December 19, 2006

Mike Dumas and Team Brood split

Dumas and Team Brood split

So i was reading RC Tech and i came across this thread regarding Mike Dumas started by some bitter muppet with a chip on his shoulder regarding his breach of contract with Team Brood, but i like a bit of gossip so i kept reading and it turns out that there is some truth to the rumor. The breech of contract was been confirmed by Team Brood owner Eddie O who rather unprofessionally proceeded to air his dirty laundry and to also disclose certain pay related terms of their contract. Mike hasn’t replied yet and so he shouldn’t as it isn’t anyones business but his and the party’s involved in this dispute but I’m sure the petty digs insightful comments will continue to be posted on this thread for some time.

Have a read for yourself here.

December 18, 2006

Brunet wins Rd2 of French 1/12th Nationals

French 1/12th Nationals round 2

Our partner site RC Infos are reporting that Pierre-François Brunet has won the 2nd round of the French 1/12th National Championships held last weekend in Le Harve. Driving an Associated RC12L4, round 1 winner Brunet claimed TQ spot in qualifying by just over a second and then went on the win the event ahead of 2nd placed racer Jérémy Delalondre who was driving a Corally SP12X. The final step on the podium went to another Corally SP12X racer Walter Poller-Villard.

Source: RC Infos [rcinfos.com]

December 18, 2006

Petit RC Indoor off road Race 2007

Petit RC Indoor off road Race

Our French partner site Petit RC has asked us to put up an announcement concerning upcoming indoor off road event that they are organising. Taking place next year in the Palais des Sports in Maions Alfort in France on February 10th – 11th, the event is open to everybody but places are limited so get your entry in soon. There will be a lot of international racers at this event and if the track is anything like last year it should prove to be very challenging.

You can read more info about the event here.

December 15, 2006

Marc Rheinard joins Team Checkpoint & O’Donnell

Marc Rheinard joins Team Checkpoint & O'Donnell

Former World Champion and top international electric racer, Marc Rheinard has signed a multi year deal with Team Checkpoint and O’Donnell. Announced today, for the 2007 season Marc will run Team Checkpoints batteries and motors for his electric racing and he will also step up his nitro racing using O’Donnell products. Big news indeed for the fast German driver, who also announced an extension of his Tamiya contract, signing for 2 more years to the Japanese manufacturer. Marc leaves Team Orion and joins fellow former World Champion Atsushi Hara who signed a similar deal with Team Checkpoint earlier this year.

Marc is racing in the UK this weekend at the Neo Invitational event, driving a Hot Bodies buggy.

Source: RC World [rcworld.ch]

December 15, 2006

Ellis Stafford joins Nosram

Ellis Stafford Nosram

Top European off road racer Ellis Stafford has signed to use Nosram electrics in his cars for 2007. Having only recently signed to X-Factory, the 2005 European 4wd Champion has made a complete equipment switch for next year which will see him race the UK Nationals, Belgian GP as well as the World and European Championships.

Stafford won his first BRCA National buggy event in his first year of competition on the circuit, and took the buggy title both in 1996 and again in 2000. He has a total of 27 National wins, among the most of any active driver, placing him second on the all-time win list. He’s also won the European Championship twice in 4WD, 1992 with a Kyosho and 2005 with a Losi.

Source: Nosram [nosram.com]

December 13, 2006

Ryan Cavalieri dominates the Southwest Indoor Grand Prix

Ryan Cavalieri

In absolutely commanding style, top Team Orion racer Ryan Cavalieri showed everyone that he was the class of the field at last weekends Southwest Indoor GP in Arizona by TQ’ing all 3 classes he competed in and then going on to win all 3 as well. On top of that the top drivers from the event were put together for a showdown race called the Pro Challenge and Ryan won this too to take 4 wins in the one weekend.

Team Orion factory driver and off-road superstar Ryan Cavalieri was on hand to compete against some of the Nation’s best. Ryan competed in all three modified classes (2wd,Truck, 4wd), and by the end of practice, it was clear RC was the man to beat.

Read the full report here.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

December 12, 2006

Elliott Harper takes 3rd at Rd3 of BIWS

Elliott Harper

Young racing ace Elliot Harper continued his great form at the British Indoor Winter Series held at the Don Valley indoor track. Starting from 2nd on the grid after a mistake in qualifying, the round 2 winner, had a bad start in the final and ended up in 9th after the first corner, but recovered with a fine drive back to 3rd.

My “A” final start didn’t go to plan and a “glitch” on the first bend set me back. With all the other cars racing in from behind I took a swipe that spun my car around and out of contention and into 9th place. It took 3 laps for the car to settle back down but by this time I had been lapped by a number of cars. However, once the car settled down it was really pulling back and I started to power forward and move back up the pack.

You can read Elliott’s full report here.

Source: Mirage Racing [mirageracing.com]

December 11, 2006

EFRA clarify rule on Sintered magnets

2006 EFRA AGM

EFRA (european governing body) have released a notice regarding the introduction date for their rule change that allows sintered magnets, something we briefly mentioned back in the start of November. The guts of the statement are as follows:

The sintered magnets and delta wind will be allowed on EFRA races as from 02.04.07. This means, that the following proposal accepted by the section meeting at the AGM 2006 takes effect on 2nd of April 2007:
2.2b: b) Brushless Motor
d) Winding: Delta and Y wounded stators are permitted. Only circular
(round)pure copper is permitted. There is no turn limit.
Rotor: Output shaft diameter must be 0,125″ (3.175mm). Only one piece, two poles Neodymium or Ferrite magnetic rotors are permitted.

You can download and view the letter here (PDF).

Source: RC World [rcworld.ch]

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