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November 30, 2009

BRCA Micro Nationals Rd2 Report

Round 2 of the Micro National series saw 54 drivers brave the November rain and wind on their way to the wonderful Liberty Ballroom facility in Newbury. Having hosted some extremely successful 1/10th offroad indoor meetings over the past few years the Newbury RC Club were more than able to lay out a great track that would not only challenge the top runners but also allow those lower down the order to get around without too much trouble.

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November 30, 2009

Novarossi 21R .21 buggy engine

Racing Experience have announced that their Novarossi R type buggy engine is back, with a new oversized purple head and modern R crankcase. It keeps its well known 3 port ABC piston sleeve and 14mm long stroke crankshaft and is still the most affordable racing engine manufactured in Europe, taking advantage of the Novarossi experience and knowledge.

Source: Racing Experience [racing-experience.eu]

November 30, 2009

King of the Desert Championships

The First Annual King of the Desert Championships was held at Phoenix AZ’s newest nitro facility, ET Motopark recently. Losi driver Chris Wheeler TQ’d the Expert Buggy and Truggy classes and would go on to take the win in the Expert Buggy A-Main. Fellow Losi racer Trevor Clement finished in first place in the Expert Truggy A-Main, while Twelve-year old Autie Bender took the win in the Intermediate Buggy A-Main in his first race with his new 8IGHT 2.0 Buggy.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

November 30, 2009

VRC Column – VRC helps off roaders too

VRC v3 is purely an on-road racing sim. Still we see quite a few off-road racers competing in the VRC on-line competitions. Also our Quarterly Progress Monitor indicated that a good number of off-road racers use VRC to improve their racing skills. Although off-road requires some very special skills to control the cars during flight and landing, off-road racers are benefiting of the precise steering and throttle control needed to race a model car around a tight track with 100 km/h + speeds. Even off-road ‘basher’ communities are getting involved in VRC and are setting up their own private clubs in VRC.

Continue reading the column here

November 30, 2009

Robitronic Speedstar series Speedos & motors

Robitronic now offers a new lineup of brushless speedos and motors, an update of their Speedstar series. Available in versions for 3.5T, 5.5T and 8.5T, they are able to handle all kind of motors, be they BL sensorless, sensored or even brushed motors. The new Speedstar Platinum brushless motors feature a lightweight design, adjustable timing and a sintered neodymium rotor with integrated fan. Available in 3.5T, 4.5T, 5.5T, 6.5T, 7.5T, 8.5T, 9.5T, 10.5T, 13.5T, 17.5T and 21.5T versions.

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November 29, 2009

Rheinard takes victory in Budapest

With Marc Rheinard securing overall victory in Budapest after Leg 2 of the A-Main and opting to sit out the final race of the day it was Xray’s Teemu Leino who took the win in Leg 3 to claim the runners up spot for the Hungarian round of the Xenon Racing backed Euro Touring Series. Starting from 4th on the grid, Leino was given his break on the very first lap when an impatient Viktor Wilck tried a move on Top Qualifier Ronald Volker at the final corner. Sending the Yokomo into a roll this allowed the Finn to pass them both and once in front he ran the perfect race as chaos broke loose behind.

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November 29, 2009

Volker & Yokomo claim first ETS pole

Team Yokomo’s Ronald Volker will start on pole for Round 2 of the Xenon Racing backed Euro Touring Series after producing a blistering run in the final qualifier here in Budapest, Hungary. The German became the only driver to make 25 laps with a time of 5:12.338 and set a new fastest lap for the event taking his Yokomo BD5 around the large carpet track in 12.265. The new speed came thanks to Yokomo’s own R&D man Yukijiro Umino who, having tried a new set-up on his own car in Pro Stock, then transferred it to his team driver’s car. Volker said the changes made the car feel slower than in the previous rounds but it was a lot more stable allowing him get the time in. Having TQ’d the opening round of qualifying the result gives the recently crowned Japanese National Champion both his and Yokomo’s first ETS TQ honours.

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November 28, 2009

Rheinard holds overnight TQ in Hungary

Marc Rheinard is the overnight TQ holder here in Budapest, Hungary, after the World Champion took maximum points in the penultimate round of qualifying for Round 2 of the Xenon Racing backed Euro Touring Series. Setting a new fastest time and just missing out on breaking into the first 25 lap run of the event, the German reversed the order of Q2 to head home his Tamiya Racing Factory team-mate Viktor Wilck with a time of 24L/5:00.301. Rheinard’s first clean run of the day, he said his 416X was easier to drive allowing him to also set a new fastest lap for the large indoor track with a 12.322. Wilck said his car was suffering with a little understeer but nothing too major.

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