Red RC » Gas

April 21, 2012

2012 IFMAR World Championships update

The organizers of the 2012 IFMAR 1/8th scale offroad World championship have gotten in touch with us, finally breaking their silence on the event to confirm the location and the running of a warmup race for the event. The event itself will be run on an all new track is located on Highway Richieri in Club Aeromodelista Jorge Newbery, 7 minutes from Ezeiza Interncional Aiport and 15 minutes from downtown Buenos Aires (Capital Federal). In front lies an international resort that is accessed from the track by footbridge. The track will get its first race at the AAPARTT Cup which will be held from the 26th to the 30th of September, 2 months before the December date for the actual Worlds. The event has also got its own official website which hasn’t got any information yet but can be found here.

View images of the track site here

April 20, 2012

CJ Weaver wins Canadian Off-Road Shootout

This past weekend the 6th Annual Canadian Off-Road Shootout took place in Ontario, Canada. The three-day event gathered racers from across Canada and the United States. The 259 entries consisted of 90 nitro buggies, 48 nitro trucks, 77 E-Scales, and 44 short course trucks. The nitro buggy class was definitely the most competitive and anticipated race of the weekend. CJ Weaver was able to put himself comfortably in the A-Main event qualifying 6th on the starting grid. He got off to a great start and immediately moved up a few spots into 2nd place. As the race progressed, CJ slowly started to catch the leader. With just 5 minutes to go, he was only a few seconds behind 1st place. With consistent fast laps he was able to catch and eventually pass the leader for the overall win with his Novarossi powered XB9 equipped with JConcepts Green Hybrids mounted on Inverse wheels and a JConcepts Punisher wing.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

April 18, 2012

René Puepke wins 1/10 opener in West Germany

René Puepke has taken victory at round one of the Western German Championship in the 1/10 scale on-road nitro class which was held at Dormagen in the north of Cologne. Following a one-year-break Mugen racer Sebastian Buerge came on second at his comeback just in front of last year´s runner-up Andy Weyhoven with his Xray.

Continue reading the report here

April 18, 2012

Ryan Maker joins Serpent team

Serpent have announced that they have signed top Australian driver Ryan Maker to their team. Ryan will mainly run the Serpent 411 in the 1/10 EP TC class, but will also run the Serpent 966 in the 1/8 scale class. Ryan will continue to run Speed Passion electronics in his touring car and will run Reds Racing engines in his 1/8th scale.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 18, 2012

Báez & González victorious at NOS Rd4

The fourth round of the NOS was held at Barceloneta last weekend. After three rounds of qualifying was Guillermo Camacho who took the TQ honors in the Sedan Class, while in GT class was José O. González. In the sedan class during the 30 minutes race it was Andy Báez who took the lead from the start of the race. The battle for second and third start with Juan Rodríguez and Guillermo Camacho but some mechanical problems gave them a hard time. The first position looks secure, but after 10 minutes Baez’s MTX5 lost the second gear, the Mugen driver had to race 20 minutes with just the first gear but it wasn’t a problem to get the win. In second position was Norberto Rodríguez driving an Xray NT1 followed by teammate Guillermo Camacho in third.

Continue reading the report here

April 17, 2012

DeSoto Jr & Apolaro take Rd8 in Florida

The 8th round of the Florida gas on road series was held at Nuggets Raceway in Arcadia, Florida where the USA ROAR Championship will be held later this year. Racing in the Florida series is always very intense and this race was no exception with very exciting and competitive mains. In the 1/8th class it was a win for Joaquin DeSoto Jr ahead of fellow Capricorn/Novarossi racer Kenny Ives in 2nd just ahead of Mugen racer Rafael Angulo in 3rd. In the Sedan class it was DJ Apolaro who was the clear winner leading home an all Capricorn/Novarossi podium with Eduardo Cabal in 2nd and Junior Castellanos in 3rd.

View the sedan podium here

April 17, 2012

Drake & TLR clean sweep at TLR Winter Series

The 2012 TLR Winter Series has completed and it was a TLR/Novarossi/Pro-Line/Nitrotane clean sweep of both the expert buggy and truck class podiums. In the buggy class it was Adam Drake that took the series from his team mates Colby Poh and Drew Moller while in truggy it was another title for the Drake this time with Drew Moller in the runner up spot while Cody Smith completed the podium.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

April 17, 2012

Xray Grand Final Challenge – Announcement

Xray would like to invite everyone to the annual Xray Grand Final Challenge, which takes place at the Xray factory facility from the 4th to the 6th of May. The On-road Challenge is an open race where everyone can come to race and have fun. Martin & Juraj Hudy will provide technical support, and spare parts service and support are guaranteed at the event. The race is open to 1/10 Electric Touring Mod & Stock as well as 1/10 World GT and 1/10 Nitro Touring. Entry is now open and you can sign up here.