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April 30, 2008

Herfried Pucher wins in Austria

We received a brief report from Motonica on last weekend’s first Austrian Championship race that was held at the Kirchberg track, host of this years European 1/8th ‘B’ Championships. The race was won by Herfried Pucher driving the P8.0R, less than a lap ahead of Serpent driver Harald Hofer in 2nd while 3rd spot went to Kyosho racer Thomas Sutrich, who was a lap further back. Herfried had the following to say about the race:

The season starts pretty well! The new car is even 2/10 faster then 2007. I arrived at the track on Saturday morning. Due to the fact, that I know it well, I just started with some testing program regarding shock oil and spring configurations, to stabilize the rear! The car was fast from beginning, and the biggest advantage was, that I could manage very constant laps!

Source: Motonica [motonica.com]

April 30, 2008

Wayne Walker claims Australian title

The 2008 Australian Gas off road Nationals were held last weekend in Maryborough near Melbourne, in the south of the country. The event attracted a capacity entry and following the semi finals, it was Joshua Pain that line up on pole position for the start of the main final, with Losi driver Andrew Gillott just behind in 2nd. At the end of a gruelling 1 hour long final, Mugen driver Wayne Walker, who had started from last on the grid, took the win and National title by 25 seconds from 2nd placed Zac Ryan, driving a HongNor, while in 3rd spot it was Andrew Gillott.

Image: Rick P [rickp.net]

April 30, 2008

RB Revolution R2 buggy fuel

More new products from RB who have released this buggy dedicated World Champion Revolution Fuel, which has been developed to meet the specific requirements of off-road drivers. Competition fuel should use the latest technology and this is why the RB R&D department developed the RB Revolution R2, featuring the innovative Poly-Esther lubricant package that is said to increase the engine’s efficiency and significantly decreases the fuel consumption.

Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]

April 30, 2008

The Border – Special Offer

The Border - Special Offer

Our long time site sponsors, The Border, have been in touch to inform everyone of their latest special offer. For all Mugen MTX4 racers out there, The Border are offering 15% off all spare parts for this car in their shop. To claim these great savings simply order the products as normal and when checking out, enter the coupon code MTX4 in the special field and your order total will be automatically updated. Check out their MTX4 spare parts range here.

The Border also wanted to let everyone know that they now have the GRP 1/10th foam tyre multi boxes in stock.

April 30, 2008

RB Concept R3 RC engine

RB in France have released the first information on the new R3 RC touring car engine. This new .12 motor is based on the race winning standard R3 yet sports a number of new upgrades such as the orange anodised long stroke carburettor venturi, a new lightened hand made crankshaft as well as new extreme intake timing and a newly engraved low centre of gravity cooling head.

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April 30, 2008

Team Orion Vortex SL & 1:36 BL

Yesterday we showed you the first pictures of the production Vortex Experience and Micro 1/18 brushless motors from Team Orion. Today we have more first pictures from the Swiss company, this time from the brushless Vortex SL, a line of sensorless motors that have been designed for those racers that want high performance on a budget, with a speed version and a high torque version set to be released. Also new is the Vortex 1:36, a BL motor that brings larger scale performance to the smallest scales of racing cars, and when sold will be initially available in 2 different versions – 9500KV and 10300KV.

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April 30, 2008

Mario Sowka wins Austrian EP Rd1

The first round of the Austrian Electric Touring car Nationals were held recently at the RMC track in Vienna. Practice took place on Friday and Saturday under dry conditions and this allowed the drivers present plenty of time to perfect their setups for qualifying. In the qualifying it was local Xray driver Mario Sowka that claimed the pole position for the 3 leg A-main, in front of European buggy Champion Hupo Honigl driving a Tamiya while HB racer Thomas Pumpler took 3rd. In the final it was Pumpler that took the first leg, after Sowka made a mistake and dropped to 5th, but recovered to 2nd by the finish. In the 2nd leg it was Hupo that was leading early on but a small mistake and Mario was through to the lead and despite some more pressure, including a collision, the Xray driver could take the win. The final leg saw a collision early on between Mario and Hupo and this dropped both out of contention and allowed Pumpler into the lead, but he was followed closely by Patrick Gollner who could take the lead and leg win after a small mistake by Thomas and this result gifted the win the Mario Sowka, with Thomas Pumpler claiming 2nd and Hupo gaining the final podium spot.

Source: Action Line [actionline.at]

April 29, 2008

Daily News Round-up

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

> Bengt Andersson takes Swedish Victory – Link [serpent.com]
> Spy Shots of the prototype Bergonzoni R1 – Link [rcrevolution.net]
> Report on the ROAR truck Nats – Link [radiocontrolzone.com]
> Ben Cosgrove wins British Indoor Winter series – Link [teamxray.com]
> RB report on this weeks Euro B in Ampuis – Link [rbproducts.com]
> Vik dominatea “Race for Kids” at CVR – Link [kyoshoamerica.com]
> Photos of the HB prototype truggy – Link [neobuggy.com]