The 3rd round of the French 1/8th scale buggy Nationals took place this weekend at the Reims circuit in the North of France. The event was dominated by the European Champion Yannick Aigoin who set the fastest time in qualifying driving his RB powered XRAY, securing him TQ and the first starting position at the grid. After the bad luck in the previous two rounds of the French Championship this time Yannick earned the good luck. Yannick's XRAY XB8EC was unstopable and unbeatable and after the long final run Yannick took home the overal win of the 3rd round of the French 2007 Nationals.

Race report by Yannick Aigoin

Round 3 of the French Nationals was held at Reims, the Euros 2005 track. Yannick Aigoin was TQ after a great battle with G. Vray and R. Savoya during each round of qualifying. Michel Farina was also very fast and qualified 7th overall.

In the semi, Yannick and Michel bumped up easily into the main final.

Results:
1. Yannick Aigoin - XRAY XB8EC
2. Jerome Sartel
3. Jerome Aigoin
4. Renaud Savoya
5. Michel Farina - XRAY XB8EC
6. Guillaume Vray
7. Jérôme Couchon
8. Sébastien Mutel XRAY XB8EC
9. Stéphane Deroch
10. Romain Valter

Source and full report: Team Xray

Former World Champion and the new XRAY factory team driver Alex Laffranchi took the win at the 3rd round of Italian Nationals held at Pavia near Milan this weekend.Results:

1. Alex Laffranchi - XRAY XB8EC

1. . Davide Tortorici
   
2. . Iuri Grassi
   
3. . Fabio Zanuccoli
   

1. . Samuele Lenzi
   
2. . Giacomo Vignali
   
3. . Riccardo Rabitti
   
4. . Maurizio Fantinel
   
5. . Fabrizio Teghesi
   
6. . Marco Grandesso
   

As one of America's longest running races the Hank Perry 240 has been drawing competitors since 1986. The event reached its 21st year and has been held at the Spokane R/C Club's beautiful facilty in Spokane, Washington since conception. With over 300 entries the race drew competitors from all over the Pacific Northwest and some racers from Canada to battle it out for the championship. The 1/8 Buggy class saw a wire to wire battle which eventually ended with Gary Guest piloting his Jammin X1-CR FTE to the win and finishing a close second was Jammin driver Ryan McCrery.

Source: Jammin

The Singapore Local 1/8 GP Off-Road Race attracted many locals in the RC arena to pit their skills against each other. There were 53 buggy drivers and 15 truggy drivers altogether. The track and weather were in excellent condition as their track was dry and smooth while the weather was hot. Perfect to have a race day! There were many XRAY drivers from Singapore that were there to win the competition: Sam Cheng, Chester Chua, Glenn Phuah, Mok JY, Luigi Venturi, Razif, Michael Tan, Rashid, Xiong and Sufian.

Source and full report : Team Xray

Jeremy Kortz took 1st place ahead of Mike Truhe this week at KZ.  Kortz has recently signed with HoBao to continue to drive the Hyper 8 Pro for Team HoBao/OFNA into 2009.  OFNA looks forward to seeing more and more of Kortz and his Hyper 8 Pro on the national scene.

Results:
1. Jeremy Kortz - Hyper 8 Pro
2. Mike Truhe
3. Tyler Vik

Source : OFNA