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October 15, 2008

EMMA indoor Buggy Masters

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East Midlands Model Motorsport Association “EMMA”, the new name for the former Tibshelf Model Car Club, have been in contact to tell us about an exciting new indoor 1:8 Buggy race they are hosting over the weekend of November 28/29/30 at Newark Showground.The meeting is already beginning to fill up with a number of top BRCA national drivers including Spashett, Cragg, Hazlewood, Bloomsfield and more already entered. The unique challenge of an indoor Astroturf track that promises fast and furious racing, coupled with the guarantee that the weather will make no difference to lap times being the main draw.. One top racer has already commented that “It’s not often in this country we get to see this sort of event on astro, where of the continent this event is commonplace!” The event is being supported by CML Distribution and Radio Race Car International magazine.

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October 15, 2008

Mateo defends Spanish 1:10 EP title

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Last weekend saw the conclusion of the Spanish 1:10 EP Touring National Championship in Toledo where reigning champion Toni Mateo successfully defended his title in the best way possible by winning the event. Finishing second to the Tamiya driver in the season finale was David Escudero who takes Vice-Champion honours. David Martín completed the podium in Toledo ahead Jordi Padró who claims third spot in the final standings.

October 14, 2008

Record new top speed set for RC Car

When someone gets into the Guinness book of records with an r/c car we think its worth a mention. The first US event of the International RC Speed Challenge presented by Castle was held recently at the Rockingham Dragway, Rockingham, NC, where Southern California’s Nic Case shattered his existing record of 134mph. Case need only two passes to shatter his own record using a heavily modified Schumacher. The orange FlightPower/Castle/Neu/Schumacher 12-cell streamliner recorded an amazing 153mph on the run first run and then came back later to lay down an incredible 161.76mph pass to seal his place in the history books. We understand that Schumacher don’t have any plans for an RTR version of the car used!!

October 14, 2008

Tosolini wins US Fuel Sedan Nationals

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Chris Tosolini has won the 2008 ROAR Fuel Sedan Nationals which took place at the Fort Myers track in Florida over the weekend. With defending Champion Barry Baker, who won the title in ’07 with Xray, abscent this year following his departure from Team Magic, it was all to play for. Once again it was the super fast Paul Lemeiux, who came so close to winning the Worlds earlier this year, that took the TQ honours with his Xray NT1. Next to him on the grid was Serpent’s Paolo Morganti but in the one hour final the leading qualifiers would hit trouble allowing Tosolini’s Sirio powered Kyosho to take the win and regain the title he won in 2006 when he debuted Serpent’s new 720. Second spot went to Josh Cyrul while Bobby Flack completed the podium.

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October 14, 2008

Carbon RC Stars 2 skins

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Spanish company Carbon RC, who add colour to the pit table of former European Champion Robert Battle, have released a new skins series called Stars 2. Pictured on a Futaba 3PK the skin is also available for the popular Sanwa M11 handset.

Source: Carbon RC [carbonrc.com]

October 13, 2008

IFMAR confirm Off Road Worlds dates

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IFMAR has officially confirmed the dates for the 2009 IFMAR Electric Off Road World Championships which are set to take competitors to Pretoria in South Africa. The Pre Worlds (Warm Up race) have been scheduled for 3-5 April while the big event itself, at which two World titles will be decided, will run from the 4-11 October. The last 1:10 Off Road Worlds, held in Japan, saw Hayato Matsuzaki (photo) take 2WD honours with American star Jared Tebo lifting the 4WD crown.

Source: EFRA [efra.ws]
Image: oople.com

October 13, 2008

EFRA Grand Prix Prague 2008

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The organisers of the EFRA Grand Prix Prague for 1:10 Electric Touring Car have contacted us with details of the 2008 Czech Republic event. Won last year by factory Kyosho driver Steen Graversen from Denmark, the GP which first ran in 2002 will again take part in the Sport Centre in Brandýs nad Labem. In addition to the Modified class, which has attracted top names such as former World Champion Marc Rheinard, Jilles Groskamp (pictured above winning the event), Steven Wiess and the now retired Andreas Myrberg, the event will again run a Pro Stock Division following on from its successful introduction last year. Grand Prix Prague, the final event on the 2008 EFRA calendar, takes place on November 28-30 and entries can be made through the event website.

Event site can be found here

October 13, 2008

Edam enter 1:10 Nitro market

Taiwanese company Edam, who last year entered the 1:8 Onroad market with its Razor, are about to enter the 1:10 market with a new nitro car which will be officially unveiled at the iHobby Expo in the US later this week. For now Edam have just released a CAD image of the new car but pictures of the final production model should be available in the next 24 hours. More news to follow.

Source: Edam [edam.com.tw]