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May 3, 2016

Witsarut Roumlarp wins New RC Club Race Rd3

Last weekend the third round of the New RC Club Race series was held at the New RC track in Thailand with more than 70 sign-ups for the one day event. Witsarut Roumlarp would grab the TQ for the 45 minute A-main and he would jump into the lead right from the start but some five minutes into the race an error let him drop to 4th. Mongkolphan L. then lead the field until around mid-race when Meen V. held the top spot. With around 15 minutes to go, Witsarut Roumlarp grabbed the lead from Meen who would later run out of fuel sitting in second. This allowed Witsarut Roumlarp to cruise to the win in front of Paphon C and Witchapoom while Meen had to settle for fourth.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

May 3, 2016

1/8th Buggy Euros Warm-up Race – Announcement

The warm-up for the 2016 1/8th Nitro EFRA Off-road European Championships will be held from the 13th to 15th of May at the RC Redovan track in Alicante in the south-east of Spain. Registration for the event is open until the 9th of May and it can be found here together with additional information about the race that is open for all drivers with respective national licences.

May 3, 2016

HRC Racing pre-wired hardcase LiPo battery packs

HRC Distribution have introduced the new HRC Racing 5800mAh and 4500mAh hardcase LiPo battery packs. The higher capacity pack is made using 50C cells while the 4500mAh variant is made of 40C cells with both batteries utilising protective hardcases and they come pre-wired with T-type power connectors and XH balancer ports for save and convenient use.

View the 4500mAh pack here

May 3, 2016

Dirk Rischard joins ARC for 2016

ARC have announced the signing of Luxembourg’s Dirk Rischard to their team. The former Serpent driver will use the company’s R8.0 2016 nitro on-road kit during this year’s campaign that will include appearances at events such as the Luxembourg and German National Championships, the ENS and other major races. Dirk has to say the following about the deal:

I started my racing career with Serpent and want to thank Serpent Motorsport and especially Ronald, Jirka and Michael to have supported me during the last years. But now it is time for a new challenge and I’m happy to announce to team up with ARC factory team. ARC has one of the most competitive car on the market and I will represent ARC at all major races on the 2016 calendar including ENS, the German and Luxembourg championship as official ARC factory driver and I’m sure together we can achieve good results. I would like to thank Jones Chu and John Ermen for putting the trust in me and for this awesome opportunity. I can’t wait to work with the new team and really looking forward to see you on the track.

Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]

May 3, 2016

Ryan Lutz doubles at Pro-Line Gas Champs

The 8th annual Pro-Line Gas Champs were held this past weekend at the Pro-Line test track in Banning, California. As usual the event attracted some of the country’s fastest drivers including prominent guests from abroad, such as Sweden’s David Ronnefalk. The 2-day event saw three rounds of heads up qualifying on Saturday and the mains on Sunday and in the premier Nitro Buggy class it was Tekno’s Ryan Lutz who took the TQ and winning honours, leaving HB’s David Ronnefalk and Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst behind in second and third respectively.

Continue reading this report here

May 3, 2016

Intech ER-14 lightened aluminium motor mount

Coming from Intech for the ER-14 1/10th 4WD off-road buggy is a lightened quick change motor mount. Machined from 7075-T6 aluminium and coming black anodised the 2-piece sliding design motor mount reduced the overall weight while allowing for easier motor access and more convenient gear mesh adjustment. The part is a direct fit on the ER-14 buggy.

Source: Intech Racing [intechracing.com]

May 3, 2016

Jonathan Yeung teams up with Alpha

Alpha have announced the signing of up and coming Hong Kong driver Jonathan Yeung to their team. The Chinese National Champion will power his Tekno RC vehicles using Alpha’s competition engines and he has the following to say about the deal:

It is amazing to join the Alpha Factory Team and I am eager to run the Alpha engines in various nitro Off-road race. The latest Dragon III series is just perfectly match with my requirements in power demand at different RPM, low fuel consumption and extreme reliable under serious race conditions. I would like to take this chance to thanks for Alpha to offer me this opportunity to join the team. I am confident that Alpha engine can help me to achieve great results in coming IFMAR 1/8 nitro Buggy Worlds in Las Vegas!

Source: Alpha [alpha-rc.com]

May 3, 2016

2016 Red River Spring Fling – Report

Red River Spring Fling – Report

T&T Speedway in Shreveport, Louisiana was host of the Red River Spring Fling. The 3-day race brought together some of the best talent from Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. In qualifying, the high grip clay provided fast and extremely close qualifying in all classes. In Modified 4WD, Tyler Keel was able to take overall TQ honors by setting the fastest time in both round 1 and round 2. In Modified Truck, it was a back and forth battle over the three rounds between Cody Avant and Tyler Keel. Avant made two consistent runs to Keel’s one and took the overall TQ honors followed by Keel. The closest qualifying took place in Modified 2WD with Tyler Keel missing round 1 TQ by a few seconds. In round 2 Tyler Keel laid down the only 15 lap run in qualifying taking the TQ in that round followed by Mike Stoll and Drew Spurgeon. In round 3, with Keel and Brian Henn having one TQ each, they would battle it out for the entire 5 minute qualifier. Swapping back and forth throughout the race it came down to the final lap where Keel edged out Henn by a few seconds to take the overall TQ honors in Modified 2WD.

Continue reading the report here