Monday, December 18, 2006
oOple pictures from the 2006 Neo Invitational race Categories - Events, Gas, Off Road, International, Racing - comments closed
Top RC action photographer oOple (Jimmy Storey) has uploaded his amazing photo set from the 2006 Neo Invitational event. They really capture the athmosphere and excitement of the event and i know i keep going on about, but he takes some of the best action shots you’re likely to see. oOple also did a report from the event which contains interviews and insight so if you haven’t seen that yet be sure to check it out.
View the oOple race report here. View the photo gallery here, here and here.
Our partner site RC Infos are reporting that Pierre-François Brunet has won the 2nd round of the French 1/12th National Championships held last weekend in Le Harve. Driving an Associated RC12L4, round 1 winner Brunet claimed TQ spot in qualifying by just over a second and then went on the win the event ahead of 2nd placed racer Jérémy Delalondre who was driving a Corally SP12X. The final step on the podium went to another Corally SP12X racer Walter Poller-Villard.
Source: RC Infos [rcinfos.com]
Our French partner site Petit RC has asked us to put up an announcement concerning upcoming indoor off road event that they are organising. Taking place next year in the Palais des Sports in Maions Alfort in France on February 10th - 11th, the event is open to everybody but places are limited so get your entry in soon. There will be a lot of international racers at this event and if the track is anything like last year it should prove to be very challenging.
You can read more info about the event here.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Adam Drake reigns supreme at 2006 Neo Invitational Categories - Events, Gas, Off Road, International, Racing - comments closed
Adam Drake, as expected has won the 2006 Neo Invitational event in both buggy and Truggy classes. The class of the field all weekend, the American Team Losi racer won with ease by 3 laps over second place Crono driver Davide Tortorici in 2nd and with Greg Degani in 3rd driving for HoBao. In the truggy class it was more of the same for ‘The Drake’ but the margin was less than a lap this time over the 2nd placed CEN racer Andrew Smolnik with Graham Alsop a further 2 laps back driving a HoBao rounding off the podium.
Click more to view the A final finishing results for both classes… (more…)
The guys at RC Pro Series sent us a mail informing us of their expansion into the Caribbean. This is the full announcement:
“RC Pro is proud to announce the formation of the new Caribbean Division for the Nitro Offroad Series. The RC Pro would like to welcome Rafael Sabatier as the Caribbean Director. Rafael is located in Puerto Rico and will be setting up the schedule, working with the tracks and officiating the RC Pro events in the Caribbean. We at RC Pro look forward to working with the existing organizations in the Caribbean to promote the hobby to the general public and give the racers and tracks more worldwide exposure. This new division will run in the points series like all divisions and receive invitations to the National Finals. As of this year racers in RC Pro can score national points in any division. Division points for a division championship can only be scored in your division though. This means you can now schedule a racing vacation in the Caribbean and still score RC Pro points!”
Read more about the RC Pro Series here.
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Adam Drake breaks 9 laps to take TQ at Neo Invitational Categories - Events, Gas, Off Road, International, Racing - comments closed
It seems that this years Neo Invitational race is all about Adam Drake and the Team Losi 8ight. Adam has secured TQ in both the buggy and the truggy class and although the margins arent as big as seen yesterday they are still substantial with his margin in buggy over second place Robert Batlle around 5 seconds and was the only racer to get 9 laps. In truggy it was more of the same with the margin over again 2nd place Robert Batlle nearly 10 seconds. It looks like baring any major hiccup, ‘The Drake’ should take home the 2 titles tomorrow.
Other notables are Neil Cragg the European & World electric buggy champion is placed in 4th in the buggy class whilst David Crompton took an impressive 13th position with the new Team Magic M1B obviously having ironed out some of the problems he was facing yesterday.
View the full top 10 qualifying results here… (more…)
Friday, December 15, 2006
Adam Drake heads practice at Neo Invitational Categories - Events, Gas, Off Road, International, Racing - comments closed
Adam Drake has made it look easy by heading up the times after 4 rounds of 5 minute organised practice at the 2006 Neo Invitational event in Newport, Shropshire (no pics from the event yet). The American Team Losi racer, who is competing in both the buggy and truggy classes, is class of the field so far with a 14 second advantage over 2nd place in the buggy class and a 13 second advantage over 2nd place in the truggy class. Of course this is only practice and some racers may be sandbagging or not have found the best setup yet but still impressive none the less and the way that ‘The Drake’ has been winning races lately it could just be that he genuinely is that much quicker.
Interesting to note is that Adams truggy time is fast enough to get 2nd position in the buggy class. Also worth noting is that David Crompton, driving the Team Magic M1B, is going pretty well on the cars debut, ending the day in 23rd position.
Hit more for the top 10 in both classes… (more…)
Marc Rheinard joins Team Checkpoint & O’Donnell Categories - Team Checkpoint, Electric, Racing, Drivers - comments closed
Former World Champion and top international electric racer, Marc Rheinard has signed a multi year deal with Team Checkpoint and O’Donnell. Announced today, for the 2007 season Marc will run Team Checkpoints batteries and motors for his electric racing and he will also step up his nitro racing using O’Donnell products. Big news indeed for the fast German driver, who also announced an extension of his Tamiya contract, signing for 2 more years to the Japanese manufacturer. Marc leaves Team Orion and joins fellow former World Champion Atsushi Hara who signed a similar deal with Team Checkpoint earlier this year.
Marc is racing in the UK this weekend at the Neo Invitational event, driving a Hot Bodies buggy.
Source: RC World [rcworld.ch]
