Red RC » R On Road

December 16, 2015

Jean Delorme joins Xray

Xray have announced the signing of French Cup winner and French Stock vice-champion, Jean Delorme to their team. Jean has been racing Xray cars as a privateer for several years now and for the 2016 season he is part of the Xray factory team. Jean will attend at regional, national and international races including the ETS and he has the following to say about the deal:

We have been racing with Xray cars since ever because they are simply the best. Not only the quality and performance but the support we get is first class and makes me confident anytime I go to a race. I’m very proud and motivated to be part of the best team and I am looking forward to work with the team and improve my racing results. I want to thank Xray for this great opportunity.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 16, 2015

BRCA 1/12th National Series Rd3 – Report

The 2015/16 1/12th National Series headed to Tamworth for the 3rd round of the series. Tamworth is one of the regular venues and is always one to get mentioned at the EGM for the amount of work that the Tamworth club put in to making it happen. In Saturday’s 10.5 Stock qualifying David Spashett showed the same lightning pace seen at Crewe by dominating qualifying, 3 out of 4 times going a lap quicker than the entire field. Mark Stiles, Mick Farrell and Chris Kerswell all swapped positions through qualifying. Spashett will take pole from Kerswell and Stiles with just 0.15 seconds between 2nd and 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

December 15, 2015

Xray Winter Series Greece Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Xray Winter Series Greece was held at the Fanatix Race Track with a good amount of drivers in attendance. The event was held in several classes including 1/10th Touring, Formula and a foam tyre class that had 1/10th and 1/12th scale cars racing together. In the Touring Car class John Doukakis (Awesomatix) took the overall TQ and he would come out fastest in the opening A-main but Georgiadis (Xray) held the upper hand in A2 and A3 to grab the overall win from Doukakis in second and Niotis (Xray) in third.

Continue reading the report here

December 14, 2015

Harrington & Wise win at Virginia State Champs

The 2015 Virginia State Championships were held at MBR Speed Shop, in Salem Virginia with drivers from Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina as well as host state Virginia in attendance. In a highly contested Touring car class that featured some pretty stiff drivers from the surrounding states Tim Harrington took the TQ and he led a 3-car freight train separated from the pack. Mike wise, coming from the 2 spot on the grid, made an unforced error, and slipped to 3d, and that he held till the end while up front Tim Harrington would take the win from runner-up Blake Ryan.

Continue reading here

December 13, 2015

Volker snatches last lap win from Rheinard

Ronald Volker snatched a thrilling last lap win in the opening A-Main of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series season opener in the Czech Republic. Starting second behind Marc Rheinard, the Yokomo driver would recover from a slow start to the race and helped by an uncharacteristic roll from the Top Qualifier force a pass on the 4-time World Champion in the final hairpin that sent onlookers crazy. With just the chicane to negotiate, Volker would win by 0.339 of a second from Rheinard, the Tamiya driver clearly dejected by his rivals overtake. Running a somewhat lonely race Alexander Hagberg completed the Top 3 followed by Xray team-mate Bruno Coelho who he got by when the Portuguese driver made a mistake 8 laps into the 23-lap encounter.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

December 11, 2015

Team Associated RC10TC7 FT touring car

Team Associated have release their next generation of 1:10 scale 4WD electric touring car, the RC10TC7 FT, the prototype of which swept the podium at the 2015 ROAR Paved On-Road Nationals. Coming packed full of Factory Team options and a refined suspension package with precise adjustments, the result is an unequalled level of consistency. The focus was on a more precise feel with updates in suspension component composites and ultra-smooth FOX shocks with Genuine Kashima Coat. The floating servo controls an updated dual bellcrank steering system with a low centre of gravity and refined Ackermann range, which allows the most direct steering feeling for any track condition. The updated motor mount is centrally located to produce the most consistent chassis flex to help keep cornering predictable while accurate gear alignment provides high efficiency, acceleration and top speed.

View more details and images here

December 10, 2015

Libar wins 1/12th class at MRCL Winter Series Rd2

Last weekend’s second round of the MRC Longwy Winter Series not only saw the running of Modified and 10.5T Touring classes but also 1/12th scale racing. Jacques Libar would grab the overall TQ in the 10-car field some 1.7 seconds in front of Marc Schilling, with Krist Bultynck completing the top 3 one lap down. In the triple A-mains Marc would come out fastest in the opening leg but commanding wins in A2 and A3 handed Jacques the overall victory from Marc and Krist in second and third respectively.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

December 10, 2015

Marc Fischer wins at Longwy Winter Series

The recent second round of the MRCL Longwy Winter Series saw Marc Fischer laying down a dominant performance in the Touring Modified class. Being the only driver to score a sub-12 seconds lap during Saturday’s practice Marc would grab the overall TQ after the qualifiers. The opening A-main then saw Marc taking a relatively easy win but the German had scored a DNF in A2 due to a broken tyre. In the decisive third A-main the Serpent driver again was able to open a gap on the field and he went on to win the leg with the only 26 laps run of the weekend. Loic Jasmin (Yokomo) finished the day on the runner-up spot while Julian Borowski (Serpent) rounded out the top 3 result.

View the top 10 result here