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April 24, 2008

Schaer wins Swiss 1/10th Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Swiss 1/10th 200mm National Championships was run recently at the MRCL club’s track in Langenthal. Taking place under dry but cold conditions, qualifying saw Dirk Stammler take the pole position ahead of Beat Wälti in 2nd, Traugott Schaer in 3rd and Marc Bösiger 4th. The start of the main final saw Stammler go straight into the lead followed by Beat and Traugott, the latter taking over 2nd place when Walti made a small mistake. Only 4 minutes in and Dirk’s car came to a stop allowing Schaer into the lead, where he stayed, conserving his tyres until 4 minutes to the end when his car ran out of tyres completely, meaning an unscheduled stop. This allowed Walti into the lead but he too had to make an unscheduled stop before the end and this allowed Schaer back into the lead where he could take the win, ahead of a recovering Walti in 2nd and Giovanni Bonetti in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 24, 2008

Spanish EFRA 1/8th GP – Videos

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Our friends at Merlin Fuel were present at the Spanish EFRA GP, or European 1/8th scale Warm up as it was billed, in Valencia Spain last weekend and while there they made some videos of the action. The video above is from practice and some sub finals while the video below is from the main final, that was eventually won by Shepherd Velox driver Robert Pietsch.

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April 23, 2008

Daily News Round-up

A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:

> CAT SX makes great national debut – Link [racing-cars.com]
> Just Hobby Nitro 1/10 Sedan Challenge Report – Link [teamxray.com]
> Klöckner is German Junior EP Champion – Link [serpent.com]
> Forrest takes Baja to the Top – Link [mirageracing.com]
> Byron keeps on Winning – BRCA Nats Rd2 – Link [cmldistribution.co.uk]
> Report on first Danish National success for S400 – Link [serpent.com]
> Hermes Andriolo signs to Associated America – Link [modellismorc.net]
> Mike Christensen joins Morfars.dk – Link [racerc.dk]

April 23, 2008

Upgrade RC Custom hats

Upgrade RC have extended their customisation to your head with the release of these custom hats. Similar to the company’s custom name decals, you can configure your name and have it thermal printed directly to a factory fit Upgrade RC hat. You can choose from an array of different fonts and add either a graphic add on or a country flag.

Source: Upgrade RC [rcidcustom.com]

April 23, 2008

Jammin X2 Race Performance Truggy

Seen on the RC Modz website, the new Jammin X2 Truggy was on show at last weeks RCX show in California. According to the source, the diff mount is different, it has a longer chassis with the components mounted more to the front, there is a new fuel tank as well as a new radio tray. The car sports big bore shocks, a more centralised engines and plastic chassis braces. Further information on the car will be released by Jammin in due course.

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April 23, 2008

Darren Johnson wins BRCA 200mm Rd2

The 2nd round of the 1/10th scale BRCA National Championships took place last weekend at the Brooklands track in south east England. With Saturday being washed out, the organisers gave all competitors some running time on Sunday morning to obtain a setup for the track before going into qualifying. After a close fought qualifying battle it was Darren Johnson that claimed the TQ spot less than a second ahead of team mate Robin Hammett, with Serpent SDD driver Kyle Branson in third ahead of Mark Gilliland in 4th. The start of the final saw Darren and Robbin go out into the lead and while evenly matched on the tack, Johnson gained some time in the pitstops and this was the difference which gave him the win, with Hammet in 2nd and another Xray, that of Gareth Bell, in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 23, 2008

Losi 8ight HD Lightened Outdrives

Losi have released some lightened heavy duty outdrives for the centre and main axle differentials to help improve overall performance by reducing rotating weight. A direct replacement for both the front, rear and central differentials of all Losi 8ight and 8ight-T models these parts have been precision machined from premium high-carbon steel and feature additional machining to remove heavy steel material without sacrificing strength. Finally, these ultra strong and light-weight parts are heat treated to produce a hard, wear-resistant surface and finished-off with a Black, rust-resistant finish.

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April 23, 2008

Venom GPV-1 RTR 1/8th motorcycle

Merging the design philosophies of real world GP race bikes and RC models, the GPV-1 represents Venom Group’s most ambitious project in its seven year company history. After passing Venom’s intensive design and development program, the bike hits the market featuring a combination of scale realism with composite materials and high performance handling not usually found in a ready to run model of this size or price category. Venom designed the GPV-1 around a hybrid carbon glass chassis structure that offers fine tuning of suspension while lending a compact low centre of gravity for easy handling. With the Venom VR3T 3-Channel radio transmitter in hand, experts and beginners alike are able to immediately take control of the motorcycle and drive it with confidence.

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