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June 28, 2011

2nd Annual PRCR Invitational

The 2nd Annual PRCR Invitational was held at Portland R/C Raceway in Clackamas, Oregon this past weekend. This is the home track for Kyosho America/Team Orion USA team manager Joe Pillars and most of the pacific north-west top drivers were all in attendance for this event. The classes Raced where Stock Buggy and Short Course, Super Stock Truck, Modified 4WD Buggy, Short Course and 4×4 Short Course together with and Invitational 2WD Modified Buggy class. The biggest class of the event was Invitational 2WD Modified Buggy. All eight rounds of racing were set-up completely random. Four rounds of heads up racing on Saturday and four rounds of heads up racing on Sunday. Each driver would be allowed two throw outs and then use their six best points. At the end of the event, if two drivers were tied on points, then the tie-breaker would first go by the number of 1st place finishes, then to 2nd place finishes, and so on. Then if they are still tied, the second tie-breaker would then go to the fastest 2 times added together by each driver.

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June 26, 2011

Luis Cortez wins Portuguese regionals Rd3

The third round of the Portuguese 1/10 scale 200mm nitro regionals was held at the Circuito Automodelismo do Funchal. In the main final the hot ambient temperatures meant that the engines would make five minutes on a tank of fuel and therefore extra pit stops were needed for refuelling. Also the track temperatures of 65 degrees Celsius let tire wear became an issue. Serpent driver Paulo Rodrigues started from pole position followed by Mugen drivers Hugo Exposto and Rui Cortez. Luis Cortez, the current champion and championship leader had fuel problems in the half final and started from fouth position. In the opening stage of the race Luis Cortez took the lead followed by Hugo Exposto and Paulo Rodrigues. The top 3 were setting the race pace but half way into the race Hugo Exposto came in trouble due a broken front belt forcing him to quit. At the end Luis Cortez won the race for the third time this season, with Paulo Rodrigues in second and Rui Cortez in third position.

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June 25, 2011

Video – BRCA TC National Rd2

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RC Racing TV’s comprehensive video report from Round 2 of the BRCA Touring Car nationals is online now. There has been a slight delay in publishing due to some rules clarification which effected the overall result as originally issued after the event on the 12th of June. So to find out the actual results and see just how wet things really were check out the video.

June 25, 2011

ROAR 1/8 scale brushless motor rule updates

ROAR slightly updated their 1/8 scale brushless motor rules to clarify some parameters that are already in existence. These rules don not effectively change anything, they are simply to better define motor construction requirements that are already in place to avoid leaving loopholes open that could disturb the market.

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June 25, 2011

ROAR 4×4 Short Course 550-size motor specifications

Together with an appearance standard for body shells and a clarification on rules for 1/8 scale brushless motors ROAR also introduced 550-size brushless motor specifications for the 1/10 scale 4×4 Short Course class. The specifications for 550 motors are only legal in the 4×4 Short Course category.

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June 23, 2011

Bruno Coelho wins Portuguese GP nationals Rd3

The third round of the Portuguese national nitro 1/8 scale and 1/10 200mm championship was held at the Sintra track last weekend. Both classes were dominated by Bruno Coelho, the young driver having just re-signed with Novarossi to use their engines in his Mugen cars. In 1/8 scale he won by some eight laps ahead of João Malveiro (Serpent/Novarossi) and José Pequito (Xray/Picco). In the 200mm class it was again Bruno who won, this time by two laps, in front of Fabio Ramos (Serpent/Novarossi) and Rogério Araujo (Xray/Novarossi).

June 23, 2011

DBoots GP – Announcement

Hinckley Remote Control Car Club (HRCCC) in conjunction with DBoots and Durango are pleased to announce the first ever DBoots GP to be held at Hinckley’s new outdoor grass track over the August Bank Holiday weekend 28th to 29th August 2011. The meeting is for 2WD and 4Wd buggies and both classes will race on the same day. There will be four rounds of five minute controlled practice followed by a re-sort and then two rounds of qualifying on the Sunday. Monday will see three rounds of Qualifying and three finals for all drivers. Trophies will be presented for the top 3 in all finals and TQ in each class. Control tyres are the DBoots Multibyte #DB1001RA for rear axle in both classes. Front tyres are #DB10012A and #DB10014A with the ability to run 2WD tyres on 4WD and vice versa with the number of sets open in all classes. The entry fee is £20 and drivers get a free set of controlled tyres front and rear included in the price. Find more information and entry Forms on the HRCCC website in the forum section.

Source: HRCCC [hinckleyrccc.co.uk]

June 23, 2011

Toni Rheinard wins 2nd North Cyprus Champions League Challenge

Last weekend the 2nd North Cyprus Champions League Challenge took place in the beautiful university facility near Lefkosa. Nearly 40 driver attended at the race and enjoyed the event which was perfectly hosted by Umut Turkay and the whole Team NCRC Group. All drivers participated in the Modified division and the race went smooth with lots of fun. The track was big and really technical. The carpet they used was the same as the well known ETS carpet which was also one of the reasons the competition was really good as traction was quite high. Thanks to everyone who made this race possible and I am already looking forward for my next visit in North Cyprus.

View the final results here