November 21, 2013
…Pro RC driver Ty Tessmann and his father and mechanic Gord, held at the Pro-Line test track in Banning, California from January 29th to February 1st. The participants profit from Ty’s and Gord’s vast amount of experience with both teaching everything you need to know for becoming a better builder and faster driver. 10 driver and mechanic teams will be accepted with 1 driver per team. Drivers with no mechanic are also welcomed. More information about the event, that will see a special appearance of TLR/Pro-Line driver Adam Drake, can be found on a dedicated Facebook page by clicking here….
November 8, 2013
…checking out and shows that the top guys in our sport dont always take themselves too seriously. Recently while watching MotoGP qualifying on one of my rare weekend’s at home it was great to hear the Eurosport commentary team go from talking about Honda’s 2014 bike to remote controlled car racing. The reason for our sport getting this great plug was because of 2-time World Champion Casey Stoner, who having retired from racing is spending some of his free time inbetween being a test rider for Honda messing around with rc cars. According to Julian Ryder, who has commentated on…
November 5, 2013
…For those people who didn’t know RC racing until 2.4GHz came around, I’ve found it fascinating to see their reactions when finding out how the sport used to be and how events used to run. Seeing the old cars and ‘technology’ also opens people’s eyes to how things have changed and just how quickly our hobby has advanced. It’s not just the cars that have advanced – the way meetings and events run has changed too. The days of sending postal entries in are long gone, replaced on online booking and payment systems. Automatic timing and lap counting provide amazing…
November 2, 2013
The Asia Offroad Championships for electric offroad are currently being held in Japan at the Yatabe Arena. The race, that is announced by Novak’s one and only Charlie Suangka, sees the 2WD Modified and 17.5T Stock classes being run on day 1 with the 4WD Modified, 17.5T and Short Course Modified class being run tomorrow. At the end of the 2WD qualifying Kouta Akimoto leads the Modified class quite dominantly as he leads the score board with a 17/5:15.790 run. Masatsugu Ido comes second with a 16/5:00.722 and Shin Adachi completes the top 3 with a 16/5:01.212. In the Stock…
October 31, 2013
Round number 7 of the Czech 1/8th off-road championship was held in Dolní Bukovsko. The weather forecast looked everything but promising but at the end it stayed dry and nice all weekend to make for a worthy last race of the season. Martin Bayer (Xray) already won the championship two weeks ago and used the race to try and test a couple of new things on his XB9 buggy. Obviously they worked very well as Martin took the overall TQ for the finals but he struggled with the upcoming wind letting him drop to third after the semis. He then…
October 30, 2013
…possible level of setup and racing feedback. Virtual Racing Industries has also published an early beta test video. The footage was captured from test events organised on two new tracks, Psycho Nitro Blast 2012, and Speed Paradise in Buenos Aires, the 2012 IFMAR Worlds track. The cars were driving decent enough right now to give you a first impression of this exciting new class for VRC Pro. The physics, graphics and sound are certainly not finished, expect even better performance in all these areas in the final release which is slated towards end of the year. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWjwk_m43jM[/youtube] Source: VRC [vrcpro.com]…
October 30, 2013
Beside the eBuggy and 40+ class The Dual race at Pro-Line’s test track in Banning, CA and at Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, CA also had an 1/8th Invitational and Expert class to offer. The Invitational was run in the Reedy Race style format that would see three 15-minute races in each class consisting of 1/8 Nitro Buggy and 1/8 Nitro Truggy on each track. The 2 best points from each class, each day would count towards the overall win using a total of 8 finishes. With one full heat of Invitational drivers, each race was very exciting. For each…
October 26, 2013
After an extensive research and development process, Smokem Racing have released their new steel drive cups for the TRF417. Made from a special hardened alloy steel, these are some of the toughest wearing drive cups available on the market today, verified by numerous test drivers over a range of racing conditions. They are also hard coated to further increase durability. The spool cups are ready for use in the TRF417 line of electric tourers without blades, while the gear diff cups suit the TRF417 Gear Diff Unit II with the white TRF417V5 blades. Source: Smokem [smokem-racing.com]…
