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October 21, 2009

Hepp and Buerge first champions in NRW Challenge

Tobias Hepp in the 1/8 class and Sebastian Buerge in the 1/10 class are the first champions in the newly established NRW Challenge (NRW = German State North Rhine-Westphalia), a series of three races held in the last three month on the permanent tracks of Dueren, Oberhausen and Bad Breisig. A total of 72 racers, 32 in 1/8 scale and 40 in the 1/10 200mm category entered the three races which all were held at positive atmosphere and with hot racing action. The main characteristic of this new championship has been long races with 30 minutes for semis and 45 minutes for the finals. These unusual long and exhausting racing times have been highly accepted by the drivers and a new experience for most of them. The NRW Challenge will be continued in 2010 with three to five races administered through the whole season.

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October 20, 2009

DHI Cup 2010 – Announcement

DHI Cup

The organisers of 2010 DHI Cup were in contact to tell us that entry for this great event will begin at 19:00 CET on the 22nd of October. The race takes place from the 8th to 10th of January in the same venue as 2008 and 2009, the Sport Arena in Odense, Denmark and is a must for all serious electric racers. This year Modified and Super Stock class drivers will get 1 set of controlled tires included in entry fee. The Super Stock class has a limit of 130 drivers while in modified its 90 drivers, so be sure to get your entry in early to avoid disappointment. To avoid the issues they had last year, a brand new carpet is to be used at this event and it will be same that was successfully used in 2008. New for this year’s event EFRA Spec LiPo cells are allowed.

Visit the official event site here & place your entry here.

October 20, 2009

Adrien Bernsten wins Norwegian Championships

Very late in the season, at the beginning of October, the Norwegian Championship 1:8th scale IC track was held at the Hvervenbukta Raceway in Oslo, which was the venue for the Euros back in 2003. Despite cold and humid conditions the fastest laptime in practise was 12,65 sec which is below the track record from 2001. Unfortunately it rained during the night and on the morning of the race day most of the race was run under wet or semi wet conditions. Shepherd racer Adrian Berntsen already showed his strong performance during qualifying by winning every single qualifying round and taking the TQ for the 45 min final in front of Lars Haugen, Arntzen Erik and Helge Johannson. The final could be started under dry conditions and Adrian showed a perfect performance leading from start to finish. Besides the fuel stops only 7 laptimes out of 191 were over 14,000 sec with the best lap being a 13,503. With a gap of 4 laps he crossed the finishing line in first position in front of Lars Haugen (Mugen) and Rasch-Olsen Frode (Mugen).

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October 20, 2009

Serpent 733 Solid front axle

New for the Serpent 733 1/10th scale 200mm chassis is this solid front axle. A combination of strong spring steel axle with an aluminium pulley flange, both the steel axle and the aluminium part have been lightened as much as possible. A nice tuning option, the same pulley from the front differential can also used for this spool.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 20, 2009

Rodrigo Pahissa wins Spanish 200mm Rd5 takes title

The 5th and final round for Spanish 1/10 200mm took place last weekend in Madrid at Club ARCA Track. It was an extremely interesting round, since the overall title fight was really tight involving more than 10 drivers with a real chance to win the National title. The weekend looked great for racing, sunny and over 24ºC and over 80 drivers were in attendance. The Saturday qualifying round showed a close fight for the TQ, with the Top 3 almost in the same laptime with a tight duel between the Pahissa Brothers.

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October 20, 2009

Touring Mod Rubber added to Snowbirds

The 2010 Snowbird Nationals classes are now posted, and this year features the addition of Touring Modified Rubber to the lineup. Racers will be dueling it out in eight road classes and eight oval classes this year, which is less divisions than year’s past, making for bigger car counts and more racing excitement. Check out the classes, schedule, and more all on-line now. Entries will open early to mid November.

Source: Snowbirds [snowbirdnationals.com]

October 19, 2009

Capricorn RC performance brake pads

Coming soon from Italian company Capricorn RC are these new NT1 brake pads. Featuring a special red brake pad material, they offer a smoother braking performance than the standard kit versions. Sold in a pair, it includes two pads and two metal brake plates and comes supplied with 2 springs for helping disengage the brakes.

Source: Capricorn RC [capricornrc.com]

October 19, 2009

Stiles does the Double At BRCA 1/12th Rd1

Last weekend saw round one of this winter’s BRCA 1/12th scale nationals take place in Crewe. The meeting saw most of the familiar faces in attendance along with the return of one or two names who haven’t attended the nationals for a couple of years. The most notable of these was Olly Jefferies, who will be driving an Associated R5.1 in this year’s championship. Last years champion Elliott Harper and former European Champion Andy Moore will also be at the next round, but were absent at this meeting due to International racing commitments.

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