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December 4, 2007

WangWenPei wins HongNor Cup China 07

Last weekend saw the 2007 HongNor Cup held in mainland China for the first time at the FeiTeng track in Guangzhou, and it was open to both Buggy and Truggy. This is a one make race, open to HongNor racers only and it was attended by their factory team as well as many top Asian drivers, all driving the X1CR or X1CR-T. Qualifying saw the buggy class TQ go to ChengYikuan with Taiwanese factory driver WangWenPei in 2nd position. After the start it was WangWenPei that immediately took the lead and despite a battle with Singapore driver WenYi for many laps he was able to pull away and win the race 1 lap in front of WenYi in 2nd, with HuWeiPing in 3rd. WangWenPei also went on to win the Truggy class.

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December 2, 2007

Matsukura & Suzuki take Buggy titles

Matsukura & Suki take JMRCA buggy titles

This weekend saw the indoor Yatabe Arena once more play host to the Japanese Nationals, this time for electric off road buggies, with the event open to both 2wd and 4wd classes. In 4wd it was Yokomo racer, and current 12th scale National Champion, Naoto Matsukura that took the TQ spot ahead of current 2wd World Champion Hayato Matsuzaki, racing for Hot Bodies in 2nd and Shin Adachi for Kyosho in 3rd. In 2wd qualifying it was Hiroshi Suzuki that took pole position in front of Akira Suzuki in 2nd and Hayato Matsuzaki in 3rd. The 4wd final saw complete domination for the young Matsukura who took wins in the first 2 finals, the second final seeing a winning margin of 12 seconds, to take the overall title ahead of Hayato Matsuzaki, who won the 3rd final, while Yokomo racer Hiroshi Suzuki took 3rd. In the 2wd finals Yokomo team driver Hiroshi Suzuki took 2 clear wins in the first 2 finals to secure his 2wd title, ahead of Tamiya racer Satoshi Maezumi in 2nd, who took the last final win, while Hayato Matsuzaki wrapped up a great day with 3rd overall.

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November 30, 2007

Vega takes Final round of Madrid Champs

We received a brief report by Daniel Vega from the last race of the Madrid Championships, held last weekend at the famous track of Fuencarral, in Madrid. The start of the race saw the Mugen racer Vega battling with top GS racer, and pole position man, Richi Gomez but Vega was able to make a break and pull away. At the end of the 30 minute race Daniel had taken the win by 2 laps from Gomez in 2nd with Losi racer Felix Zamorano a lap further back in 3rd.

Source: VAS [vas-modelismo.com]

November 28, 2007

Kevin Brunsden joins Team Xray

Mirage Racing have announced that top UK racer Kevin Brunsden has made the switch over to Team Xray to race the XB8EC and XT8 for the 2008 season. Kevin is a well know National winning touring car driver that recently made the switch over the ultra competitive 1/8th buggy class last season and immediately impressed. Kevin will be using Falcon Engines and GRP tyres at all Nationals this coming season and will certainly be a regular contender at the top of the timesheets.

Source: Mirage Racing [mirageracing.com]

November 28, 2007

Alex Laffranchi Win Radiosistemi Trophy

Xray are reporting from the recent Radiosistemi trophy that was run for 1/8th scale off road in Toscana, Italy. A total of 81 senior drivers and 41 junior drivers were present to run on the bumpy track, where a perfect set-up was necessary to contend with the bumps, while at the same time being quick. In the senior class, it was Crono racer Davide Tortorici that got TQ followed by another Crono, that of French racer Jerome Sartel in 2nd. In the final everyone managed to get a good start with Sartel leading, followed by Tortorici, Laffranchi, and Perin. Laffranchi was fastest and after some great driving managed to take the lead. With the Xray racer up front, Tortorici then ran into some problems due to the difficult track conditions and dropped back, leaving Jerome Sartel and another Crono driver Stefano Rossi to finish in 2nd and 3rd place.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 28, 2007

Ryan Lutz takes JBRL Championship

Kyosho was in contact to tell us that their Factory Driver Ryan Lutz and a number of other Kyosho drivers attended the final race of the season for the popular Southern California JBRL (Jimmy Babcock Racing League) Series. Lutz went into the final race of the series having already clinched the Truggy title, but if there were any question why the championship was already locked up, Lutz and the ST-RR made it abundantly clear. Lutz jumped out to an early lead over TQ Levi Jackson, also driving an ST-RR with a short chassis, and didn’t look back. His Sirio CL7B-powered ST-RR was very fast and agile, stretching out nearly a two-lap lead at the end of 15 minutes. Kyosho drivers Levi Jackson and Jimmy Wright finished second and third respectively making it an all-Kyosho podium. Jackson also took third overall for the series, giving Kyosho two of the three podium positions for the series. Cody King and Ryan Lutz also finished second and third for the series with their Sirio-powered Inferno 777 WC cars.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

November 26, 2007

Lee Martin signs to Sirio engines

Current British 4wd electric buggy Champion and World and European finalist Lee Martin has signed to use Sirio engines. Lee will make his debut with the Sirio 21 CL7B-STI in Florida next month when he will run it in his Associated RC8 1/8th scale buggy. Lee had this to say about the deal:

I loved the Sirio 21 CL7B-STI! It felt instant and smooth! Gave me a greatly increased confidence with engines and can’t wait to use this at the next meeting I attend. I think the EP guys will prefer this pipe S21.200123 (EFRA 2057 high torque with smooth mid range power) on clay or dirt surfaces. I would like thank Sirio & Kyosho UK for their support.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]

November 26, 2007

Bloomfield wins Novarossi Winter Series Rd2

The second round of the Novarossi Winter series was held last weekend at the Novarossi Raceway and it was Elliot Boots and his Associated RC8 that started off the day off in fantastic form by setting TQ for the round and securing maximum points. In rounds 2 and 3 it was the turn of Losi 8ight racer Darren Bloomfield to take the top spot and he was able to secure TQ for the meeting. The start of the final was exceptional, Elliot and Darren swapped the lead in what seemed like ever corner for the first few laps, outstanding control and great respect between these two racers allowing them to race hard. It was Darren who managed to get the all important break just before the first pit stop and could pull away from the chasing pack. Elliot continued his excellent form for the day to finish second and once again an excellent run for Ed Kerry gave him the third spot.

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