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May 13, 2008

Lnenicka Ronny takes Rd1 Swiss Nats

The opening round of the Swiss electric touring car Nationals were held recently on the technical Schaffhausen track in Northern Switzerland. Qualifying in the Expert class saw Lnenicka Ronny, driving an Xray T2’008, take the pole postion from his team mate Mario Rigert in 2nd and Robitronic racer Sven Zünd 3rd. In the finals it was Ronny that took the win in the first leg ahead of Philipp Huber and Marc Bösiger, while in the 2nd leg it was won by Zünd just ahead of Ronny, with Bösiger 3rd once more. The final leg saw Lnenicka come good as he took the win, and this secured him the overall win with Sven Zünd taking 2nd overall and Philipp Huber rounding out the top 3. The Amateur class victory went to Philipp Tschupp in front of Adrien Duborgel, both with the Xray T2’008, while Christoph Schweizer took 3rd.

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May 13, 2008

Inferno GT Custom Foam bumpers

Kyosho America now offers custom foam bumpers for the Inferno GT and are specially cut to fit the contours of the two most popular bodies, the Aston Martin DBR9 and the Ferrari F430. The high-density foam bumper replaces the smaller stock unit for additional chassis protection, and it better supports the nose of the detailed bodies, preventing vibration and scraping against the ground. These custom bumpers simply bolt in place of the stock bumper and are a must-have for any IGT enthusiast.

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May 13, 2008

IIC 2008 – Entries now open

IIC 2008 - Entries now open

Scotty Ernst was in touch to tell us that the entry for this years International Indoor Championships (IIC) is now open. This years event will be back on the Las Vegas strip, held at the Riviera Hotel and Casino, which is located very close to where the old Stardust hotel was and allows access to all that Las Vegas has to offer. The new venue will take us back to the style that the inaugural IIC had with an intimate ballroom and great feeling. The classes for the 2008 IIC will be slightly different from the previous events and the organisers are very proud to announce that the IIC will be a 100% brushless event. Entrants may compete in a maximum of three classes, of those three classes a maximum of two touring classes will be permitted. To run three classes one must be 1/12 scale (World GT is being counted as a touring class).

For more information, and to get your entry in, go to the official event site here.

May 12, 2008

Copa de las Américas – Announcement

Copa de las Américas - Announcement

FAMAR and AAPARTT, the Argentinian National RC Federation, has selected AARBA (Asociación de Automodelismo Radiocontrolado de Buenos Aires) to run the first Americas Championships. This event will take place at the ‘Hernan Matticoli’ circuit on November 6th to 9th 2008 and is open to 1/8 and 1/10 on road categories. The organisers are looking forward to have the attendance of racers in both categories and from different countries and claim that this event will be a similar international experience like last years 1/8th scale World Championships, which also took place in Argentina.

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May 12, 2008

Kyosho Spada 09 RD-12EX body

Kyosho have announced the release of a new kit and body combination for their Spada 09, 1/12th scale gas powered chassis. The new combo comes with their all new high downforce RD-12EX, a body shell that improves rear grip and overall handling characteristics.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]

May 12, 2008

Manuel Singer wins Austrian Nats Rd1

The first round of the Austrian Nationals were run at the 300m long Kirchberg track, under dry and sunny conditions. Qualification saw the pole position go to Serpent racer Gerhard Kandelhart, with Xray driver Manuel Singer in 2nd and Stefan Mayerhofer in 3rd. At the start of the final, Pittner, Tomaschko and Kandelhart were able to quickly pull ahead of the main pack, while due to a driving mistake, Singer had an off and dropped back down the field. Back on the track and the Xray driver began to to catch those ahead and was able to take the lead and the win, finishing ahead of team mate Martin Pittner in 2nd and Daniel Tomaschko in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 11, 2008

ETS Andernach – LeMieux confirmed

ETS Andernach - LeMieux confirmed

The organisers of the Much More backed European Touring Series, which sees its final round of the 07/08 series take place in Andernach Germany, have confirmed that US superstar racer Paul LeMieux will be coming to round 4 on the 27th – 29th of June. Paul is looking forward to travelling to Europe to race against the some of the top drivers in the World, in order to help him prepare for the up coming World Championships later this year in Thailand. Paul is sponsored by US Xray and Hudy distributor RC America as well as Trinity, Protoform, Jaco and Futaba.

For more information about the event and where it takes place go to the Series page on our site here.

There are limited places left in both classes, so if you wish to enter round 4 of the ETS go to rcracecontrol.com.

May 10, 2008

RT Streamlined Stratus 200mm body

Seen at the Toy fair back in February, the new Streamlined Dodge Stratus 200mm body from Reckward Tuning is now available. EFRA legal (#2023), with the number in the correct spot according to the 2009 rules, the body offers plenty steering and allows you to drive your car quickly, yet smoothly. Supplied with the rear wing, window masks, the decals shown in the picture as well as a protective over spray film.

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