September 12, 2009
…with 39,324 seconds in front of Guensel with 39,691 and Kroeber with 39,915: Fourth position went to Michael Salven with 40,002 seconds for three laps with his Serpent 733. Behind Ralf Krause (Xray/40,008), René Puepke ( 40,128) was the quickest Mugen racer on sixth position. The top 10 were completed by Eric Dankel (Xray), Kai-Oliver Guttschau (Serpent), Karl-Heinz Meister (Serpent) and Christian Wimbverger (Xray). Patrick Schaefer, a non-regular driver in 1/10, achieved 15th position with his new Shepherd Velox V10. The complete results from Friday as well as the results from qualifying and the finals can be found at www.myrcm.ch….
September 9, 2009
…there will be plenty of prizes available to competitors. Entry fee for the Bash will be $25 for the first entry and $15.00 for each additional and the Bash is being limited to the first 125 entries so be sure to send in those entries ahead of time and secure your spot for one of the most enjoyable events around. As its Hallowen, if you want to be creative you can dress up in costume for the event. Drivers who participate in the dress up and drive receive a bonus opportunity for the big raffle. Signup is available online here….
September 9, 2009
…back home, this allowed for a small advantage to be gained for all the other competitors. A 10 minute controlled practice session was provided on Sunday morning to check your car and see if any overnight changes made any major performance improvements. In Round 1, Mark Green was again in awesome form but made a mistake to allow his team mate Tim Wood to snatch Pole with Andy North a close second. Round 2 was the rocket round and Green delivered with a 21 lap run to put him on Pole by 8 seconds. The battle however was on for…
September 7, 2009
…improve things. They are still some kind of a “newcomer” in the nitro scene but the Velox V8 is already established all over the world. I could already test it and I was really impressed. Probably the V10 project will be even more fun for myself as I feel better with a 1/10 touring car. With all the fast improvements they can realize I can test a lot of different things and get ready for the big races. I’m really looking forward to work together with them and I hope my feedback helps in creating great products. Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]…
September 5, 2009
The organisers of the 2009/2010 BRCA 12th Nationals have been in touch, to notify everyone that the entry form is now available to download. With only a month to go until the first round, the class has seen a lot of popularity already this year. You can enter for one event or the complete season but please enter as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. More details can be found by visiting the BRCA website here….
September 3, 2009
The annual African Cup was held recently in SA with the host track being completed only a week before the event, ensuring that the local competitors didnt have any home track advantage. As usual practice was Thursday and Friday afternoon only with qualifiers on the Saturday and finals on the Sunday. This year Zac Ryan and Craig Laughton from Australia joined a total of 75 local drivers to test their racing talents against others in gas Buggy, Truggy and Monster truck classes. This being the 6th annual event of its kind, all the drivers were wondering, if the title would…
August 28, 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQImjJ_cYm0 Following on from the first three parts of our new series of videos that offers in-depth tips from pro drivers, comes the 4th and 5th part of this 5 part series with Tamiya Racing Factory team driver and new European Champion Jilles Groskamp. In these final two episode Jilles guides us through the last steps of assembling a complete Tamiya TRF416WE chassis from scratch, as well as showing us how to tweak the car to perfection and we even get to see the final product in action around the MACH track in Heemstede. Expect more Pro Tips videos in…
August 28, 2009
…the jumps and compact the loamy or bumpy areas. Sunday morning would provide the true test as the dirt was still wet and during the longer mains the track and jump faces typically get worn in crucial areas. During the first several mains the track remained in great condition and the drivers began bumping along trying to earn their way into the A-mains. At around 2:00pm the A-main drivers were given a practice session which the JConcepts team used as a platform for tire testing and car setup. Jason Ruona tested the blue compound Hit Men and Gary Mazur tested…
