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June 3, 2008

Bart Wubben wins Dutch EP TC Nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the Dutch electric touring car Nationals were run last weekend at the HFCC track in The Hague. Saturday’s practice was run in dry conditions but on Sunday rain interrupted the qualifying causing round 2 of qualifying to be cancelled, leaving the racers on 2 rounds to get their fastest time in. Following the heats it was Serpent racer Bart Wubben that was on pole position in Modified, some 6 seconds in front of team mate Rob Jansen in 2nd, with Tamiya driver Arjen Potharst and Serpent driver Rene Cornella in 3rd and 4th respectively. The finals saw Bart and Rob pull away in leg 1 to claim to top 2 positions, while in the 2nd leg it was a repeat of Leg 1 at the front with Bart winning to take the overall ahead of Rob who claimed 2nd overall and Stefan Jansen taking the final spot on the podium in 3rd. In the stock class it was ETS Holland pole man Vasco Christiaanse that took the win for Kyosho ahead of 2nd place Michael Lepelaar driving a Tamiya, while Ronald Arts rounded out the podium for Serpent in 3rd.

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June 3, 2008

Kyosho EM Challenge 2008

With the European Football Championships starting this week hosted by Switzerland & Austria, our friends at Kyosho Germany are running a fun competition to win some great prizes. The first placed price is an Inferno GT Ferrari F430GT, with 2nd place getting a Fazer Audi A4 DTM and 3rd getting a Minium Citabria airplane. Places 4 to 10 will receive a Kyosho t-shirt from their team collection. This competition is in the German language only.

Visit the competition site here.

June 3, 2008

Losi 1100mAh NiMH Battery & Charger

Losi have released what they expected to be one of the more popular options for the new Mini-T. Racers get an 1100mAh NiMh battery pack that substantially increases speed and run time and a wall charger to go with it. Typical charge time for the included 1100mAh pack is about two hours and the charger can be used with a variety of other Ni-MH battery packs for micro cars and trucks.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

June 3, 2008

Atomic RC Kysoho Spada 09 tires

More new tires from Atomic RC, this time some foam versions for use on the Kyosho 1/12th scale Spada 09. Pre mounted on white rims, the front tires are available in middle or soft hardnesses, while the rear tires are also available in the same compounds.

Source: Atomic RC [rcatomic.com]

June 3, 2008

Craft RC Futaba 3PK Skull flame skin

Yet even more new releases for the Futaba 3PK from South Korean custom RC design company Craft RC. The new skin is called the Skull flame series, which is available in red and purple, and as per the previous versions it is made from top quality material that is easy to apply and which stays good for a long time.

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June 2, 2008

Daily News Round-up

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

> Xray Wins Lithuanian Off-road Champs Rd1 – Link [teamxray.com]
> Fabio Boero wins 1st 1/8th GT Ultimate W.C. – Link [ultimateracing.es]
> Miguel Matias wins Portuguese Nationals Rd4 – Link [neo-buggy.net]
> Elliott Boots takes DRT summer series Rd4 – Link [cmldistribution.co.uk]
> Read the latest JQ Column installment – Link [neo-buggy.net]
> European 1/8th scale B Championship report – Link [jpracing.com]
> First round of the German Truggy Nats – Link [mid-mugen.de]

Entry is open for ETS Rd4 in Germany, June 27th-29th

June 2, 2008

Rick V wins Dutch 8th Nats Rd3

The 3rd round of the 1/8th scale on road Nationals took place at the weekend on the very fast Baanbrekers in Rucphen. The day started on a somber note with a 1 minute silence to remember Belgian racer Koen Joosens and a well known Dutch driver Raymond Soyer who was killed recently during his job as a fireman. Qualification on Sunday started on a wet track and only the 3rd run of heats saw dry track conditions, making this by far the fastest round. Only John Ermen was able to set a 23 lap qualification on his home track to take the pole position for the NK class while in the Nomac class Ronald van den Bergh was able to get the better of Jordy Blok to take the pole position. In the NK final John Ermen was the fastest man on the track but due to continued interference occuring in the same corner on the track he lost losts of time and could manage to take the 3rd place. The win went to round 2 winner Rick V racing a Mugen, 1 lap ahead of Kyosho driver Ilia Van Gastel in 2nd, with Serpent racer John Ermen a lap further back. In the NOMAC group it was Jordy Block that took the win, ending with an even faster time than Rick V who won the NK group. The Serpent driver took the win by 6 laps from 2nd placed Tim Bosman, while Jeroen Janken claimed the 3rd spot.

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June 2, 2008

EFRA Newsletter regarding copied bodies

Central Lola body shell

EFRA were in contact regarding an incident that occured during the 1/8th scale European ‘B’ Championships which were held 2 weekends ago in Kirchberg Austria. The incident in question revolved around the discovery of a number of copies of the very popular Central Lola body shell that were being used by some competitors at the race who had unwittingly bought them at the trackside shop. This shells were pretty close to an exact copy and even carried the same EFRA homologation number as the original Cental shell. EFRA has ruled that these copies are illegal and are currently looking into taking further action agains the manufacturer.

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