Thursday, June 12, 2008
De Ingezetenen van Talywain rapporteren door oOple Categories - Electric, Off Road, National, Racing - add a comment
oOple heeft het rapport van de 3de ronde van de Nationale reeks BRCA 1/10th, dat onlangs in Talywain werd gehouden, Wales dat met de club op een goed alle-grasspoor zet met overvloed van kunstmatige hindernissen te navigeren. Darren Bloomfield maakte een terugkeer aan 1/10th van weg na het missen van de eerste twee rondes van het kampioenschap toe te schrijven aan 1/8ste verplichtingen met fouten. Darren, zijnd de regerende 2WD Nationale kampioen scheen niet te betrokken met zijn gebrek aan praktijk te zijn die - TQ en hard-fought neemt win. De 4WD klasse was niet helemaal zo ongecompliceerd voor Darren, met slechts twee eindigt van de vier bepalende woorden hij slechts vierde op het net opstelde. Ellis Stafford, dubbel-winnaar bij de vorige ronde was op pool en keek devastatingly snel. Het was dag Darrens nochtans en hij nam de laatste twee benen van def. van A om een fantastische dubbele overwinning te beveiligen om zijn terugkeer aan de klasse te merken.
Lees het omstandige rapport hier, met inbegrip van veel grote foto's en gesprekken.
Bron: oOple [oople.com]
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Mike Truhe wint GEBRUL 1/8ste Nats Met fouten Categories - Team Losi, Gas, Off Road, National, Racing - add a comment
Wij ontvingen dit rapport van Losi, waarvan 8ight met fouten enkel GEBRUL 1/8 Nitro Off-Road Nationaal Kampioenschap voor het tweede jaar in een rij won. Er zijn zonder twijfel de Ingezetenen van dit GEBRUL van 2008 zal dalen in geschiedenis als één van het aardigst en het best zal in werking stellen gebeurtenissen in de laatste 10 jaar. Vrijwel elke hoogste fabrieksbestuurder, evenals beste privateers, van rond het land dat door de week bij het prachtig voorbereide off-road spoor van de Steeg van de Donder in Beaumont, Californië wordt gerend. Gruelling urenlang een Hoofdgebeurtenis is de uiteindelijke test van zowel bestuurder als machine. Terwijl het Jared Tebo was die een poolstandpunt innam, was het Losi racer Mike Truhe die vroeg het lood nam en 126 onberispelijke overlappingen, met tijden constant ging voltooien sneller dan zijn concurrenten, om te nemen wint. Overzien voor veel van het ras werd de bestuurder Billy Fischer van Losi 8ight die omhoog drie keer door semi-def. stootte om één van de laatste beginnende vlekken in def. van Ingezetenen te verdienen A. With a car that had been raced hard for over an hour Fischer put in a sensational drive from the back of the pack, passing 10 of the best drivers in America, to take the 2nd spot. Jared Tebo rounded out the podium in 3rd spot, ahead of Scott Hughes in 4th, while Losi driver Adam Drake, the reigning 2007 National Champion, completed the race in 5th.
Source: Losi [losi.com]
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
GO Engines 2009 Sponsorship offer Categories - GO Tech, Gas, Off Road, Racing - add a comment
Our friends at the RC Pro Series have announced that GO Engines, in conjunction with Racefactor Industries, is offering an engine sponsorship to the 2008 RC Pro National Champion in Intermediate Buggy. This will be a 100% contracted sponsorship and if those Champions elect not to take the sponsorship it will be offered to the next highest placed racer in that class. GO and Race Factor also offer a contingency program for club and large events where racers using the GO Engines can win money or discounts on a new engine.
Source: RC Pro Series [rcprosites.com]
The 4th round of the BRCA 1/8th scale buggy Nationals were run over the weekend at the Clanfield circuit, a very fast & technical dirt track. For the first time this year the racers in attendance had great weather all day with temperatures hitting 25 degrees. Qualifying saw Losi race Darren Bloomfield take the top qualifying spot ahead of Graham Alsop in 2nd Elliot Boots 3rd. The start of the main final saw a close battle between Alsop and Jon Hazlewood at the head of the field, with the pair pulling away from the field. After some mistakes from Alsop, Jon was able to stretch out a lead and left Alsop battle it out with Boots. A mistake by the young Associated driver meant that he would finish in 3rd, behind Alsop in 2nd, with Hazlewood taking the win on his return to Xray.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 6th round of the Israeli League took place at the Hot Wheels racing club last weekend under blisteringly hot conditions. Yaniv Sivan TQ’d the field and both 20 minute Semi finals provided some intense battles prior to the 30 minute A-Final. The final started with Yaniv Sivan opening up a gap on the rest of the field, which saw some interesting battles between Nir Sivan, Alon Maltzov, Dan Price and Yaniv Levi, all four racers battling for the runner up spot. Near the end of the race Yaniv Sivan had opened up a 20 second advantage on Nir Sivan, who was now comfortably in 2nd, but the 3rd spot had not been decided yet. The trio of Alon Maltzov, Dan Price and Yaniv Levi battled it out for the final podium spot all the way to the end and it was Dan Price that took the spot behind Nir Sivan in 2nd and Yaniv Sivan, who was for the 5th race in a row, the winner.
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Monday, June 9, 2008
HongNor at the Finnish Open Rd1 Categories - Hong Nor, Gas, Off Road, National, Racing - add a comment 
We received the following brief report from HongNor, on their teams results at the first round of the Finnish off road Nationals. In the buggy class it was Ari Heinonen that claimed 3rd position, just ahead of his team mate Petri Myllari in 4th, while in Junior Buggy it was Joonas Vuojolahti that took the win in front of Sami Sinisalo in 2nd. The truggy class saw HongNor claim a hat trick with class TQ Petri Myllari and Joonas Vuojolahti take the top 2 places with their brand new X2 truggies, while Joseph Quagraine finished 3rd, racing the X1X-CRT-Pro.
Source: Hong Nor [hongnor.com.tw]
Genova wins RCSignup/JConcepts SCS Categories - Events, Electric, Off Road, Racing - add a comment 
Round 1 of the RCSignup/JConcepts Super Cup Series was completed this past weekend and it was an great event, the blistering, 100 degree Florida sun made for some amazing track conditions. 11-year old Zack Genova showed experience and driving ability beyond his years and was able to take the win in both Stock Buggy and Stock Truck. He battled with another up-and-comer, Zach Mote, but in the end it was Zack ‘Zackinator’ Genova that took the victories.
Source: RC Signup [rcsignup.com]
Friday, May 30, 2008
Frank Lemke wins Krick/Cen Monstertour Categories - Events, Gas, Off Road, Racing - add a comment 
Last weekend the second leg of the Krick/Cen Monstertour was held in Mechernich, Germany. The damp and muddy conditions added extra stress on the cars and engines and so only the best equipment would make it through the difficult conditions. These special format races are comprised of 3 events, a slalom race were the cars have to go through various obstacles, a long jump contest and a normal race held on a race track. It was the first outing for Kyosho Germany driver Frank Lemke’s Inferno ST-RR powered by the new .21 CRF Buggy engine. In the long jump event, Frank was able to jump a distance of more than 10m (30ft), 20% more than the competition. In the regular race held on the (muddy) race track, Frank’s CRF powered car was 1 second a lap faster than the rest of the field. Using the CRF engine’s torque to it’s full extent, he was 1 lap faster in each qualifier. During the muddy finals, Frank was able to get twice the run-time out of a fuel tank than his competitors and was able to take the win.
Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]
