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October 13, 2008

EFRA Grand Prix Prague 2008

Prague GP

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]

October 13, 2008

Red RC back on the air!

Visitors may have wondered why they were greeted by a picture of pretty girl over the last 24 hours when they tried logging onto redrc.net instead of the usual latest r/c news from around the world found at the domain. A problem surfaced during our live coverage of the opening round of the Euro Touring Series in Germany but as you can see the girl has been released of her duties and we can now return to bringing you pictures of r/c cars instead.

October 12, 2008

Rheinard & Stocker victorious at ETS Rd1

Marc Rheinard and Alexander Stocker are the first winners of the 2008/2009 Much More backed Euro Touring Series, winning the opening round in Kastellaun, Germany after the fight for top honours went down to the third A Main in both categories. With a win each the Modified class was between Tamiya team-mate Rheinard and Jilles Groskamp. Having TQ’d the event and the only driver to record 29 laps, the former World Champion looked like he had victory in the bag after Leg 1 but defending ETS champion Groskamp set a blistering pace in Leg 2 recording the fastest lap of the weekend on his way to a thrilling victory over Rheinard. This set up a head to head battle for Leg 3.

View the full coverage on the ETS site here.

October 11, 2008

Rheinard tops ETS qualifying

Marc Rheinard

Marc Rheinard is proving to be the quickest man in the qualifying for Round 1 of the Much More backed Euro Touring Series which is taking place this weekend in Kastellaun, Germany. The current European Champion heads the overnight qualification ranking from team-mate & defending ETS Champion Jilles Groskamp. In Pro Stock Daniel Wohlgemuth has already secured TQ for Sunday evenings finals by dominating proceedings.

Go to the ETS site to see our complete coverage

October 11, 2008

Diggity Designs 5300mAh LiPo

Custom rc components company Diggity Designs has released a new 5300mAh 28C hard cased LiPo. Currently pending ROAR approval, this is the second LiPo release from the US company who back in August released a 3200 20C pack. The new 7.4V pack, which is protected by a carbon look hard casing, weighs in at 275 grams and measures (L)138mm X (W) 46mm X (H) 24mm.

Source: Diggity Designs [diggitydesigns.com]

October 11, 2008

Team Magic T-Shirt

Team Magic have added to their apparel lineup with the release of a newly designed t-shirt which features new stylized logos. Made from 100% pure cotton the black tee will appeal to owners of the Tawianese company’s products.

Source: Team Magic [teammagic.com.tw]

October 10, 2008

New European Touring Series is GO!!

Euro Touring Series

The 2008/2009 Much More backed European Touring Series is underway at the indoor carpet track in Kastellaun, Germany. With practice for the opening round run today both defending champions Jilles Groskamp and Alexander Stocker are looking good but in Modified Bart Wubben was able to equal Groskamp’s best lap while Christoph Thiele looks like he can mount a serious challenge to Stocker for Pro Stock honours. 163 drivers have travelled from across Europe to Round 1 of the ETS and the first of the 18 groups of qualifiers kicks of at 08:00 in the morning.

Go to the ETS site to see our complete coverage