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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]

July 4, 2007

Lopukhin & Shegolev win Russian RC2 Race

Russian RC2 Race

The second round of Russian club racing championships was held last weekend at the great buggy track in Moscow and with sunny weather all weekend, a lot of Russias best off-road drivers took part. The event catered for both 1/8th scale buggy and MT/truggy classes and in qualifying it was Artem Lopukhin, driving the Xray XB8, that took the pole position while in the MT/truggy class the TQ went to Anton Shegolev, driving the Mugen MBX5-T.

Danish Off-Road Nationals Rd4

The Aviators RC Club, in the north of Denmark, played hosted the 4th round of the Danish DRCMU Off-Road Championships, which were held last weekend. The grass surfaced track layout was very tight and narrow and most of the practice took place in very wet conditions and this lack of practice had a great influence on the performance of many of the drivers in the dry qualifying rounds.

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July 4, 2007

2007 ROAR Buggy Nationals – Videos

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The 2007 ROAR Buggy Nationals have come and gone, reports have been made and pictures taken, so now its the turn of the videos. Here is a trio of videos from The Dirtburners, hosts of the event. You can watch part 1 in the player above and the other 2 parts are below.

UPDATE: Added another video to the list, via GS Hobby.

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July 3, 2007

Joseph Quagraine joins O.S. Engines

Our partners Neo Buggy are reporting that 3 times Nordic champion and Worlds Semi-finalist Joseph Quagraine has left Italian engine sponsor Novarossi and joined forces with the Japanese manufacturer O.S. Engines. Joseph makes the switch after 2 and a half years with the Italian outfit having joined them from Picco in late 2004. His most recent, and final, victory for Novarossi came 2 weeks ago when he took the truggy class win at the Offroad Meeting in Monsummano, driving the HoBao RTR truggy.

I would like to thank Novarossi for their excellent support during the last few years. I wish everyone at Novarossi all the best for the future, however I look forward to a long and successful future driving for O.S. Japan, and would also like to thank them for this oppurtunity.

Quagraine joins a long list of star racers that are currently using the O.S. buggy motor such as Pavidis, Maifield, Hughes, Tebo, Smolnik, Bradley, James and Saxton, all of which were in action at last weekends ROAR Buggy Nationals.

Source: Neo Buggy [neo-buggy.net]

July 2, 2007

Zac Ryan wins QLD Truggy State Titles

Our Australian partners Rube Dude have a brief report from last weekends Queensland truggy State titles that were run at the Twin Cities Scale Model Motorsport Car Club in Townsville. The truggy class was TQ’d and won by HongNor racer Zac Ryan and he has also given his account of the event.

I was given a Hong Nor X1-CRT for the event, which I had never run before. Thursday I managed to work out the setup and after that I basically left the setup for the rest of meeting. By Sunday afternoon I had finished top qualifier in the semi final and went on to win the A-main by three laps.

Read the full report here.

Source: Rube Dude [rubeduderc.com]

July 2, 2007

Adam Drake Wins ROAR Buggy Nats

Adam Drake Wins ROAR Nationals

In an eventful final at this years ROAR Gas Buggy Nationals in Missouri, it was Team Losi driver Adam Drake that walked away with the National title. Up until the half way mark of the race it seemed to look like being a dominant victory by pole man Ryan Maifield, driving the Associated RC8, but continued technical problems dropped him down the order until he finally stopped completely. Adam Drake inherited the lead because of this, and despite a late charge by O’Donnell racer Jared Tebo in the closing stages of the 60 minute race, the Drake could hold on for the win, with Tebo close behind in 2nd, while the 3rd spot went to Ryan Cavalieri, driving the Associated buggy.

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