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May 29, 2007

Harris Katikas wins Greek Nats Rd2

Harris Katikas wins Turkish Nats Rd2

Xray have a brief report on their site from the 2nd round of the Greek electric Nationals which was held last weekend on the Patras circuit. Harris Katikas, racing for Xray, completely dominated the World (open) class race by taking the TQ and the overall win ahead of team mates Nikolakopoulos and Agelakopoulos in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the National class it was a win for Karabelas with 2nd going to Flabouris while Balasis took 3rd.

Source Xray [teamxray.com]

May 28, 2007

Marc Rheinard wins 2007 Reedy Race

Last weekend saw the 2007 Reedy Touring Car Race held at Tamiya America’s soon to be closed track in California. Attracting a large amount of top international racers for the Invite class, the event features a qualifying & final race format in which the best six results from 8 rounds count and are used to determine the winner. After all the running it was German racer, and former World Champion, Marc Rheinard that could take the overall win, despite a slow first day that saw him down in 6th position meaning the Tamiya driver had to work hard on the Sunday to claim his second Reedy Race title in a row. British racer Craig Drescher, racing the all new Team Associated TC5, came home in 2nd place just ahead of his team mate Juho Levanen of Finland.

Click here for the final Invite class results… content

May 27, 2007

Kazuya & Syach take FEMCA titles

The 2007 FEMCA Championships are over and 2 new champions have been crowned at the JITC in Jakarta, Indonesia. In the 1/10th scale class it was Serpent 720 racer Teddy Syatch that came out on top with a 4 lap advantage over Singapore Kyosho racer Philip Lee, while Xray NT1 racer Sadikan came home in 3rd. Pole position sitter, Japanese racer Ken Furukawa, racing for Kyosho, had a difficult race and came home in 5th.

In the 1/8th scale main final, there was drama at the end of the 45 minute final when Serpent 960 racer Suruth V. took the win by 1 lap only to be disqualified for being 10 grams underweight, a bitter blow for the Thai driver. This handed the win to Japanese Mugen racer Yuruki Kazuya who took the win by 1 lap ahead of 1/10th class winner, and local Serpent racer, Teddy Syatch in 2nd while another Japanese racer Yokoyama Masaki, with another Serpent 960 came home in 3rd.

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May 27, 2007

ABC Hobby Genetic Naked S

ABC Hobby, of Japan, have announced the upcoming release of this new mini 1/10th scale chassis, the strangely named Genetic Naked S. The car which is only 163mm wide is very narrow compared to a competition touring car but can accomodate mini type body shells. Featuring 4wd through a central shaft the car has a twin deck chassis and sports front and rear ball diffs as well as a neat lexan spur gear cover. Available in June.

Source: ABC Hobby [abchobby.com]

May 27, 2007

Jernej Vuga wins 2007 European ‘B’ Title

Jernej Vuga wins 2007 European 'B' Title

Jernej Vuga is the EFRA European Champion for 1:8 IC Track B 2007. The Slovenian driver lived up to pre-event predictions and won the rain effected Main Final by a 3 lap margin having TQ’d for the event at his home track of Tolmin. Italy’s Giuseppe D’Angelo made it a 1-2 result for Mugen while Germany’s Andreas Hammerl completed the podium with his Kyosho.

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May 27, 2007

Weather turns nasty on EC ‘B’ Finals day

Philip Eberle

The EC ‘B’ has been hit by a major thunder storm. After a rain free day yesterday (Saturday) competitors in the 1/32 finals had to contend with a damp track from over night rain but in the 1/16 B final the heavens opened up over Tolmin as a thunderstorm hit the area. Heavy rain continues to fall but racing is continuing as scheduled, however there are some concerns about lightning in the area. Serpent driver Philip Eberle (above) was the only one of the four direct qualifiers for the EC ‘B’ Main Final to brave the terrible conditions and take to the soaking wet Tolmin track. The German, who will start second on the grid, had his car in full wet settings in preparation for a what is set to be a very wet and difficult 45 minute Main Final.

Source: EFRA Euros [efraeuros.com]

May 27, 2007

Hakansson wins Swedish Nitro Series

Another report from Xray, this time its from last weekends Swedish Nitro Series and Swedish Cup, both events run on the same weekend at the high-speed track in Ã–rebro. Once again rain played a role in the outcome of the event with a short downpour before the main SNS final causing drivers to change setups and adjust strategies. At the beginning of the final there was some initial chaos but after a couple of laps it settled down and Xray driver Niklas Hakansson pulled away to a clear victory with 4 laps in front of 2nd placed Serpent driver Christoffer Hallborg with another Xray of Brandt Mikael in 3rd.

Read the full race report including that from the Swedish Cup race here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 27, 2007

Jonas Kaerup signs to GM Racing

Former European 1:10 Touring Car Champion, Jonas Kaerup, has made the change to GM racing. The Danish driver will be using the GM Genius Brushless speedo’s, GM’s EVO 3 brushless motors along with GM’s VISCommander battery management system. Furthermore his cars will sport Graupner’s receiver and servo’s.

Jonas comments on the change: ” I felt that the time for a change was right, now that Touring Car is entering a new era of brushless motors and 5 cells. I have signed a 2 year deal with GM/Graupner, and I am already impressed by how professionel they are. In my mind GM has one of the very best electronic speedcontrol systems in the world, as my German Corally Teammate Marc Fischer, has already shown on more occasions. I look really forward to racing for GM “.

Source: Race RC [racerc.dk]