CEN Racing have announced the latest driver to their team, young talent Pearce Stephens from New Zealand. Pearce brings many qualities and success having taken many top 3 Finishes and TQs in 1/10th Nitro and is the current NZ Champion in On-road Electric. Pearce will be converting back to the exciting class of 1/8th Buggy / Truggy and will be using the CEN Racing Matrix Factory Race Edition.
Source: CEN [cenracing.com]
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]
JP Racing have recently announced the release of their latest 1/8th buggy / truggy motor, the Eagle 21 B-7T. Developed to give you great performance, the new sleeve system and new exhaust port design ensures the best compromise between power and fuel consumption, something that Eagle engines are renowned for with many going more than 8 minutes on 1 tank. This engine has been assembled with high speed bearings with the front bearing featuring 2 rubber shields (in and out) protecting the engine against hard dust or water conditions and also a special closed main bearing. Eagle engines come in two versions, normal glow plug or turbo glow plug.
Source: JP Racing [jpracing.com]
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]
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]
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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Xray are reporting on their site about the recent Kyosho Masters held at the Banwol Park Raceway in Korea which was the final big race before this years Korean Nationals. The event saw the TQ spot go to Xray XT8 driver Jung Ho Hong who converted this top qualifying pace into great race pace by going on to win the main final by 1 lap ahead of 2nd place Joong Suk Oh and 3rd place Wook Taek Lee.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:
> Touring Car Carpet World Cup cancelled – Link [rcworld.ch]
> Sebastán Recio wins the Argentine National Championships – Link [kyosho.com]
> Caster Racing High friction clutch shoes – Link [casterracing.com]
> Steven Hayes is Irish National Champion 2007 – Link [teamxray.com]
> 2007 World Champs, Hayato Matsuzaki and Jared Tebo – Link [rc411.com]
> D’Angelo wins Italian Championship race in Teverola – Link [teammagic.com.tw]
