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July 2, 2008

Garcia wins Much More Cup 2008

We received a report from last weekends International Much More indoor Cup, run at the Vuelta Rapida indoor track in Avila, Spain. In the 4wd class it was Spanish Factory Much More driver Roberto Garcia, driving his Tamiya 501x, that took the win while in the 2wd class it was Jose Miguel Cantos, racing his Associated B4FT, that took top honours. All the best Spanish Electric off road drivers were in attendance and there was a close battle for the wins in both classes. High temperature at the track of over 30º made the cars and electronics suffer but the drivers had a great weekend and there was a great racing atmosphere.

Source: Automodelismo [automodelismo.es]

July 2, 2008

Bloomfield goes fastest in Greece

Darren Bloomfield

British driver Darren Bloomfield has made his intentions known as the young Team Losi topped the overall practice times with a great second timed practice run. Switching to softer tyres inserts for the 2nd session he set a time of 8 laps in 05:23.854 to head the 167 car field who have travelled here for the 2008 Euros.

View the full coverage on our event site here.

July 2, 2008

Hernandez tops 1st practice in Greece

Borja Hernandez

Spanish star Borja Hernandez has topped the time sheets here in Crete as Day 2 of the 2008 EFRA European 1:8 Buggy Championships gets underway. The Hobao driver was fastest from young Team Losi hot shot Darren Bloomfield by just over one second at the end of the timed five minute run.

View the full coverage on our event site here.

July 2, 2008

Danish Off-Road Nationals Rd4

We received a report from last weekends 4th round of the Danish DRCMU Off-Road championship held in Tinglev. In the Stock class it was Martin Kristensen that was fastest, with Jesper Rasmussen close behind having made some mistakes in the first round of qualifying and a retirement in second, and that put Martin in Pole Position with winning the first and second round of qualifying. Jesper showed in the third round that he was ready for some action in the finals putting in the fastest time of day, 0,20 second faster than Martin. Again it was Sebastian Sorensen with his Tamiya in third spot.

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July 2, 2008

Yokomo B-Max4 EP 4wd Buggy

Yokomo have announced the upcoming release of the B-Max4, EP 4wd buggy. Aimed more at the entry level racer, it has a plastic tub chassis and a dust protected centre CVD shaft which drives the plastic bevel geared front and rear ball differentials. Optimised motor placement, double wishbone suspension all round and C-hubs up front ensure it is well balanced and handles great around the track. Made using all moulded plastic parts to keep costs down, it is fully ball raced and been designed to take a saddle pack.

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July 2, 2008

Corally RDX Phi Diff & Intellect cells

Corally have released a number of new items for both the Corally RDX Phi as well some items for general use. For the RDX Phi there is an all improved differential, designed to ensure long lasting super smooth trouble free diff action. The new diff uses 18 2.5 mm chrome balls which run on large super hard diff washers, and this combination guarantees to handle the higher torque required for today’s brushless racing. Also new is a special brushless motor case that carries up to 4 batteries, 2 small assortment cases, 2 brushless armatures and 3 brushless motors. Finally Corally have released the latest version of the Intellect Sub-C cells, called IB4600SHV, which feature improved voltage, and the latest edition of IB 2/3A single cell, a 1600mAh High Discharge Type called IB1600 that is also available as IB1600 receiver pack.

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July 1, 2008

Daily News Round-up

A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:

> HB reports on the Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout – Link [hb-buggy.jugem.jp]
> RC Fox YZ5 Buggy Engine – Link [modellismorc.net]
> The new Vantomme M12 (2008) chassis – Link [overrc.com]
> CARS/AMC Summer Shoot Out II Rd 2 – Link [mirageracing.com]
> Auckland On-Road Modified Championships – Link [rcracer.co.nz]
> Maxspin Championship Series Rd4 – Link [teamxray.com]
> Hot Bodies & Nosram wins LICS 08 – Link [mirageracing.com]
> T2’008 Wins Luxemburg Belgian Nats Rd4 – Link [teamxray.com]
> Team Orion Wins HRH Shootout – Link [teamorion.com]
> Report from Rd3 of SLCC 2008 – Link [slccup.co.uk]

Videos from all A-mains at last weekends ETS Rd4 are now online.

Be sure to follow our coverage of this weeks 1/8th scale European Buggy Championships on our Event site.

July 1, 2008

John Ermen wins Luxembourg Champs

John Ermen wins 08 Luxembourg Champs

Novarossi have a report from their team driver John Ermen on last weekend’s Luxembourg Championships which had some top level drivers such as Bertin, Cuypers and van Gastel present. Run alongside an electric National and 1/5th scale race, Sunday’s qualifying saw Serpent racer Steven Cuypers take TQ from Ermen, with Ilia van Gastel and Daniel van der Drift rounding out the top 4. The final started with Cuypers going straight into the lead followed by Ermen and van Gastel, but after some laps Ermen had a problem and dropped behind van Gastel who then had some problems of his own and had to retire, promoting the Novarossi driver back up to 2nd. After 15 minutes of racing Cuypers made a mistake which let Ermen through into the lead where he stayed unchallenged for the remainder of the race, ending up 2 laps ahead of Bertin in 2nd, following Cuypers retirement at 27 minutes, with local racer Patrick Bertrallo claiming 3rd.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]