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February 11, 2009

2008 RCMC Singapore Nats Prizegiving

The trophy presentation for the 2008 RCMC Singapore National Championships took place last weekend during the first round of the 2009 series. In the 1/8th Nitro On road series it was Tay Wui Kiat driving a Novarossi powered Motonica P8R that took the title ahead of Serpent racer Erwin Luhur in 2nd, while Shepherd driver Don Chng took 3rd. In 1/10th 200mm it was Philip Lee driving a Sirio engined Kyosho RRR that took the National crown in front of team mates Ben Seet in 2nd and Terence Chung in 3rd.

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February 11, 2009

Chris Lee wins Good Fortune Cup

This past weekend saw China’s premier 1/10th 200mm gas race, the Good Fortune Cup, take place and for the 15th anniversary of the event there was a big turn out, with drivers from Hong Kong, Macau and China taking part. After 2 days of qualifiers, it was Samuel Chiu from Hong Kong using the Xray NT1 and MAX engine that took the TQ spot from fast local driver Irvine Fong with a Novarossi powered NT1 taking 2nd. Unfortunately for Samuel, he couldn’t take the start having stripped his front belt in the warm up. At the 6th minute Chris Lee took over at the front, racing his new Capricorn powered NT1 and once up front he was able to extend his lead to nearly 3 laps, but a splash for fuel in the closing minutes resulted in a stop and go penalty and so the margin was only 1 lap at the end.

Thanks to Chris Lee for the report.

February 10, 2009

Mark Green switches to Novarossi engines

Multiple World Championship finalist and Pre Worlds winner, Mark Green, has announced that he has signed for Italian engine maker Novarossi World. The British racer had until recently used Mega powerplants to power his Serpent chassis’ but will now use Novarossi’s new 353 and Flash engines in the 1/10th and 1/8th scale classes respectively. Mark will soon announce more new sponsors, as he gears up both the European 1/10th scale Championships in Gubbio Italy, and of course the 1/8th scale World Championships in Lostallo, Swtizerland.

February 9, 2009

Francesco Tironi to switch to Mugen

F.V.S.S. Racing Team in Italy have announced that current Italian 1/10th 200mm Touring car champion Francesco Tironi will be joining their team in 2009. Francesco will be making the change to Mugen Seiki this year, leaving behind a long standing deal with Kyosho Japan that has seen them reach World and European Championship finals together. Tironi will continue to compete in the 1/8th and 1/10th scale classes and will stick with long term engine partner Sirio, while for fuel he will run the Master Fuel by Capricorn RC, with Matrix Tires and KO Propo completing his sponsor list.

Source: F.V.S.S. [fvssrc.com]

February 9, 2009

DJ Apolaro joins ATS International team

Italian tire company ATS has contacted us to let us know that they have signed front running US gas on road racer DJ Apolaro. After a couple of years of collaboration with the ATS Tires distributor in the USA, DJ joins the International ATS team and will run the tires in the 1/12th & 1/10th and 1/8th on road nitro classes.

Source: ATS Tyres [atsmodel.com]

February 3, 2009

Xray X10 1/10th scale pan car?

We already know from previous notices by Xray, that the Slovakian company will be releasing updates for their XT8, XB808 and NT1, but as the new picture (click for large version) taken from the company’s website shows, they are also releasing a completely new car into their product line, the X10. Although not confirmed, we are pretty sure looking at the picture that it is a 1/10th scale pan car, fitted with a Worlds GT bodyshell and most probably is based off the company’s recently released XII. We will be at the toy fair from tomorrow onwards and hope to bring you confirmation of this as well as full details from all the new Xray line.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 3, 2009

Murnan Novarossi M353R Modified

Murnan Modified Motors, in conjunction with Novarossi, have introduced what they claim to be the ultimate .12 on road racing engine, the M353R Modified. Based on the Novarossi 353, it has undergone the Murnan treatment and so the engine internals have been hand selected to ensure the best tolerances and then modified to Murnan Modified Motors specifications. This new engine includes a rear ceramic bearing and the cooling head has been etched with special marking to denote this special edition engine. Thought has gone into making the most powerful engine possible, while still making more than 5 minutes of runtime. This engine is intended for serious racing applications.

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February 3, 2009

Lemieux & Blackstock clean up at 09 Snowbirds

Trinity team driver Paul Lemieux has taken yet more victories at the Snowbirds, as the Xray driver dominated this years proceedings, which took place at the weekend, notching up wins from the pole position in both the 10.5 rubber and Pro Mod classes. The Xray driver had it all his own way in the rubber class to win by over a lap ahead of Austin Harrison in 2nd and TJ Bradley in 3rd. In the Foam class (above) he was pushed hard by young Associated driver Kevin Herbert who ended the race only 2 seconds behind, while Jeff Dayger took the final podium spot in 3rd for Corally. In the other categories there more domination in the 1/12th 10.5 and Mod classes as well as World GT for Associated team driver Mike Blackstock, his team mate Kevin Herbert was victorious in the 13.5 Foam class, Donny Lia won 1/12th 17.5, Mike Haynes won 17.5 foam and Jeff Cuffs came out on top in 17.5 rubber.

Full results can be found here.

Image: RC50 [rc50.com]