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December 28, 2009

Czech Xmas Endurance 2009

As a relaxing way to work off the Christmas excesses, a fun three hour endurance race took place in Trutnov in the Czech Republic on the 26th of December. Teams consisted of two drivers using limited 17,5T brushless motors in their cars. A huge carpet track was built on a 20×30 meter area making a lap of 130 meters and so with the winning team achieving 672 laps, it meant a race distance of 87 kilometers. Eight teams took their place on the starting grid and by the end all but one team would finish. Batteries were changed approximately after 20 minutes and due to slower motors there were really small gaps between teams. In the end the team of Tom Knopp & Petr Grof, driving the Xray T3 emerged winners, 10 laps ahead of Zdenda Beneš & Michal Blahovský and Jiří Vyšín & Dan Nečesaný, the second and the third position teams only separated by 10 seconds after 3 hours.

Click here for the final results and more photos

December 28, 2009

HPI Challenge All Asia Finals 2009

The HPI Challenge All Asia Finals 2009 was held at the world famous Radio Controlled Speedway (RCS) Circuit in Bangkok, Thailand at the beginning of December. Drivers gathered from Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand to battle it out over 6 different classes. After 2 rounds of qualifiers on Saturday, the racers prepared themselves for their finals on Sunday which would see plenty of close racing throughout all the classes. In the Electric Powered Sport class it was Tanes M that took the win ahead of Vittaya L in 2nd, while Allister Lim from Singapore, who was running the new 4900mAh 34C 2S1P 7.4V Carbon Edition prototype from Acorn Racing, took 3rd after a win in the first leg.

Click here for the results in the different classes

December 27, 2009

2010 EFRA 1/12th scale Euros – Event site

The organisers of the 2010 EFRA European Championships for 1/12th scale in the UK have been in touch to let everyone who is interested in competing know that the event site is now online. Still in its early stage, the site contains all the basic information for this event which will be held in Hinckley, in the very centre of England, next March.

View the official event site here.

December 26, 2009

Tom Cockerill joins Speed Passion

Speed Passion have announced that front running British off road racer Tom Cockerill has completed a deal that sees him run Speed Passion’s full line of products next season. Tom, who only recently moved to British buggy maker Schumacher had the following to say about the deal:

After testing Speed Passion equipment I knew it was what I wanted to use for the forthcoming season. It is ultra smooth and runs very efficiently, leaving it cooler after a run than anything else I’ve used before. The Speedo’s are very easy to set-up and have enough parameter’s for any driver.

Source: Speed Passion [speedpassion.net]

December 21, 2009

Winners69 Year End race party

The Winners69 year end race party took place in the Miko Mall, Bandung, Indonesia last weekend and was sponsored by Winners69 Hobby Shop. The indoor carpet track layout saw a mix of technical and high speed sections and the race entry was open to 2 classes, 1/10 TC 11.5 R and Mini Class with the race format consisting of 3 x 5 minute runs for qualifying and 3 x 7 minute runs for the finals. In the Stock class it was young Xray Driver, Bowie Ginting who put in the fastest run to claim the TQ followed by Sewaka Ramadhani and Asdi. In the mini class, Imam Resi got TQ followed by long time racer, Yuri Taruna and Eric. In the Stock finals pole man Bowie made a very fast run in all three finals and won all legs to secure 1st place. Second place went to Sewaka Ramadhani followed by Asdi in 3rd place. It was a similar story in the Mini final as class TQ Imam Resi took first place followed by Yuri Taruna and Eric.

Click here for the results and more photos

December 20, 2009

Kevin Lee teams up with Vampire Racing

Vampire Racing have welcomed Kevin Lee to their racing team. As a European A finalist and winner of the BRCA 2wd National at Eden Park Raceway in 2009, he will use the entire Vampire Racing product range for 2010, and have direct input in the development of new Vampire Racing products for the upcoming season.

Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]

December 18, 2009

Paul Lemieux switch to Thunder Power RC confirmed

Having raced for his new sponsors at the KO Grand Prix last weekend, Thunder Power RC have confirmed the signing of Paul Lemieux to their team, bringing with him 13 years of RC racing experience. Among his many career highlights Paul currently holds seven on-road championship titles in electric touring car, electric modified touring car, nitro sedan and many other classes. His impressive career accomplishments include multi-time Snowbirds, Cleveland Indoor, US Touring Car, IIC Modified Touring Car and ROAR National Championship titles, along with multi-time IFMAR Worlds A-Finalist rankings. Paul brings speed, passion and the ability to not only represent Thunder Power RC by using, supporting and promoting products at races world-wide, but will also assist in the development and testing of many new TPRC products.

I joined Team Thunder Power RC after seeing how they and their products have performed in RC racing over the past year. Knowing TPRC’s history and stronghold in the RC aircraft and helicopter LiPo battery and charger markets, I know they are going to continue to bring new technology, knowledge and experience to the car market. With my experience and passion for racing and joining Team TPRC, I will have the ability to test and race using the latest in LiPo battery and charger technology. I am excited about the future of TPRC and am proud to represent them at all major US and International electric/LiPo events.

Source: Thunder Power RC [thunderpowerrc.com]

December 17, 2009

Speed Passion sign UK National Champion Ellis Stafford

Speed Passion have announced the signing of another top UK off road racer, current 2wd National Champion Ellis Stafford. Ellis will use the company’s Competition 3.0 motors together with their GT2.0 Pro speedo to defend his title next year and had the following to say about the deal:

With the many good comments I heard from other Speed Passion users I knew I had to try out the equipment to see if it is as good as people had said..and it certainly is!! The power is delivered incredibly smoothly and the speedo is easy to set up but with enough parameters for anyone. The plugs on the motor are a really nice touch as well and make last minute motor changes no problem at all. They are also very keen to progress more and with a very strong team I look forward to defending my 2wd British title and hopefully adding a few others next year with Speed Passion whilst working on future products.

Source: Speed Passion [speedpassion.net]