The first-ever R/C onroad race event at the famous Circuit of the Americas F1 track in Austin, Texas took place over last weekend. Coordination on the part of HobbytownUSA Austin, the SouthWest Championship Series Committee, and several R/C racing enthusiasts at the Circuit of the Americas made this event possible. Both nitro and electric classes were run, which made for an exciting and unique experience.
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Last weekend saw the final round of UandesRC Opening Championship 2013. The UandesRC’s track is inside the University of Los Andes, located in the capital of Chile, Santiago. The final stage of the UandesRC Opening Championship started as a nice day, but the really low temperature conditions would made the correct choice of tyre compound crucial. The ranking previous to the final stage showed the first five positions with huge possibilities for anyone to become the new UandesRC’s Opening Champion. After a hard time in qualifying Alejandro Perez (Team Magic) TQ’d the 13.5T class with 15 laps at 5:12.349s, a new track record, followed by Tomás Ramírez (Xray) in 2nd and Nicolás Becerra (Hotbodies) in 3rd.
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Last weekend, I, along with over 200 other racers, had the experience to race at the ETS Finale at the Hudy Arena. I’m sure you’ve all seen, either through the reports here on Red RC or through the numerous posts on social networking sites from the weekend, the immense positive reaction to both the facility and the organisation of the race meeting. Whilst this was a rather special event, it did make me wonder what our expectations are of race meetings nowadays.
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The third annual Bring The Heat Race was held at Flowood R/C Indoor Park in Flowood, Mississippi July 19-21. TLR’s Adam Drake TQ’d and won both Buggy and Truggy. Adam’s tire of choice for qualifying was Pro-Line’s M3 Holeshot 2.0 in buggy and M3 Holeshot in truck. For the 45 minute finals Adam switched to Pro-Line’s M3 Blockades in both classes. Adam’s engine of choice was Novarossi’s Keep Off 4 in the buggy class and the Keep Off 7 in truck. Both engines provided great power, runtime and consistency for the 45 minute finals.
Jilles Groskamp has become the 2013 1/8th Track European Champion here in Halifax after a thrilling final saw him take the win after a race long battle with Brit Kyle Branson, Dario Balestri completed the podium. The finals day in Halifax began with a dry track, something that hadn’t happened many times during the week. Hot temperatures began the day but by the time the semi finals were out on track, it had cooled slightly. In the first semi final, Dario Balestri took a dominating win ahead of his Capricorn team mate Daniele Ielasi and Simon Kurzbuch’s Shepherd. Balestri finished on 78 laps in 1208.48 seconds with Ielasi on 77 laps in 1205.55 seconds with Kurzbuch just .91 seconds behind. Adrian Bertin took the final definite place with the new KM prototype car but Patrick Schafer would have to wait and see if he had made the final. The second semi final proved to be a much closer affair with Mark Green taking the win just .32 seconds ahead of the Shepherd of Groskamp. 3rd and 4th in the Semi A, to definitely book their place in the final, were Motonica’s Robin D’Hondt and Mugen’s Kyle Branson. A noticeable person missing from the final would be Robert Pietsch with the German taking his Novarossi powered Mugen to 8th position. Green’s run of 78 laps in 1201.95 seconds proved to be a whole 7 seconds faster than Dario’s winning time in the Semi B, putting Mark on pole for the 45 minute main final.
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Team Associated’s SC10 4×4 Ready-To-Run is a scale replica of the short-course truck raced by Kyle LeDuc in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. The SC10 4×4 RTR has a unique composite modular chassis design with sealed receiver box and removable ESC tray for easy maintenance. Other innovative features such as 13mm big bore shocks, a decoupled slipper clutch, and a hybrid belt/gear drive system make the SC10 4×4 unlike any other short course truck on the planet. In addition to these unique features, a long list of competition-proven components create an extremely high-performance and durable state-of-the-art race truck. A 2.4GHz radio system, metal gear steering servo, Reedy 550-SL 3500kV brushless motor, and a LiPo-ready ESC round out the Monster Energy SC10 4×4 RTR.
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Featuring the paint scheme of the truck raced by Eric Barron in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, the Toyota Racing SC10RS is a Ready-To-Run RC short course truck that features a water-resistant high-power XP brushless speed control, Reedy 3300kV brushless motor, and a water-resistant enclosed receiver box. Adjustable blue anodized aluminum V2 coil-over shocks and Short Course hex-drive wheels come standard with high traction racing compound rear tires for more grip.
The Avid carbon fibre ESC shelf takes conventional ideas one step further with our innovative slotted design. They created a versatile system that works with both stick and shorty battery pack types, as well as allowing for all popular battery brands/models. Racers can buy the ESC shelf “a la carte” or buy a set with 4mm Steel or Titanium threaded standoff posts. The sliding design with standoffs is simple and easy to use, with no stacks of washers to deal with when working on your car. In addition to shifting the ESC weight onto the centerline of the car, the slotted design lets racers run the ESC as far forward as possible, preventing too much rear weight bias which makes for poor handling. It also lets stick pack racers run the bullet plugs in the rear for short wires and to keep the weight of the cells forward.
