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JC Canas successful at Spanish E-Buggy Nats Rd3 Posted: 20 May 2019 11:17 AM PDT The third round of the Spanish 1/8th E-Buggy Nationals was held at the CARTT Fuencarral track in Madrid this past weekend. The event attracted 75 entries and it was SWorkz’s Juan Carlos Canas who would lead the way, taking the TQ and also the win after the triple A-main events. Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo came in 2nd, starting from 3rd, while runner-up after the qualifiers, Oscar Navarro, had to settle for 3rd. overall. Joao Espasa and Ignacio Candel rounded out the top 5 results. Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com] The post JC Canas successful at Spanish E-Buggy Nats Rd3 appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Marco Baruffolo signs with Sunpadow Posted: 20 May 2019 08:52 AM PDT Sunpadow have announced the signing of Italian offroad front runner Marco Baruffolo. The National Champion is a multi-time EFRA Euros A-finalist and he will be using Sunpadow LiPo batteries starting immediately at events including the 2019 IFMAR 1/10th Buggy World Championship and 1/8th E-Buggy Euros. Marco has the following to say about the deal: I’m very pleased with Sunpadow LiPo’s quality and performance. Its complete product line could fulfill the needs of different track and classes. I think I will do better in the future events. Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com] The post Marco Baruffolo signs with Sunpadow appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Franz Engel wins at Austrian 200mm opener Posted: 20 May 2019 08:41 AM PDT This past weekend the first round of the Austrian 1/10th 200mm Championship took place at the SFMAV Nußdorfring club. With fantastic spring weather, a total of 38 participants made their way to Salzburg. After the qualifiers Leonardo Varga secured the TQ ahead of Gerhard Kandelhart and Christoph Rohrmoser, all running Shepherd cars. The start of the A-main was very turbulent, and due to technical problems of Leonardo, Gerhard could take the lead, but unfortunately later also had to retire from the race. Christoph Rohrmoser took profit of the situation up front, snatching the lead and pulling a gap from the chasing Franz Engel and the rest of the field. Five minutes before the end, tyre strategy came into play. Franz Engel was able to pass Christoph Rohrmoser, who was already on the rims, for the lead and after 45 minutes, Franz was able to take a popular win from Christoph Rohrmoser 2nd and veteran racer Hermann Berger in 3rd, all running Shepherd cars. Over in the Youngsters class it was Simon Engel with the win at his maiden nitro race. Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com] The post Franz Engel wins at Austrian 200mm opener appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Belgian Electric On-road Nationals Rd3 – Report Posted: 20 May 2019 08:22 AM PDT Round 3 of 6 of the Belgian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the outdoor asphalt track of HRT club in Houthalen. The technical track is ideally suited for electric touring cars, however the bumpy surface meant that the pilots would face a real challenge to find the ideal setup for their cars. Saturday was open for free practice and the fastest driver in Touring Modified would be Oli Bultynck. Oli posted a 15.6 lap time and was closely followed by Florian Joos with a 15.8 and Mitchell Van Es. In Stock, the fight for the title between current championship leader Vincent Van Gansen and Giovanni Moguez would see a third contender. After a short break from racing, Nicolas Delisé made his return with an Xray and posted the same lap times as the other two protagonists. In the Fun class, Luc Wauters seemed to hold the upper hand with a lap time nearly 0.3 seconds faster than his competitors. On Sunday however, everything would change as heavy showers were expected to hit the track. Due to various reasons, the Modified class only attracted four racers. Multiple champion Oliver Bultynck and his Awesomatix team mate Mitchell Van Es would be challenged by youngsters Liam Van de Wouwer and Florian Joos. It was the latter who made a statement by claiming the first qualification run, albeit just 0.5 of a second in front of Oli. Mitchell was a few seconds further back. Oli made a diff change for Q2 and immediately attacked Florian. Florian seemed to be struggling with an oversteering car and crashed out in lap 7 while fighting for the lead. Mitchell thus took over the second spot. In the new round by round qualification system, the third run would thus decide the overall TQ. It was again a neck and neck race between Florian and Oliver, and they were swapping the lead lap after lap. Both cars still looked very tricky and lacking grip on this track. In the end, Oli took the last qualifier and the overall pole from Florian, Mitchell and Liam. The track conditions seemed to have worsened though as both Oli and Florian lost about 0.5 of a second per lap compared to the testing on Saturday. The local drivers said it was due to the lower ambient temperature and the fact that tire additive has always been forbidden on this track. All the touring drivers just cleaned their tires with brake cleaner and applied no additive before the run, as additive only seemed to last for 2 laps and resulted in deteriorated handling afterwards. When the drivers lined up on the starting grid, the skies were very dark and menacing. Florian discovered the reason for his car’s erratic handling. It seemed that one of his tyre warming cups was defective. As it was the rear left, it caused the car to drive strangely. He decided to mount a fresh set of tires whereas the other drivers were on older rubber. Oli took the holeshot, but while everyone expected him to clear off, Florian was hot on his heels. The youngster made a move, but touched Oli and waited for him to recover. This allowed Mitchell to get into the mix however. On lap 6 Oli made an error and this allowed Florian through in the lead. Afterwards, the marshals indicated it started to rain lightly. This rain caused Oli’s car to spin. As Florian inherited the lead, he too was aware of the changing track conditions and started to drive slightly different lines. Oli was recovering from his spin and set out in hot pursuit. His challenge came too late as he finished in 2nd position, just 0.8 seconds behind Florian. After this final, the heavens opened and a huge downpour flooded the race track. The officials decided not to run the remaining two finals and the ranking was made based upon the first A-main. The overall position was Florian Joos (Xray), Oliver Bultynck (Awesomatix), Mitchell Van Es (Awesomatix), Liam Van de Wouwer (ARC). As Nicolas Delisé needed to start from the slowest of the two Touring Stock heats, he didn’t really know what his true race pace was. He convincingly won his heat, but when Vincent and Giovanni hit the track, it was obvious he had some more work to do. Both Xray drivers were tight in a close battle. Giovanni however slightly edged out Vincent and took Q1. Vincent was followed by Nicolas, Stefan Rommens (Yokomo) and the Awesomatix of Niels Meurs. In Q2, Nicolas upped his game and shaved eight seconds off his previous best time. The battle between Vincent and Giovanni raged on. Vincent seemed to have the upper hand until lap 10 when he made a mistake. This encouraged Giovanni to push harder. He managed to win Q2 as well and took the overall TQ. Vincent finished in 2nd, just in front of Nicolas Delisé, Niels Meurs and Stefan Rommens (Yokomo). To everyone’s surprise Giovanni took the start of Q3 to test a different setting on his car. He retired his car after 8 laps and handed the run to Vincent. Nicolas took P2 in front of the young rising star Alexander Van Gansen (Yokomo). This up and coming driver held experienced racers Niels Meurs and Xavier Debroye at bay. The qualification order was Giovanni Moguez (Xray), Vincent Van Gansen (Xray), Nicolas Delisé (Xray), Niels Meurs (Awesomatix) and young Alexander Van Gansen (Yokomo). At the start of the first A-main, it was obvious that Giovanni’s tactics were defending rather than attacking. He was driving cautiously during the first laps. It seemed that the fight for the lead would become a 3-horse race as Nicolas was pushing hard to come back from a slow start. On lap 6, Nicolas came back into Vincent’s slipstream but made an error the next lap. This gave Giovanni some ease of mind and he started pushing as well. In the meantime, Alexander Van Gansen managed to pass Niels and found himself in P4. He even opened up a gap on P5 driver Xavier Debroye and drove a steady race. At the front, Gio and Vincent were still intertwined in a heavy battle. Whenever Gio went faster, Vincent responded. Gio saved his last punch for the last couple of laps. He set his fastest lap time in the very last lap and won by just .7 of a second. The overall ranking was Giovanni Moguez (Xray), Vincent Van Gansen (Xray), Nicolas Delisé (Xray), Alexander Van Gansen (Yokomo) and Xavier Debroye (Xray). Just like in Modified, the final ranking was made upon the result of this single A-main final. The man to beat in the Formula class was Oliver Bultynck. Since Steve Deblaere and Nicolas Delisé quit Formula racing, he didn’t have a lot of challenge. He dominated the qualifications by being almost two laps faster than local driver Niels Meurs (Roche). Liam Van de Wouwer (Xray) and Ludo Van Hoeydonck (Tamiya) finished in P3 and P4 respectively. The first final was also dominated by Oliver Bultynck as he lapped Niels and Liam twice. Liam, who was much closer to Oli during the previous rounds didn’t quite get his setup together and was lacking tracktion and steering on this track. A late error from Niels saw Liam come back, but Niels held his calm and took P2 in front of Liam and Ludo. After the first rounds of finals the heavens opened. When the storm eased of, the start for the second Formula A-main was given. Liam Van de Wouwer had his rain car ready and won the second A-main. The investment in a rain car paid dividends to the young driver as he sealed the overall win with his strategy. The overall ranking was Liam Van de Wouwer (Xray), Oliver Bultynck (Roche), Niels Meurs (Roche) and Ludo Van Hoeydonck (Tamiya). Unfortunately Niels was unable to attend the price giving ceremony. The fun class seems to increase in popularity as new faces appear during every race. The concept of this class is quite simple. Four independently sprung wheels, Volante tires and a spec T2M Rush 17.5 motor. The fastest driver in this field is Luc Wauters. Luc dully put his Xray on pole and set the fastest single lap time as well. New Fun racer Jannick Rommens took the P2 position with his Yokomo while Krist Bultynck showed his skills by putting his VBC on the 3rd position of the grid. Youngster Aaron Vandepoele (Team Magic) and Herman Van Gansen rounded off the top 5. The Fun class managed to get one dry and one half dry final done. In the dry final, Jannick took the victory in front of Aaron Vandepoele who drove a stellar race. Herman, Luc and Bruno Vanhauw completed the top 5. In the half dry, half wet final, Krist Bultynck took a popular victory in front of Janncik, Dieter Stock, Herman Van Gansen and Luc Wauters. The overall result was Jannick Rommens (Yokomo), Herman Van Gansen (Yokomo), Luc Wauters (Xray), Krist Bultynck (VBC) and Aaron Vandepoele (Team Magic). Source: David Joos | FBA [fba-rc.be] The post Belgian Electric On-road Nationals Rd3 – Report appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Hampus Berg wins at Swedish Buggy Nationals Rd1 Posted: 20 May 2019 07:40 AM PDT Round 1 of the Swedish 1/8th Buggy Nationals was held at the Botkyrka MK club near Stockholm. Changing weather conditions made things challenging for the drivers and it was Niclas Mansson who took the TQ after the qualifiers with Pontus Larsson and Elias Johansson sitting in 2nd and 3rd respectively. During the semifinals it started to rain which set the stage for an entertaining main final. At the start, Nille got away in the lead, but then his engine stopped and he lost the 1st place while Hampus Berg and Elias Johansson had a long battle with Jessica Palsson just a couple of seconds behind. Just before last pit stop Elias flamed out which made way for Hampus Berg who brought home the win in front of Jessica and Pontus. Image: Hampus Berg The post Hampus Berg wins at Swedish Buggy Nationals Rd1 appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
PR Racing S1 V3R Evo 2WD buggy kit Posted: 20 May 2019 07:03 AM PDT Coming soon from PR Racing is the S1 V3R Ev0 2WD buggy kit. The main focus has been to make the car smoother and easier to drive on track, and this has been achieved with a revised 2.5mm thick -5mm length 7075 aluminium chassis. In addition new insert-type hangers have been introduced, and in conjunction with the chassis design allow for much lower rear roll centre, keeping the car much flatter on track with smoother rotation. New Ackerman geometry, and new CNC rear hubs with longer link positions also improve on track driveability. A new motor mount has been produced to lower the motor 2mm into a recess in the chassis, and makes a particular difference on today’s high grip tracks. In addition to all the geometry and mechanical changes, the V3R Evo has been treated to a new body, designed to look sleek and offer more steering with its much larger forward mounted cabin. The kit comes with a host of optionals such as CNC alloy servo mount, 4 degrees alloy caster blocks, front camber plates, vented slipper plates, a swaybar set and 34T alloy idler gear and it will hit stores in June. New features: Source: PR Racing [pr-rc.com] The post PR Racing S1 V3R Evo 2WD buggy kit appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
JConcepts Monster & Mega Tour – Announcement Posted: 20 May 2019 06:44 AM PDT As the popularity of RC Monster Truck and Mega Truck racing and competition continues to boom, JConcepts has added a new event to the 2019 calendar. The Monster and Mega Tour will hold its inaugural event at The Track in Gaithersburg, Maryland, during the weekend of December 7-8, 2019. The Track, owned by Mimi Wong, is no stranger to hosting large events, most recently hosting the 2017 1/10th ROAR Electric Nationals along with a slew of high-level regional events. The Monster and Mega Tour will feature events centered around the naming formula while competing in all sorts of qualifying trials, side-by-side racing and the wildly popular freestyle. The Track provides enough space for two indoor tracks, one on brushed concrete and the other on dirt. The concrete surface, has a slight texture and provides the placement for the Fred Reep designed track to be used by the Sport Mod, and Pro Mod trucks for racing and all-out freestyle competition. The hard packed dirt track will be the setting for Classic, Retro and the Mega truck races built in the image of a full-size track of yesteryear. Full details can be found on the dedicated event website here. The post JConcepts Monster & Mega Tour – Announcement appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Jürgen Trieb wins Südcup opener Posted: 20 May 2019 06:10 AM PDT The opening round of the Südcup 1/8th electric buggy series was held at the A-Team track in Graz, Austria this past weekend. Team Associated’s Jürgen Trieb was the man to beat all weekend and after taking the overall TQ in the qualifiers he would sweep the triple A-mains, taking the win in each leg for the overall from TLR’s Marc de Zwart in 2nd and SWorkz’s Marcel Trieb in 3rd. Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com] The post Jürgen Trieb wins Südcup opener appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Joey Sorber wins at Dutch IC Track Nats Rd2 Posted: 20 May 2019 05:14 AM PDT Last weekend the second round of the Dutch IC Track Nationals took place at the Raco2000 track in Utrecht. Perfect weather conditions made for nice days of racing and in premier 1/8th NK class it was Joey Sorber with the overall TQ and a new 12.887s track record from Arie Manten and Michael Salven. The lineup for the final gave hope for some exciting racing action with Joey Sorber starting from pole, Salven in 2nd place and local hero Arie Manten in 3rd. From the start Joey was able to pull away slowly racing a flawless final with no big problems. In the end Joey (Shepherd) took the win with a three lap margin to 2nd placed Arie Manten (Infinity) with Serpent’s Michael Salven taking the final podium spot. Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com] The post Joey Sorber wins at Dutch IC Track Nats Rd2 appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Sergio Priolo wins at Trofeo Grand Prix Posted: 20 May 2019 04:52 AM PDT The Trofeo Grand Prix was held at the Italian Palermo RC Club this past weekend. Sergio Priolo (Shepherd), Mirko Cacicia (Shepherd) and Amorello Francesco battled for the overall TQ in the 200mm nitro touring class. In the 20-minute A-main final it was Sergio who would hold the upper hand, taking the win three laps ahead of his teammate Mirko. Capricorn’s Salvo Cinturino, who started from 4th on the grid, took the final podium spot another lap down. Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com] The post Sergio Priolo wins at Trofeo Grand Prix appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
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