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October 5, 2009

Barend Myburgh is 1/5th scale World Champion

Eighteen year old Barend Myburgh has won the 1/5th scale World Championships, held in South Africa, as a result of an impressive meeting long performance, winning all his qualifying heats and thus taking pole position for the one hour final. Jumping straight into the lead and being never headed, Myburg won by almost 14 laps from Rodney Michael with Simon Bradley a further four laps away in third position. Whilst Myburg dictated the terms of the race throughout, Michael drove determinedly from fifth on the grid to earn second the hard way – battling Bradley and Andries Oosthuizen (fourth) for a podium spot for much of the race. Despite at one stage having to pit to replace a failed battery, Michael’s consistency and reliability eventually was rewarded as both Bradley and Oosthuizen suffered mechanical problems in the second half of the race. Willem Hendrick Barnard was fifth, followed in by Willem Vorster and 15 year old Jean Pierre Oosthuizen. Disappointingly this major international race attracted only 7 drivers, all South African.

Source: TRAP [trap.co.za]

October 5, 2009

East Coast Bodies pre painted Mazda Speed 6

East Coast Bodies now offer fully painted version of their popular Speed 6 spec 09 190mm body shell. Following on from their half painted versions released 2 weeks ago, this new version is complete and perfect for the beginner who wants to get on the track as quickly as possible and with as little effort as possible. The Speed 6 shell sports nice flowing black, grey and white lines and has been backed with a bright yellow for a great look and comes supplied with 3 different types of rear wing together with the wing end plates.

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October 5, 2009

Merlin Depta takes German Regional in Hamburg

Last weekend saw the German regional and national qualifier take place in Hamburg, North Germany with great weather and warm temperatures. Starting from position two in the grid behind Lars Hoppe, youngster Merlin Depta was able to take the lead after Lars made an error lapping another driver. What followed was a spectacular fight between Lennart Skornia and Merlin Depta, the Serpent pairing were at each other for 29 minutes trying to go for the victory. Only one lap before the checkered flag came down, the 2-speed team driver Merlin was able to gain the lead back again and finish the race first completing his 137th lap with Lennart Skornia taking 2nd and Michael Paetz in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 4, 2009

Capricorn RC Progressive spring sets

Capricorn RC have released two new progressive spring sets for use with most modern 1/8th scale on road shock absorbers. Available in hard black and medium silver versions, the springs are softer at the beginning, perfect for absorbing bumps, and get harder the more they are compressed, ensuring good stability and handling in the corners. Sold in sets of 4 complete springs.

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October 3, 2009

2010 Snowbird Nationals – Update

The organizers of the 2010 Snowbird Nationals were in contact again to let everyone know that the 16th annual ‘Speed Week’ racing schedule is now posted. Featuring the first ‘RC Racing Golf Tournament’ and the first pre-race ‘Pool Party’ with band this year, both help kick off a great week of racing action. The ‘birds are 115 days away and the r/c world is counting down. Over 15 event sponsors are locked in and coming with their teams with more details to be finalized soon. Be sure to reserve your rooms now. Expect classes to be posted any day.

Check out the schedule at the official Snowbirds site here.

October 3, 2009

Protoform Type B & M F1 Retro shells

New from Protoform for the Tamiya F103 chassis are two new body shells, the Type B F1 Retro and the Type M F1 Retro shells. The re-released Type B body replicates one of the first F1 cars to be designed with a “high nose” and a suspended front wing. It turned out to be a championship winning car that influenced the design of many F1 cars since then. This body is made to fit the recently released Tamiya F103RM kit that’s equipped with the proper “high nose/wing” pieces. The Type M body replicates one of the most distinctive cars of an earlier era. It’s made to fit the ever popular Tamiya 103R F1 chassis and both body shells are pulled in .030 lexan and come with a protective film.

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October 2, 2009

Mark Green wins BRCA 1/8th Rd8

Round 8 of the BRCA championship was held at the Mendip circuit for the second time this season. With Bristol airport being a small drive away and due to the completion of the Irish season, a small contingent from Ireland arrived, including the vastly experienced Clive Connelly (Mugen) and Ian Campbell (Shepherd). The entry of 48 drivers was one of the highest all season and with the addition of some old faces, the future is starting to look brighter for this section. The weather forecast for the weekend was bright which would allow a lot of testing to be carried out in order to find the perfect setup. With top 200mm driver, Kyle Branson making an appearance for the first time this season and the presence of the top Irish drivers would make it difficult for the usual top 10 to be sure of a main final qualifying position and so the pressure to perform was considerably increased.

Continue reading the report here

October 1, 2009

Chris Steele wins Final 200mm round in Ireland

The eighth and final round of the Irish 1:10 200mm National Championships took place at the Ballymoney track in Northern Ireland over the weekend where Chris Steele took his Murnan Modified powered Kyosho to his 6th win of the season. Having already secured the 2009 title Steele continued his domination despite the welcomed return to racing of Mark Gilliland after an abscence of almost a year. Securing pole over Gilliland, Steele converted TQ honours in to victory to finish of the season in perfect style while Gilliland and the only other race winner of the championship, Chris Lawlor, completed the podium. In the overall championship standings, with a drivers best 5 of the 8 rounds to count, it was Lawlor who took second with Darren Gibb third to make it an all Kyosho Top 3.

Click here to see the series podium