Red RC

September 8, 2011

Simões & Miguel take Portuguese National titles

Jorge Simões and Hugo Miguel take titles at the season finale of Portuguese EP TC championships at the Maiorca Track, near Figueira da Foz. In the Stock class Pedro Canastra with is TOP showed pretty well in qualifying, TQ’ing 3 of the 4 rounds and grabbed the TQ spot for the finals. But in the finals he couldn’t convert his performance into the overall win since Jorge Simões with his Associated TC6 found a way to counter Pedro’s performance. Jorge won all the A finals and become the 2011 Stock Portuguese Champion. Jorge stated that is very grateful for all of is support this year, specially to Rick and Traci at Team Associated, Weylin Rose at Viper R/C and Nuno Carriço from Super*Models.

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September 7, 2011

Durango DNX408 carbon shock towers

Now available for the DNX408 buggy are these carbon fibre front and rear shock towers. Precision machined from high quality, super strong 5mm thick carbon fibre, they offer greatly reduced weight over the standard part. If both the front and rear towers are fitted to your buggy they reduce the weight by 24g, at the same time lowering the centre of gravity. Both the front and rear towers also feature additional shock mounting holes that allow you to mount your shocks further in on the tower. The rear tower also offers more camber link locations for further tuning options.

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September 7, 2011

Ansmann’s got Talent – Announcement

Ansmann UK got in touch to tell us about their ‘Ansmann’s got Talent’ program they will be running on the 11th of September at Southport Club (above) and on the 25th of September at Eden Park. They will be running a Free days racing which should be 3 or 4 rounds depending on how many turn up for this relaxed racing. Ansmann will be bringing a stall of products which you can see on the day. Ansmann representatives will be walking around the track and the pits talking to drivers and at the end of the day they will offer some drives for the coming season. They are also going to give away a race car to the person who they feel deserves it the most. Remember, they are not just looking for good driving but good representation of their products and the drives will be at club, regional and national levels. All you need to do is bring your racing stuff and enjoy the day and hopefully at the end you will have a sponsorship for 2012. If you are a Nitro driver then just bring you radio and receiver and they will get you going with a car to try for the day.

For more information contact Stu Wood at scollins@ansmann.co.uk

September 7, 2011

Annual Labor Day Challenge report

This last weekend Clark RC Park held its 3rd Annual Labor Day Challenge with some of the top drivers in the midwest showcasing their skills. Jeremy Whiting set a blazing fast pace in both nitro Buggy and Truggy with Taylor Timmerman putting in a 2nd place effort in the last round of Truggy qualifying. Jeff Stanford held on to the number two spot in the Buggy class. E Buggy saw Daryl Frank light the track up to take the spot followed closely by Zach Whitrock.

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September 7, 2011

Serpent 733 Centax clutch

Now available from Serpent is the complete Centax clutch-set for 1/10 scale 733. Supplied with an aluminium clutch bell, XP clutch shoe, hard spring and machined flyweights. The result is a lighter clutch with more punch.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 7, 2011

Chad Due does double at Labor Day Challenge

This last weekend Clark RC Park held its 3rd Annual Labor Day Challenge with some of the top drivers in the midwest showcasing their skills. The short course classes saw Chad Due and Matt Sunderlage battle it out through two rounds of qualifying to see who would start the main from the top spot with Chad Due edging out Sunderlage in both the 2WD and 4×4 class. With the mains underway Chad Due checked out on the 2WD Short Course class and never looked back taking the win in 2WD with Matt Sunderlage taking 2nd place and Adrian Veach in 3rd. 4X4 Short Course had hard racing the entire main with Matt Sunderlage taking the holeshot and leading the three laps. Chad Due took the lead and Matt was never able to get back by the Associated 4X4 giving the win to Chad Due and second place to Matt Sunderlage. Young Cole Tollard put in a strong showing taking home the third position.

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September 7, 2011

Racers Edge 4000mah 60C Short LiPo pack

The New 60C Race Edition 4000mAh LiPo battery pack from Racers Edge features industry standard bullet ports and comes with a Deans connector wire set complete with JST-XH style balance plug. 60C for high output racing conditions, this pack is designed to fit in all 1/10th scale cars and trucks and offers lighter weight and more power in a smaller package. With the shorter length of this pack its weight can be shifted fore and aft to aid in finding the perfect setup, a direct compliment to the new TLR 22 buggy.

Source: Racers Edge [racers-edge.com]

September 7, 2011

Cuypers wins Rd6 as RickV is Dutch champion

Last weekend the 6th and final race of the 2011 Dutch nationals was held at the MBC Sluis track in Gouda. Although the leading drivers in both classes were very secure to get the title there was still little room for mistakes. RickV had to reach a top-4 position to stay ahead of Belgian driver Steven Cuypers if he could win this race. The day started with some rain fading away from a huge overnight storm.The track was slowly drying and all fast times were set in the last qualification sessions. Steven Cuypers managed to take the pole followed by RickV, John Ermen and Gunther van Staey.

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