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April 24, 2007

Niki Duina wins Rd1 of Italian 200mm Nats

Niki Duina

Last weekend at the ultra fast Melzo track near Milan, Italy’s top drivers came together for the first round of the 2007 Italian 1/10th scale nationals. In qualifying it was Alberto Picco, driving a Mugen that took the top qualifying position ahead of Kyosho racer Danielle Ielasi in 2nd, while 3rd position went to another Kyosho racer, Francesco Tironi. In the 45 minute main final, it was Tironi that was the first retirement dropping out of his front running position after only 12 minutes which left pole man Picco and Xray racer Niki Duina (above left) to battle it out for the win. When Picco ran into some trouble, which dropped him back, Duina was able to take advantage by pulling out a large lead and go on to take the win by 3 laps ahead of Picco with a closing D’angelo finishing in 3rd position.

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April 24, 2007

Robert Pietsch dominates Rd1 German Region South Series

German Region South Series

Last weekend, the MAC NÃ¼rnberg hosted the first round of the German Region South Series at their track, the NÃ¼rnberg Zollhausring. The event was open to both 1/8th and 1/10th scale classes and in the 1/8th scale class it was Robert Pietsch, driving the new Shepherd Velox prototype, that took the pole position ahead of Kyosho racer Andreas Hammerl who qualified 2nd with Philip Eberle in 3rd. In the race it started well for Pietsch, but a coming together with a few back markers dropped him back to 5th which allowed Hammerl to take the lead, but the Shepherd racer was able to work his way back up to 1st to win by 2 laps at the flag. Andreas Hammerl finished 2nd with Serpent racer Michael Eisele in 3rd.

In the 1/10th scale class it was Thomas GÃ¼nsel, driving the Xray NT1, that took the pole spot from team mates Robert Pietsch and Dirk Wischnewski, who qualified 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the race it was Robert Pietsch that could take the win after pole man GÃ¼nsel ran into troubles which also allowed Wischnewski move up into 2nd at the end with Christoph Pietsch claiming the final podium spot in 3rd.

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April 23, 2007

Shepherd Racing Velox 1/8th scale

Shepherd Racing Velox

We first reported on the Robert Pietsch designed Shepherd Racing Velox 1/8th scale back in February when it was shown for the first time at the Nurnberg toy fair. We now have more detailed pictures of the car and an explanation, from the guys at Shepherd Racing, on how the cars innovative rear braking system works and below we have created a small diagram to show this function.

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April 23, 2007

Robert Raphael wins Rd1 Belgian Nats

Robert Raphael

We were contacted by the people from TT World Modellisme to give us the results from last weekends first round of the Belgian 1/8th Buggy nationals. The event was won by HoBao racer, and runner up at last months Belgian GP, Robert Raphael who won easily by 10 laps from 2nd placed Xray driver Nickel CÃ©dric with 3rd position going to a Kyosho driver Soyeurt Gregory, who finished a further 4 laps back.

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April 23, 2007

Riemon Speed Works shock bodies

Japanese firm Riemon Speed Works have released these pictures of their soon to be released shock bodies. Made from aluminum, these gold anodised shock bodies will be made available for the Tamiya TRF501X (left) and the Kyosho RB5 and Laser ZX5 (right).

Source: Riemon SW [muscat-s.com/riemon]

April 23, 2007

Chris Kerswell wins Rd1 of BRCA 19T Nats

Chris Kerswell

While the Mod and 27 Turn boys were in Stafford the 19 Turn racers were having their first round of the 2007 National series at the fast flowing Snetterton track. In qualifying it was Chris Kerswell, driving the new Corally RDX Phi, that took the top qualifying spot breaking the class lap record on this way to record a very fast 22 lapper, with Yokomo racer Keith Robertson in 2nd and Schumacher driver Jonathan Dromfield in 3rd. In the finals it was an easy win for pole man Chris Kerswell in both finals and he could take the round win ahead of Keith Robertson in 2nd and Jonathan Dromfield in 3rd.

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April 23, 2007

Chris Grainger wins Rd1 of BRCA Mod Nats

Rd1 of BRCA Mod Nats

Last weekend saw the first round of the BRCA modified championships take place at the Stafford track. Qualifying saw World Champion Andy Moore, driving for Hot Bodies, take the pole position ahead of 2nd place Chris Grainger, driving for Yokomo, and Craig Drescher, with the pre production Associated TC5 in 3rd.

In the first final it was a clean win for Moore who finished just ahead of Xray racer Ben Cosgrove with Grainger in 3rd while in the 2nd final Moore had a coming together with Grainger, which saw Grainger knocked back to 3rd behind Moore and Drescher. Just as Drescher was gearing up for a pass on Moore, the HB driver lost drive gifting Drescher the top spot and win in front of Grainger and Jefferies in 2nd and 3rd respectively. These results compiled gave Yokomo racer Chris Grainger the round 1 win ahead of Xray driver Ben Cosgrove in 2nd and HB racer Olly Jefferies in 3rd.

Also present running at the event was the 27 Turn class which was won by Jimmy Maddison driving the TOP Scythe with Luke Hobson in 2nd and Andrew Twigger in 3rd.

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April 23, 2007

Dario Vita wins German West Rd1

A quick report from the German West off road qualification race that took place last weekend at the MFK KÃ¼rten track. The race was won by Mugen racer Dario Vita, of Vita Tuning, with another Mugen in 2nd driven by Marcel Guske, while a 3rd Mugen driven by Frank Derksen gave the MBX5R a complete lockout of the podium.

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