“Round # 5 of the UPGRADE / RCiD 2008 Points Series saw another fantastic night of Nitro Buggy action take place, with some fierce competition going on for the Series Champion honours. Round 1 was a great battle between Gavin Newman – Xray 808, Neil Ingram – MBX5R and Marc Christianson – Losi, with Gavin taking the win and the event FTD, 20.35 secs ahead of Neil and Marc one lap down in third. Gary Bui – Xray putting down the fastest lap of the event with a 34.081 seconds. Round 2 had Marc Christianson out in front finishing 4 seconds ahead of Gary Bui – Xray on 13 laps with Neil Ingram taking the number 3 spot with John Chau – Kyosho in fourth and Tim Nicol – MBX5R fifth. Round 3 again had Marc Christianson out in front taking a well deserved hard fought win finishing just 6.74 seconds ahead of Gary Bui with Neil Ingram again in third, Gavin Newman taking fourth with Nathan Tampe – Hyper in fifth, Shaun Rawlings – Xray, John Chau – Kyosho, Paul Baddock – Xray, Kyle Hodges – X1CR and Tom Jones – X1CR rounding out the Top Ten. The overall scores after 3 rounds were Marc Christianson 5 points, Neil Ingram 8 points and Gary Bui 13 points.” Read More… [Source - Tony Knauth @ ocrraceway.com]

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I don’t attend the Intel ISEF, mostly for the same reasons I don’t go to Star Wars conventions (despite being a huge fan) however they always have a few standouts, and it is the main reason why the Intel Science and Engineering Fair is an important part of the year. The gem in today’s article is none other than the project named “RC Reconnaissance: A Birds Eye View”.

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RC Aerial Reconnaissance Overview

I don’t attend the Intel ISEF, mostly for the same reasons I don’t go to Star Wars conventions (despite being a huge fan) however they always have a few standouts, and it is the main reason why the Intel Science and Engineering Fair is an important part of the year. The gem in today’s article is none other than the project named “RC Reconnaissance: A Birds Eye View”.

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R/C Aerial Reconnaissance Overview

“Aldershot hosted the first round of the BRCA touring car nationals this year, which would see many new changes to the format. With the number of rounds being lowered to four, the racing has been spread over both days of the weekend, with qualifying on the Saturday and Sunday morning, before three-leg finals for all on Sunday afternoon. The control tyre had also changed, and only time would tell if there would be an improvement over the tyre used last year. Possibly the biggest change to the national series was the discontinuation of the 27t stock class. The pro-stock class was instead created to cater for drivers that did not want to enter the immensely powerful modified class. (more…)

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T2?008 on Podium at UK Nationals R1

“The JConcepts J82 Challenge will take place as an exhibition class at the ROAR Offroad Electric Nats at Hot Rod Hobbies in California this summer. If you think you can really wheel an RC Car, JConcepts wants you to win big, J82 big! You could win the big prize! Drivers are invited to enter the J82 class at the Nationals, August 13-17, 2008, to compete in the exhibition 1/8th Electric 2wd class, the winner will receive an American Express gift card courtesy of JConcepts. Sorry, no pro drivers allowed. This is open to any sportsman level, non-sponsored driver. All registered entries must be approved by Race Director Jimmy Babcok.This unique class will be run utilizing the ROAR Super Stock format which is based on 19 turn or 10.5 brushless power. Sign up today! Click here for the official ROAR Entry form. (more…)

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JConcepts J82 Challenge

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