Reedy have announced that their 4600mAh 3.7V LiPo battery is now approved for competition by the BRCA (British Radio Car Association). Already listed on the BRCA website, the battery is legal for the 2009 racing season and beyond.

Source: Reedy [reedypower.com]

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Reedy 4600mAh 1S 3.7V LiPo is BRCA Approved

Coming soon from Italian company Capricorn RC are these new universal gas car brake pads. Featuring a special red brake pad material, they offer a smoother braking performance than conventional versions. Sold in a pair, it includes two pads and two metal brake plates and comes supplied with 2 springs for helping disengage the brakes.

Source: Capricorn RC [capricornrc.com]

Capricorn RC performance brake pads

Last weekend saw round one of this winter’s BRCA 1/12th scale nationals take place in Crewe. The meeting saw most of the familiar faces in attendance along with the return of one or two names who haven’t attended the nationals for a couple of years. The most notable of these was Olly Jefferies, who will be driving an Associated R5.1 in this year’s championship. Last years champion Elliott Harper and former European Champion Andy Moore will also be at the next round, but were absent at this meeting due to International racing commitments.

Saturday is stock day, so all drivers run with 10.5 motors. This season sees the introduction of 1S lipo batteries as an alternative to 4-cell NiMh, although most chose to stick with their tried and tested 4-cell packs at this early stage in the season. Chris Kerswell dominated stock qualifying driving a V-Dezign Carpet Ripper 2.0. At times he was almost a whole lap clear of the chasing pack, but the gap was eventually closed to a handful of seconds by Olly Jefferies who lined up 2nd ahead of Mark Stiles, also driving a V-Dezign.

In the A final, the front runners got away cleanly and the top 3 began to pull a gap to the chasing pack headed by Andy Griffiths. The front three began to spread out slightly until a mistake by Olly allowed Mark to pass him for second place. As the race passed the 5 minute mark Chris’s lead began to decrease, and the mounting pressure led to a small mistake which resulted in a grip roll. Mark slipped through into the lead and despite a late charge during the last 90 seconds Chris was unable to regain first place. So Mark Stiles took his maiden BRCA 1/12th scale national victory ahead of Chris Kerswell, with Olly Jefferies cementing his return to 1/12th scale with a solid 3rd place.

On Sunday the 10.5 motors are swapped for more powerful modified units, with 5.0 and 5.5 turn motors being the norm for most of the front runners. Some drivers choose to stick with their stock motors and race in the sports modified category, and despite this class actually having a larger entry, the open modified category is still seen as the premier class. In qualifying former British Champion Andy Griffiths was back to his best after making changes to his car overnight. Andy took pole for the A final ahead of Olly Jefferies, with his Associated team mate Keith Robertson 3rd.

The A final turned out to be one of the most competitive for years, with the top 7 cars remaining on the lead leap for the duration of the race. An early mistake from Andy Griffiths let Olly Jefferies into the lead, and while Andy set about recovering from 8th place Olly started to open up an advantage at the head of the field. Meanwhile Mark Stiles was making steady progress through the field and found himself in 5th place at the half way stage after starting a lowly 9th on the grid. Further mistakes from other drivers promoted Mark to 3rd with 2 minutes remaining, while Andy Griffiths had by this time recovered to 2nd a couple of seconds up the road. Then to everyone’s surprise, Olly’s car began to slow – a problem later traced to a faulty cell in his battery pack. Andy and Mark smelt a chance of victory and both drivers put the hammer down to close the gap to the leader. Andy caught Olly on the penultimate lap, but his eagerness to get through into the lead resulted in both cars colliding and ending up on their sides. This gifted the lead to Mark Stiles, who drove a controlled final lap to take an astonishing victory from 9th on the grid! Andy recovered to 2nd place, while Chris Kerswell passed a slowing Olly for 3rd on the last lap.

The sports modified class saw an easy TQ and win for Hot Bodies’ Mick Farrell ahead of Nigel Hale driving an Associated. Mark Jewitt was 3rd for Xray. Mark has been trying for that elusive first national win for several years, and came away from Crewe with 2 popular victories under his belt! This capped off an outstanding weekend for the V-Dezign team. A 1-2 on Saturday followed by a 1-2-3 and the team prize on Sunday. Mark’s V-Dezign Carpet Ripper 2.0 chassis was propelled to victory using Parma Blackhawk tyres and a Parma Zytek body shell.

Thanks to Mark Stiles for the report.

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Stiles does the Double At BRCA 1/12th Rd1

World Champions Team Durango have announced the release of their extensive new line of high-quality professional race-wear. The clothing has been chosen for its longevity, style and comfort, and all items feature Team Durango branding with multiple sweaters, jackets, t-shirt hats and even high a visibility jacket available.

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Team Durango Race wear

Team Xray have announced that Eric Dankel has joined their team for the 2009/2010 season. The 1/10th scale Vice European B Champion and Indoor Electric Stock National Champion will run the company’s NT1 chassis in next years German Nationals, as well as the European and World Championships. Eric had the following to say about the deal:

I race Xray because the quality and performance of the car are unbeatable, and at all events the team cooperates perfectly together. In 2010 I will participate at German Nationals, EC and WC and of course at all Nationals. During the winter I will keep racing with the electric touring car.

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Motonica team driver Christian Wurst in the 1/8 nitro class and Mugen racer Sebastian Buerge in the 1/10 200mm nitro class are the winner of the third and ultimate round of the new NRW Challenge (NRW = German State North Rhine-Westphalia) which was held at the track of the MCC Rhein-Ahr at Bad Breisig, located at the Rhine river between Bonn and Koblenz. The 254 meter track offered a good grip level and also the weather conditions were quite good with temperatures up to twelve degrees Celsius for this late outdoor racing action which would have deserved some more entries.

In 1/8 scale it was once again Tobias Hepp clinching pole position with 20 laps in 5.08,182 minutes. The Serpent youngster was followed by the two Motonica P81’s of Christian Wurst and Uwe Baldes, fourth position went to Serpent racer Ralf Vahrenkamp. In the two 30 minutes semi finals Frank Schewiola at his Mugen “test race”, Emil Kostadinov (Mugen), Andreas Goebel (Serpent), Christian Willert (Serpent), Ingo Odenthal (Serpent) and Sebastian Scheidweiler (Serpent) were able to jump up into the final.

Like at round one in Dueren and round two at Oberhausen the final race was run for long 45 minutes which is a distinguishing mark of the NRW Challenge. Tobias Hepp turned his pole position into an early lead but later he ran into engine trouble with his Mega power unit. He lost the front position and after some flame outs he had to retire at the 36 minutes mark. Christian Wurst was ready to take the opportunity and took the win following a steady and fast run with his Sirio powered P81. One lap behind Ralf Vahrenkamp brought his Novarossi powered 966 home on second position while Uwe Baldes on third place completed a double podium finish for Motonica with his Team Orion powered P81. Fastest lap of the final went to Tobias Hepp, winner of round one and two, with a possibly record-braking 14,680 seconds. Only Hepp and Uwe Baldes (14,975) were able to break the 15 second barrier.

Results of the top ten 1/8 scale
1. Christian Wurst, 167 laps – Motonica / Sirio / Matrix
2. Ralf Vahrenkamp, 166 – Serpent / Novarossi / Xceed
3. Uwe Baldes, 163 – Motonica / Team Orion / Xceed
4. Frank Schewiola, 161 – Mugen / JP / RPM
5. Tobias Hepp, 134 laps – Serpent / Mega / Xceed
6. Andreas Goebel, 117 – Serpent / Mega / Xceed
7. Sebastian Scheidweiler, 106 – Serpent / Max / Xceed
8. Christian Willert, 79 – Serpent / Mega / Xceed
9. Ingo Odenthal, 71 – Serpent / Novarossi / Xceed
10. Emil Kostadinov, 71 – Mugen / Reds Racing / GRP

Statistics: Six chassis from Serpent and two each from Motonica and Mugen made it into the final race, three engines from Mega, two from Novarossi and one each from Sirio, Team Orion, JP, Max and Reds Racing. In the tyre ranking Xceed had a clear lead with seven cars accompanied by each one with tyres from Matrix, RPM and GRP.

In 1/10 200mm category Xray driver Andreas Schuch was able to beat favourite Sebastian Buerge in the fight for pole position. Andreas Schuch, using an advantageous Lola body, did 18 laps in 5.02,503 minutes with Buerge, using a DNA touring body, following just two seconds behind. But in the 45 minutes race it was once again Sebastian Buerge with his Novarossi powered Mugen MTX4R who took the victory with 156 laps – his third in three rounds of the NRW Challenge. Andreas Schuch crossed the finish line with his Orcan powered NT1 on second with two laps behind Buerge. Just one more lap down was Dieter Fleischer who entered the third step on the podium with his R&B powered Kyosho. While in 1/8 only five drivers completed the exhausting and unaccustomed 45 minutes race in 1/10 seven drivers saw the checkered flag.

Results of the top ten 1/10 scale
1. Sebastian Buerge, 156 laps – Mugen / Novarossi / GP
2. Andreas Schuch, 154 – Xray / Orcan / Orcan
3. Dieter Fleischer, 153 – Kyosho / R&B / Matrix
4. Wolfgang Feldges, 148 – Xray / OS / Matrix
5. Hartmut Rose, 148 – Xray / Orcan / Orcan
6. Marco Nenner, 147 – Kyosho / Novarossi / Matrix
7. Benjamin Lehmann, 141 – Serpent / Max / Xceed
8. Werner Vogel, 141 – Kyosho / Team Orion / Matrix
9. Bernd Rausch, 26 – Kyosho / Team Orion / Matrix
10. Andreas Weyhoven, DNS – Kyosho / R&B / GP

Statistics: Five Kyosho, three Xray and one each Mugen and Serpent – that´s it on the chassis side. On engines it was two each for Novarossi, Team Orion, R&B and Orcan and one each for OS and Max. Matrix led the tyre statistic with five cars followed by two each for GP and Orcan and one for Xceed.

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Wurst and Buerge win at NRW Challenge Rd3