won the race, a lap up on second placed team mate DJ Apolaro with Mugen racer Art Carbonnell rounding off the podium in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


March 8, 2007

Jake Zarb wins New Zealand On Road EP Nationals

New Zealand On Road EP Nationals

Xray are reporting on their site that Jake Zarb, racing an Xray, has won the New Zealand On Road EP Nationals that were run recently on the Manawatu track. The race was run on foam tires, with no additives allowed, and there was a 12 turn limit on the motors and finally brushless systems weren’t allowed, which all made for close competitive racing. Jake Zarb dominated the event from qualifying, where he easily TQ’d, to the finals which he was able to win comfortably to take the overall title followed home by Ivan Ho and Pearce Stephens in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

You can read the full report here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


March 7, 2007

Leon McIntosh wins Rd1 of RC Pro Series East

Leon McIntosh

Leon McIntosh has won the first round of the RC Pro Series East held at the Badlands track in Myrtle Beach, SC. Leon driving and Xray XB8 managed to take the TQ spot, despite limited practice running, to qualify ahead of Losi pairing of Travis Dupree in 2nd and Jason Smith in 3rd. In the race Gene Hickerson managed to get the holeshot and pulled ahead, only to run into mechanical problems at the halfway point, leaving Travis and Leon to take over at the top. Dupree then himself ran into difficulties which dropped him back and allowed Leon to take the lead and go on to take the win ahead of Kyosho racer Robin Nelson in 2nd and Xray racer Chris Crews in 3rd.

Source: Neo-Buggy [neo-buggy.net]


March 7, 2007

Soeren Boy Holst wins Rd4 Pilegaards-Cup

Rd4 Pilegaards-Cup

Xray have a report on their site from Soeren Boy Holst who writes about the 4th round of the Pilegaards Cup in Denmark. Soeren managed to claim the TQ spot in the modified class and then went on to win the race ahead of Michael Priest and Nikolaj Hviid who finished in 2nd and 3rd respectively

The first final was perfect. Michael was close in the beginning, but made some mistakes and so I made a gap. The car was still fine, but the tyres felt a little looser this time. Michael’s car broke down, and so did Nikolaj Hviid, so it was Kim Lindegaard who would take 2nd place with his T2’007, and his son Nicolai in third, also with a T2’007.

You can read the full report and get the top 3 from the other classes here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


March 6, 2007

2007 ROAR Carpet On-road Nats

CEFX Raceway

This week sees the 2007 ROAR Carpet On-road Nats run at Josh Cyruls indoor track, the CEFX Raceway, in Toledo Ohio with the race catering for 1/10th sedan and 1/12th scale, with 3 categories for each scale. With the entry expected to be around 230+ entries, the racing will begin on Wednesday with open practice on the completely new track layout that you can see above. We will hope to bring you reports from the race at the end of each race day but in the meantime if you want more information, here are some useful links.

Track: CEFX Raceway
Talk about the event: Forum (RC Tech)
Live Coverage: Live RC
Photos: RC50.com
Entry List: RC Tech (PDF)

Image: RC50 [rc50.com]


March 6, 2007

Mike Wiseman wins Rd1 of South African Nationals

South African Nationals

Mike Wiseman has proven himself the man to beat in the first round of the South African Nationals held last weekend at the East London track. In the 200mm class Mike TQ’d the event with his Serpent 720 and then went on to win the final by 4 laps and then managed to repeat the feat in 1/8th scale, with his Serpent 960, TQ’ing and winning the final by 5 seconds. In the 235mm class Mike White with his Serpent 835 TQ’d and won the event.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


March 5, 2007

French EP Off road Nationals Lique 10 Rd1

French EP Off road Nationals Lique 10 - Rd1

Just a quick post to tell you that last weekend saw the start of the new outdoor season for electric off road in France with the Ligue 10 championships getting underway at the Pegase Racing-club. In the 2wd open class it was Olivier Demontfuma that took the round 1 victory ahead of Manu Moncada with José Fonda finishing in 3rd. In the 4wd class the race went to Ansellem Xavier with 2nd and 3rd placings going to Cedric Avaro and Fabrice Lassale respectively.

You can check out the full report (in French) and plenty of pictures here.

Source: Petit RC [petitrc.com]


March 5, 2007

Chad Bradley dominates Canadian Winter Nationals

Canadian Winternationals

Yesterday we told you about the Canadian Winternationals that were held at an indoor facility last weekend in Red Deer, Alberta. Gary Guest may have been all dominant in the qualifying for the race but it was his Jammin team mate Chad Bradley that took the win in both Buggy and Truggy classes ahead of Gary Guest who finished 2nd in both classes. In the 1/10th stadium truck class it was Richard Mucha that won the event despite finishing behind Jay Halsey, who won the race but was racing with a 1/12th 4wd Jammin CRT-5 and so wasn’t officially classified.

More results to follow soon.

Source: OFNA [ofna.com] Image: Will