March 13, 2012

Romain Picard wins French 1/8th national opener

The opening round of the French 1/8th on road national championships was held in Neuville le Poitou last weekend. There weer 30 drivers in the Elite Class and 47 in the National Class and dry but cold and windy conditions greeted all the drivers. In qualifying for the Elite class it was former World Champion Adrien Bertin that took the pole position ahead of Stéphane Bouche in 2nd, while in the National class it was Nicolas Rosado with the fastest time. Adrien Bertin once again failed to make it into the final after problems in the semi final. At the start of the Elite final there was a close battle between Romain Picard and reigning French champion Arnaud Mathieu, but Arnaud retires after only a few minutes after an engine flame out. Stephane Bouche would take second position just behind the leader but he too hit problems. In the end it was Mugen racer Romain Picard that took the win.

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March 13, 2012

Alberto Garcia joins Highest RC

Highest RC have announced that top Spanish racer Alberto Garcia has decided to use their products in the 2012 National Championships and other races. In the past, Alberto used other well known servo brands but after testing Highest servos, Alberto has decided to exclusively use them in 2012.

Source: Highest [highestrc.com]

March 13, 2012

Rodríguez & Chalas win Nitro On-Road Series Rd3

The third round of NOS was held last Sunday at Barceloneta RC Track. In the Sedan Class was Guillermo Camacho set the TQ in the seven minutes qualifiers with a 19L 7:04.457. However at the tart of the A-main Camacho asked for a 5 minutes grace to fix mechanical problems and lost his starting position.  The battle started early in the race when Xray Driver Juan Rodríguez took the lead but Andy Báez driving his MTX-5 took the lead until 3 minutes to go when he stripped both gears and this allowed Juan, who was on the same lap, to retake the lead until the finish of the race. Guillermo Camacho was second and Fernando Méndez third.

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March 12, 2012

Alexander Hagberg joins Elangears

Alexander Hagberg, winner of the recent Snowbirds, got in touch to let us know that having used LRP chargers for most of his career he has changed electronics sponsor and will now use Elangears chargers and electronic accessories.

This Korean based company is manufacturing very high quality chargers with the best components available where the result is a reliable and well performing product. I have chosen Elangears chargers because of their modern look, user friendly interface and high performance. I will use their complete line of items where some are still to be released in 2012; chargers, power supply, tire warmer and power station.

Source: Elangears [elangears.com]

March 12, 2012

Novarossi sign Simon Willetts

Novarossi have announced the signing of front running British driver Simon Willetts to their team for 2012. The Mugen team driver will run Novarossi engines and exhaust systems to power his ride this season having previously driven for Team Orion.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]

March 11, 2012

Neumann fends off Martin to win 4WD in Belgium

Having taken an easy win in the opening 4WD Buggy A-Main Team Durango’s Joern Neumann had to fend off a hard charging Lee Martin in Leg 2, the German just hanging on for the win to secure the overall victory at the second round of the TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series.

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March 11, 2012

Martin takes 2WD victory in Belgium

Factory Tamiya driver Lee Martin has won the 2WD Buggy class at the second round of the inaugural TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series in Charleroi, Belgium. The British driver repeated his easy win of the opening leg with another tone to tone victory in the third A-Main to claim the top step on the podium at the Black Country Arena ahead of TLR’s Dustin Evans and EOS Round 1 victor Joern Neumann.

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March 11, 2012

Team Orion at the Dirt Nitro Challenge

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Filmed at the recent Dirt Nitro Challenge, which saw a dominating performance by Hot Bodies superstar Ty Tessmann, Marcus Gelhard has produced this piece for Team Orion with a focus on Joey Christensen’s signature event. You can also view the two videos that Marcus has made previously for Red RC here and here.

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