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November 23, 2006

Massimo Fantini wins the ‘Trofeo dei Campioni’

Trofeo dei Campioni

Last weekend saw former European Champion Massimo ‘Max’ Fantini win the ‘Trofeo dei Campioni’ race held at the Mini Autodromo RME Cassino, Italy. The event was attended by 130 racers in 2 classes and in 1/8th scale saw Serpent driver Fantini win in a lights to flag battle ahead of Kyosho racer Danielle Ielasi, Mimmo Calce finished in 3rd. In 1/10th scale it was Raiola Carmine that took the win ahead of Spiniello Mario in 2nd with Sicorello Angelo rounding off the podium in 3rd

Check out the full report (in Italian), results and photos here.

Source: Pista RME [pistarme.com]

November 23, 2006

RC Pro Series Nitro Off Road awards Banquet

The title says it all, the RC Pro Series had their awards banquet for the Nitro Off Road Series and here are the photos. As you can see Tebo and Taylor were there, amongst others, but i don’t see Adam Drake in any of the banquet photos, so lucky we already have a picture of him with his championship winning trophies.

You can view all the images here, here & here.

Source: RC Pro Series [rcprosites.com]

November 23, 2006

X-Factory X-6 review by oOple

X-Factory X-6

Now i normally don’t post links to product builds or reviews because i like Red RC to be more of a news source but in this case we’ll make an exception. Jimmey Storey over at oOple.com has done and amazingly detailed review of the new X-Factory X-6 2wd conversion kit. The images and layout, as well as the words & tips, in this build are some of the best you’ll ever be likely to see. I urge you to check it out.

Read the X-Factory X-6 build here. You can also read other reviews and builds from oOple here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

November 23, 2006

INS box by Novarossi

It seems Novarossi were sick of having to use either Serpent’s or Picco’s INS box on their engines so they decided to ~~copy~~ make their own version. Available in Novarossi blue, it sure stands out from the current crop of INS box’s with its funky colour and I’m sure it does what its meant to, but at the end of the day its just yet another copy of the original version Serpent spent so much money and effort initially researching.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]

November 23, 2006

Kyle Branson impresses as SDD driver

Kyle Branson

Serpent have a report on their site on Kyle Branson, the Serpent Driver Development programs youngest driver. The 13 year old seems to have had a busy and successful season traveling the world and racing.

His first venture onto foreign asphalt was the Dutch 1:10 GP at Heemstede as preparation for the European Championships. This preparartion would stand to Kyle as he successfully defended his European Junior crown in the difficult wet conditions. From there it was on to Australia no less for the 2006 IFMAR 1:10 World Championships in Brisbane.

You can read the full report here.

Source: Serpent [mytsn.com]

November 22, 2006

Peak Vantage 07 electric motor

Peak Vantage 07

Our partner site RCWorld.ch has news about the new Peak Vantage 07 motor and according to their report, this is the same motor that powered David Spashett to his World Championship this year.

Main New Features
– Prepared for 5-Cells
– New housing
– New rotor with special soldering technique
– New 3.8mm brushes
– Plug connection to the speed controller

Source: RC World [rcworld.ch]

November 22, 2006

Videos from the 2006 Japanese 1/8th Nationals

2006 Japanese 1/8th Nationals

As you know Keisuke Fukuda, driving a Ninja powered Mugen, won the recent 1/8th scale Japanese Nationals held at the Hokusei circuit in Japan. We’ve all seen the pictures, the results and reports, now watch the videos.

The videos can be seen here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 & Part 5

Source: Coches RC [cochesrc.com]

November 22, 2006

Contrast Neo Mark 2

Those of you who have been following Red RC will notice a distinct lack of fifth scale cars on this site. Now its not that i think only lesser skilled humans race them or something, because we know a certain Mr. Collari is a big fan, but i just never understood the attraction, the sound is all wrong and the speed isn’t all that. So today, as it is a sloooow news day, i am posting images of the Contrast Neo Mark 2, the latest and greatest in ~~lawn mower~~ fifth scale racing technology.

Jokes aside, this thing does looks pretty sweet and sports some nice looking features from the Spanish company Contrast, so if your into the bigger things in life, check out the full picture set here.

Source: Rev Up [rev-up.co.uk]