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August 13, 2007

Neil Diver wins Rd7 of UK 1/8th Nats

Diver wins Rd7 of UK 1/8th Nats

Last weekend saw the 7th round of the BRCA 1/8th scale National Championships run at the Crystal Palace track in London. Qualifying saw Mugen racer Neil Diver set the TQ by 6 seconds ahead of team mate Andy North in 2nd with Kyosho racer Dave Dixon in 3rd. At the start of the final it was pole man Diver who took the lead followed by Dave Dixon who passed Andy North in chase of the leader, but who then made a slight mistake through the chicane which cost him time. Andy North was then coming under pressure from the fast charging Pete Hastings and Jason Frost and allowed them to pass due to poor handling on big tires. After 10 minutes and with mistakes by Hastings and Frost, as well as the retirement of Dixon, gave Andy North a comfortable 2nd place behind Diver who took the win by 3 laps while local racer Rob Coleman rounded out the podium with 3rd.

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August 13, 2007

Christensen wins German North 1/10th

Xray have a report on their site by their team driver Martin Christensen from the latest round of the North German regional 1/10th scale Championships, that was held at the MACH track in Hamburg. The weather was good and in qualifying it was Serpent driver Andreas Giesa that took the TQ from team mate Ralf Krause in 2nd and NT1 driver Martin Christensen in 3rd, the top 3 covered by less than 2 seconds. In the race Giesa got off to a good start but Christensen was hit by a number of cars at the start losing close to a lap and so had to push hard to gain time. When Giesa had an engine flame out, Martin could take the lead where he stayed to take the win by 2 laps from Giesa in 2nd and another Serpent driver Jens Stark in 3rd. Note the new Xray wheels on Martins car above.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 13, 2007

HB EU Moore-Speed Reynard 02S body

We only briefly mentioned the new EU Moore-Speed Reynard 02S 1/12th scale body in one of our Daily round ups last week, because we had written about it back in February, but today we see that the body will actually be available in 2 different versions, normal and lightweight. Designed for high cornering speeds, this body shell features a sculpted front end and mid section to direct air over the gentle curves of this single-focus body shell giving you superb high speed stability and performance on the straight. Moulded from crystal clear polycarbonate, it features clear over spray film and a decal sheet with headlights and Hot Bodies logos.

Source: Hot Bodies [hbeurope.com]

August 13, 2007

Mirage seeking a Service Technician

Mirage seeking a Technical Sales Advisor

Mirage RC Enterprises, UK importers of such top brands as HPI, Xray, Hot Bodies, Team Orion, Nosram, GRP and much more, have once more contacted us to let us know that there is a job opening in their company, this time for a Service Technician. The details of the position are listed here.

We require an experienced technical support person to join our friendly After Sales Care team. Ideally from a car service repair background, we require someone who is highly motivated, confident and with excellent interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will be able to carry out repairs to our product and be able to offer advice and guidance to assist in offering a second to none after sales care to our customers. Experience working with Nitro and Electric Radio Controlled cars would be a distinct advantage.

If you are interested in this position then send a letter of application before August 27th along with your CV to: Pam Dennis – Mirage RC Enterprises Ltd, 19 William Nadin Way, Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE11 0BB Tel: 01283 226570 ext. 307 e-mail pam@mirageracing.com

Source: Mirage Racing [mirageracing.com]

August 13, 2007

MID Mugen Seiki decals

MID, the German based European Mugen distributors, have released this new general Mugen Seiki decal sheet. Featuring a number of Mugen Seiki and MID logos in varying sizes, the sheet also sports some curiously worded ‘Stop the Copy’ sign type logos. Available now.

Source: MID [mid-mugen.de]

August 12, 2007

Daily News Round-up

Red RC - Daily Round-up

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

> David Ronnefalk wins this weekend’s Mittsvenska Cupen – Link [neo-buggy.net]
> Xray have a complete report on the EPTC Euros – Link [teamxray.com]
> JConcepts report on the Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout – Link [jconcepts.net]
> Blog from the HB Cyclone 12 with packaging picture – Link [cyclone12-blog.com]
> Xray have also a report on Beat Walti’s National win – Link [teamxray.com]
> Hot Bodies have a full report from the EPTC – Link [hbeurope.com]

August 12, 2007

2007 1/10th 200mm Euros – Coverage

2007 1/10th 200mm Euros

Next Monday sees the start of the 5th running of the 1/10th scale 200mm EFRA European Championships, and this year the event will take place on the ARCA circuit in Madrid, Spain. Red RC will be present trackside with our reporter Oisin O’Briain to cover the event and we hope to bring you muliple daily reports as well news and photographs from the race. We have created a dedicated area for this, and other upcoming events we will be attending, and that events section can be accessed a number of ways – by clicking the events tab above, clicking the banner on the right of the site or by typing events.redrc.net into the address bar of your browser.

Coverage starts tomorrow, so in the meantime head over the events section and read our brief event preview.

August 12, 2007

Bürge wins German West 1/10th Rd6

The 6th round of the Western German Regional Championships was run last weekend at the AMC Hamm circuit with 45 racers in attendance. Qualifying saw Serpent racer Karl Heinz Meister claim the top qualifying position ahead of the Mugen pairing Sebastian Bürge in 2nd and Daniel Toenessen in 3rd. In the final it was Karl Heinz that got off to a good start followed by Bürge, but on lap 11 the Serpent driver had a problem and had to retire gifting Bürge the lead and with it the win, leading home a full Mugen podium with Daniel Toenessen claiming 2nd and Heinz-Jürgen Kalinowski 3rd.

Source: MID [mid-mugen.de]