Thunder R/C owner Robert Dirla held the annual Tennessee Winter Champs race with drivers from five states and around 130 entries in attendance. In Modified 2WD Buggy, the A-main was all Paul Sinclair, as he ran an error-free race from flag to flag to win by more than a lap over the field. Second place went to Cody Bickel who was more than 4 seconds clear of third place.
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AKA soon have new short course truck tyres available in the form of the Deja Vu and Gridiron II. The Deja Vu is a bar-type tyre for indoor clay and outdoor hard packed tracks. The taller tread pattern cuts through the dust and provides a longer wearing tyre for abrasive tracks. The Gridiron II is similar to its older brother, but refined with a large number of smaller pins that are meant to work well on hard packed tracks with a layer of dust that sits on top. Used in the front the tyre also is good to smooth out steering on 2WD SC trucks. Both tyres are available with red inserts or pre-mounted on AKA Cyclone wheels in clay, super soft, and soft compounds.
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RB announce the latest signing to their factory team in the form of former World, European and multiple Italian champion Daniele Ielasi. Daniele will use the company’s .12 and .21 engines in his 2014 on-road campaign that will include the 1/8th and 1/10th scale Italian championships, the Euro Nitro Series, the 1/8th Euros and the 1/8th SuperGT Euros.
Source: RB [rbproducts.com]
Having reported about it earlier in March X-Factory UK now announce the official presentation of their X-6S project. Being launched and available to the public in the coming few days, this project, that is believed to be a sport or possible “Euro version” of the X-6 Cubed, has been driven and managed by X-Factory UK and will be sold under the “DMS Partz” brand name. More information to follow.
Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.co.uk]
Last weekend saw the first round of the KMRC championship and while the Kent Club was awarded a round of the BRCA National Championships this year the race attracted a lot of drivers in preparation for the National later in July. The qualifying rounds 2 and 3 went to Kyosho’s Elliott Boots who was the only driver to be able to get into the 10 laps. The final was to be over 20 minutes and would be a good race as the track was very tight and small. Elliott made a good start and was able to get away but being the nature of the track it made for very close racing so he was swapping the lead with Lee Martin and Darren Bloomfield, but after the last fuel stop Elliott was able to make the break and get a good lead from Lee Martin and then was able to settle down to come home in first place.
Source: Elliott Boots [elliott-boots.com]
Dirt Burners Hobbies and Raceway in Livonia, Michigan hosted the TLR Shootout with over 200 entries. The TQ in the 4WD Modified class went to TLR’s Dakotah Phend which TLR teammate JP Richard lining up in 2nd. In the 7 minute A-main JP put some series pressure on Dakotah in the opening stages but a servo issue made his car hard to drive so Dakotah was able to secure the win. JP came in 2nd followed by Al Horne (Team Associated), Dustin Richards (Team Associated) and Luke Richards (Kyosho) who completed the top 5 result.
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The final round of the Norwegian electric on-road series was held in Gjøvik with a good turnout as it was the last race of the season. The race format saw three rounds of qualifying with the best to count, followed by triple A-mains. In qualifying Helge Johannessen set the TQ time in the second round while Lars Haugen and Øyvind Stusdal were to decide who would start second on the grid for the finals in the last remaining qualifier. Both started off following each other closely and changed positions multiple times and at one point Øyvind had a incident with a slower car and would later have to retire handing Lars the 2nd spot on the grid thanks to a secure run.
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The first King Of The Track race 2014 took place at the RC On Road Track in Thessaloniki, Greece. Serpent’s Christodoulos Karasavvidis brought home the win with his Serpent 747 in front of Dimitris Nisiotis (Mugen) and Makis Charitidis (Edam).
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
