Red RC » P On Road

April 12, 2010

Volker & Dankel defend German Indoor titles

The German Indoor electric touring car Championships took place last weekend at Geilenkirchen, a permanent indoor track that was open the whole week allowing everybody to get enough practice in. In the modified class it was Ronald Völker who took the TQ spot followed by Yannic Prümper and Christopher Krapp. In the first A-main Ronald went out with a broken spur gear, allowing Yannic to drive to the win followed by Krapp and Florian Bernklau. The second main saw Ronald have a good start and would win the final followed by Yannic and Christopher Krapp. The third and deciding main was like the 2nd with Ronald taking win and securing the Championship for a 3rd time, in front of Yannic Prümper and Christopher Krapp.

Continue reading the report here

April 12, 2010

Serpent 966 Link system

Seen at the World Championships last year, as well as other races, the new Serpent link system for their 966 chassis is now available. Consisting of 2 trackrods that connect the radio plate to the radio plate bracket, this allows the two parts, which were previously fixed together, to move separately of each other which allows the user to create and control the flex in the car. This upgrade requires that you have the latest radio plate bracket in which the required hole in the X shape has already been created, however it is a simple modification for those that don’t have this. Available at the end of April.

View more images here

April 12, 2010

Xray NT1 Ultimate rear springs

Xray have released a new rear spring set for the NT1 1/10th 200mm chassis. Powder-coated for easy identification, they have been developed from extensive testing and racing experience, and designed and precision-crafted to have a unique spring characteristic. Sold in a set of 2 springs, they are available from soft to hard in dark blue, l. purple, l. red, violet and purple.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 11, 2010

Kyle Branson wins BRCA 200mm Nats Rd1

The first round of the BRCA 200mm nationals was held at Stonehaven in Scotland last weekend where the Muchmore GP is usually held and reigning champion Kyle Branson sent us this report. Despite severe weather warnings the weather wasn’t too bad. Saturday was a wet start but eventually dried out after a few hours. The grip wasn’t too bad to start off with but gradually increased throughout the day. Our main aim was to try and lower tire wear, due to the nature of the track it was very high. My car was good all day Saturday and I managed to set the fastest lap just ahead of Adam Catchpole. Practice finished at 6:00pm and just after, the rain had started which lead to a wet Sunday morning. In the first round of qualifying everybody had to make a decision on what tire to use and most people went on a rubber tire. I set TQ just ahead of Adam Catchpole in second and Joe Kerry in third, In the second round the track was drying rapidly and I made a wrong choice on tires and Joe Kerry took pole just ahead of Johnathan Dobney. In the third round the track was basically dry and everybody was on normal dry tires. I set TQ on 20 laps with Joe Kerry in second on a fast 19 and Johnathan Dobney a couple of seconds behind him. In the final round I didn’t improve my time due to a mistake and the top 3 stayed the same.

Continue reading the report here

April 11, 2010

1st Annual Spring Carpet Nats – Announcement

The 1st Annual Spring Carpet Nationals is to be held at Glidescope Raceway and Hobbies will be run on April 24-25. Team Xray Driver Paul Lemieux has confirmed for the race, which is set to be a fun and relaxing setting with a lot of door prizes and some great racing. The track at Glidescope is 85×36 and has plenty of pit space and a stocked hobby shop on site and the race is open to 13.5 & 17.5 touring car rubber, 13.5 1/12th scale single cell as well as 13.5 World GT single cell.

For more information view the race flyer here (PDF).

April 10, 2010

Zdenko Kunak wins Czech Speed Passion Challenge

This most popular racing series in the Czech Republic, the Speed Passion Challenge consisted of 25 races including two international races, the very famous ETS and traditional Czech Grand Prix. For the Czech Republic this series have been something new and unique, because for the first time in history the series was promoted by 4 race organisers, who joined together to reach drivers from every part of the country. Because of this, in the final ranking there was 128 drivers, which is the most in Czech history for the stock category. Every driver competing used the Speed Passion Competition 3.0 13.5T motor and Xenon Racing MAX32 tires. The champion of first season was Xray driver Zdenko Kunak, while vice-champion was Hot Bodies racer Jakub Plechac, while Jiri Mara, driving also for Xray, completed the podium in 3rd. The series of course continues in the summer season as well, with 20 races and in addition to the Stock class there will be also be a Modified and Hobby class added. The series wanted to say thank you the different event organisers as well as supporters Mibosport, Lestr Models, Funny Cars and club RCA SVC Trutnov. Also a big thanks goes to Tonisport for it´s support, not only on the price giving ceremony, but throughout the season.

April 9, 2010

Western Australian F1 RC series rd2

Round 2 of the Western Australian Formula 1 RC series, sponsored by Ryper Hobbies, went north of Perth to the PRECC indoor track in Midland. With a change of surface from outdoor asphalt to indoor carpet, as well as no traction additive being permitted, it was shaping up to be a very open meet. Drivers scrambled to find the best set up without the aid of traction compound, and laptimes slowly dropped during practice.

Continue reading the report here

April 8, 2010

Euro Touring Series introduces Spec Speedo for Pro Stock

Our sport has seen some great advances in technology over the past few seasons. The introduction of brushless motors and LiPo batteries has made the sport a more level playing field and a lot more user friendly. Lately however the pace of electronic development has outpaced the sport for many with the latest Stock Spec Speedos become a major talking point. During our most recent events in the Czech Republic and Poland it was very easy to see that racing was being determined by the latest speedo rather than the individual ability of each driver and after racing it was clear that this was taking the fun out of our events for the majority of the Pro-Stock racers who have traveled across Europe with us to be a part of the Euro Touring Series.

Read the full statement here.