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Updated on :20-Aug-2008
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LATEST ON-RD RACE NEWS
NT1 TQ & WIN AT JUST HOBBY NITRO
CHALLENGE 2008
Round 6 of Just Hobby nitro challenge kick off at 10.00am in the morning. The
weather was good with slight overcast in the morning.
Qualifying start off with 3 rounds of 7minutes heats. All the drivers were
trying to put in a good run in the heats so as to climb to a higher main.
Qualifying was run in a fast and furious pace with 5 Xray NT1 in the top 10
position.
Tom Goh Xray NT1 in pole position with 29laps 7min 05sec 2nd position
James Loke also in a Xray NT1 did a 29laps 7min 08sec 3rd position
Jesse Wu
Xray
did a 29laps 7min 11sec putting 3 Xray NT1 in the top 3. This impressive
qualifying was a result of exchange of setup tips among the Xray drivers.
Qualifying order
1) TQ
Tom Goh Xray NT1 *2)
James Loke Xray NT1 *3)
Jesse Wu Xray NT1 *4)
Ben Seet *5)
Nelson Lee
6)
Leslie Baker Xray NT1 *7)
Noordin *8)
Don Ng Xray NT1 *9)
Hengster *10)
Mazlan Mazz
In the final 45min
A main final Tom and James both pull off with a comfortable lead with both
driver exchanging position for 15min. It was a real close fight between Tom and
James as both have very similar race pace. At the 20min mark Tom experience
engine problem and have to pit a few times for engine tuning thus losing
position to James. With fast and consistent driving Leslie move up to 2nd
position behind James. Jesse had a bad start and his Xray suffer damage on his
brake making him lost precious time in the pit repairing making it
impossible to regain back the lost time despite a very good handling car.
Don Ng Xray was running consistent race pace putting him very close to podium
position just behind Mugen driver Nelson Lee but time is not on his side and Don
eventually finish behind Nelson.

Tom trusted mechanic and racing buddy
Nelson.
Bryan ,James ,Ah weng ,Leslie ,Ryan
Final finishing
order
1)
James Loke Xray NT1 *2)
Leslie Baker Xray NT1 *3)
Nelson Lee *4)
Don Ng Xray NT1 *5)
Hengster
6)
Tom Goh Xray NT1 *7)
Mazlan Mazz *8)
Noordin *9)
Jesse wu Xray NT1

Team Xray Driver – Dennis ,Ryan ,James
,Leslie ,Tom and Jesse
Race report by Tom Goh
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NT1 TQ-ed Singapore Open Invitational Championship 2008
Saturday (Qualifying Rounds)
1) Danny Iswahyudi XRAY NT1 ,2) Daniel Chee ,3) Philip Lee ,4) Sadikin Sutrisno XRAY NT1
,5) Tom Goh XRAY NT1
6) Barry Ng ,7) Hengster ,8) Hj. Irman XRAY NT1 ,9) Erwin Luhur XRAY NT1
,10) Andrew Chin

Sunday (Qualifying round 3 & finals)
The third qualifying round was run on Sunday with many drivers pushing very hard
to improve their qualifying positions. The traction had change little from
Saturday and therefore there was a good chance that many drivers would improve
their positions. At the end of the third round, Sadikin and Danny improved their
qualifying positions and the final qualifying results are as follows:
1) Erwin Luhur XRAY NT1 ,2) Daniel Chee ,3) Philip Lee ,4) Sadikin Sutrisno XRAY NT1
,5) Barry Ng
6) Nelson Lee ,7) Jesse Wu XRAY NT1 ,8) Danny Iswahyudi XRAY NT1 ,9) Hengster
,10) Roy Chong

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Just Hobby Nitro 1/10 Sedan Challenge 13 April 2008
The Just Hobby 1/10 Sedan nitro challenge in Singapore (Just Hobby Race Circuit)
was held last Sunday. There were a total of 40 drivers including a 1/10 Truck
Fun Race.The morning began well with sunshine that dried the dew off the track.
However, it threatened to rain with storm clouds overhead, but soon subsided.
The track is smooth and fairly tight with several tricky corners and a
high-speed chicane. The first round of qualification began and had local ace
driver Nelson Lee setting a fast pace to put his Novarossi powered Mugen into
provisional pole. Several drivers came close to his time of 21 Laps 5:02. This
time was hence beaten by old-timer Ben Seet in his Sirio powered Kyosho with a
time of 21 Laps 5:01 and to take the eventual pole position. Tom Goh in an OS
powered Xray came in to sit 3rd on the grid, also with a very fast time.5 Xrays
made it to the top 10, including Sam Cheng and buggy driver Glenn Phuah who just
managed to squeeze into position 10. Teamxray Singapore’s Jesse Wu turned up
late for qualification and only had the opportunity to run 1 round of
qualification. This proved deadly as an accident during his run left him with a
broken exhaust and sitting out the A Main. Jesse however managed to clinch the B
main champion.

The 45-minute A main Final began
around 4pm and the spectators were all eager to watch the start. During the
start Ben Seet, Nelson Lee and Tom Goh began gaining a slight advantage over the
rest of the pack. Glenn met with an accident during the start and was almost
half a lap behind the pack. Both Tom and Nelson began experiencing technical
problems and slowed down ever so slightly, this allowed Sam and Glenn to close
up the gap. By the halfway mark, Ben was already pulling a comfortable lead and
the Fight for 2nd place was between Sam and Glenn. It got exciting as pit crew
worked hard to gain any little advantage from quick pit stops. Spectators were
also getting excited as they watched this battle. A small mistake by Sam allowed
Glenn to overtake into 2nd place, during the last call for fuel; Glenn lost a
couple of seconds caused by a slight miscommunication between him and his
mechanic. This proved to be a bad mistake as Sam gained in and managed to pull
out of his pit stop before Glenn.

Final Results:
A Main
1. Ben Seet/ Kyosho / Sirio / Sanwa
2. Sam Cheng / Xray / RB / KO
3. Glenn Phuah / Xray / RB / KO
Glenn’s Setup: http://forum.teamxray.com/xform/index.php?act=view&ID=514&setup=nt1

B Main
1. Jesse Wu / Xray
2. Don Ng / Xray
3. Othman / Xray

C Main
1. Brian Cheah / Xray
3. Nus /Xray
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Malaysia-Meleka Challenge 2007
1/10 & 1/8 On-Road
Drivers: 40
Weather:Rain in the morning, afternoon dry
Track: Small, tight and technical
Qualifying:
It was a race organize by Meleka RC Club, we arrived
there on a sat afternoon. The track was very tight, bumpy and tire wear rate was
very high, After a few runs, We decide to use both front&rear soft diff.On Sunday qualifying, I suffered some engine problem
as a result, I could only qualify 9th, My teammate Barry did some
fast laptimes, but due to backmarkers it could only bring him to 4th
in the A-Main.
Final:
In the 45 mins final, we had 10 cars, I had a bad
start and was behind the pack. Barry was fighting for position until he made a
mistake and his front driveshaft came out. He also did the fastest lap of the
day with 14.175sec, After half way mark into the final , I was catching up with
race leader Anthony Wee, with less than a sec behind him, my engine flamed out.
That brought me back to 3rd pos. I manage to do some fast laptime and
close in on the 2nd pos, into the last 5mins I manage overtake the 2nd
pos and finished the race.
 
A Main Final
1st - Anthony Wee, 175 laps... Fastest lap (14.258)
2nd - Jesse Wu, 173 laps...X-Ray NT-1 Fastest lap (14.328)
3rd - Raymond Chan, 172 laps... Fastest lap (14.543)
4th - Hengster, 169 laps... Fastest lap (14.706)
5th - Vincent Tan, 168 laps... Fastest lap (14.564)
6th - PC Lai, 163 laps... Fastest lap (14.967)
7th - CH Tay, 100 laps... Fastest lap (14.497) DNF
8th - Barry Ng, 60 laps...Xray NT-1 Fastest lap (14.175) DNF
9th - Albertino Sang, 41 laps...G4 Fastest lap (14.563) DNF
10th - Mizan, 40 laps... Fastest lap (14.375) DNF
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PA East Coast Campsite 1/8 & 1/10 race 5-11-07

RCMC Club Race 5-11-2007 we had 15 for 1/8 Scale and around
15 for 1/10 Scale.It was great weekend with a 35mins A-Main final. In the
1/8th scale final, top qualifier went to Erwin with a Kyosho (top left) losing
out in the TQ position by half a sec was Serpent driver Jesse Wu (2nd from left). In the final, Jesse Wu led the final with 3 laps into the 20mins mark
when his con-rod failed him. In the end, Barry won the 35mins A-final. It
was a fun weekend with old timers like Sam Cheng, Don Chng and many others
back in action.
Hope to have more of this fun in future. See YA guys!!!
Happy Racing!!! ..by JW
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Bukit timah Turf City 1/10 Race
30-9-07
  
A very Happy Team Xray NT-1 Singapore @ the Just Hobby Turf City Race 1/10
open 30-9-2007.
More Race report will Follow up! Thank you.

5 NT-1 in the A final and B final 123 Podium. D Final
Winner Taihub (In Chinese "Big Hero")
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1:10 FEMCA Championship
Jakarta, Indonesia

Team Serpent at Jakarta 07 FEMCA race
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Sam Cheng in Jakarta FEMCA Race 07 |

Team XRAY at 2007 FEMCA Race Jakarta |

Jesse Wu in Jakarta FEMCA race 07 |
Main Final Result
1. Teddy Syach (Serpent 720/Mega) - 156 laps
in 45:16.894
2. Philip Lee - 152 laps in 45:06.909
3. Sadikin (XRAY NT-1)- 152 laps in
45:13.963
4. Kris Heriana - 151 laps in 45:02.255
5. Ken Furukawa - 151 laps in 45:03.357
6. Benjamin Seet - 148 laps in 45:03.093
7. Erwin Luhur (XRAY NT-1)- 147 laps in
45:01.574
8. Philip Woodburry - 146 laps in 45:06.100
9. Charlee Phutyotini - 140 laps in 45:11.163
10.Suruth V. (Serpent 720/Max) - 122 laps in
36:16.772
In the 1:8 FEMCA Championship held at the same time in
Jakarta, Serpent team driver Suruth V. from Thailand took the win only to be
disqualified when his Serpent 960 failed to
meet the minimum weight by just 10 grams in the post race technical inspection.
Serpent still managed a podium double however with 1:10 Champion Syach claiming
second ahead of Yokoyama Masaki who steered his 960 to third.
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XRAY NT-1/RB engine
TQ (pole position) at First Race in Turf City May 2007

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Singapore PA 1/8 Championship Feb 2007
Drivers: 1/8 30.
1/10 touring 45
It was a good
Sunday and also our first Femca qualifying race. This year FEMCA will be held in
Indonesia. Our track have new layout had been quite awhile and is very nice to
drive and very technical and you need to get your clutch work properly, I just
got abit of time on Friday so I went for a test run and this is the 2nd
time I ran my friend’s 960 and I must say the car is a lot better then all the
previous models I ran, a few changes like blue spring in front and red spring
rear with the 2nd upper hole and the car was just wonderful.so this
is my first race at our new layout,
 Jesse Wu
Fastest Laper/Sam TQ |

Bernard Lee Serpent 960 |

Serpent Setup Discussion |
 our JB
Serpent car friends |
 Sam
Serpent 960 with RB engine |

Pengyu Serpent 720 with RB engine |
In qualifying Sam Cheng TQ with his Serpent 960/RB engine
on left is Jesse Wu also with Serpent 960 clock the fastest single lap and broke
the track record @17.6 sec
In the final it was a good start for me I went into the
lead for about 4min and at the left far end corner had a flame out car and
I collided into it and damage my front and lost a front left drive shaft. So
follow up closely it was Hie kie and Nelson lee to battle for the 45 mins a
final.
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track left side |

Serpent 07 race drivers |

Track right side |
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Chia Teck Foong & Michael Salven |

Michael Stef from serpent |

Sam get more driving&setup technic from Michael |
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Foong & his RB engine |

Old Friend Teddy & Sam |

Jesse Wu & Teck Foong |
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Yuya Sahashi drive 960 & 720
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Tadahiko Sahashi drive 960 & 720 |

Our Peng Yu! |
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Sam Cheng RB/Serpent 960 |

Sam Serpent 960/RB C6 |

Jesse Wu Serpent 960 |
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Serpent Motorsport Singapore
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Sam with Serpent chief designer Michael Salven1999 @ PA campsite Singapore
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Team Serpent Singapore from right:KelvinGoh,SamCheng,
Joe Dorral.GarySoon,KennyChua,
JacksonChong,GlennPhuah
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The Real Race Machine!

Happy Serpent Team
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Chester Chua Refueling Sam Serpent Vector,
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Happy Peoples
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PA 1/8 Race Top 10
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Jesse Wu,Sam,PengYu,Jay @PA
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Khamil TQ&1st at PA club Race.
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Mr Felipi |
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Gary Soon year 2000 |

Glenn,Khamil & Gary soon year 1998 |
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Don Chng,Steven Goh & Dixon ong.year 1999 |

serpent veteq year 2001 |
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Electric Xray Race @ HobbyLink Branch Jurong year 2001
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Branch Serpent 1/10 gas Race year 2002
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Marion&SamCheng
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Thailand Serpent Race

Trophies!
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Thailand Serpent Race
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Serpent Singapore with Salven.Masimo,Fabio & RickV.
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Khamil 1/10 A final 45mins.
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Salven&Samcheng
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Sam Serpent 950R In Thailand.
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My Crazy Friends Chester,Desmond,Kenny,Teck Foong were also @ Thailand Race.
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F.e.m.c.a. 1/8 On Rd Top 10 Drivers
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Singapore Team @ Femca Race.
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Sam,Daryl,Bernard,Chanchai,Jesse&teck Foong |

Singapore Serpent 1/10 Drivers:
Back:Bakti,Xavia,Daniel,Jason 5port,Auyong,
Front:Erwin,Warren,Bryan,Khamil& Desmand Tan. |

Super Bro team??? |
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Team Serpent Singapore in Thailand & Micheal Salven

Finaly Makan(eat) all you can! Enjoy Bro |
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HPI Cup in
Thailand 1/10 Race;
Singapore
Serpent team & Surath from Thailand. |

Jesse,Sam,Khamil in Thailand |
Indonesia Oris Watch Championship.
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Indonesia Oris Watch Cup.
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Khamil,Bryan,Sam get Ready For The Next Heat @ Oris Championship.
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Sam receiving his Trophies from Oris Watch representative,
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Korea 1/8 On Rd Championship
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Bryan Thng & Sam Cheng
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Team @ Korea Airport 2002 |
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Open Race In Malaysia
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Singapore RB team in Malaysia Race |
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Singapore 1/10 Gas Touring Championship
Race
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Yishun open Race Sam TQ & won with 80+ drivers in 45 mins
race. year 2001 |

Hobbylink sponcer Banner. |
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PA open Race Sam TQ & 1st with 70+ drivers, Chester
holding on to Sam Serpent 1/10 ready to race 45 min A final |

Overall winner 1/10 touring Sam Cheng year 2002 |

Sam won Singapore 1/8 onrd Tornado Cup Race |
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