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May 7, 2008

Toni Rheinard wins Portugal Nats Rd3

Last weekend saw the 3rd round of the Portuguese 1/10th EP Touring car Nationals take place at the Tomar track. This small and tight track provided a challenge for everyone and it was guest driver Toni Rheinard who won the Modified class finishing in front of Xray driver Nuno Gancho in 2nd, while the 3rd spot went to Ruben Francisco driving a Schumacher. The stock class saw Joao Miguel win with his Schumacher ahead of Xray driver Pedro Pita in 2nd and Corally racer Nuno Carrico in 3rd.

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May 6, 2008

van Leuken & Eichhoorn win BC Rd2

van Leuken & Eichhoorn win Brother Cup Rd2

The 2nd round of the 2008 Brother Cup took place last weekend in Oberhausen and was open for Sportsman and Hobby classes. The hobby class was won by Jan Eichhoorn with Robert Walden in 2nd and Jean-Paul Appel 3rd, while in the Sportsman class it was Jorg van Leuken who took the win ahead of round 1 winner Jordy Velder in the runner up spot and Mark van Waayenburg in 3rd.

A full gallery of the event can be found here.

May 6, 2008

Bloomfield takes Truggy Nats double

Bloomfield takes Truggy Nats double header

The opening 2 rounds of the UK Truggy Pro Nationals was run last weekend at the Herts Nitro Model Club under sunny and warm conditions. In Saturday’s round 1, Team Losi driver Darren Bloomfield grabbed the TQ spot ahead of team mates Simon Willets and Jon Hazlewood. In the finals it was a race between the three Losi drivers, with Bloomfield having to make an extra stop in the finals. Coming out of the last pitstop, Darren grabbed the lead from Jon and was able to take the win, with Jon in 2nd and Simon in 3rd. Sunday’s 2nd National round was TQ’d once more by Bloomfield, with Mike Cradock in 2nd and Tommy Chung in 3rd. In the final Darren was leading until lap 12 when he ran out of fuel and this left Tommy to take over the lead but was being pressured heavily by Hazlewood. A fast recvovering Bloomfield moved his way back to the front where he regained the lead and went on to win from Tommy Chung in 2nd, while a mistake near the end saw Jon drop to 3rd.

Source: UK Truggy Pro [uktruggypro.com]

May 5, 2008

Rick V wins Dutch 8th Nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the Dutch 1/8th scale Nationals took place last weekend at the Groningen track in the north of the country under sunny and dry conditions. Qualifying saw Mugen racer Rick V. take the pole postion from Daniel vd Drift in 2nd and John Ermen in 3rd. In the final Rick V. once again had the pace and could build up a lead over eventual runner up John Ermen with Rick Veenma taking the final podium spot. In the Nomac class it was strong performance by Jordy Blok who took the win in front of Jefrey Rietveld in the 2nd spot and Dennis van Lammeren in 3rd.

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May 5, 2008

Russian EP off road Cup Rd1

The opening round of the Russian electric off road Cup was run recently at the MRCmodels carpet track in Moscow. The first outdoor buggy event of the year, the race took place under good conditions and in the 2wd buggy class it was Dmitry Malyshko that look the win from his TQ, driving an AE RC10B4. Volkov Konstantin starting the final from 5th position and ended the race as runner up, while Plahotnik Ilya was 3rd. In the 4wd buggy it was again Malyshko Dmitry heading home a JConcepts 1-2-3 with Spiridonov Victor in 2nd and Larkin Roman, who was TQ, in 3rd. In the Stadium Truck, Golushko Alex took the win from TQ with Shpilev Lev in 2nd and Miheev Anton in 3rd. This years off road Cup will visit three different tracks, MRCmodels in Moscow, RC2 in Moscow and V2 Off-road in Chulkovo with the next round taking place on June 1st.

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May 4, 2008

Outerwears Big Bore Shockwears

Outerwears Performance Products is now offering ultimate shock protection for Big Bore shocks. Tested and proven over the last 20 years in the racing industry, Shockwears offer great protection along with a fantastic new look to your performance parts. They are available in solid colors and various new designs, as shown belowabove and fit most 1/8th scale buggies and truggies.

Source: RCCA [radiocontrolzone.com]

May 4, 2008

Ed Bridges joins Trinity R&D

Trinity Products Inc. have announced a new addition to their Nitro Program in the Research and Development team, with Ed Bridges from EB Mods. For those of you that may not already know Ed, he is the founder of EB Mods and a very experienced nitro R/C racer and mechanic. Ed had the following to say about the deal:

I made this move to Trinity to build a strong foundation with them and to make Trinity my home. Past business relations have always been month to month agreements with large orders of engines leaving little room for product development and support. Truth be told, I’ve been trying to get in with Trinity for a few years now, but Trinity never had a true nitro engine program in place, like they do with Jim Dieter in the electric division. So when I heard Trinity might start a new Nitro Program I contacted them and expressed my interest and went through the steps to get here. We all know in electric that Trinity is #1, so I hope to help make that true with nitro. Trinity has stepped-up and offered me the opportunity to prove this!

Source: RCCA [radiocontrolzone.com]

May 4, 2008

Tamiya TRF416 carpet chassis plate

Tamiya have announced the upcoming release of a new thicker chassis plate for their TRF416 touring car. Made from 2.5mm thick carbon fibre, it is super stiff and ideal for high grip condition such as carpet racing. The chassis also features Tamiya’s air duct system for cooling the motor. Available at the end of June.

Source: Tamiya [tamiya.com]