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July 5, 2007

Yaniv Sivan wins 2007 Israeli National Championships

Yaniv Sivan is Israeli National Champion

The 2007 Israeli League for 1/8 scale buggy is over, with the 6th and final round of the season run last weekend at the Hot-Wheels racing club. The weather was very hot, around 34C, and the track was very bumpy but Kyosho racer Yaniv Sivan could cope with the conditions best and would win the race followed by 2 more Kyosho racers, Alon Maltzov in 2nd, who claimed his first ever podium finish and Golan Levi in 3rd. With 4 out of the 6 rounds counting for the overall league standings it was Yaniv Sivan who is crowned the Israeli Champion for 2007 by winning 5 out of 5 races, in 2nd place is the brother of Yaniv, Nir Sivan while 3rd spot went to Xray driver Oren Levi.

Source: Neo Buggy [neo-buggy.net]

July 5, 2007

Dirk Wischnewki wins Rd6 Central German Regionals

Wischnewki wins Rd6 Central German regionals

Xray are reporting on their site from the 6th and final central German Regional race held in Ettlingen which attracted a number of top drivers including Martin Hudy, who came from Slovakia for the race. Qualifiying saw Xray NT1 driver Dirk Wischnewki take the TQ, after setting a fast time on a slowing track, to place ahead of 2nd qualifer Stefan Hannauer, racing a Kyosho, who had set his fastest time in the first round when the track was quicker. The 3rd spot went to Martin Hudy, driving the NT1, who despite being quick on Saturdays practice couldnt get the same power from his engine on the Sunday, and combined with some bad luck in his heats, could only place 3rd. Before the finals the rain started and the drivers elected to not race and so the qualifying results were the final results which gave Wischnewki the win from Hannauer in 2nd and Hudy in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 4, 2007

Lopukhin & Shegolev win Russian RC2 Race

Russian RC2 Race

The second round of Russian club racing championships was held last weekend at the great buggy track in Moscow and with sunny weather all weekend, a lot of Russias best off-road drivers took part. The event catered for both 1/8th scale buggy and MT/truggy classes and in qualifying it was Artem Lopukhin, driving the Xray XB8, that took the pole position while in the MT/truggy class the TQ went to Anton Shegolev, driving the Mugen MBX5-T.

2007 ROAR Buggy Nationals – Videos

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The 2007 ROAR Buggy Nationals have come and gone, reports have been made and pictures taken, so now its the turn of the videos. Here is a trio of videos from The Dirtburners, hosts of the event. You can watch part 1 in the player above and the other 2 parts are below.

UPDATE: Added another video to the list, via GS Hobby.

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July 3, 2007

Joseph Quagraine joins O.S. Engines

Our partners Neo Buggy are reporting that 3 times Nordic champion and Worlds Semi-finalist Joseph Quagraine has left Italian engine sponsor Novarossi and joined forces with the Japanese manufacturer O.S. Engines. Joseph makes the switch after 2 and a half years with the Italian outfit having joined them from Picco in late 2004. His most recent, and final, victory for Novarossi came 2 weeks ago when he took the truggy class win at the Offroad Meeting in Monsummano, driving the HoBao RTR truggy.

I would like to thank Novarossi for their excellent support during the last few years. I wish everyone at Novarossi all the best for the future, however I look forward to a long and successful future driving for O.S. Japan, and would also like to thank them for this oppurtunity.

Quagraine joins a long list of star racers that are currently using the O.S. buggy motor such as Pavidis, Maifield, Hughes, Tebo, Smolnik, Bradley, James and Saxton, all of which were in action at last weekends ROAR Buggy Nationals.

Source: Neo Buggy [neo-buggy.net]

July 3, 2007

Dario Balestri wins Rd3 Italian Nationals

Last weekend, the 3rd round of the Italian 1/8th scale Nationals were run in Cassino, in the south west of the country. Weather was perfect and in qualifying it saw Daniele Ielasi, winner of the French EFRA GP last week, take the top qualifying position ahead of former European Champion Massimo Fantini, while 3rd spot went to Andrea Cristiani, winner of last weekends ATS Trophy race, held on the same track. In the race it was European 1/10th scale Champion Dario Balestri with his Motonica and Fantini with Serpent that made their way to the front of the field battling hard for the entire race. Cristiani had problems with the wheels on his car which put him out of contention while Ielasi and Fabio Domanin collided with each other 3 minutes from the end, taking both drivers out. This allowed Alberto Picco up into 3rd, where he finished, also clinching the Italian National title, while up front Balestri took the win by half a second from Fantini who finished 2nd. In the Junior race it was won by Serpent racer Nicola De Vallier.

Full results to follow soon.

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July 3, 2007

Daniel Tomaschko wins Salzburger Stier

Serpent are reporting on their site from last weekends “Salzburger Stier” race held in Nussdorf near Salzburg where Daniel Tomaschko lead home a Serpent 720 one, two, three result. This famous friendship race was open to drivers from both Austria and Germany, and saw Tomaschko take his Mega powered 720 to victory over team-mates Gerhard Kandelhart and Scheidl Christian.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 2, 2007

HPI Baja completes Iceland round trip

Two weeks ago we told you about the great adventure that the HPI Baja 5B buggy was going to undertake, when HPI announced that they would drive this buggy all the way around the island of Iceland. They completed the 1383,04Km journey in 3 days with only minimal maintenance required on the car which included changing the 5 pairs of front and 7 pairs of rear tires that were used for the whole trip.

Check out the HPI page for the full report and lots of cool pictures.

Source: HPI [hpieurope.com]