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RC Racing TV’s comprehensive video report from Round 2 of the BRCA Touring Car nationals is online now. There has been a slight delay in publishing due to some rules clarification which effected the overall result as originally issued after the event on the 12th of June. So to find out the actual results and see just how wet things really were check out the video.
ROAR slightly updated their 1/8 scale brushless motor rules to clarify some parameters that are already in existence. These rules don not effectively change anything, they are simply to better define motor construction requirements that are already in place to avoid leaving loopholes open that could disturb the market.
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Together with an appearance standard for body shells and a clarification on rules for 1/8 scale brushless motors ROAR also introduced 550-size brushless motor specifications for the 1/10 scale 4×4 Short Course class. The specifications for 550 motors are only legal in the 4×4 Short Course category.
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The third round of the Portuguese national nitro 1/8 scale and 1/10 200mm championship was held at the Sintra track last weekend. Both classes were dominated by Bruno Coelho, the young driver having just re-signed with Novarossi to use their engines in his Mugen cars. In 1/8 scale he won by some eight laps ahead of João Malveiro (Serpent/Novarossi) and José Pequito (Xray/Picco). In the 200mm class it was again Bruno who won, this time by two laps, in front of Fabio Ramos (Serpent/Novarossi) and Rogério Araujo (Xray/Novarossi).
Hinckley Remote Control Car Club (HRCCC) in conjunction with DBoots and Durango are pleased to announce the first ever DBoots GP to be held at Hinckley’s new outdoor grass track over the August Bank Holiday weekend 28th to 29th August 2011. The meeting is for 2WD and 4Wd buggies and both classes will race on the same day. There will be four rounds of five minute controlled practice followed by a re-sort and then two rounds of qualifying on the Sunday. Monday will see three rounds of Qualifying and three finals for all drivers. Trophies will be presented for the top 3 in all finals and TQ in each class. Control tyres are the DBoots Multibyte #DB1001RA for rear axle in both classes. Front tyres are #DB10012A and #DB10014A with the ability to run 2WD tyres on 4WD and vice versa with the number of sets open in all classes. The entry fee is £20 and drivers get a free set of controlled tyres front and rear included in the price. Find more information and entry Forms on the HRCCC website in the forum section.
Source: HRCCC [hinckleyrccc.co.uk]
Last weekend the 2nd North Cyprus Champions League Challenge took place in the beautiful university facility near Lefkosa. Nearly 40 driver attended at the race and enjoyed the event which was perfectly hosted by Umut Turkay and the whole Team NCRC Group. All drivers participated in the Modified division and the race went smooth with lots of fun. The track was big and really technical. The carpet they used was the same as the well known ETS carpet which was also one of the reasons the competition was really good as traction was quite high. Thanks to everyone who made this race possible and I am already looking forward for my next visit in North Cyprus.
Jean-Pierre Roenicke is the new leader in class 1 of the Western German Championship 1/8 nitro on-road following his victory at round three. The race on the new track at Hamm was affected by rain on Saturday and Sunday. Beside Roenicke who switched from Serpent to Mugen only a few weeks ago it was only Serpent racer Ralf Vahrenkamp who started into the wet finale but was one lap down after 30 minutes. Fortunately the qualifying with four heats was run under dry conditions. Michel Salven caught pole position ahead of his Serpent fellows René Puepke and Karl-Heinz Meister with Mugen driver Uwe Baldes on fourth spot but these four racers refused to join the finale under wet conditions to leave Roenicke and Vahrenkamp for a “pas de deux”. In the ranking youngster Roenicke is now leading with 351 points ahead of Uwe Baldes (347). René Puepke is on third (345) followed by Karl-Heinz Meister (341) and Rainer Rosskothen (Mugen/330). So far 17 racers have collected points in class 1.
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The 2011 RC Force Challenge took place the weekend of June 18-19 2022 and was hosted by Ansan Jungwong Circuit. The facility had containers for racers to pit in, car cleaning station, snack bar, and two tracks. One for 1/10th racing and a larger track for 1/8th nitro racing. When the racing was finished there were lots of free giveaways to racers and spectators which included everything from air-filters to engines and signed wheels and a signed body from Adam Drake. Everyone played rock, paper, and scissors to determine the winners of the prizes. It was TLR / Novarossi driver Adam Drake who dominated qualifying with his 8ight 2.0 buggy. Adam used TLR’s 8ight 2.0 buggy, Novarossi’s BTTS engine and 9901 pipe, Spektrum DX3R Pro transmitter and Losi Digit tires with Losi’s closed cell foam. The final was 60 minutes and Adam’s buggy and engine worked flawless for the entire race and he was able to take home the victory.
Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
