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May 5, 2008

Russian EP off road Cup Rd1

The opening round of the Russian electric off road Cup was run recently at the MRCmodels carpet track in Moscow. The first outdoor buggy event of the year, the race took place under good conditions and in the 2wd buggy class it was Dmitry Malyshko that look the win from his TQ, driving an AE RC10B4. Volkov Konstantin starting the final from 5th position and ended the race as runner up, while Plahotnik Ilya was 3rd. In the 4wd buggy it was again Malyshko Dmitry heading home a JConcepts 1-2-3 with Spiridonov Victor in 2nd and Larkin Roman, who was TQ, in 3rd. In the Stadium Truck, Golushko Alex took the win from TQ with Shpilev Lev in 2nd and Miheev Anton in 3rd. This years off road Cup will visit three different tracks, MRCmodels in Moscow, RC2 in Moscow and V2 Off-road in Chulkovo with the next round taking place on June 1st.

Click here for final results and pictures… content

May 4, 2008

Outerwears Big Bore Shockwears

Outerwears Performance Products is now offering ultimate shock protection for Big Bore shocks. Tested and proven over the last 20 years in the racing industry, Shockwears offer great protection along with a fantastic new look to your performance parts. They are available in solid colors and various new designs, as shown belowabove and fit most 1/8th scale buggies and truggies.

Source: RCCA [radiocontrolzone.com]

May 4, 2008

Ed Bridges joins Trinity R&D

Trinity Products Inc. have announced a new addition to their Nitro Program in the Research and Development team, with Ed Bridges from EB Mods. For those of you that may not already know Ed, he is the founder of EB Mods and a very experienced nitro R/C racer and mechanic. Ed had the following to say about the deal:

I made this move to Trinity to build a strong foundation with them and to make Trinity my home. Past business relations have always been month to month agreements with large orders of engines leaving little room for product development and support. Truth be told, I’ve been trying to get in with Trinity for a few years now, but Trinity never had a true nitro engine program in place, like they do with Jim Dieter in the electric division. So when I heard Trinity might start a new Nitro Program I contacted them and expressed my interest and went through the steps to get here. We all know in electric that Trinity is #1, so I hope to help make that true with nitro. Trinity has stepped-up and offered me the opportunity to prove this!

Source: RCCA [radiocontrolzone.com]

May 4, 2008

Tamiya TRF416 carpet chassis plate

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]

May 3, 2008

Günsel wins German Regional Rd4

Thomas Günsel wins German Regional Rd4

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]

May 3, 2008

Team Titan Mini Ignitor

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]

May 2, 2008

Gonzalez wins Barceloneta RCS race

Gonzalez win Barceloneta RCS opening race

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.

May 2, 2008

European Touring Series – Round 4

ETS Series

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.

Andernach, Germany

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.