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January 29, 2008

Boots wins Novarossi Winter Series Rd5

We received a report from the recent 5th round of the Novarossi Winter Series that saw some fantastic racing after the weather eased off enough for the Novarossi Raceway track to dry out for the event. Elliot Boots (RC8 RB) owned qualification taking all three rounds with David Spashett (Losi Novarossi) second and Edd Kerry (Losi Novarossi) third. In the Truggy class it was a battle all day between John Hazelwood (Xray OS) and Reece Sawyer (Losi Novarossi), both drivers missing one round during the day due to their mechanics whooopsy’s but still all in good fun. John took top spot for the final with Reece second and Mark Truslove (Losi Novarossi) in third.

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January 28, 2008

RC Pro 1/5 F1 World Championship

The RC Pro Series were in contact to tell us about their upcoming 1/5th scale F1 World Championship that will be held at the SV Speedway in Sun Valley, California. The event, which takes place from August 20th to 23rd, sees registration open on February the 7th and as a side attraction the event will also see 1/8 Spec GT and Open GT classes run alongside.

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January 27, 2008

1/10th 200mm Worlds Warm up race

A quick post to remind everyone who wants to attend the 1/10th 200mm Worlds Warm up in Portugal, that the entries are now open for the March 17th – 23rd event. This promises to be a great race on a very flowing track, close to the centre of Lisbon and will be attended by some very quick drivers making it a nice event to attend, even if you wont be competing at the Worlds in August.

Go here to see the warm up schedule, and here to enter.

Source: Worlds Portugal [world-championship-2008.com]

January 25, 2008

Ryan Lutz wins Midwest Nitro Champs

Kyosho have been in touch to tell us that their team driver Ryan Lutz drove his Sirio-powered Inferno 777 WC buggy and Inferno ST-RR truck to wins in their respective classes during the 13th Annual Midwest Nitro Champs at the popular CRCRC facility last weekend. Lutz TQ’ed the truggy class and, even with two lengthy pit stops to repair some body damage, led the last 60 laps of the main to take a decisive victory. In the 1:8 buggy class, Lutz qualified sixth which meant he had a tough task ahead if he hoped to sweep both 1:8 classes, however a superior driving performance allowed Lutz to pull to the front of the pack. An unfortunate flameout in the latter stages of race erased a comfortable half-lap lead and put Lutz nearly a full lap down to Mayfield. Once back on the track, Lutz bumped his pace to more than a full second a lap faster over the next 30 laps, closing an entire lap on Mayfield and making the inevitable pass to take the victory, completing the sweep of both classes.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

January 24, 2008

Charlee wins Thailand Buggy Party Rd1

The first round of the Thailand Buggy Party championship for 2008 was held last weekend at the R.C. Mania track located in western Bangkok, Thailand. Qualifying saw team PRC Mugen/Titan racer Charlee take the TQ, a pace they he kept up for the 40 minute final, powering his Mugen MBX5R to a 12 second win. Coming home in 2nd spot was Hobao racer Yuthana D., while 3 laps back from the leaders in 3rd was Xray racer Meen V.

Source: Nitro Party [nitroparty.com]

January 23, 2008

Philipp Guschl joins Team Orion

Philip Guschl joins Team Orion

We have the EXCLUSIVE news that top German Kyosho racer Philipp Guschl has joined Team Orion to use the company’s newly developed Team Orion CRF .21 buggy engine. The first race with the brand new Wasp prototype engine for the 15 year old, and current German National Champion, will be this weekend at the Kyosho International Indoor Race in Ostrava, the Czech Republic. Philipp had the following to say:

First I want to thank RMV Deutschland for the support during the last 7 years. All the victories including the German Champion 2007 could not have been achieved without them. Now I’m looking ahead with Team Orion and we will work closely together with the together with the R&D department of Team Orion and present the Wasp engines on a high level.

After a long development period the engines are expected to hit the market at the end of February just in time for the upcoming buggy season.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]

January 23, 2008

Daniele Ielasi joins ATS Tires

In a further move for the top Italian racer, who recently signed for Shepherd, Danielle Ielasi, has joined ATS Tires for the 2008 season. Leaving behind a successful term with PMT, the 2 time European Champion will use the ATS brand in both 1/8th and 1/10th scale. Pictured above with Danielle is Cristina Negri and Piero Torregiani from ATS.

Source: ATS [atsmodel.com]

January 19, 2008

Pro-Line International Challenge 2008

Another race announcement, this time for the Pro-Line International Challenge 2008, which last year was held indoors but this year will be run outdoors, hosted by the Remote Model Car Club in Berkshire, England. The event takes place over the May Bank Holiday Weekend, beginning Saturday 3rd May with the finals on Monday 5th May and camping spaces are available for what is already lining up to be an amazing weekend.

Go here for more information and entry forms.