Red RC

June 20, 2011

Walker and Hough win BRCA Clubman’s Rd2

The popular and compact Eastbourne track was the venue for round two of the 2011 BRCA Clubman’s series, a venue ideally suited to the 13.5 and 17.5 stock racing the series is aimed at. In the 13.5 class TQ was keenly contested and as the final round approached it could have gone either of three ways, in the end it was rising star Ross Walker that took TQ ahead of Liam Brooks and Mathew Chandler. The first A final saw Liam pressure Ross for the entire race but the Associated Academy driver held on to take leg one from Liam. In the second leg Ross knew second place would be enough for the win and when Liam passed him early on Ross drove sensibly to ensure he got second in the leg and the overall win. Liam Brookes was rewarded with second after a brilliant drive from the recent Xray convert. Richard Clarke for Top Photon was third on the podium after a spirited drive from 8th on the grid. In the 17.5 class it was another Associated taking the glory, this time in the hands David Hough, from pole position in the A final David took both legs and wining the meeting ahead of Bryan Norje and Will Vertigan. The BRCA Clubman’s series remains in the south for round three as drivers move down the South coast to the Adur club in four weeks time.

Click here to view the 17.5T podium

June 20, 2011

Serpent 966 front upper suspension conversion kit

Serpent release conversion set for the front upper suspension to enable a newly developed geometry package for the 966. It moves the inner pivot-point of the upper arm more towards the outside allowing for the use of a very short upper arm giving a better steering feeling and an even easier to control front end. Roll-centre spacers and Nylon inserts help to adjust the front end geometry depending on the track conditions.

Click here for a picture of the installed conversion kit

June 20, 2011

Pro-Line close cell 2WD buggy front inserts

Pro-Line have send us a pic of their soon-to-be-released closed cell inserts for 1/10 2WD front tyres. The reusable lightweight inserts come balanced and are waterproof for maximum durability even in the worst possible track conditions.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

June 20, 2011

Patrick Nähr wins South German 200mm championship Rd4

The 4th round of the South German 1/10 scale 200mm nitro Championship was held on the permanent track of the MCC Hof. On Saturday morning the track was open for free practise while in the afternoon the first rounds of qualifying were scheduled. Patrick Nähr participated with his Velox V10 “eleven” to score points for the South German Championship ranking. Already during qualifying he showed a good performance and took the TQ spot being the only driver to score 30 laps. The semi final was no problem for the young Shepherd driver and Nähr started from the first position into the 30 minute main final. With his constant and save driving he was unmatched until the checkered flag and took the victory four laps in front of Serpent driver Toni Gruber in 2nd place and Dominik Schöffel in 3rd place.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 20, 2011

THE Engine

JQ Products got in touch to tell us about THE Engine. Rumour had it that JQ Products are going to release their own engine to go along with THE Car and now it is here. Being a high performance, proven short stroke engine produced in Japan the main goals of the design are a smooth power band, long runtime, ease of tuning and most of all, consistency and stable running along with the possibility for everyone to have 10 minutes runs without the need for refuelling. The engine with a bore of 16.6mm and a stroke of 16.0mm comes supplied with 7, 6.5 and 6mm Venturi inserts, a manifold gasket and dust caps. The release is expected to be late July.

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June 20, 2011

Jonas Kaerup wins 2wd 1/10 Danish off-road national race

Another round of the Danish 1/10 off-road national race series was held in Viborg on the 18th on June on a very bumpy track near Jutland. Most of the Danish drivers had spent Friday practising on the new venue, and the beautiful prepared outdoor carpet track proved a good challenge with its cool layout and challenging jumps and tables. Q1 went to Nicolai Sørensen driving his Losi 22 in mid-motor configuration while Jonas Kaerup, driving an AE/CML C4.1 mid-motor buggy ended up 13th in the round doing many mistakes.

Click here to read the report

June 19, 2011

Axial crawler upgrades

Axial Racing have released a number of upgrades for their Wraith, SCX10 and AX10 crawlers. Starting with the 2.2 Racelinge Renegade wheels in black and two-tone black/chrome, the reinforced wheels feature additional material and ribbing for extra durability. The 12mm hex make them a direct fit on the Wraith crawler. Designed not only for the Wraith but also any other scale crawler build are the Corbeau LG1 scale racing seats. Available in grey and black the multi-part seats are highly detailed, resemble full-scale seats, come in set of two and also include a detailed sticker sheet.

View more product releases here

June 18, 2011

Kostas Zacharopoulos wins 200mm Greek championship Rd1

Last weekend saw the 1st round of the Greek 1/10 scale 200mm nitro Championship held at the Arena Racing Track. The weather was sunny but come the start of the 4th and last qualifying heat heavy rain started to pour down forcing the race director to stop the race and using the qualification ranking list as the final result. Therefore TQ Kostas Zacharopoulos (Mugen) was announced the winner, some 1.6 seconds ahead John Sotiropoulos (Serpent), Vaggelis Totomis (Kyosho) and Soyias Stavros (Serpent).

View the final results here