He did it again, Rene Puepke has won the first of four races of the 2010 Western German Championship in the 1/10th nitro class just as he did one year ago. At the unforgiving 267 meter track at Dormagen, before the gates of Cologne, the Mugen team driver finished first with a two lap advantage over Serpent racer Tobias Hepp and another lap in front of Mugen fellow Daniel Thiele.
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Team Magic Switzerland & Germany distributor, HRC Distribution, are pleased to announce that they have signed Swiss driver Shasa Lackner to race for their team in 1/10th scale. The 1/8th scale on road Junior European Champion, and winner of the first round of the Swiss 1/8th Nationals last weekend, will race the 1/10th 200mm Swiss Nationals, as well as various major European races, with the Team Magic G4RS ’09 and will represent Team Magic and HRC at all 1/10 nitro on road competitions. Shasa continues to run for Motonica in 1/8th scale and Corally in 1/10th EP.
Source: HRC Distribution [teammagicrc.com]
Some new items from CRC, who have released this new Team CRC Flex fit cap. Providing awesome ventilation for those hot outdoor races, this black cap sports the CRC logo embroidered on the front in green and purple. Also new is a carbon fibre battery brace for the HPI Blitz. Lightweight, stiff and strong it looks great and will make your car stand out from the rest.
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Last weekend saw the first round of the 3 race RC Pro series Mountain division held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with Rd2 held in June in Amarillo, Texas and the series final race going to Burlington, Colorado in September. Local favorite and Team Associated/Proline driver Scott Spear completed a good weekend by winning Pro Buggy ahead of Adrian Redding and Vincent Ringler, Pro Truggy in front of Chris Peralta and again Vincent Ringler as well as the Electric Buggy class.
Tamiya have made their race debut with the new prototype electric powered 801X, called the 801Xe. Being driven at the Canadian Indoor Shootout in its maiden race by team drivers Steve Bortolotti and Tom Wright, it performed well amongst fierce competition, leading the way for most of qualifying before electrical problems hampered their progress. In the mains it was again a solid performance, with only some bad luck and race incidents keeping the car out of winners circle. According to those driving the prototype buggy, the design of the car and layout give incredible on-power traction as you exit the corners and is very stable as you accelerate. More information as we get it.
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Some new items from CRC, who have released this new carbon fibre battery brace for the HPI Blitz. Lightweight, stiff and strong it looks great and will make your car stand out from the rest.
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Despite having to pull out of the last final, top qualifier Andy Moore sealed victory at the Union Square Grand Prix. Two wins for the Hot Bodies driver in legs one and two of the A final sealed the victory as Andy gave the UK debut to the new prototype Cyclone. A strong drive all weekend netted the Xray pairing of Phil Chambers and Johnny Aird second and third.
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As has become the norm in recent years, the Frankley Model Car Club played host to the opening round of the BRCA 1/8th Off-Road series. The main reason for having the astro turf tracks at the beginning of the championship is to guard against inclement weather, however this year the sun was out and it was T-shirt and shorts weather, which is pretty rare in April. Qualifying got underway with last year’s Champion Neil Cragg starting where he left off, by taking the first round win of the new season in convincing style with his Reedy/Byron powered RC8B. The new ST Reedy engine looking particularly strong at this fast track where power is a factor. Team mate Craig Drescher backed Neil up in second with his sister car and with Dave Bailey’s RB powered RC8B in fourth the Associated team were fast out of the blocks.
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