Red RC » Gas

August 24, 2015

Caribbean Invitational 2015 – Report

JamRock Radio Control Car Club of Kingston, Jamaica, recently hosted its inaugural Caribbean Invitational event. The Jamaicans competed with racers from Curacao as well as Trinidad and Tobago at this historic event whose 3-day schedule included a day of open practice, four rounds of qualifying and single nitro as well as triple electric A-mains. Michael Clarke (Jamaica) took the TQ in 1/10th scale Nitro Sedan, Andy Debique (Trinidad & Tobago) came out fastest in 1/8th Nitro GT, Nikoli Yap (Jamaica) TQ’d 1/8th scale 4WD Open and Marwen Martina (Curacao) put his car on top of the Electric Touring 13.5 Blinky timing sheets.

Click here to continue reading the report

August 24, 2015

Marcin Maliński wins at Polish 1/8th buggy race

A recent 1/8th Buggy race held in Nowa Gadaka near Lodz saw Serpent racer Marcin Maliński taking the win in the main final with his O.S. powered ride. Fellow racers Igor Goderski (Serpent/O.S.) and Borys Nitschke (Serpent/Novarossi) came in second and third respectively.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 23, 2015

Oliver Mack claims maiden 1/8th Euro A title

With a blistering performance Shepherd’s Oliver Mack crowned himfself as the new 1/8th IC Track European Champion this past weekend. Already in the semifinal he showed his speed and bumped up to the main final to join Shepherd team mate Simon Kurzbuch who took TQ in qualifying. In the main final Oliver and his pitmen Armin and Dennis Weihert showed a flawless performance. Wtih a super fast pitstop Oliver managed to pass Dario Balestri and took over the lead in the early stages of the race. When Dario had to retire after 16 minutes Oliver’s gap over the rest of the field was already one lap. With all his routine he kept this distance to the end to claim his first European Championship title. Serpent’s Merlin Depta came in second while Simon Kurzbuch had to settle for third, another lap down, following engine troubles.

Click here to view the final result

August 19, 2015

Drake & Lutz win at JBRL Nitro Series Rd5

This past weekend was round five of the JBRL Nitro Series at Heritage R/C Park in Chula Vista, CA. The nearly 200 entries made for a long day, but the racing was great with a number of talented drivers in attendance. Adam Drake (Mugen) took the qualifier honors in the Expert Nitro Buggy class by almost 4 seconds. In the final, Drake got a good start and controlled the race from start to finish taking the win by a comfortable margin over Kody Numedahl (Team Associated) and Ryan Lutz (Tekno).

Click here to continue reading

August 19, 2015

Jarno Pijpers wins Dutch Buggy Cup Rd6

The recent 6th round of the Dutch Buggy Cup saw Jarno Pijpers walking away with the win after some mixed qualifiers and semifinals. Starting into the main final from the 3 spot Jarno had to let Sander van Genechten past in the opening stages while Bart Mulink was able to open a gap to the field up front only to experience a flame out during a pit stop later on. This allowed Jordy Velder to slip into the lead while Sander and Jarno were closing on the leader. In the closing stages of the final both Sander and Jordy crashed which promoted a lucky Jarno the win of the 6th round of the Buggy Cup. Sander van Genechten came in 2nd while Jordy Velder completed the top 3 result.

View the final results here

August 19, 2015

Chinese Serpent GT Cup Rd1 – Report

Energy RC hosted their first ever Serpent GT Cup in Guangzhou, China recently. Aiming to keep the race fair and at the same time keep costs low, Energy RC had introduced this Serpent one-brand race with all racers need to run the “GT-Cup” chassis, which is basically a standard Serpent RTR kit minus the electronics. The standard Serpent/Novarossi pull-start engine as well as the standard kit tyres need to be run as well with the only modifications allowed are the springs and anti-roll bar, and some setup related upgrades like caster blocks, chassis stiffeners etc. On Saturday a lot of racers made use of the free practice to get used to the new class that was virtually unexciting in China before this race. Qualifying started on Sunday and it soon became clear that the rules would make for some close racing, with the top 10 drivers were all within 1 second in their best lap times. The TQ then went to Lin, who pulled the only 29 lap run in qualifying, from Chuan and Hao. In the 45 minute main final positions swapped heavily and at the end it was Cai Cai who came out successful from Ri Chuan and Hian Xi, who finished in 2nd and 3rd respectively. The second round of the Serpent GT Cup will be held on the 20th of September at the Shenzhen KRC race track.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 17, 2015

Jason Nugroho wins Independence day race

Held to mark the 70th year of Indonesian Independence, the Independence day race was held last weekend at the Batam track, Batam Island, Indonesia close to Singapore and Malaysia via ferry. A total of 52 racers attended the event from Singapore, Malaysia, Jakarta, Palembang, Tanjung Pinang, Pekanbaru, Medan and Batam. The race format was 3 rounds of 7 minutes with the 2 best rounds to count. After 3 rounds it was Xray driver Jason Nugroho that too the Top Qualifier spot. In the 60 minute A-final it was a clean start for the pole man and he was able to maintain his lead throughout the race to win from the Kyosho pairing of John Agus and Ben Panic.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 16, 2015

D’hondt & De Baeker win Rd3 of Belgian Nats

D'hondt & De Baeker win Rd3 of Belgian Nats

The third round of the Belgian 1/8th and 1/10th onroad gas championships took place in Roeselare last weekend in very nice weather conditions. In 1/8th scale it was again Robin D’Hondt (BMT) who convincingly took TQ, being the only driver of the 17 present in the class able to put 22 laps on the board. He was followed by 3 MRCL-drivers, Hugues Yerna, Yves Zoma and Augustin Mejor with qualification times within 0,5 sec of each other. Robin dominated the 30 minute final and found no competition for first place. Behind him an exciting battle took place for the other 2 podium places, in this the pit stop performance played a key role for the end results. After many position switches Nico Vandewynckel came in 2nd, a few seconds in front of Yaramishan Alexy in 3rd and a strong driving Hugeus Yerna in 4th.

Continue reading the report here