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September 21, 2009

Drake wins Buggy class at R/C Pro West Rd3

The 3rd round of the R/C Pro West division was hosted by Hemet R/C Park last Saturday. It was Adam Drake who put his Novarossi powered Losi 8ight 2.0 on the pole in the Pro Buggy class followed by Losi / Orion’s Mike Truhe. Adam and Mike used Losi’s soon to be released Green compound Eclipse on the rear and XBT’s on the front. The final was a great battle between Drake and Truhe, with both drivers swapping the lead many times, but it was Drake who was able to come out on top. Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri took 3rd, two laps down on the winner.

September 21, 2009

Rombouts is Dutch Champion following Rd6 win

The 6th and final round of the Dutch 1/10th scale Nationals took place at the weekend at the RACO track in Utrecht with early fog clearing to become a clear dry day. With the NK Championship still up for grabs it would a tough battle between front runners Pedro Rombouts and Maarten van Lierop with Maarten needing to win, while Pedro was in 3rd or lower, while Pedro just needed to finish close to Maarten. In qualifying it was another Xray driver Daan Jacobs that took the pole spot ahead of van Lierop, with Rombouts and Ricardo van Dam rounding out the top 4. Qualifying for the Nomac class went the way of Michael Behnert, while in the 1/8th Promo class it was Luigi Pili that took the top spot. The 30 minute NK final saw a race long battle between the championship contenders, as pole man Jacobs hit engine problems at the start and was swallowed by the pack. Following a rear tire stop from Maarten there was only a few seconds separating the top two with Rombouts coming home in first, with van Lierop 2nd and Bas Geurds 3rd. This result was enough for Rombouts to claim his first National title. The Nomac class was won by Davy Geraets with pole man Michael Behnert 2 laps back in 2nd, while Marc Meijer took 3rd. In the 1/8th Promo class Luigi Pili continued his domination of the class by winning ahead of Paul Conradi, with Alfred van Dijk taking 3rd.

View the other podiums here

September 21, 2009

2009/10 Euro Touring Series Season

Now in its 3rd season the Xenon Racing backed Euro Touring Series is back in force, with a 6 race calendar that sees the championship run all across Europe. The brainchild of Scotty Ernst and Uwe Rheinard the ETS will retain its popular Modified and Pro Stock racing classes and will add a 3rd class for Hobby racers as a great way to participate at a large international event in a cost effective manner. The season will kick off next month (October 16th to 18th) in Kastellaun Germany, and will travel once more to Budapest, Hungary for round 2, before making its debut in the Czech Republic for round 3. The series has its final indoor race of the season in Warsaw, Poland for round 4, before going outdoor, returning the MACH track in the Netherlands for round 5 before having its traditional season finale in Andernach, Germany next summer. Scotty Ernst will be present at all rounds, bringing excitement and international flair while Red RC will be once again reporting live from each race. Entry for all rounds of the championship are now open and you can find all the links as well as further information on the official Euro Touring Series website here.

Entry for round 1 can be placed here.

September 21, 2009

Vorsprung durch Technik – Durango DEX410

Team Durango’s DEX410 is possibly the most anticipated electric 4WD buggy of all times! We think this is not a exaggeration as the handmade prototypes (designed and build by German racer Gerd Strenge) are around for many years now but only made it into the hands of some selected team drivers like Jörn Neumann, Billy Easton, Atsushi Hara, Craig Drescher or Mark Pavidis to name just a few. Now ‘The Durango’ is available for everyone thanks to Gerd Strenge and his designer Michael Vollmer who made the impossible possible and took the challenge to create ‘a Durango’ for the mass market. We got our hands on one of the very first kits of this exciting new buggy.

Read the full review here

September 21, 2009

Yeah Racing F104 Tuning options

New for the Tamiya F104 Pro, Yeah Racing have released this 1.4mm FRP T Bar, produced from high quality fibre reinforced plastic. This T-bar is super strong and flexible and can cope with all the shocks and twisting that come from racing and is designed to improve the suspension system and obtain more grip. Also new is a single piece aluminum motor mount for the Tamiya F104 Pro as well as the F103RM & F103GT & F103 15th Anniversary. This is a great upgrade for the standard plastic parts and as it is made from high quality aluminium and offers less flexing than the standard parts.

Click here to see the motor mount

September 21, 2009

East Coast Bodies Half painted 200mm shells

East Coast Bodies now offer their 1/10th 200mm body shells, the Access 2.8 and Sciricco models, in half painted versions. ECB have taken the effort out of painting and mounting the body, by supplying the shell pre trimmed meaning you only need to back it with a single colour to complete the great carbon fibre layout with sharp orange look. This series of bodies has been made using new super-PC material which gives the body longer life, makes it last longer, more flexible and have less damage. Both bodies are supplied with a decal sheet, window mask as well as 3 different types of rear wing together with the wing end plates.

Source: East Coast Bodies [eastcoastbt.com]

September 21, 2009

Griffiths & Williams take Victory at AMC/CARS 1/12th GP

Chesterfield Auto Racing Society played host to a Grand Prix style 2-day meeting, with support from Action Model Centre. Both stock and modified classes were catered for, with just over 2/3 of the entry opting to run 10.5 motors in the stock class. In qualifying, new V-Dezign team recruit Russ Williams took a comfortable TQ with his new Carpet Ripper 2.0 chassis. Russ took a few runs to get to grips with his new ride, but was soon up at the front where everyone expected him to be. Mick Farrell qualified 2nd for Hot Bodies with Peter Craig 3rd for Serpent.

Click here to continue reading the report

September 21, 2009

Borja Hernandez takes Round 4 in Spain

The 4th and final round of the Spanish 1/8th scale buggy National Championship, has taken place yesterday at the Valladolid track. With the overall championship already won by Robert Batlle who won 3 from the first 3 rounds, everybody was wondering if he could make 4 from 4 in his last GRP Engine powered race. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to do it, as the final was really hotly disputed, and 4 drivers have made it to the 1st position during the race; Robert Battle who had some mechanical problems, Richi Gómez, Daniel Vega, and the winner, Borja Hernández. Carlos Pineda has completed a great weekend finishing on 2nd place, spite he has raced about half of the final race with the broken rear wing, Richi Gómez completed the podium.

Click here to see the final standings