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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 6, 2010

Acorn Racing Cup report

Acorn Innovations held their Inaugural Acorn Racing Cup (On-Road EP) on the 24th October in Glenmarie, KL, Malaysia, the beautiful track where the FEMCA Off-road race was held. The race was open F1 and Stock Touring and it attracted top racers around the region mainly from Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore with one common aim to be crowned Champion race and the eligibility for a 1-year sponsorship contract directly from Acorn Racing Factory.

Continue reading the report here

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he is running the new chassis with the steel tips, but more interestingly is the car’s rear chassis brace that has been replaced by a shock absorber from one of their 1/10th scale cars.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.

View more images of Adam’s car 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.

Check out the Drake here

November 1, 2010

R/C Flyers Italian GP – Announcement

The organisers of the R/C Flyers Italian GP were in touch to tell us about this year’s event which will be run from the 3rd to 5th of December in Brescia, Italy. Last year’s race attracted the likes of eventual winner Christer Andersson, Toni Rheinard and Simo Ahoniemi as well as Italian GP drivers Daniele Ielasi and Francesco Tironi. This year’s race is open to two classes, Open modified and Sport class, with both classes using a controlled tire. You can find out more information on the event by viewing the flyer here (PDF).

October 26, 2010

Vataniyapramote & Chaidajsuriya win FEMCA titles

The 2010 FEMCA Circuit Championships took place last weekend in Hong Kong for both 1/8th and 1/10th scale gas on road. With rain affecting the event it was Thai driver Suruth Vataniyapramote that took the win to lead home a Serpent 1-2-3-4 with Hong drivers Christopher Cheung and Choy Kam Man completing the podium. In the 1/10th class it was again a Thai driver, this time former TC world Champion Surikarn Chaidajsuriya that took the win from the pole spot in front of local racer Hung Cheung Hang driving a KM chassis, with Kyosho racer Jalaludin Azri Amri from Brunei taking 3rd.

View the final results here