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August 30, 2009

Cockerill wins York Nats, Stafford wraps up title

Our friends at oOple are reporting on the final round of BRCA 2WD National series that took place yesterday at York Clubs brand new RobinHood Raceway venue. Tom Cockerill took early control of qualifying, absolutely dominating with a pace that no one could match, taking all four rounds of qualifying against the best the UK had to offer. Tom’s XFactory X6, powered by Vampire cells and Novak electrics lined up pole in the A final and only a mistake in leg two spoilt a perfect day, with Tom winning his first and very well deserved, BRCA National. Ellis Stafford also confirmed the overall 2WD national championship title by finishing 2nd overall to Tom, which was enough to leapfrog XFactory team mate Phil Sleigh and retain his title for the second year in a row.

Full report to follow soon on oOple.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

August 29, 2009

Copa Kaypira Round 3 report

The third round of the Copa Kaypira took place in Piracicaba, a city in the state of Sao Paulo. Early morning rain fell delaying the start of practice but by 11 AM it had stopped and the track dried up enough to begin practice, however the grip was very low following the wet weather. At 1pm qualifying began and in the RTR category it was João Victor Guimarães that took the top spot, breaking the 15 lap barrier with Daniel Paschoal a lap behind in 2nd, while in 3rd was Rafael. In the 1/10th Pro .12 category the TQ went to Luiz Bullo, while in second was four-time Brazilian champion Flávio Elias with third position going to Thiago Breneli.

Continue reading the report here

August 29, 2009

MRC Models Race 09 – Announcement

The MRC Models Race 09 is the first international electric buggy race to be held in Russia and takes place at the Pilot track in Moscow. Supported by hobby shop MicroRC.ru, hobby company MRCmodels.com and printing company Cherry Pie, the event will run from the 10th to the 13th of September. The use of LiPo packs is allowed and there is a control tire which will be the JConcepts Double Dee. Entry is open to all and further details can be found by e-mailing the organisers here (e-mail).

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August 28, 2009

Pro Tips with Jilles Groskamp – Part 4 & 5

Following on from the first three parts of our new series of videos that offers in-depth tips from pro drivers, comes the 4th and 5th part of this 5 part series with Tamiya Racing Factory team driver and new European Champion Jilles Groskamp. In these final two episode Jilles guides us through the last steps of assembling a complete Tamiya TRF416WE chassis from scratch, as well as showing us how to tweak the car to perfection and we even get to see the final product in action around the MACH track in Heemstede. Expect more Pro Tips videos in the near future.

August 28, 2009

2009 ROAR Region 4 Championships

Ocoee, Florida and Outtacontrol Raceway played host to the 2009 ROAR Region 4 Championships and JConcepts have the following report. Always an event that brings the best out in every driver within the state of Florida, the ROAR Regional’s displays the best of the best. With early wet weather conditions being a concern, the JConcepts team turned to the trusty combination of Crowbars in the buggy class and Cross Hairs in the 1/8th truck class, all in Soft Blue compound.

Continue reading the report here

August 27, 2009

Viktor Wilck dominates Norwegian Nationals

The Norwegian Nationals were run last weekend at the Lorenskog Modellbiklubb track close to Oslo. International Tamiya driver Viktor Wilck was present, following his impressive performance at the off road Euros in Spain, and he took the top spot after qualifying for the Modified class. In the finals Viktor was untouchable and won all 3 legs of the A-main to take the win from Xray driver Adrian Bernsten in 2nd and Hot Bodies driver Tomy Svaasand in 3rd.

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August 26, 2009

Xray Column – Testing Always last minute, Always new ideas

The 33rd installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj takes about fitting in development and testing of their various projects around their very busy Summer racing schedule.

As with every other team, we have worked very hard before this particular battle. Work has been done both off and on the track; the huge amount of work would not be feasible for a single person but rather required the combined teamwork of the racing and R&D teams. After the Off-road warm-up in Austria back in May, we were ready to participate at the official Nitro Touring Euros warm-up in Italy. However, due to some very important work and projects in the factory we had no free time and as such we had to skip the official warm-up and find an alternative date for private testing.

Read the full column here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 26, 2009

LiPo approved for 2010 IFMAR World Championships

The 2010 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Touring Car World championship will permit the use of LiPo batteries after agreement was reached at the IFMAR AGM between EFRA, who proposed the rule, and ROAR, who already permit the new generation power in their National Championship. Held during the 1:8 Onroad World Championships in Switzerland last week there was talk ahead of the electric section meeting that EFRA and ROAR could not agree on the dimensions of the LiPo packs as the European Federation proposed a smaller pack than those already permitted by the Americans, who since allowing LiPo have built up a list of 120 approved packs for racing. Gladly the two federations put the best interests of the racer first and on Saturday morning IFMAR Vice-President Dawn Sanchez confirmed to Red RC that LiPo will be permitted for the 2010 Worlds. Full details of the exact ruling on the LiPo packs which will be published shortly on the IFMAR website. The use of LiPo batteries has been adopted by most national federations and hopefully EFRA will add continuity to the sport at their AGM in November by approving LiPo for next year’s European Touring Car Championships.