February 26, 2014
Reedy, Tamiya America, and Scotty Ernst Productions are proud to announce that after a five-year absence, the Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions will return to the Tamiya America circuit May 22-25, 2014. Entries open February 24th at noon PST exclusively on www.RCSignup.com. Due to time constraints and to maintain the world-class nature of the event, Open class entries are limited to 13.5 Blinky (ROAR ESC and motor list) and Modified with total entries capped at 160 (100 13.5, 60 Modified). Each driver is limited to one entry. To allow everyone an opportunity to be a part of the…
February 15, 2014
…bring its own issues. Have an opinion on the topics discussed? Leave them in the comments below. Oisin O’Briain is Red RC’s Event Editor. Traveling the world reporting on some of the biggest races in the sport he regularly chats with top drivers and key industry figures and in his new column ‘On the Grapevine’ he will try to bring readers an insight into the latest talk that is doing the rounds in the paddock along with the odd bit of trivia information that comes to light. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author….
January 31, 2014
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mETDFZv3PM[/youtube] With lots of speculation over his future since announcing his departure from HB/HPI last August we again talked exclusively with Atsushi Hara and can confirm ahead of its official announcement that he has signed for Speedmaster, parent brand of SWorkz. Having tested many brands of car and talked with numerous companies he finally decided on the Taiwanese company as he feels they offer him the best opportunities for his future going forward, not just for racing. One of the factors influencing the deal was the connection with A-Main Hobbies, a personal sponsor of his but with some big developments…
January 30, 2014
Every January for the past 5 years, the Keilor club in Melbourne have hosted the ‘Stock Shootout’, an event exclusively for 17.5T buggies and 10.5T trucks. 66 entries were received for this unique event, which was held on a brand new track layout the club members had worked hard to complete over the New Year break. The layout had fast sweepers, technical infield, big elevation changes and a challenging jump rhythm section to test man and machine. With no practice before the event, there was no home club advantage and with strong competition in all classes it was an intense…
January 28, 2014
The 2014 Xray Challenge Germany is being held a stone’s throw from the world famous Nürburgring. The setting is to be local club MAC Adenau’s permanent indoor race track, called the “Eifel Ring” in a nod to its big brother. With a 90-metre-long carpet track that’s almost as challenging as the Nürburgring’s legendary Nordschleife, the international Xray Challenge Germany event offers drivers the chance to compete in three classifications: touring cars – modified or stock categories – and 1/12 standard. Drivers of all 1/12 pan car and 1/10 touring car chassis makes are eligible to take part and the competition…
January 28, 2014
FX have announced that the young talented French driver Lorenzo Crolla joins the FX team. Lorenzo choose the FX engine to empower his car in the 2014 season which will include the Worlds, Euros and French Nationals. Lorenzo had this to say: I got the chance to test and run some of the very first FX engines and after several races I was fully confident that FX will be my next engine I want to run. I have been running the engine for several months already without any single flame out or any technical failures and the performance is simply…
January 17, 2014
…great help for the team’ says team boss Patrick Schäfer. Jilles has the following to say. I would like to thank Patrick and the rest of the Shepherd crew to give this opportunity for already my fourth year with Shepherd. Last year we had some great results by winning the 1/8 Euros, TQ at the 1/10 Euros and of course some great show at the 1/8 Worlds! In the meantime some further developments are in progress and I can’t wait to test and drive both 1/10 and 1/8 for upcoming season. See you soon on the track! Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]…
January 11, 2014
…of future products. The Thai driver will participate around Thailand with the WildFire D06 touring car, Lightning12 pan car and Twelve FF12 FWD touring car. He had the following to say: I am honoured and very excited to be the part of the VBC Racing Team and being able to work with the VBC development team, this allows me to test new VBC products and prototypes extensively in my new HugeRC track facility giving important feedback to the team very efficiently. I am sure this will be a very successful year for VBC Racing and myself. Source: VBC Racing [vbcracing.com]…
