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November 7, 2010

WC Pattaya – New in the pits

Continuing on with finding new stuff in the bits, we sat down with World Champion Atsushi Hara, who showed us his new self developed cab forward body shell. He has test this new body extensively and found it to have lots of downforce, thanks to not only the front cab, but the ridges going up the side of the cab as well as the rear winglets. This space behind the cab allows cleaner air to reach the wing for better balance, which he has found using one from another manufacturer. The body is expected to be released next month.

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November 6, 2010

Drivers start to arrive at RCP

Saturday has come and gone here at RCP in Pattaya, Thailand with little or no activity apart from a few racers dropping by to check out the track. People’s first impressions is one of awe, with all those visiting for the first time expecting it to be a very difficult track to conquer. With race registration beginning tomorrow we expect all competitors and manufacturers to be trackside so expect more in the line of updates then.

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November 4, 2010

Wayne Joelson retains SA title with Rd4 win

The 4th and final round of the 2010 South African On Road Gas Nationals took place at the TRAP facility just outside the city of Pretoria recently. Taking TQ in the 1/8th scale class, the only driver to run 18 laps in the qualifiers, was current SA Champion Wayne Joelson driving his Novarossi powered Mugen Seiki MRX4X. The final, which had to be shortened to 40 minutes due to threatening weather, saw Wayne take victory by 5 laps ahead of team mate Faizel Salie in 2nd and Serpent driver Dave Wiseman in 3rd, a lap further back. This results sees Wayne retained his drivers’ title, with Steve Munslow taking 2nd spot in the Championship.

Thanks to Wayne Joelson for the update.

November 4, 2010

Losi 8ight of Mike Truhe

Having shown you photos of Adam Drakes Losi 8ight yesterday, team mate and top qualifier at the 2008 Worlds Mike Truhe has posted photos of his WC ride on Facebook. We can’t see but presume he is running the new chassis with the steel tips, but more interestingly is the car’s rear chassis brace that has been replaced by a shock absorber from one of their 1/10th scale cars. Its travel has been limited as you would expect and is an interesting option giving a mid way point between a stiff chassis with brace installed and a flexy chassis without the brace.

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November 3, 2010

Losi 8ight of Adam Drake

With the Losi team finished all their pre event testing for next week’s World Championships in Thailand, Adam Drake sent us these photos of his race ready 8ight chassis. An interesting feature of the car is the strengthened chassis plate which sports steel tips set flush into the front and rear ends of the chassis to protect it from the highly abrasive and damaging Pattaya track. By only replacing the extremities of the chassis plate, the additional weight is kept to a minimum, but durability is increased dramatically.

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November 3, 2010

US Open Championship – Announcement

Kissimmee Raceway have been in touch to tell us about the 5th running of their annual US Open Championship that takes place at their facility from the 19th to 21st of November. Open to 1/8th on road nitro and 1/10th scale 200mm the format consists of 4 rounds of qualifying with triple A-mains for all classes. Entry is now open and you can find more information, including entry form, at the track site here.

November 3, 2010

Final test day for Team Losi before Worlds

With the World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand only days away, Team Losi have been busy getting in some last minute track time before getting on the plane to go to Asia. Adam Drake and Mike Truhe went for some final prep work at Revelation raceway giving their Worlds ready Losi 8ight chassis’ a final shakedown. Red RC will be trackside in Pattaya from this Friday onwards so be sure to tune into our event page for updates.

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November 2, 2010

Nicolas Rodriguez joins Serpent team

Serpent have announced the signing of Nicolas Rodriguez to their French 1/8th off road team to drive the S811 Cobra. The former French Cup winner and European Championship runner up, will power his car with RB engines and expects to race the full line up of French races next season as well as the Euros in Germany next summer.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]