Indonesian Team Associated and Reedy products distributor Pegasus RC & Hobby Shop have announced the signing of Bowie Ginting. The 18 year old has numerous national titles in 1/10 GP, 1/8 GP and 1/10 EP and is Indonesia’s leading driver in the on road scene. Bowie is said to be delighted to run the brand new AE TC6.1 along with Reedy Electronics for the rest of the 2012 season.
Source: Pegasus RC [rcpegasus.com]
Round 6 of the Florida State Electric State Series (FSEARA) was held at Superior Hobbies in Orlando, FL. Superior Hobbies is one of the premier hobby shops in Florida and their parking lot track always provides for good racing and a strong amount of race entries. Despite the constant threat of Florida weather, with almost a 100% chance of rain forecasted, it did not rain at all and the program ran smoothly all day.
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During the past weekend the fifth round of the Puerto Rico Nitro On Road Series (NOS) was run at the Barceloneta RC Track. Andy Báez took TQ with 19 laps in 7:08.333 but the sedan main was to be full of drama. Andy took the lead from the start of the race followed closely by José Martínez, but a mistake in the pits saw Baez fall to four position. During that time Juan Rodríguez took the lead but a flame out took him to fourth. Baez was able to recover even with just one gear to the first spot, but lost both gears in his MTX5, taking out of the race and giving young Capricorn driver Franco Machado the win.
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The Road Race track in Riccione last weekend hosted the Italian AMSCI Championship for Classic 1/8th scale category. After a nice sunny Saturday of free practice, the 4 qualification heats of 7 minutes on Sunday morning begin under a cloudy sky but still run under dry weather conditions. At the end of the morning the pole position was taken by Muccini for the under 16 category, by Betankova for the over 40 category and for the 1/8 classic the 4 direct finalist were Giordano Simone (25 laps 7.08.312) followed by Gaggiola Paolo (25 laps 7.08.605) Burato Enrico (25 laps 7.12.486) and Ometto Nicola (25 laps 7.13.032).
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Zeppin Racing have announced the release of some new 7075 aluminium parts for the Xray T3, which are more durable than the stock plastic versions. There are some front steering knuckles and 0 degree rear hubs, both of which have been lightened, weighing in at only 12.2g/pair for the knuckles and only 9g/pair for the rear hubs, yet are still strong enough to withstand heavy impacts. There is also a -2mm upper clamp with adjustable roll center which have the inboard upper links lowered by 2mm in order to make the roll center higher. Finally for the Associated TC6.1 there is a new 1.8mm extra flex top deck which aims to greatly enhance the car’s overall traction.
The Sour Grapes Race took place last weekend in Fort Myers, Florida. This race is a tradition for the end of the Forgass season each year. On Saturday night there was a dinner to award winners on each class. This year’s Florida State Champions were Capricorn drivers Roniel Regaldo in 1/8 scale and DJ Apolaro in sedan. The Sour Grapes race saw Paolo Morganti as the top qualifier in sedan with the new Serpent 747 and George Martinez in 1/8 scale. In the sedan race Rino Lino took the win, Steve Mc Nichols 2nd and Joaquin Desoto 3rd. In 1/8 Scale Chuck Moon was 1st, Tony Rice 2nd and George Martinez 3rd.
Last weekend saw the Lostallo track host the 2nd Round of the Swiss Championships and Mattia Pesenti sent us this report. The weather forecast wasn’t good but on Friday we could practice on dry conditions and the car was very good and easy to drive with good grip. Also the other Xray drivers were very fast and happy with the new car. Unfortunately on Saturday the rain came and we had to choose if use the ‘rain car’ or the ‘dry car’. We chose the ‘rain car’ and so we had to use it for the whole day.
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Capricorn have released a number of new items for the Lab 1/10th and 1/8th scale chassis’. First up for the Lab CO2 are these new titanium front and rear drive axles which are half the weight of the original part but similar hardness. For the 1/8th scale there is a new flex radio plate, the result of their collaboration with 9-time world champion Lamberto Collari. Also for the same car are new front and rear carbon fibre shock towers with additional holes to achieve a more lay down shock position.
