Multiple ROAR Florida State Series Champion Gene Hickerson has added another title to his impressive off road racing CV by winning the 2007 Brazil 1:8 Buggy National Championships at Asa Branca Speedway in Fortaleza over the weekend. Starting from 2nd on the grid the CEN Racing team driver used his Matrix Buggy to good effect to win the title comfortably from Mugen pairing Kris Moore and Henrique Winik.
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Steven Hayes won the Irish 1:10 Onroad National Championship in the best way possible over the weekend by taking his 3rd win of the season in the ORCA run series. Racing in the 6th round of the championship at the St. Annes Park track, the Xray/Nosram driver won the event after defending champion Chris Steele dropped out of the lead with engine trouble 3-minutes from the end of the 30-minute final. Serpent drivers Eoin Doran and Chris Lawlor completed the podium.
In 1:8 Clive Connolly headed home standings leader Darragh Fox for his third win of the season but the Serpent pairing will have to wait two weeks till the re-run of the 4th round, which was rained off, to decide who will be crowned 1:8 Champion. Mugen driver Austin Elliot was third.
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Our friends Oople, who are over in the Japan, have produced this video showing a lap of the track where the 2007 1/10th Scale IFMAR World Championships are underway. Currently after four rounds of qualifying it is Japanese driver Masami Hirosaka that holds the TQ with one round of qualifying to run.
Source: Oople [oople.com]
Robitronic have released their CUBE 2 electronic speed controllers which they claim is the newest revolution on the market. The CUBE 2 is more powerfully, more efficiency and optimized for any race classes. The CUBE 2 has the latest revision of Power FET’s with the lowest on resistance. The incredible power and speed is perfect for any touring car stock classes. An additional optimized 2wd offroad program provides super soft driving and starts. The CUBE 2 comes also with a built in Data Recorder which stores all important data. The optional PC interface and software is also compatible with the new CUBE. In 2 colors red and black available.
Model Rectifier Corporation are to release their new Academy GV2 Pro buggy this month. The car was displayed last weekend in Vineland NJ at the “Trinity East Coast Champs” and can been seen in these pictures posted on rctech.net. The buggy which arrived at the MRC headquarters just hours before the race was not raced due to its late arrival.
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Following on from their announcement last week that they would re-enter off road racing again Serpent have anounced top American racer Billy Easton will join their R&D and race team. Easton joins fellow American Jeff Cuffs and young German Jörn Neumann will each play a big role in the Dutch companies future plans.
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Since winning the IFMAR World Championships in 2005 the BJ4 Worlds Edition has been the most successful 1/10th 4wd off-road racing buggy available. It made its debut at the 2005-2006 IFMAR World Championships in Collegno, Italy, and Ryan Maifield & Ryan Cavalieri drove their respective BJ4 Worlds buggies to the top qualifying position and 1st place. To recognise that success JConcepts has released a Special Edition kit.
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OFNA are to release a new GTP chassis that will be available as a preassembled kit that’s tweaked for dirt oval racing. The Dirt Oval GTP has many of the on-road version’s hot new features, but it will include a direct drive center spool with steel spur gear and a pair of 1/2 inch offset hex adapters to increase the track on the right side of the chassis for improved oval weight distribution. Standard hex adapters are included the box, along with treaded street radials for racers who want to set it up for pavement driving. The chassis will not include an engine, body or electronics but OFNA say the new car will have a super low street price.
Source: RC Forum [rcforum.co.kr]
