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July 13, 2007

Ales Bayer takes Czech Nats Rd3

Ales Bayer takes Czech Championship Rd3

Xray are reporting on the 3rd round of the Czech National Championship for 1/8th scale buggies that was held 2 weekends ago at the very end of June. Qualfiying saw Xray driver Martin Bayer take the pole position for the main final and was joined by the winners from both semi finals for the start of the 30 minute main. As the final go underway it was Martin that took the lead and gradually started to create a gap from the chasing pack that included his brother Ales as well as L. Zeman. Martin lead until 3 minutes from the end, when a stone jumped into his car some obstruction which cost him 20 seconds in the pits and allowed his brother Ales driving the Losi 8ight to take over the lead which he held to the end, to take the win ahead of his brother Martin in 2nd and P. Klatovsky in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 11, 2007

Hickerson & Eckert win FSORS Rd8

We received a report from top CEN racer Gene Hickerson from the 8th round of the the FSORS, which is one of the largest series in the USA, that sees 6 of the 8 rounds count towards the Championship. This final round of the series was hosted by the Hurricane R/C Club in Tampa and this round attracted 152 entries in both buggy and truggy classes.

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July 10, 2007

Robert Gustavsson signs for Losi

Team Losi have announced that they have signed a multi year deal with the Current Nordic Champion, Robert Gustavsson, to race their Losi 8ight buggy and truggy. Robert’s addition to the team is aimed at increasing the companies race presence in Europe, which up until has been very limited at the highest level, and Roberts first race with his new sponsors will be at next weeks 2007 European Championships in France. Robert leaves behind Xray with which he had a very competitive spell, winning many nationals events as well as taking the 2007 Xray Challenge race held earlier this year.

Source: Team Losi [teamlosi.com]

July 9, 2007

Great Lakes Championship Series Rd3

We received a report from round 3 of the Great Lake Championships hosted by Gatineau Radio Control Club. In the pre race drama that unfolded GRC was forced to move locations from their track in Quebec. City officials decided at the last minute that a new location was in store but neglected to take into consideration the plans already developed. However Lee from Radio Active Hobbies came to the rescue and offered his track “weekend warrior raceway” in Desoronto Ontario.

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July 8, 2007

Lee Martin wins 4wd at Belgian GP

As we reported earlier today, the Belgian GP for 1/10th electric buggies was being run this weekend at the Kampenhout track, near Brussels. Lee Martin took the 2wd win yesterday and showed again today, the form that has seen him head the 4wd BRCA Nationals standings, by taking the pole position ahead of Joern Neumann in 2nd place and Grant Williams in 3rd position. The race saw Lee take the overall class win with a win in the first round and a 2nd place in the 2nd round while Matthew White took a 4th in race 1 and a win race 2 to the take the 2nd place overall with Joern Neumann in 3rd place overall with a 9th in race 1 and a 3rd place in race 2.

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July 8, 2007

Van Waayenburg wins Truggy.nl Cup Rd4

Last Saturday saw the 4th round of the Dutch Truggy.nl Cup run on the high traction 190 meter long MRCZ track in Ritthem, Holland. After 4 rounds of qualifyng it was Paul Geelen that took the TQ position with Mark van Waayenburg in 2nd joining him as the only 2 drivers placed directly into the finals. The 24-minute final saw a very close finish with the top 3 drivers finishing within seconds of each other with Mark van Waayenburg, with his Kyosho ST-R taking the win, with Hobao racer Henoc Luis in 2nd place and German Robitronic driver Thomas Rosenblatt finishing 3rd.

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July 8, 2007

Lee Martin wins 2wd at Belgian GP

This weekend sees the annual Belgian GP for off road electric buggies take place at the Kampenhout track in the middle of the country, near Brussels. Sundays running will be for the 4wd class but Saturday was for 2wd and in qualifying for this class it was a close battle between eventual pole man Lee Martin from the UK, and young German racer Joern Neumann who finished 2nd, both racers running the Associated B4, while 3rd place qualifier was X-Factory X6 driver Ellis Stafford. In the 3 finals it was Martin that showed his class to take the overall win, ahead of Ellis Stafford in 2nd and Neumann in 3rd, after a problem in the first final dropped him way down the results.

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July 5, 2007

Yaniv Sivan wins 2007 Israeli National Championships

Yaniv Sivan is Israeli National Champion

The 2007 Israeli League for 1/8 scale buggy is over, with the 6th and final round of the season run last weekend at the Hot-Wheels racing club. The weather was very hot, around 34C, and the track was very bumpy but Kyosho racer Yaniv Sivan could cope with the conditions best and would win the race followed by 2 more Kyosho racers, Alon Maltzov in 2nd, who claimed his first ever podium finish and Golan Levi in 3rd. With 4 out of the 6 rounds counting for the overall league standings it was Yaniv Sivan who is crowned the Israeli Champion for 2007 by winning 5 out of 5 races, in 2nd place is the brother of Yaniv, Nir Sivan while 3rd spot went to Xray driver Oren Levi.

Source: Neo Buggy [neo-buggy.net]