September 5, 2011
…front track width for Lipo racing – Fits any 1/12 servo – Fits AE R5 front end – Any 1/12 center-shock and rear axle fits – Orange and black anodized aluminum parts for eye-catching effect – Based on US high quality graphite and aluminium – 7075 Aluminum pod plates – Four bolt top pod plate for maximum strength – Available through www.speedtechrc.de in Europe, www.Stormerhobbies.com in the USA – OP300 – Includes chassis, cross brace, top deck, bottom plate, stand offs, shock mount, shock tower, front bulk heads, front arm inserts, damper tubes and pod plates. Source: On-Point Racing (info@onpointracing.com)…
September 1, 2011
…26th – 29th. Entries open September 1st at Noon PST on www.RCSignup.com and with 200 spots for the open classes and 30 Invitational drivers, spaces are limited. The event continues its traditional 2wd Open and 4wd Open class along with the Invitational 2wd/4wd format. To allow everyone an opportunity to be a part of this historic event, a lottery drawing will be conducted on October 21st with the first 200 open class entries selected securing a place in the event. Entry fees are due for the selected entries and Invitational drivers by November 20th. More information can be found here…
September 1, 2011
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX0s1Ji69AE[/youtube] RC Racing TV have their video online from a sunny, dry and pivotal round 4 of the British National Electric TC championships from the Aldershot Circuit featuring race action, news, views and interviews….
August 30, 2011
Sweep Racing have announce that double Euro Touring Series Champion Jilles Groskamp has joined their team. The Tamiya TRF and Team Orion factory driver had this to say about the deal: After some tests with the Sweep tyres I’m very excited to join the Sweep racing team. As a professional driver I spend many days testing new parts on the car and new electronics and good tyres are needed for this. It allow me to test my Orion powered Tamiya 417 in a perfect way due the fast and consistent tyres of Sweep racing. Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracing.com]…
August 30, 2011
…run at Round 2 at Trackside taking the TQ honors there was HPI Racings John Shultz, John who now days is the face of HPI as his job is to travel around the USA and visit shops and support events for HPI did very well putting it 4th on the grid. We also had fellow track owner and racer Garrett Tokuno who joined us for the event. Garrett is the owner of 702 Raceway in Las Vegas Nevada, Garrett going into his 3rd year of owning 702 recently hosted his own successful Short Course event and did very well in…
August 25, 2011
The 54th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj talks about his extensive pre event testing schedule ahead of the busy summer of European Championships. I tested some new prototypes of front and rear braces, but after a few tests I returned to the original ones. Martin and Ales were spending most of the time testing and comparing different tires to adapt to the changed track conditions which was now completely different from last week‘s tests. Read the full column here. Source: Xray [teamxray.com]…
August 23, 2011
…for easy battery changing and rigidity – More space for electronics and wiring, due to three post design – Split rear cross brace for more space, better motor mounting and more weight placement options – Uses Damper tubes for smoothest dampening (not included) – Longer wheelbase for LiPo racing – Wider front track width for LiPo racing – Fits any 1/12 servo – Based on US high quality graphite – Available through www.speedtechrc.de in Europe, www.Stormerhobbies.com in the USA OP105 – Includes chassis, cross brace, top deck, bottom plate, stand offs for top deck, and shock Source: On-Point Racing (info@onpointracing.com)…
August 21, 2011
…115 Laps 3. Chris Simons – Serpent/Exceed – 107 Laps 4. James Connolly – Motonica/Vox – 105 Laps 5. John Carr – Serpent/Exceed – 102 Laps 6. Tim Wood – Serpent/Exceed – 75 Laps 7. Neil Diver – Shepherd/IDM – 41 Laps 8. Jason Frost – Serpent/IDM – 21 Laps 9. Andy North – Mugen/IDM – 18 Laps 10. Chris Simons – Serpent – Exceed – DNS Round 7 is at the Halifax track after the summer break on the 4th September. The championship standings can be found on www.brca.org or www.brca8.com. Thanks to Andy North for sending the report….
