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]
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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The final round of the Schumacher BTCC took place over the weekend for the final time at the Ashby track in the Midlands ,which unfortunately is set to become developed into a housing area. Modified Championship leader Elliot Harper had already wrapped up the series at the penultimate round but showed all the mod boys the way home with a victory at this round followed by fellow HB driver Stu Noble in 2nd and Schumacher’s David Hall in 3rd. Elliot took home the coveted Cecil Schumacher Trophy for the year followed up by the hard charging Colin Price and Sam Smith both with their Mi3 rides. Jonathan Dronfield dominated the 19T class taking TQ and 1st position in front of fellow Schumacher drivers Dewi Jones and Liam Brooks. Once again Jimmy Maddision had already wrapped up the 19T Championship and decided not to run at this event so left Jimmy in 1st, Jonny 2nd and Welsh Wizard Dewi 3rd after a season long battle for the Championship. In the 27t class Rob ‘Bobby’ West took victory at the race and also secured a fine Championship win with his Mi3 closely followed by Andrew Twigger and Lee Price also with Mi3’s.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Italian after market parts maker Fioroni has announced the release of two new 3.5cc buggy engines. Sold under the Option Power brand, these new motors look to be made by Picco, feature 3 port liners, ABC construction and come included with a previously released optional buggy cooling head as standard. The 2 versions differ in that the blue headed version bolts straight into a competition buggy and would utilize a starter box while the black headed version comes complete with a pull start attachment. Available now.
Source: Fioroni [fioroni.com]
The 7th and final round of the 2007 BRCA 1/8th Off Road series was held last weekend at the fantastic Slough track. With the series already decided in favour of Neil Cragg who was away at the 1/10 worlds in Japan the interest surrounded the fight for 2nd in the championship and and the final qualifying places for next years Worlds, which officially go down to 3rd. With 4 drivers in the hunt for 2nd the competition was fierce. It was Jon Hazelwood who came out blocks fastest with TQ in round 1. Jon then proceeded to take rounds 2 and 3 to stamp his authority over the qualifying sessions. After the 3 rounds the Hobao pair of Graham Alsop and David Crompton took 2nd and 3rd respectively. The final saw a very close battle in the early stages between Jon, David and Tommy Chung, all swapping the lead until about the 5 minute mark when Jon started to make a break which he built to about 10 seconds, a gap that he maintained for the rest of the race back to David with Elliot Boots and Graham Alsop in a battle for 3rd. This was how it stayed with Jon taking the win from Dave and Elliot.
Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]
