October 10, 2018

Tim Wood crowned BRCA 1/8th IC Track Champion

The final round of the UK 1/8th Circuit championship took place at the Brooklands Circuit in Kent in the South East. Saturday saw all racers have good track-time perfecting their setups for Sunday. After four rounds of qualifying John Carr (Shepherd) took his first ever TQ, followed by newly crowned 2018 Champion Tim Wood (Shepherd) and Neil King (Capricorn). A busy start of the Main final saw Tim take the lead which he never relinquished – completing his sixth victory of the year. John Carr finished 2nd with Andy Hastings 3rd making a Shepherd lockout podium.

View the final results here

October 10, 2018

Capricorn LAB C03 Full Flex System radio plate

Coming from Capricorn and made for the LAB C03 car is the Full Flex System radio plate. Cut from high-quality carbon fibre the radio plate allows to access various flex settings including a rear flex setting with metal bushings or optional plastic composite inserts.

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October 10, 2018

JConcepts Fall INS8 – Report

Last weekend the JConcepts Indoor National Series made its way into the great Northeast for the Fall Edition of the highly anticipated nationwide series. Now in the 8th year hosting the JConcepts INS, RC Excitement’s staff in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and local racers go all out to welcome travelers from all over the US for a great race weekend. Known to be the biggest race in the Northeast, Todd Anderson made this one special with all new LED lighting and fresh paint to add wonders to the feel of the event. This year’s track had terrific flow and was a great challenge to all racers as it featured two, very difficult to master, triple jumps that kept everyone in check. Miss the jump by just a little meant losing a lot of time on the track. With the tire choice being of very soft compound slick tires, staying in the line was paramount. Traffic awareness was crucial to your overall run as the key jumps required commitment and precision.

Continue reading the report here

October 10, 2018

Ultimate Pro-10 dual touch AC/DC charger

Modelix Racing have introduced the new Ultimate Pro-10 dual touch AC/DC charger. Offering two 100W outputs the device is good for up to 10A of charging current and it features two backlit LC touch displays, individual cell balancing, fast charge and storage modes, as well as input power monitoring. The charger is housed in a sturdy red and black anodised aluminium case and it is available now.

View lists of the features and specifications here

October 9, 2018

Bruno Coelho wins Cup of Portugal

The annual Cup of Portugal took place at CRB with 22 drivers in attendance. As a special guest, Xray’s Bruno Coelho made an appearance with the World Champion taking the opportunity to race on home soil. As expected Bruno showed a blistering pace with newly-crowned national champion, Serpent’s Hugo Miguel coming in 2nd and Mario Miranda following in 3rd. The start of the opening A-main was smooth, however a couple of corner later Hugo made a pass on Bruno with the latter trying to regain the position later which resulted in a crash of both. After loosing a lot of time the two tried to recover with Bruno ultimately bringing home the A1 win as Hugo had to settle for 3rd. A2 was a less stressful affair as Bruno brought home the win on new tyres easily, taking the overall with one leg to spare as Hugo came in 2nd this time. To not disturb the fight for the remaining podium spots Bruno wanted to sit out A3 but the other drivers asked him to take part anyway. Following a clean start Bruno later had a bobble over a curb, making way for Hugo Miguel. The now-leader drove his heart off but Bruno closed the gap in the closing stages and tried to find a way past, however holding tight lines Hugo was able to bring home the win and with it the overall runner-up spot from Nuno Duraes (Mugen) in 3rd.

Thanks to Hugo Miguel for the report.

October 9, 2018

Ty Tessmann wins at US Open Championship

The 2018 US Open Championship was held at Sun City RC Raceway in Canutillo, Texas on an old school, loamy dirt track. It was packed well and smooth and the shape of the track was a little different from the usual as it was 180 x 180 which made the back lanes far away and a little challenging to get through because of the distance. In the Nitro Buggy class and after the semifinals it was Mugen’s Ryan Maifield with the pole position for the main final from Ty Tessmann (Xray) 2nd and Cole Ogden (HB Racin) 3rd. The main was 60 minutes, so to would be good practice for the worlds. As the main started Ty was feeling pressure from Cole while trying to stay with Maifield and Tessmann started to push a little bit too hard and was hitting ruts that he shouldn’t have been. Cole would get by him, but then Ty settled down and just drove clean lines and slowly caught up to Cole again and passed him, then Maifield made a big mistake and Tesmann got by him and he would continue to create a bigger gap throughout the race and was able to hold onto the lead for the remainder of the race for the win in front of Cole Ogden and Ryan Maifield.

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October 9, 2018

Carsten Keller doubles at Messe Cup

The annual Messe Cup was held as part of a hobby fair in Leipzig, Germany last weekend. The race saw the running of several classes and it was Carsten Keller who took a double victory in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy categories. Carsten took the TQ in the Nitro Buggy class and he also came out on top after the 20-minute A-main to take the day’s win from Sebastian Winterstein in 2nd and Laurin Czypulowski in 3rd. Over in the E-Buggy category it was again Carsten with the TQ and with a clean sweep in the semifinals and dual A-mains he took his second overall win of the weekend, leaving behind Aaron Rönick and Yanic Grieger in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Mugen [mugen.eu]

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