Red RC » P On Road

October 19, 2009

Eric Dankel joins Team Xray

Team Xray have announced that Eric Dankel has joined their team for the 2009/2010 season. The 1/10th scale Vice European B Champion and Indoor Electric Stock National Champion will run the company’s NT1 chassis in next years German Nationals, as well as the European and World Championships. Eric had the following to say about the deal:

I race Xray because the quality and performance of the car are unbeatable, and at all events the team cooperates perfectly together. In 2010 I will participate at German Nationals, EC and WC and of course at all Nationals. During the winter I will keep racing with the electric touring car.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 19, 2009

Wurst and Buerge win at NRW Challenge Rd3

Motonica team driver Christian Wurst in the 1/8 nitro class and Mugen racer Sebastian Buerge in the 1/10 200mm nitro class are the winner of the third and ultimate round of the new NRW Challenge (NRW = German State North Rhine-Westphalia) which was held at the track of the MCC Rhein-Ahr at Bad Breisig, located at the Rhine river between Bonn and Koblenz. The 254 meter track offered a good grip level and also the weather conditions were quite good with temperatures up to twelve degrees Celsius for this late outdoor racing action which would have deserved some more entries.

Continue reading the report here

October 18, 2009

Wilck & Stocker rule ETS opener

It was a full house of wins for both Viktor Wilck and Alexander Stocker in Germany as the duo topped of the perfect weekend with victory in the third Leg of their respective A-Mains. Having already wrapped up overall victory for the opening round of the 2009/10 Xenon Racing Euro Touring Series with victory in legs 1 & 2 earlier in the day, the two Top Qualifiers didn’t back off for the closing race of the three day Kastellaun meeting, putting in yet another dominant performance.

View the full event coverage on the ETS site here.

October 18, 2009

Wilck and Stocker cruise to Leg 1 victory

Top Qualifiers Viktor Wilck and Alexander Stocker both cruised to easy victories in Leg 1 of their respective A-Mains here in Germany at the opening round of the 2009/10 ETS. In Modified Wilck said the race was a little easier than expected as the challenge from Tamiya team-mate Marc Rheinard failed to materialise. The Swede said it was more difficult than it looked to the large crowd of onlookers and he expects Marc to be back to the pace he showed in Q5 for Leg 2. Both drivers ran the same set-up, however Rheinard said his TRF416X was just too slow. Only changing the rear diff since qualifying the German said the car lacked corner speed and he is unsure what to do as the diff feels good.

View the full event coverage on the ETS site here.

October 17, 2009

Wilck holds overnight TQ at ETS Opener

Day 2 of the opening round of the 2009/10 Xenon Racing Euro Touring Series has closed and it is Tamiya factory driver Viktor Wilck who holds the overnight Top Qualifier’s stop. The Swede took the penultimate qualifier adding to his TQ run for Q3 when he also pipped his TRF team-mate Marc Rheinard for maximum points. Leaving his Speedpassion powered car unchanged from Q3, Wilck came close but was unable to better his previous time however he declared himself as pretty happy with the run. Rheinard was not so happy just missing out a TQ run which he so badly needed. Scoring another second the current World Champion and winner here last year will not be repeating his number 1 starting spot this time round.

View the full event coverage on the ETS site here.

October 17, 2009

Prumper takes opening qualifier in Kastellaun

Current European Junior Champion Yannic Prumper has gotten his 2009/10 Xenon Racing Euro Touring Series campaign off to a strong start by topping the opening round of qualifying here in Kastellaun, Germany. The young German TQ’d the first qualifier ahead of Xray’s Alexander Hagberg and Yokomo team driver Ronald Volker.

View the full event coverage on the ETS site here.

October 17, 2009

Fernando Ruiz wins Copa Federal

During the 3rd of the Argentinean Nationals also the 1st Copa Federal was held. This new 3-port racing class was introduced this year for the first time. It was Shepherd racer Fernando Ruiz who dominated this single event championship. During qualifying he claimed the pole-position for the final with the fastest laps of all competitors and on Sunday he could defend his 1st place a the start and never looked back. Without any mistake he won the first Copa Federal ahead of Serpent racer Alejandro Kovácsy in 2nd and Kyosho driver Gonzalo Viel in 3rd.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

October 17, 2009

Xray T3 Electric Touring car

Xray have released the full details on their all new touring car platform, the T3. With fast-paced rule changes in the electric touring car class, the main focus of the T3 was to design the car for brushless motors and especially for LiPo technology, to take on what the world can offer and outperform all others under any racing conditions or rules. Take your pick, asphalt, carpet, rubber or foam tires, NiMH or high-performance LiPo batteries, cutting-edge brushed or brushless motors, the T3 can handle them all and still dominate the competition in the process.

Click here to view the full T3 feature list & more photos