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August 18, 2011

Reds Racing R5T buggy engine

During the European 1/8 scale Buggy Championships in Germany, Marco Rossi showed us the latest Reds Racing buggy engine, the R5T. Tuned by M. Rossi, the completely new designed long stroke 5-port motor features a new exhaust port with a booster function for increased acceleration, a new port design for better fuel economy, a new CNC-machined piston and an updated 14mm balanced crankshaft. Other features include ultra-high-quality Swiss ball bearings, a new composite slide carburetor and a cooled combustion chamber. Also new is a lightweight crankcase and cooling head with updated head design for a lower centre of gravity. The R5T will substitute the older XR line and becomes available starting from October 2011.

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August 18, 2011

Wischnewski tops first controlled practice

Continuing his free practice pace Dirk Wischnewski has topped the first round of controlled practice this morning at the 200mm European Championships in Ettlingen, Germany. The Xray driver set the pace over 7-minutes from Mugen’s Robert Pietsch with Italian teenager Biagio Spataro 3rd.

View our event coverage here.

August 17, 2011

European 200mm title up for grabs in Ettlingen

In the build up to all major championships the person to beat is the defending champion but at this year’s 1:10 Nitro Touring European Championships this is not the case with last year’s title winner Martin Christensen missing from the 121 car field here in Ettlingen, Germany. The eighth running of the EFRA event, three of the five 200mm Euro champions are present with Team Xray’s Dirk Wischnewski, the man who lost his title to Christensen in Sweden 12-months ago, and fellow German Robert Pietsch the men everyone else is trying to match as the third day of free practice is completed.

View our event coverage here.

August 17, 2011

Video – ROAR EP Offroad Nationals 4wd A-mains

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Following our coverage of last weekend’s ROAR EP Offroad Nationals in Union City, California, we now have some videos from both leg 1 and leg 3 of the 4wd A-main online. We hope to have more online in the coming days so stay tuned to our Youtube channel for updates.

View a video of A-main leg 3 here

August 16, 2011

Pro-Line Blockade SC sneak peek

Pro-Line have sent out a sneak peak of their new Blockade SC tire. Having been very successful at the 2011 ROAR Gas Nationals the new tire has been transferred across to this new SC form. Notable Features include revolutionary long lasting tread pattern which generates exceptional forward and side bite on a variety of surfaces and latest generation V2 SC wide carcass for increased contact patch.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

August 16, 2011

VRC Pro scheduled for September 1 release

The beta test of VRC Pro has been very successful and we have now taken a decision on the launch date of VRC Pro: September 1st. So mark this date in your agenda and make sure to check virtualrc.com out when VRC Pro is revealed to all r/c racers. Beta testers have been very active in testing all the features of VRC Pro and its content and the VRC World social network community, and the development team has been chasing all the feedback to iron out all the flaws. The platform is now very stable and is ready to go. The decision was taken to launch September 1st to have the complete VRC Pro team available for support and back-up after the holiday period.

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August 16, 2011

DJ Apolaro claims victory at Xray Challenge

DJ Apolaro was in touch to tell us about the first annual Xray Challenge held at the Control Freakz track in Chaplin CT. Kenny Ives has a great track that will be host to the 2011 Nationals later this year in September. He in conjunction with RC America held a great event. With Practice on Friday, Quals on Saturday and mains on Sunday. Come Saturday we would get 5 chances to try for the top spot and with rain possible for Sunday we did not know what to except. I decided to run both classes to test my package with the other competition and see where I stand and what I need to work on for the Nationals to come. Saturday started and my 1/8 scale was good. I was able to set a strong TQ run in the 2nd round. Having issues with my sedan not counting I decided to sit out the next round on 1/8.

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August 16, 2011

Martin Sørlie does double at Norwegian Nats

Last weekend saw the Norwegian Championships in 2wd and 4wd buggy held in IMSK-RC’s fabulous track in Torbustaden, Levanger. 2wd was held on Saturday, with sunny weather and perfect conditions for the 32 drivers in attendance. The track consists of high grip astro turf, with both fast sweeping sections and more tight technical turns, and making an error free run would not be easy. In the qualifiers, Andreas Daving showed great pace with his AE B4, and managed a brilliant TQ-time, 2nd qualifier was local hero Roy Gjemble running impressively fast with a rear motored TLR 22, and 3rd was Martin Sørlie running the usually more astro friendly mid-motored TLR 22.

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