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September 19, 2007

Tamiya TRF416 EP Touring car chassis

Tamiya released information about their new touring car chassis, the TRF416, a few days ago and now, a few days late, we have it too. The new car is designed to be optimised for brushless motors in conjunction with event-controlled tires but to achieve success under such conditions, a fine balance must be achieved between handling and tire wear. It is with this in mind that Tamiya designers developed the concept of this brand new TRF416 chassis, apparentley. Please note that images show pre release prototype.

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September 18, 2007

Josh Cyrul joins Novarossi

Top US racer, and winner of this years ARCOR World Championships, Josh Cyrul has been confirmed at Novarossi in a statement released on the company’s website. Although Josh had been running the Novarossi engines in his Kyosho for some time, the statement confirms that he is now a factory supported Novarossi racer, leaving behind the CRF powerplant with which he claimed the 1/10th open class ROAR title last year.

We from NOVAROSSI WORLD S.r.l. are very proud to have one of the USA’s best electric/nitro driver in our team for the upcoming events. NOVAROSSI and Josh Cyrul are very excited about this cooperation and both are looking forward to an exciting time.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]

September 18, 2007

Christopher wins BRCA 1:10 Truck Champs

Serpent are once more reporting on their National success with Mark Christopher clinching the BRCA 1:10 200mm Truck Championship title in style by winning the final round of the Series at Aldershot. Driving his Mega powered Serpent 720, Christopher took 5 wins over 8 rounds to win the title by 18 points from Andrew Oulton. In the 1:10 200mm Rubber Championship, which runs alongside the National Truck Series, young Joe Kerry (above right) finished off his 2007 season on a high by taking his Serpent 720 to its second victory on his way to becoming Vice-Champion.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 18, 2007

Marc Fischer wins German EP Nationals

The German outdoor electric touring car Nationals were held last weekend at the fast flowing Walsum track in the North West of the country with all the top names present, gunning for the title. Qualifying saw Corally RDX Phi driver Marc Fischer claim the top spot and he went on to shine in the triple mains too, to claim the 2007 National title in front of European Champion Ronald Volker for Hot Bodies in 2nd and another Hot Bodies racer Toni Rheinard in 3rd.

Source: Corally [corally.com]

September 18, 2007

Romagnoli clinches Italian National title

Another report from Xray this time on the 3rd round of the Italian electric touring car Nationals that were held recently at the Gubbio track (host of last weekends EFRA GP). Conditions were hot and the track was very fast and after qualifying it was Michele Romagnoli who claimed the TQ ahead of Maurizio Taddei in 2nd and Simari Andrea in 3rd. The 1st final saw a big pileup at the start, but at the end it was Michele Romagnoli who took the win with a big gap of 8 seconds back to Costanzo in 2nd. The 2nd final was won by Sala with his Corally Phi ahead of the Xray of Marco Gennari, with Maurizio Taddei ending up in 3rd place. So the big battle was set for the last final, and this time Romagnoli won again in style with only a 1 sec gap on Sala in 2nd with Taddei again in 3rd place. This result gave Romagnoli the National title in the Expert class.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 18, 2007

João Malveiro wins Portugese Nationals

João Malveiro wins Protugese Nationals

Serpent are reporting on their site that their driver João Malveiro is the 2007 1:10 200mm Portuguese National Champion. The Team Serpent Portugal driver clinched the title last weekend with a podium finish at the new MAIA track in the north of the country. Driving his Serpent 720, third in the final round of the championship was enough for Malveiro to secure the title by 20 points from Mugen driver Bruno Coelho.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 18, 2007

Collari wins Italian EFRA GP

Novarossi are reporting on last weekends Italian EFRA GP held at the Gubbio track in the center of Italy. Joining the extremely fast Italians at the event was Team Orion driver Adrien Bertin who was the only non Italian to make the ultra competitive final. Qualifying saw the TQ spot go to Mugen racer Stefano Solaroli ahead of Andrea Pirani in 2nd and Lamberto Collari in 3rd. After 45 minutes of intense action it was a photo finish for the top 3 positions with Collari crossing the line in first, with fellow Kyosho driver Danielle Ielasi in 2nd, 1 tenth of a second behind, and Serpent driver Andrea Cristiani a further 6 tenths of a second back in 3rd.

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September 17, 2007

Mark Green wins Rd9 of UK 1/8th Nats

The 9th round of the BRCA 1/8th scale National Championship was held last weekend on the super fast Tibshelf track in the center of England. This race was the last ever on this track, which has been around for over 30 years, the noise from the gas engines finally signalling the end of this famous tracks with the JCBs moving in straight after the race, we are told that the Tibshelf club will be back and are currently looking for a new, better, location. Qualifying saw Serpent driver, and round 8 winner, Mark Green claim the top qualifier spot with the only 26 lap run edging out 2nd placed Mugen driver Andrew North who was less than a lap behind with another Serpent of Tim Wood close behind in 3rd. At the start of the final Mark Green checked out leaving the rest of the field to battle for the runner up spots while Gareth Bell had an accident with Neil Diver, losing both drivers a lot of time. With Andy North in 2nd, he had a spin which allowed Tim Wood and Pete Hastings up into 2nd and 3rd respectively, Andy North was to be taken out of contention later on when he lost the clutch. At the end of the race it was Mark who was cruising to victory with Serpent team mates Tim Wood in 2nd and Richard Hicklin in 3rd.

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