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January 23, 2007

Andy Griffiths wins Modified 1/12th National

Andy Griffiths

Even though Andy Griffiths had been crowned British Champion in 1/12th scale at the previous round of the Nationals back in December he still continues to push hard for the win, this time at the 5th round in Plymouth. Whilst in 19T he wasnt so fortunate, suffering a number of crashes during the final, in Modified class he once again lead the field home after starting from 2nd on the grid. With pole man Matt White, missing the starting grid and being forced to start from the pitlane Andy could take the lead from the start and easily win with his brushless motor driven car ahead of Keith Robertson who finished 2nd.

Source: Mirage Racing [mirageracing.com]

January 23, 2007

Jilles Groskamp confirmed to race NT1

Xray have posted a piece on their site confirming that top Team Xray racer Jilles Groskamp will race the NT1 along with his electric duties. His first race will be at the Winternats at the start of February and this statement was probably issued to remove any doubt over what gas cars he will race having done several important races for Serpent last year.

…and additionally will join the team to support and run the new XRAY NT1 in nitro touring car races. Jilles will debut the NT1, together with the rest of Team XRAY, at the upcoming US Winternationals in Florida.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 22, 2007

LRP Carpet Wars, round 3

Helger Racing have the full report on the recent running of round 3 of the LRP Carpet Wars. The event played host to 3 touring car classes, Stock, 19t and modified and in Stock it was Elliot Boots all the way, who managed to take both the TQ spot as well as win the overall event. In 19T, Mark Stiles took the win after a close battle with TQ Nathan Parker, who eventually finished 2nd, whilst in Modified class Glenn Doman was unfortunate after taking the TQ spot and one final leg win but a 9th place in leg 1 meant that he couldnt do better than 3rd and so Keven Brunsden took the overall win ahead of Andy Childs.

You can read the full report from the event here.

Source: Helger Racing [helgerracing.com]

January 22, 2007

Diggity Design release the 3D12 and CD12

Diggity Design CD12

Diggity Designs have released official information on their new 3D12 and CD12 as well as some nice pictures. Last week we showed you the 3D12, so in the picture above you can see the prototype CD12 (the released car will be black metal and carbon), which allows the cells to be mounted sideways whilst the 3D12 allows for centrally mounted cells.

The new rear pivot is ultra light and easy to replace when/if broken. It uses a milled nylon 6/6 block and a TC4 shock bottom ballcup together with low profile hex ball. Both versions utilize the new ballcup pivot with CRC one-piece side links and rear spring design wich makes this the hottest pivot set-up available and only found here at Diggity Designs!

Check out the images of the cars here and the full information here.

Source: Diggity Designs [diggitydesigns.com]

January 21, 2007

R1GP Winter Attack Indoor Carpet Race Rd2

The second round of the R1GP Winter attack Indoor Carpet race took place last weekend, once again on the great indoor carpet track at the Olympic Gymnastic stadium in Seoul. About 100 drivers showed up for the event, co organised by our site partner RC Forum, and the racing was tight with round 1 winner Ji Hyun Jang taking the win in the modified class ahead of Sang Jun Nam in 2nd place and Bon Gi Goo taking 3rd position.

Read the full report here and here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 19, 2007

Diggity Designs 3D12

A while back we wrote about the upcoming release of the new 3D12 and the CD12 1/12th pan cars from Diggity Designs. Well the cars still wont be available to the general public for another 2 weeks but the 3D12 has been spotted on RC Tech belonging to owner Sean B. The car features an innovative rear floating system as we mentioned before and the quality of the overall kit appears to be top notch but we hope to bring you more details when the car is released.

Source: RC Tech [rctech.net]

January 18, 2007

Marc Kreisig wins Rd2 of RCM Cup

In his debut race using the .12 spec 1 RR engine from Axial, Kyosho driver Marc Kreisig has won the second round of the RCM Cup held at the indoor Race Center Munzig. In qualifying Kreisig could only manage 4th position, despite setting a new lap record, behind Ralf Krause, Andreas Giesa and Thomas Fischer. In the race however he had to start from the pit lane but could fight his way back up to 2nd place and, after a mistake from Ralf could take the lead and never looked back to take the win.

Source: Robitronic [robitronic.eu]

January 18, 2007

Kawada M300 RSX 1/12th scale

Kawada M300 RSX

Kawada have released their new M300 RSX 1/12th scale chassis. A small update from the previous car the changes include bigger stabilizing shock absorber, thicker chassis plate and a slightly longer wheel base.

View more pictures of this chassis here.

Source: Kimihiko Yano [kimihiko-yano.net]