The Hereford Micro Open is back for 2009 and will be held on Sunday 16th August at the clubs usual Bridge Street Sports Centre venue in Leominster, Herefordshire (HR6 8EA). The micro race of 2007/2008 and a good warm-up for the BRCA Micro Nationals series, the Hereford micro open has just got better and better, with last years track probably being the best the UK micro racers have ever seen. Always a large and very strong entry list so get your entries in early and book yourself a place to avoid disappointment. Both the 2WD and 4WD 18th scale micro off-road classes are supported running to the 2009 BRCA rules. Trophies will be presented for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each final, plus concourse and the team event. Chairs and mains power is available but you’ll need to bring along a table. For more information visit the event site here.

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Hereford Micro Open – Announcement

The 3rd round of the combined Belgium / Dutch championship was held on recently on the clay track of MAC Vlijmen in the Netherlands. In 4WD it was Stefan Mesker who took home the trophy with his X5 Squared, closely followed by touring car ace Nick Joosens, who is really getting more and more used to driving his CAT over the jumps and bumps of the off-road tracks he now faces. Local hero Tom van Drunen took home a well deserved 3rd place with his B44.

4wd Results
1. Stefan Mesker – X5 Squared (NL) [0-1-1]
2. Nick Joosens – CAT (B) [1-2-2]
3. Tom van Drunen – B44 (NL) [2-6-3]
4. Bart van Echelpoel – Predator (B) [9-3-4]
5. Wesley van Helmond – XXX4 (NL) [4-10-5]
6. Stephane Peeters – Cat (B) [3-9-7]
7. Michael Somerwil – Cat (NL) [6-4-9]
8. Frederic Munoz – AC (B ) [5-7-10]
9. Ronald Jostema – B44 (NL) [8-5-8]
10.Luc de Weerd – B44 (B) [7-8-6]

2WD was dominated all day by Bruno Heremans, he was the fastest man in qualifying and due to the skirmishes behind him in the mains he didn’t have to go all out to take home a well deserved win at the track of Vlijmen. Behind him there was an epic fight for the rest of the podium between Wouter Wynen, Simon Bettens and Arjan van de Graaf. In the end it was Wouter Wynen who was able to take home 2nd. Points leader Stefan Mesker had various problems throughout the day and was lucky to get away with a 6th place.

2wd Results
1. Bruno Heremans – X6 Squared (B) [1-1-1]
2. Wouter Wijnen – B4 (B) [2-4-2]
3. Arjan van de Graaf – X6 Squared (NL) [3-2-4]
4. Simon Bettens – B4 (B) [5-3-3]
5. Tom Raymakers – B4 (NL) [4-5-9]
6. Stefan Mesker – X6 Squared (NL) [10-7-5]
7. Tom van Echelpoel – X6 Squared (B) [8-6-6]
8. Frederic van Eylen – X6 (B) [6-10-7]
9. Jan Beks – B4 (NL) [7-9-8]
10.Erik Michiels – B4 (B) [9-8-10]

Source: RC-Offroad [rc-offroad.be]

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Mesker & Heremans win BNK Rd3

Racers Edge have developed these new aluminium rear hubs to fit the Associated B4, B44, T4, and SC10. Based on the stock B44 4wd buggy hubs, they have a larger outside bearing for increased performance and bearing longevity, while a set screw holds the hingepin in place with access from the bottom. With four possible vertical ballstud locations for increased setup adjustments, these blocks are designed to add 1/2 degree rear toe in. Available in hard silver color, they have been CNC machined for accuracy, and laser engraved with degrees and L or R for left or right sides.

Source: Racers Edge [racers-edge.com]

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Protoform were in contact to inform us of a milestone event that happened at last months Reedy Race of Champions in California. For approximately 10 years now every winner of every world class electric sedan event has seen the A-Main winning car donning some sort of Dodge Stratus or Mazda 6 style of race body. This decade old winning streak seems to have finally ended as Ronald Volker not only TQ’ed but won the RROC using a body that looked more like that of a Lexus IS-F. This year’s Reedy USA event was the first major event for the recently introduced Protoform LTC-R race body. Hupo Honigl backed up the bodies performance by finishing an excellent 4th place overall. Ronald’s big win at the Reedy Race is in fact something that’s starting to look like a bit of a tradition when it comes to the debuting of all-new Protoform sedan bodies. Barry Baker debuted the game changing Protoform Mazda 6 at the Reedy Race in Thailand with a win in 2004 and a couple of years later Craig Drescher won the Reedy Race in southern California while debuting the then all-new Protoform Dodge Stratus 3.0 race body.

Source: Protoform [prolineracing.com]

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Protoform LTC-R signals the End of an Era?

Answer-RC have released complete 1/10th bearing sets for the Associated B4 & B44 as well as X-Factory X-6. After much testing to find the best bearings for 1/10th scale Answer-RC are confident they have succeeded. All the bearings used in each of the sets use one rubber seal to keep the dirt out and one metal shield to maintain high rpm, while a special lubricant package help the free rotation of the quality ABEC 5 bearings. Sold in complete sets of 14pcs (B4), 16pcs (X-6) and 18pcs (B44).

Source: Answer-RC [answer-rc.com]

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Answer-RC 1/10th buggy bearing sets

The 3rd Annual Reedsburg Rumble, an event that brings the top racers from throughout Wisconsin and surrounding areas took place this past weekend under extremely cloudy and rainy conditions. Mother nature played her part in the Rumble this weekend teasing us Friday with picture perfect weather only to take it away and replace it with clouds, cold and light rain all day. Even though the forecast called for rain all day Saturday almost 100 drivers showed up for the annual event. Due to the forecast of heavy rain for the day, we started the day very early with a 9am start time, this early start was the key to us getting 99% of the event in. As the day progressed, a light drizzle fell on us for most of the day which made for a bit of a cold atmosphere but it actually worked to the racers benefit as the track was the absolute best you could hope for. Not muddy at all, just damp and full of traction.

We had 5 class, Short Course Truck, Intermediate Truggy and Buggy and Expert Truggy and Buggy. Qualifying went well and we were able to get all the races in with the exception of Expert Buggy. When it was time for their 30min final, the rain had increased and it was decided that the conditions were unsafe for the marshals on the track so the Expert division final was canceled and winners were decided via qualifying order. I would like to congratulate all the winners in all our classes and thank the Reedsburg Club for another great facility and look forward to our next event we can hold with them. Here is the list of the winners of all the classes.

Int. Buggy : Mike Fisk
Int. Truggy: Jeff Mann
Short Course Truck: Nick Achterkirch
Expert Truggy: Brad Sherer

Expert Buggy: Awarded via qualifying order.
1. Josh Stough (TQ) – Team Losi
2. Josh Ford – Mugen
3. Kendall Welch – Kyosho

Report by Scotty Ernst.

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Josh Stough wins 2009 Reedsburg Rumble