March 13, 2007

SpeedMerchant Sweeps the 2007 ROAR Nats

…continued his winning ways by Top Qualifying and winning the Triple A-Main format. Mike was joined in the A-Main by teammates Andrew Gray and Barry Baker. Described as the “Mike & Mikeâ€Β show, Dumas and Blackstock battled in all 3 A-Mains with Dumas coming out on top after the points were totaled. Mike’s Rev 4.5 was powered by Trinity batteries & motors, controlled with a JR transmitter system, shoed with JACO tires, and topped with a Protoform Speed 12 racing body. Look for a full race report with pictures and set-ups at www.teamspeedmerchant.com in the coming days. Source: RCCA [radiocontrolzone.net]…


March 2, 2007

The Border – March Specials

…engine, radio and 9kg steering servo and 6kg throttle/brake. You can check out this great product here. Another product getting a mention is the RB Concept TM323 engine set that comes complete with pipe, manifold and engine mount for the Traxxas Revo. This .23 size engine when used with its specially designed tuned pipe system will provide to you with the power you need to transform your truck into a real nasty and almost uncontrollable device. Its yours for €175.53 and can be seen here. The final product we have for you is something really special and a great offer…


February 23, 2007

French 1/12th Nationals – Round 4

More 1/12th scale, this time its the full report from round 4 of the French 1/12th Nationals from Montbrison. We already gave you the results of that event and of the actual championship too but now our partners RC Infos have a full report online. Although it is in French, the many images help tell the story and if your a 1/12th scale fan, you’ll love some of the close up shots of the cars at that event. Check out the full report here. Source: RC Infos [rcinfos.com]…


February 20, 2007

Snowbird A-main Videos now online

…all the important A-mains from the Worlds biggest race, the Snowbirds. This is far better than the webcam as you can actually now see the far corner of the track, those who watched it live online will know what im talking about. The first one is above and is from the Touring Mod final that was won by Jilles Groskamp, the others are below. Check out the other Videos here… [youtube]5kAp_Ov24-Y[/youtube] ^ 1/12th scale Mod A-main [youtube]TU5URHC2W_Q[/youtube] ^ 19T Foam A-main [youtube]zSFt8A6Q_FI[/youtube] ^ 19T Rubber A-main [youtube]Ep6zGsPSR_Y[/youtube] ^ Touring Stock A-main [youtube]zgWj27ah9N0[/youtube] ^ 6-Cell Mod Oval A-main Source: YouTube [youtube.com]…


February 18, 2007

Race Announcement – Handy Models Grand Prix

…hope to have 5 rounds of qualifying and 2 finals for electric (one longer final for the nitro cars). Camping is available trackside for £5 per night per pitch. This would be a great oportunity to get a base set-up for the BRCA Nationals later on in the year (track will be closed all week to everyone before the BRCA nats) so you can get a little bit of a head start. To get an entry form go to the Cotswold MCC website. To find out more you can visit their website here or download their entry form here (.doc)….


February 17, 2007

February Specials from The Border

…racers out there. To obtain this discount simply enter this code (redrcdeal003) in the coupon space at the bottom of the shopping cart page and your total will be updated to reflect the savings. View the Team Losi section here. If you purchase the top of the line hand tuned Sirio 21 BK Evo II STI Kanai with Inline pipe set #S21200120, you will get now get the pipe set completely free. The normal price of this combo is EUR 429 but enter this code (redrcdeal001) in the coupon space at the bottom of the shopping cart page and you…


February 7, 2007

Videos from the 2006/07 Carpet Wars now online

[youtube]vjzT4rk7dRs[/youtube] We’ve been covering the Carpet Wars through the reports posted on the sites of Helger Racing and CML distribution and it looks like a great, and very popular, indoor Winter Series. Well now thanks to RC Tech member Skiddins, who was at the event with his video camera, we can now watch some of the action from the 4th round of the Championship. The video above is off the first final in the modified class and features World Champion Andy Moore. You can view all the videos on YouTube here. Source: RC Tech [rctech.net]…


February 1, 2007

Xray NT1 first real picture

I’m sorry for the 3 Xray posts in a row but they have some highly anticipated cars coming out and none more so than the all new Xray NT1 as seen above (click image for larger pic). This car has been majorly hyped and made its small time debut a few weeks back when it won a regional race on its first outing in Florida with the cars international debut comes in 2 weeks at the Florida Winternats. What about the car itself, well from what we can see it bears close similarities to the Mugen MTX and Kyosho RRR…


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