The first North Interregional Championship was held in Montecchio on March 1-2. It was nice spring weather conditions, and there were over 50 drivers in the 1:10 class and 50 in the 1:8 class. After 3 qualifying rounds in 1:10 class, Gaggiola took TQ with his Max-powered NT1. Colombo and Barbera won their semi-finals and started in the final. The NT1 dominated the final with Gaggiola, Colombo and Barbera coming in 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

1st Gaggiola Paolo XRAY NT1
2nd Colombo Luca XRAY NT1
3rd Barbera Guido XRAY NT1

Source : XRAY

Maifield Practice

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Available Mar 15, 2008

Sound..light..body..vibration..plus.

Driving mechanism of shaft drive 4WD that adopts the ladder frame of a real similar car, and installs three velocity transmission of the assembly type to be able to enjoy the gear change under running is adopted. The battery for the RC mechanism and running etc. were set in 1/10RC car and a high Toyota Hilux High-lift from which the body was finished up in enough scale feeling. In addition, pickup truck multi function unit MFC-02 adhering that controls sound, light, and body vibration. Attention is an electronic clutch in various functions. It can enjoy the clutch work of a real similar car by the stick operation besides the throttle operation. It is also possible to make it run while slowly putting the traction with a half clutch, and to tie the clutch quickly with the engine rotational speed raised, and to start rapidly. An ultimate actually feeling was produced sticking to even the operation feeling.

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The inaugural event for 2008 was held at Singapore’s Turf City on February 24th, with the event being organized by iRacingWerkz (who are also the track owners). The track conditions were very dusty, bumpy and loose, however most were able to come to a compromise on tire and set-up combinations. Team XRAY Singapore turned up with 9 drivers and managed to put 5 into the A-main. Early in the day Glenn Phuah suffered engine problems in his buggy and finally settled in 3rd after the qualifiers behind Sam Cheng in an RB-powered XB8EC. TQ was made by Wenyi in his Hong Nor. Chester Chua and Luigi Venturi did some excellent driving to place themselves in the A-main.

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Last weekend Francesco Martini won the warm-up of the 1st nationals. This race also was the 1st round of a really popular championship called “4-track.”

Here is Francesco’s report:

I raced in two classes, Sport and Libera (Outlaw). I made the choice to race both classes because then we could check the car set-up and have more time to test. This really helped to set up the car for the Outlaw class which was more difficult for me.

In Sport class the battle was really exciting. I had a tough battle with Italian Champion Romagnoli. (In Sport class the main difference is the body used.) I won the 1st final and Romagnoli won the 2nd final so with the race totally open I decided to change the body and this was a really good decision. My T2 was so easy to drive that I could pass Romagnoli and set the lap record really close to the Outlaw class!

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