Tamiya have announced the upcoming release of a new thicker chassis plate for their TRF416 touring car. Made from 2.5mm thick carbon fibre, it is super stiff and ideal for high grip condition such as carpet racing. The chassis also features Tamiya’s air duct system for cooling the motor. Available at the end of June.
Source: Tamiya [tamiya.com]
The fourth round of the German 1/10th 200mm Championship took place in Nürnberg last weekend and in qualifying it was Xray NT1 racer Thomas Günsel that took the TQ, also setting a new lap record. At the start of the final, pole man Günsel and his team mate Dirk Wischnewski both had engine problems forcing Dirk to retire and dropping Thomas back to 5th, 2 laps down on early leader Michalel Heinrich. Thomas managed to catch the leader and with 7 minutes to go, took the lead and with it the win, finishing with Heinrich in 2nd and Christoph Pietsch in 3rd.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Team Titan have introduced this new Mini Ignitor for use with all gas powered engines. Made from high quality Stainless steel and blue anodized aluminium it comes equipped with a EP1500mAh cell for reliable starting time after time.
Source: Team Titan [teamtitan.com]
We received a brief race report from the opening of the newly resurfaced Barceloneta RC Speedway that now features a new larger layout. Kyosho team driver Geovannie Gonzalez took the TQ spot by 7 seconds, but unfortunately the rain came down before the finals and the race was cancelled, so the results were taken from qualifying giving Gonzalez the win ahead of Team Magic racer Miguel Daumont in 2nd place, while 3rd place went to Xray driver Fernando Mendez.
Barceloneta RC Speedway in Puerto Rico will host the CopaLatina race on July 18th, 19th & 20th, go here for more information.
4For the 4th and final round of the 2007/2008 Much More backed European Touring Series, the action moves to Germany and the Andernach track, close to Koblenz in the West of the country on the 27th – 29th of June. The organisers wanted to end this inaugural season with a big celebration, so as per the usual format, the racing will be open for Modified and Pro Stock classes, and this will be the main event, but as a sideshow and to create a relaxed party atmosphere there will be some side events for the competitors such as cage soccer or beach volleyball, or both. Along with having the best drivers from Europe participating, they are also expecting to have former World Champion Atsushi Hara as well as country mate Shin Adachi from Japan in attendance, and from the USA they are hoping to have top racer Paul LeMieux competing.
Pro Stock racers will receive the Speed Passion 9.5 Ultra Sportsman brushless motor included in their entry fee as well as 1 set of Much More control tires and a t-shirt, while Modified racers will also get the t-shirt as well as 2 sets of control tires. Entry closes on the 25th of June, but as a bonus for those that pay their entry fees prior to the 1st of June they will receive a great goodie bag containing lots of freebies from the event sponsors. As always the legendary Scotty Ernst will be doing the commentary, BBK will be handling the timing and Red RC will be reporting live from the event.
For more information about the event and where it takes place go to the Series page on our site here.
Racers can enter round 4 of the ETS by going to rcracecontrol.com.
This year’s ROAR Gas Truck National Championship was held at the world-famous Nitro Pit facility just outside of Phoenix, AZ. Attendance was a bit low for this event; however, most of the top U.S. drivers showed up to contest the National titles up for grabs. Team Associated’s Jared Tebo led the field in qualifying, taking the TQ position in the Gas Truck category. Tebo, the 4-time defending National Champion, got off to a rough start at the beginning of the 45-minute main event that gave Associated teammates Ryan Maifield and Ryan Cavalieri an advantage. With a four-second lead just over six minutes into the event, Maifield bobbled and sat upside down long enough to experience a flameout that he could never fully recover from. This handed the lead over to Mike Truhe who was being hounded by Jared Tebo and Ryan Cavalieri. As the wind picked up, the jumps became treacherous for the light vehicles and Cavalieri dropped back while Tebo and Truhe battled for the race lead. With approximately ten minutes left in the main event, Tebo took over the lead and held off the hard charging Truhe to claim his fifth consecutive Gas Truck ROAR National Championship.
Source: Associated [rc10.com]
A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:
> NT1 wins the Cyprus Championship R5 – Link [teamxray.com]
> The 4th installment of the JQ Column – Link [neobuggy.com]
> S400 takes 1-2-3 in BRCA Opener – Link [serpent.com]
> TaeWan Kim wins Banwal Championship Race – Link [teamxray.com]
> Truck success for Serpent at Cotswold – Link [serpent.com]
Entry is open for ETS Rd4 in Germany, June 27th-29th
Our new site sponsors VRC have provided us with some more 3D renders from their upcoming release of V4 Professional, the next generation edition of their ground breaking RC car game. As you can see from the image above, the new game will come with 1/8th scale off road buggies and the Generic VTX-8R is just one of the many cars that will be available in the game. Also falling under the Generic brand is an electric powered touring car, images of which can be seen below.
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