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March 29, 2016

Michael Walton wins BRCA 1/8 Circuit Nats Rd1

The first round of the BRCA 1/8 Circuit Championship took place at the Cotswold Model Car club over the Easter weekend, with the new addition of an electric class to run alongside the nitro powered cars. With one of the highest number of drivers booked in to race within recent years, we were in for a great first round, unfortunately the British weather had other ideas with heavy downpours throughout the weekend. Qualifying saw mixed track conditions with low grip, which left a few big names in the B-final, Steve Scott secured a superb pole position for the 30 minute A-final from Clive Connolly and John Carr.

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March 29, 2016

Lars Hoppe teams up with Brilliant RC

Brilliant RC has announced the signing of German 1/8 on-road front runner Lars Hoppe. The multiple ENS, German championship and Euro B finalist will use the Brilliant accessories as well as Brilliant fuel for the upcoming season. Lars had the following to say:

I’m really happy to join the Brilliant RC team and to use these brilliant accessories, especially the great ball bearings and Brilliant RC fuel. These products will get the best out of my ARC car and REDS engines.

Source: Brilliant RC [brilliant-rc.com]

March 28, 2016

Jared Tebo takes 6th Neo win

Jared Tebo has taken an impressive 6th win at the Neo race today in the UK. While it was last year’s winner Ryan Cavalieri driving for Associated that took the top spot after qualifying it was the Kyosho racer that would start the 45 minute main from pole after winning his semi final. Starting up front Jared tried to build up an early lead by pushing very hard from the start. Surviving an early attack by a very fast starting Ryan Lutz, the Tekno driver’s race would however end very early with an engine bearing failure. This left Cavalieri back into 2nd to lead the charge on Tebo and it looked to be close as they swapped fastest laps, however by 2/3rds of the way through the race Cav had dropped back into he grasp of a fast charging Cody King as the pace from the leader up front was relentless. With 12 minutes to go King would make his way passed Cavalieri but Ryan got his head down and 2 minutes later made his way passed in a long pass that lasted several corners. Just as both were coming up to their final stop King would flame out leaving Elliott Boots up to 3rd which for a time would become temporarily 2nd as Cav took his final stop. With the final stops out of the way it was Tebo who would take the win, never slowing in his quest for a 6th win, a huge mental boost ahead of the Worlds in Vegas later this year. Cavalieri took the runner up spot some 16 seconds back and off the lead lap with Elliott Boots putting his Kyosho on the podium some 8 seconds further back. Cody King would end the race 4th with Davide Ongaro rounding out the top 5.

Image: Neo Buggy [neobuggy.net]

March 27, 2016

Jerome Aigoin wins French season opener

The opening round of the French 1/8th Offroad Nationals took place this weekend, once again unfortunately clashing with the Neo race. Held in the centre of the country in Limoges it was JP Sartel who would take the top qualifying spot ahead of fellow TLR driver Jerome Sartel, with Jerome Aigoin (Kyosho), Yannick Aigoin (Xray) and Rayan Medjoubi (Kyosho) completing the top 5. Rain on finals day and differing track conditions between both semis meant the semi finals would see some big names not make the main event such as Jerome Sartel and Yannick Aigoin. It was Ryan Medjoubi, with his win in the A Semi who would start the 30 minute A-main from pole position, but it was his Kyosho team mate who would take the win in what was a close race among the top 4. JP Sartel would take the runner up spot at the flag, while Medjoubi would come through to complete the top 3, just 3 seconds up on 4th place Tom Robin.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

March 27, 2016

Jitse Miedema takes 2016 Dutch F1 Masters

This weekend the Heemstede track played host to the International Dutch F1 Masters. Friday started with free practice without heats and at the end of the day there were 2 rounds of free practice heats which saw Jitse Miedema with the best pace followed by his brother Tjitte Miedema and Milan Holthuis. Saturday was a nice day with the sun shining and all drivers having fun. Following 2 rounds of controlled practice it was last year’s winner Jitse who had a really good pace with the fastest time in the controlled practice followed by Roy Bakker and Sidney Blokker. Qualification was up next and it was again Jitse on position 1 followed by Milan Holthuis and Stephan Beelen. On Sunday the beginning of the day was a little bit wet what offered up some surprises but in the first final it was business as usual for Jitse who took the win followed by Milan and Sidney. In A2 there was a crash in the first lap but for the rest of the final the guys shows a good pace and clean racing. It was Jitse who would bring home the win and take the overall win for the IDFM 2016 followed by Milan and Tjitte. In the 3rd final it was again Jitse followed by Milan and Niels.

View the final standings here

March 26, 2016

Tekno RC XT 3-piece hex wrench set

Tekno RC’s popular XT hex wrenches are now also available as a 3-piece set including 1.5mm, 2.0mm and 2.5mm tools. All make use of ergonomically-shaped alloy handles and they utilise new, harder and more durable tool tips that are also available separately to update existing tools. On top of this Tekno now offers a lifetime warranty for all of their tool tips, no matter if they are broken, bent or just worn out Tekno will replace them for free.

Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]

March 26, 2016

Mibosport Cup 2015/16 – Season review

The 2015/16 Mibosport Cup held its season finishing final round last weekend with the series attracting a total of 487 drivers of which 245 attended in the off-road classes while the on-road categories drew a total of 242 entries. This season drivers from 9 countries including Slovakia, Austria, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Great Britain, Estonia, Finland, Switzerland and the Czech Republic made their way to the Hotel-Sport in Hrotovice.

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March 25, 2016

New Serpent SRX8 teaser images

Serpent have released a couple of teaser images of their forthcoming SRX8 1/8th scale nitro off-road buggy. According to Serpent the vehicle will feature “stunning standard equipment and cool innovations” while being “performance packed and made to last”. Some of the visible features include a newly designed radio box, updated linkages, as well as the Avenger bodyshell and a new flat medium downforce wing as standard. More information should become available by the end of the month.

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