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February 18, 2014

BRCA 1/12th nationals Rd 5 – Report

Round 5 of the BRCA 1/12 nationals took place last weekend, and for the first time a BRCA national event was held in a large shopping mall. Thecentre:mk played host to what many are already dubbing as ‘the best 1/12 national for more than 20 years’. Crowds 2 or 3 deep surrounded the 28m x 14m carpet track for the entire weekend, and there were also other exhibits and attractions on offer to engage the public with RC racing. The whole event was streamed live on the internet and with commentary provided by full size motor racing commentary legend John Hindhaugh it all came together to make for an enthralling spectacle.

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February 18, 2014

Oskar Levin wins 2WD class at Tomelilla MK

Oskar Levin wins 2WD at Tomelilla MK

Team C’s Oskar Levin has taken the win in the 2WD class at the recent club race at the Tomelilla Tomelilla Motor Klubb in Sweden. Coming from second on the grid he beat TQ Henrik Nilsson (Xray) for the win. Otto Ausfelt (TLR) completed the podium. In the 4WD class Otto Ausfelt (TLR) took the win from Martin Sjöberg and Tobias Körner (Xray).

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February 18, 2014

Mibosport Cup 2013/14 Rd5 – Report

After a break of more than a month the Mibosport Cup 2013/14 resumed with round number 5 last weekend. A total of 118 drivers signed up for the event with 66 attending in the on-road and 52 in the off-road classes. The event marked the penultimate race of the season before the big finale in March, with international frontrunner Ronald Volker attending. In the Touring Car Modified class Marek Černý took the TQ some three seconds ahead of Michal Orlowski and Kuba Šimurda. In the first A-final, Marek Černý had to fight hard with Michal Orlowski for the win, just to finish 0.061 seconds ahead of him. Kuba Šimurda finished third. The second A-final was quite similar to the first one with Černý and Orlowski fighting for the win. Černý won again ahead of Michal Orlowski and Kuba Šimurda. In the third A-final, Orlowski had a contact with Černý and both of them ended at the lower end of the pack. The winner of this final was Kuba Šimurda with Zdenko Kunák and Patrick Gollner behind. The overall win went to Marek Černý, second was Michal Orlowski with Kuba Šimurda completing the podium.

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February 18, 2014

Fantom 12VDC & 24VDC power supplies

Fantom introduce two new heavy-duty power supplies for 100 t0 240VDC input. First up is the smaller 575 watts version that offers up to 47A continuous output current and 12VDC output voltage. The device features two internal power supply units for redundancy and it measures roughly 330x57x76mm and weights around 1500g. The second new power supply offers a whooping 1150 watts output power, 47A output current and 24VDC output, making it ideal especially for all racers who need to fill 4S or 6S LiPo batteries at high charge currents. Like the smaller 575W version it offers redundancy, over-voltage, fault and short circuit protection, an internal cooling fan, rubber feet and 4mm female gold-plated output jacks. Both include heavy-duty US-type power chords and are available now.

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February 17, 2014

Bryan Ferrara wins at Automodelli.it On Tour race

The first race of the Automodelli.it On Tour race took place with around 80 drivers attending. Beside two Touring Car classes also a Mini Chassis and Formula 1 race was held. In F1 Marco Puleo (WRC) took the pole position for the finals in front of Nicola Pezzotti (Serpent), Mattia Collina (Xray) and Bryan Ferrara (Fenix). In the finals Bryan got everything together winning two out of the three legs to take the overall win from Puleo and Pezzotti.

Source: Fenix Racing [fenix-racing.com]

February 17, 2014

RDRP Ultra Glowplug Wrench

The Ultra Glowplug Wrench is the latest nitro tool release from Revolution Design Racing Products. The wrench is designed for the use with standard and turbo glowplugs, the main body is made from high quality spring steel and incorporates an 8mm nut driver for the plug while an O-ring equipped recession at the top end of the tool takes a spare glow plug, making the wrench the ideal companion for demanding qualifiers and finals. Laser-etched logos let the tool stand out while a sturdy cross pin makes tightening and undoing even tightly fitted plugs a breeze.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

February 17, 2014

Wernimont & Due victorious at Motorama

Wernimont & Due succeed at Motorama

This weekend was the 36th annual Motorama show in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The event hosts what is possibly the largest RC race around, over 700 entries across two tracks, along with a host of other motor sport events, thousands of visitors pass through the doors and are exposed to RC as a hobby and sporting event. The weekend started with travel problems for most, with the East coast being battered by a storm. This meant that a few drivers had to alter their plans and didn’t receive luggage until half way through the practice day. Despite the problems everyone made the show and were all sorted by the end of practice day. With practice untimed it was difficult to gauge pace, but with the teams cars all feeling good they were ready for racing. Qualifying was to be decided with 2 counting rounds from 3, with bump up finals throughout. This meant consistency would be critical for a good qualifying position, but if all goes wrong it was still possible to bump up.

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February 17, 2014

Mobers & Hilbert take German 1/12th national titles

The 2014 German 1/12th nationals took place at the MAC Burgdorf club in Northern Germany this past weekend. Nearly 40 drivers attended in the Modified “EA” and Stock “EB” class. In Modified it was multi-time national champion Markus Mobers who not only took the TQ but also secured himself another national title by winning the first and second A-final in front of Daniel Sieber. The latter than took the vice-championship title while Tim Altmann came in third to complete the podium. In the Standard class Moritz Hilbert made a clean sweep by winning all three A-finals after dominating the qualifiers to take the TQ spot. The runner-up spot and vice-championship went to Sven Stoffels who left Jens Ginnuttis in third position.

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