Red RC

June 8, 2016

Felix & Coelho win at Portuguese IC Track Nats Rd3

Round three of the Portuguese Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Maia track in Porto in the North of the country. The first dry race of the year had Bruno Coelho taking the TQ honours in both the 1/8th and 1/10th classes. The 1/8th A-main then saw an entertaining battle between Bruno Coelho and Hugo Exposto, with the latter putting much pressure on the World Champion. Some 11 minutes into the race Hugo forced Bruno into an error, allowing Hugo to take over the lead. Bruno then ran into more trouble as he crashed with a stopped car, breaking his car’s second gear and letting him drop to fifth. Pushing hard Bruno was able to recover to end the race in second place behind winner Jose Felix while Hugo Exposto completed the top 3.

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June 8, 2016

Eduardo Escandón sweeps Modified class at SNS Rd3

The recent third round of the Spanish National Series saw Eduardo Escandón (Yokomo) taking the TQ honours in the Touring Modified class. Setting a new fastest lap and track record, the nitro on-road expert left David Pérez (Xray) behind in second place while Gonzalo García (Yokomo) rounded out the top 3 after the five rounds of qualifying. The opening A-main on Sunday then saw David taking the win from Edu as the latter ran into problems. Beto Rivera (Xray) completed the top 3 in A1. The next two A-mains then had Edu dominating the proceedings, taking convincing wins in both legs to take the overall win from David Pérez and Beto Rivera.

Source: SNS [snseries.com]

June 8, 2016

Exotek introduce new XB2 carbon fibre & alloy options

Exotek have introduced new carbon fibre and aluminium option parts for the Xray XB2 2WD buggy. First up is a 2.5mm carbon fibre bottom plate fitting both the carpet and dirt spec kits. Quasi weave construction insures proper stiffness while the lightweight material makes this chassis weigh in at only 84 grams, 42 grams lighter than stock. The bottom plate is a direct replacement for the stock part.

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June 8, 2016

SRP 6000mAh Stock Spec LiPo battery

SRP Quality Products have introduced their new 6000mAh 100C Stock Spec LiPo battery pack. Specially developed for stock racing classes the 2S hardcase battery utilises 100C high-performance cells with a low internal resistance and a flat discharge curve for maximum power over the whole run. The pack weighs in at 295g, it makes use of standard 4mm connectors and comes including a pre-wired balancer wire with XH balancer and Deans-type power connectors.

Source: SRP [srpqualityproducts.com]

June 8, 2016

Mario Spiniello takes Italian 200mm title

The iconic Gubbio track recently played host to the 2016 Italian 1/10th 200mm nitro championships. In the main final Mario Spiniello (Xray) took the win after a flawless race that saw Mario making a super-fast tyre pitstop that promoted him into the 1st place around the 25 minute mark. In the closing stages Mario only had to control a 3-second gap to teammate David Loppini (Xray) who was on a different fuel strategy with one additional pitstop. Behind the two Dario Balestri (Capricorn) completed the podium result in third.

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June 8, 2016

Hungarian RC Offroad Series Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Hungarian RC Offroad Series was held in Homokbodoge in several electric and nitro classes including E-Buggy, E-Truggy and Nitro Buggy. Sunday morning’s qualifying saw Sándor Paár (TLR) taking the TQ spot in E-Truggy, Peter Loncsar (TLR) grabbed the TQ in E-Buggy and Gergely Csekő (TLR) took the TQ in Nitro Buggy. The Nitro Buggy main then also brought the closest racing as Gergely Csekő (TLR) managed to take the win in the 30-minute final by only 0.238 seconds in front of Peter Loncsar (TLR) while Adam Izsay (Mugen) rounded out the podium further 10 seconds behind.

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June 8, 2016

Belgian SCT Cup Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Belgian SCT Cup was held at the BPT club’s astroturf track. The drivers were greeted by a new surface and track layout with the latter being even more technical with a huge step-up sequence and nice off-camber turns while overall the grip level was lower than before. Rain the week before the race let the surface being slightly damp even on Sunday, making tyre choice crucial this time. In Pro2, Géry Ledocq (Kyosho) started off with the TQ in round one ahead of Edouard-Benoit Michez (Team Associated). Géry snatched another TQ in the second round ahead of Nicolas Evens (TLR) while in the third and final round, Géry broke his truck on the second lap, allowing Nicolas to win the qualifier ahead of Tom Pierard.

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June 8, 2016

Chicha Rioja wins at Spanish National Series Rd3

The third round of the Spanish National Series was held at the Club Automobilismo Gijon in the North of the country. In the Touring Stock class Rafael Ortiz (ARC) would grab a very narrow TQ from Chicha Rioja (Yokomo) who was only 0.03 seconds behind. The entertaining triple A-mains saw Chicha taking the win in A1, a fourth place in A2 and the runner-up spot in A3 but overall he would walk away with the win from pole position holder Rafael while Tony Mur (Xray) completed the top 3 result.

Thanks to Edgar Schultz for the report.