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March 11, 2008

Richard Volta wins French 1/8 Nats Rd1

Richard Volta wins French 1/8th Nats Rd1

The first round of the French 1/8th scale on road Nationals was run last weekend in Angouleme in the west of the country. Saturday’s qualifying eventually saw dry conditions after a wet start to the day and in the Elite class it was newly signed Shepherd racer Richard Volta that was quickest followed by Kyosho driver Adrien Siegfried in 2nd and Sebasian Zatla racing a Motonica in 3rd. In the National class it was young Serpent driver Mickaël Tequi who was on pole at the end of 3 rounds in front of another Serpent racer Gérald Colinet in 2nd and Jérôme Berthelot, racing a Mugen in 3rd. For Sunday’s finals the rain had arrived and this made the conditions very tricky. In the National final, the top 3 qualifiers got a clean start but some consistent driving from David Loglisci meant that he could move to the front where he could take the win ahead of Philippe Cima in 2nd and Romain Fournery in 3rd. In the Elite final, pole man Volta took a while to get used to the conditions and was 3rd behind Velox team mate Laurent Pageneau and Motonica racer S. Zatla. Volta was able to gain speed later in the race and could pass the pairing in front of him for the win and after Zatla had problems this meant that Bouche could move into 3rd, giving the new Velox a podium lockout in its first race in France.

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March 10, 2008

Truhe & Maifield win the Silver State

Last weekend saw the Silver Nitro Challenge run in Las Vegas and it was Adam Drake that secured the TQ spot in the buggy class with his Losi 8ight while in the truggy class it was Jared Tebo, racing the O’Donnell prototype, that took the top spot. For the mains, they would be split into 2 x 25 minute races with the combined results determining the overall winners. In the buggy class it was Losi racer Mike Truhe that won both finals to claim the overall win ahead of Kyosho racer Cody King in 2nd and Jared Tebo in 3rd with his O’Donnell Z01-B R. Pole man Drake had problems at the start of the first final with his radio and despite a race delay, was unable to make the start. In the truggy class, Jared Tebo won the first final from pole, but in the 2nd main needing only to place in front of Cavalieri, he rolled on the penultimate lap dropping to 3rd meaning it was Ryan Maifield driving the Kyosho ST-RR that took the overall win with Tebo ending up 2nd and Maifield 3rd.

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March 9, 2008

Gaggiola wins North Interregional Rd1

Gaggiola wins North Interregional Champs Rd1

Xray have a brief report on their site from the first North Interregional Championship race that was held in Montecchio last weekend. Perfect spring weather conditions greeted the over 50 drivers in the 1:10 class and after 3 rounds of qualifying it was Paolo Gaggiola that took TQ with his Max-powered NT1. Following the semi finals, in wich Luca Colombo and Guido Barbera won to take their place in the main final, the NT1 racers proceeded to dominate the race with Gaggiola taking the win from Colombo and Barbera in 2nd and 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 8, 2008

Phuah & Seet win iRacingWerkz NC Rd1

Xray have a report on their site from the 1st round of the iRacingWerkz Nitro Challenge held recently at Singapore’s Turf City track. The race was open to both buggy and truggy and in the buggy class it was HongNor racer Wenyi that took TQ with the Xray pairing of Sam Cheng and Glenn Phuah in 2nd and 3rd, while in the truggy class it was Glenn Phuah that made TQ with the only 13 lap qualifier of the whole event. In the truggy main final, Glenn managed to pull out a comfortable lead until he clipped a metal spike that damaged the front arm, ending the race for him and handing the win to Kyosho driver Ben Seet. In the buggy final Glenn was once again quick, having a good battle with Wenyi and Sam Cheng but could eventually pull out a lead, taking the win despite a damaged rear wing, with Seet finishing in 2nd and another Xray driver JY Mok in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 7, 2008

Sotiropoulos wins Greek 1/8th Nats Rd1

Serpent are reporting on the first round of the Greek National Championship that got underway at the FRT track last weekend and which saw current Champion John Sotiropoulos dominate the event. With a busy few days prior to the event to build the new 08 kits, Saturday’s practice showed that Sotiropoulos had not lost any of his pace over the off season as he set the pace with his new Max powered Serpent. A pace that he carried through to qualifying on Sunday as he TQ’d the event. Starting the 30 minute final from pole position, Sotiropoulos was pushed hard at the start but once the race had settled down the Serpent driver began to pull away, eventually crossing the line some 3 laps clear of Kyosho racer Giannis Arkoumanis in 2nd and his team mate Totomis Evaggelos in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 28, 2008

De Felici takes National Warm up win

Xray have a report from Italian NT1 racer Giorgio De Felici who was attending the warm up race for the first round of the Italian 200mm Nationals Championships held at the Cassino track. With around 60 drivers in attendance it was European B Champion Alessio Mazzeo driving a Serpent that took the pole position ahead of Giorgio De Felici in 2nd. In the final De Felici started with very large diameter tires and this caused some problems at the start, but meant he had more tires at the end of the race, and with Mazzeo sidelined early on, he could get into the lead and take the win ahead of Serpent racer Simone Peretti in 2nd and Xray racer Stefano De Rossi in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 27, 2008

Clive Connolly to race Serpent 720

Current Irish 1:8 on road National Champion Clive Connolly has announced that he will double his 2008 Irish campaign and head Team Serpent Ireland’s challenge for 1:10 200mm title honours. The Multiple 1:8 National Champion, who will race a Serpent 960 08 both in Ireland and Europe this season, was attracted to the 1:10 Championship by the competitiveness of the class in Ireland, with this year’s 6 round national series expected to attracted 30 plus drivers per event making for one of the best ever seasons of 200mm racing in the country. For his 1:10 campaign Connolly will race Serpent’s latest 720 08 which will be powered by Mega ZX engines.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 27, 2008

Nacho Lopez wins Rd1 Spanish Nats

Tecrotec driver Nacho López carried forward his current run of form to last weekend’s opening round of the Spanish 1/8th Nationals, held in Cádiz. Both practice and qualifying were run in wet conditions and this left Nacho having to start from the semi finals. On Sunday, the Picco powered driver was able to win his semi and start the main from 5th position behind Carlos Peracho and Oscar Cabezas, among others. After some problems for Cabezas the fight was then between Peracho and Nacho with the latter managing to conserve his tires better and was able to take the victory by 4 seconds at the end of the 45 minute final. Shepherd racer Carlos Peracho was 2nd with Victor Gonzalez a further 3 laps back in 3rd. The next round of the Nationals will be held on the Valencia track, host of this years 1/8th scale European Championships.

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