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September 27, 2007

Per Ola Hard wins Swedish Nationals

Serpent are reporting that their team driver Per Ola Hard has won the 2007 Swedish 1:10 200mm National Champion securing the title in the best way possible over the weekend with victory in the final round. Racing at the fast Staffanstorp track in the south of the country, Hard’s Serpent 720 was working brilliantly allowing him to TQ for the all important grand finale. In the final he was able to carry forward that pace, winning the race and with it becoming the 2007 Champion, Kyosho racer Klas Runesson was 2nd with Xray driver Niklas Hakansson in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 27, 2007

2008 Neo Race – Entry Open

Announcement - 2008 Neo Race

Just to remind everyone that entries are open for next years Neo08 race, so if you want to race at this great indoor race, be sure to get your entry in very soon as spaces are filling quickly. To enter you must register here first and then place your entry for the event. There are currently 129 entries with some very quick drivers signed up, so be quick to avoid disappointment.

Source: Neo08 [neo08.net]

September 27, 2007

Lopez & Wheeler win Futaba Nitro Challenge

Lopez wins Futaba Nitro Challenge

Last weekend saw the 2007 Futaba Nitro Challenge race run on the HX Raceway in Bossier City, Louisiana. In the 1/8 Pro Buggy A-Main it was an exciting finish between the top 2 driver with Ryan Lopez taking the win with his Xray XB8 EC, while Jason Branham took a close 2nd place, also with the Xray XB8 EC. Both drivers cars were equipped with Advantage Racing Products Ceramic Ball Bearings while Branham also used the company’s High-Temp Brakes. The final step on the podium went to another Xray, that of Josh Wheeler, the Werks sponsored driver had earlier won the truggy class with his Xray XT8.

Source: Advantage RP [advantageracingproducts.com]

September 26, 2007

D’Hondt is Belgian 1/8th scale Champion

More news from Belgium, this time its Serpent reporting that their team driver Robin D’Hondt has clinched the 2007 1/8th scale Belgian National Championship with a calculated drive to 2nd place in the final round at Roeselare over the weekend. The current Benelux Champion qualified 2nd for the event behind outgoing Champion Steven Cuypers making it an all Serpent front row and making the most of his TQ position Cuypers, the winner of Round 3, led the final well into the second half of the race before an engine flame out ended a great drive. This allowed Ilia van Gastel into the lead and D’Hondt, who had won round 1, 4 and 5 of the Championship, into 2nd spot which was enough for him to become National Champion.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 25, 2007

Ron Maya wins Victorian State Title

Xray are reporting on their site from the Truggy and MT Victorian State title race that was held from the 13th to the 16th of September at Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. Qualifying saw Xray XT8 driver Ronald Maya take the TQ spot with three 1st place finishes in the rain affected qualifying sessions and after the semi finals it was again Maya who ended up in front to take pole position for the 45 minute final. The race starterd badly for Maya, losing his front body clips at the start, he wasnt able to replace them until his first pitstop and this lost him a lot of time to John Grupillo who had managed to get a lap up on the field early on. At the half way mark however Grupillo ran out of fuel to bring Maya back into contention and when his car flamed out again Ronald could take the lead and with it the win, Grupillo coming home in 2nd and John Bateman in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 25, 2007

Steffan Culmsee wins Danish Nationals

CEN Racing have contacted us to let us know that their team driver Steffan Culmsee has just won the 2007 Danish National Championships, having won the 7th and final round of the Championships held last weekend in Bjæverskov. Neo Buggy reports that the title fight went down to the wire between Steffen and former Danish Champion Peter Harder racing for Xray. In the final Culmsee could win easily after Harder had a crash, damaging his cars shock absorber, gifting the win and the title to the CEN driver with Peter having to settle for 2nd while another CEN racer Rune Gustavsson claimed 3rd.

Source: CEN [cenracing.com] / Neo Buggy [neobuggy.net]

September 25, 2007

Kröber & Henschel win East German Regionals Rd1

Kröber & Henschel win Rd1 German East Nats

The first round of the East German Regionals were run last weekend at the MRC Leipzig track and it was open to both 1/10th and 1/8th scale classes. In the 1/10th scale qualifying it was Kyosho racer Rico Kröber that took the top qualifying spot ahead of team mates Marcus Kreutziger and Franc Pudewell in 2nd and 3rd respectively, while in 1/8th scale it was Serpent driver Mirko Morgenstern on pole followed by Martin Henschel and Toni Gruber. In the 1/10th scale race it was pole man Kröber that could convert his pole into a win, coming home 7 laps ahead of Tom Krägefski in 2nd while 3rd spot went to Marcus Kreutziger. In 1/8th scale Morgenstern had problems and this allowed Henschel to take a clear win ahead of the Serpent pairing of Torsten Müller and Holger Ritter.

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September 25, 2007

Spanish Nationals – Final round video

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We have embedded a video from the final round of the Spanish 1/8th scale National Championships that was run 2 weekends ago at the Circuito de Orihuela. The event was won by GS driver Richi Gomez and confirmed European Champion Robert Batlle as the 2007 Spanish National Champion. The video shows the full race, all 45 minutes of it, so if you are planning on watching be sure grab yourself some popcorn and a drink first.