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July 6, 2015

Ilias Arkoudaris leaves JQRacing

Ilias Arkoudaris has announced that as of July 6th he is no longer involved in JQRacing. Responsible for posting newsletters, press releases and race reports Ilias was part of JQRacing for many years and he has the following to say:

As of Monday July 6th I am no longer employed or affiliated in any way with JQRacing. After an 8 year old journey with the brand the time for a new adventure has come for me. Nothing is set in stone yet but there will be some good news soon! I can’t thank enough all customers and team drivers for their support and I wish them and JQRacing all the best for the future. In case any of the existing customers wish to contact me please use personal email account (iliasarkoudaris@gmail.com) or through my personal Facebook account.

July 6, 2015

Riccardo Berton scores at Novarossi Trophy

The Novarossi Trophy was held in Guassago, Italy over the weekend with the event attracting some of the fastest Italian drivers to race against guests from abroad, such as Adam and Ronda Drake. In the F1 Nitro Buggy class newly crowned European Champion B Riccardo Berton (Kyosho) brought home the win from Kyosho teammate Marco Natale with TLR driver Walter Floris coming in 3rd.

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July 6, 2015

Hannes Kaufler takes German Truggy National Title

Last weekend the German Nitro Truggy Nationals would take place in the South of Germany at the challenging track of the MCC Laupheim club. Qualifying saw a dominating performance for Hannes Käufler who TQ’d all five rounds to take the overall TQ in front of Alexander Schmitt, Maximilian Cordts and Andreas Ruepp. The “Senior” final Saturday night was an exciting affair with Guido Erler taking the 40+ national title in front of Andreas Ruepp. Sunday was equally hot both on an off the track. Hannes Käufler and Alexander Schmitt battled for the title with Hannes Käufler eventually taking the 2015 Truggy Championship from Alexander Schmitt and Fabian Hinderer.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

July 6, 2015

Picco nitro engine after run oil

Picco After Run Oil

New from Picco is a high-quality after run oil for nitro engines. The oils is made to prevent corrosion and other harm that can occur when storing engines without proper internal protection. Simply apply a couple of drops into the carburettor once you are done with the day and turn the crankshaft a couple of times to let the fluid spread within the crankcase and the carburettor.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]

July 6, 2015

Elliott Boots grabs BRCA 1/8th E-Buggy Championship

Round four of the BRCA 1/8th Truggy and E8 Nationals was held this past weekend at the Herts Nitro Model Car Club. Kyosho’s Elliott Boots was able to grab the TQ and win in the E-Buggy class and with it he also secured himself the 2015 National Championship title with one round to go.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]

July 6, 2015

Darren Bloomfield wins at BRCA 1/8th Buggy Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the BRCA 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals was recently held at the revamped Slough track near Windsor Castle. For the first time in many years, the competitors arrived at Slough to a completely new layout, rather than a tinkered one that could trace its roots back 10 years or more. The new layout offers a huge driving challenge, despite on the face of it looking quite simple. The track is very fast, but has numerous high speed sections that require extreme precision, and with some bumps thrown in the mix it meant mistakes were very easy to come by. Qualifying saw Darren Bloomfield, Elliott Boots and Neil Cragg challenging for the overall TQ, with Elliott taking it from Neil and Darren. The times over the last few rounds were very close as the drivers honed their set ups and worked on the tyre selections. Unusually for Slough the surface was very abrasive and causing high tyre wear for everybody.

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July 6, 2015

Kaja Novotny wins at KS Challenge Rd3

The 3rd round of the KS Challenge was held at the Kolin RC track in the three classes of 1/10th Electric Open, 1/8th Nitro Buggy and 1/8th E-Buggy. In the 1/8th Electric class Kaja Novotny (Team Durango) took the win from the Serpent duo of Vaclav Broz in 2nd place and 3rd placed Jiri Garbaczewski.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 4, 2015

6th annual Bring The Heat – Announcement

Flowood R/C Indoor Park will be hosting their 6th Annual Bring The Heat Race September 11th to 13th. Adam and Ronda Drake, along with Ryan Lutz will be returning to FRC and Richard “King Richard” Saxton will be making his first appearance at what is the biggest event held at FRC each year. The number of entries will be limited to the first 300 paid to allow for enough track time for each driver. The race will be run in 1/8th Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy, E-Buggy, E-Truggy and 1/10th SC classes and more information is available here.