EFRA 1/10th IC chairman Franky Noens got in contact to clarify some matters regarding the rules that were decided upon at the recent AGM. Most notably is the fact that the new weight limit for the 1/10th gas class will only change to 1550 grams from the beginning of 2013, meaning the current limit of 1725 grams will be in use for this season. Read the full letter below for more details.
Team Unico Modellsport enjoyed an excellent performance last weekend at the sixth round of the National Championship at Dabas track as their drivers finished on the first three places in both Modified TC class with the Serpent S411 and the 2wd buggy class with the TLR22. 2wd buggy is a fully opened class and the heats are 7 minutes long. Almost every run was a spectacular race between well-established racer Cristian Faur from Romania and up and coming young talent Krisztian Arvai who already clinched the National Championship in the Truggy GP class earlier in the outdoor season with Cristian coming out on top in the end. Laszlo Gabor secured the last podium spot.
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Venom adds another member to its family of exceptional chargers and charger accessories with the PS350 Dual Output Power Supply. The PS350 is capable of up to 350 watts of output between two power ports, allowing you to run two different chargers at once. Twin cooling fans dissipate any heat build up and the all aluminum case is designed to take years of daily use. The PS350 features an input voltage selector switch for both 110v and 220v, allowing greater flexibility.
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One of the most competitive RC car clubs located in Fort Lauderdale, FL called Mills Pond kicked off their 1st race of the year last Saturday. Race director Bart Collins & the rest of his crew laid down a fresh layout for the New Year in order to get ready for this race. With an amazing 100+ entry, Mills Pond New Year shootout was definitely the race to watch for the weekend.
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The Duratrax DXR8-E makes an impressive statement as it blasts onto the 1/8 scale racing scene. Designed for intermediate to expert off-road drivers, the DXR8-E has the perfect platform for climbing the podium, including features like an indexed motor mount cam, ball bearing sway bars, easy access diffs and more. How many other pro-level race rollers include race-winning high-performance super-soft compound racing tires and a Stress-Tech™ free parts replacement guarantee? Designed specifically for 1/8 electric racing this 1/8 scale 4WD rolling chassis come factory-assembled. Supplied with DuraTrax Posse C3 super-soft compound racing tires, it includes clear body, molded white rear wing and decals.
More TLR news with Team Losi Racing announcing the signing of Ronda Drake for 2012. Ronda will be racing both nitro and electric for TLR and will also be using Nitrotane fuel. Ronda is very excited to be back with TLR as she was a team driver for them many years ago and had this to say:
I would like to thank Kris Moore and Robbie Collins from Mugen as well as Bobbi Jo Clausen from Byron’s for the great support over the past seven years. I’m really looking forward to being back with TLR and running the same vehicles as my husband. The team of people and products from TLR are amazing See you at the races!
Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
Team Losi Racing have announced the signing of Miguel Matias for the 2012 racing season. Miguel is an 8x Portuguese National Champion, former European Champion and multiple European and World Championship podium finisher. The former JQ Products driver will be racing both nitro and electric for TLR and will also be using the Spektrum DX3R Pro Radio. Miguel will attend local races, as well as major races worldwide, concentrating on the Nitro and Electric Euro’s and the IFMAR 1/8th World Championship in 2012.
Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
Alongside the DHI Cup touring car race it was the first time for an international indoor off-road race. Many top drivers from northern Europe countries had showed up for this event. Not very surprising was that Germany’s Jörn Neumann was the man to beat in both 2WD & 4WD classes, in 2WD Oskar Levin from Sweden tried to beat Neumann together with Alex Hardt from Germany and they could put their cars on the grid on 2nd and 3rd spot. Neumann kept the pace up in all three finals and won all three legs ahead of Oskar Levin and Alex Hardt. 1/8 Nitro ace Martin Hansen made great progress in the finals from his 9th place start position as he ended in 4th position overall with a very good run in the third leg where Martin put himself into 2nd place.
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