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January 21, 2008

RC Pro Series – Update

RC Pro Series - Update

Our friends from the RC Pro Series in the US were in touch to update us on what has been going on lately with the series –

“The 1st Pepsi Nitro Beach is over and now everyone who attended has to return to the real world! We at RC Pro International would like to thank all the racer who made the trip from the US Mainland and all the racers from Puerto Rico that opened their island to us and treated us like family. Thanks to Rafa Sabatier, Braulio and crew for all the hard work building the track and taking care of all the last minute details. Thanks to the Hau family and staff at the Mar Hau resort, also thanks to Pepsi for their support of the RC Pro Caribbean Series this year. Find more about that event here.”

“The Cabin Fever race at the Lewiston Roundup Arena is coming up February 2nd & 3rd. We currently have 150 entries for this event and we’ve been told Ryan Cavalieri will be making this event.”

Finally RC Pro look set to introduce a monthly podcast about the series and so they are looking for videos from people who attend the events to be sent to them to be included in their monthly round up. Find out more information here.

January 20, 2008

ROAR Legalise BL Motors for Stock

In all of the excitement surrounding ROAR announcing the legality of LiPo cells for sanctioned racing we overlooked the introduction of Brushless motors for stock racing. According to Novak, 17.5-turn brushless motors have been approved for use in the Stock class and in addition there is a name change for the 19T class. This will now be known as the Super Stock Class, and will allow 10.5 and 13.5-turn brushless motors.

Source: Novak [teamnovak.com]

January 19, 2008

Pro-Line International Challenge 2008

Another race announcement, this time for the Pro-Line International Challenge 2008, which last year was held indoors but this year will be run outdoors, hosted by the Remote Model Car Club in Berkshire, England. The event takes place over the May Bank Holiday Weekend, beginning Saturday 3rd May with the finals on Monday 5th May and camping spaces are available for what is already lining up to be an amazing weekend.

Go here for more information and entry forms.

January 19, 2008

2008 Panther Cup – Announcement

2008 Panther Cup - Announcement

Horizon Hobby in the UK was in touch to let us know about the 2008 Panther Cup will take place on the 19-20th of April at the Frankley club. Backed by Panther Tyres, Novarossi and Losi, the race sees 5 rounds of qualifying followed by Xmas tree finals. Entry costs 30 pounds and this will include a set of control tyres, the Panther Komodo Dragon 2 Medium soft tyres and inserts.

Download the entry form here (PDF).

January 16, 2008

Mugen World Race ’08 – Announcement

Mugen World Race ‘08 - Announcement

More race announcements, this time its for the Mugen World Race that will take place on the 20th – 22nd of June in Furulund, Sweden. This track has played host to the European and World Championships as well as other major races and this event is open to all makes of car and any racers that want to compete, with 120 entries open for the buggy class and 36 for the truggy class.

Find out more information about the event here.

January 16, 2008

2008 US Open Fuel Sedan Champs

The organisers of the 3rd Annual Kyosho US Open Sedan Championships have been in touch to let everyone know about this event which will be run from the 11th – 13th of April. Held at the Kissimmee R/C Raceway in Florida, they have already confirmed that both last years Champions, Chris Tosolini in Factory class and Chris Lefrebve in Open class will return to defend their titles. Also, this year Kyosho has added the Inferno GT class into the mix.

For more information about this event go here.

January 15, 2008

DJ Apolaro wins Florida Series Rd5

DJ Apolaro wins 5th round of Florida Series

This past weekend saw many of the top gas racers from around the US descend on the Ft. Myers track for the 5th round of the Florida state Series. This race is seen as a warm up for the Winter Nats with track time used to prepare for this annual international event. Qualifying saw Kyosho racer Robert Maestrey take the TQ spot ahead of Serpent racer Gianni Giorgio in 2nd, while the Xray of Mark Harrison was 3rd just ahead of DJ Apolaro in 4th. At the start of the main final DJ was able to slot into 2nd and then 2 laps later he could take the lead, which is where he stayed for the rest of the race to take the win.

Source: Serpent USA [serpent-usa.com]

January 15, 2008

Moscow Winter EP off-road race

Last weekend saw the first Russian indoor EP buggy race of the year, held in the country’s capital Moscow at the new “RUM Sokolniki” club. In the 4wd class it was a great result for the JConcepts BJ4WE, with all 5 drivers in the final running the car as well as claiming the event TQ. That top qualifying spot went to Larkin Roman, but he could only manage 3rd in the final behind 2nd placed Victor Spiridonov and eventual race winner Dmitry Malyshko. In the 2wd class it was Malyshko that took the top qualifier spot and who went on the win all finals on his way to the overall in front of Konstantin Volkov in 2nd and Ilia Plahotnik in 3rd.

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