The 2009 Off Road Meeting Arena is only weeks away and it will bring together some of the best drivers and manufacturers together to battle it out for the overall titles. The indoor race will take place at the 3500 square meter Wild West style rodeo ring and the organisers promise something that has never been seen before in off road racing in Europe, with title races, special events and a professional atmosphere not just for the participants but also the viewing audience. Entry is now closed and the race will have 67 drivers in F1 class, 91 drivers in F2 class, 25 drivers in truggy class and 33 drivers in the new electric 1/8 brushless class. Drivers from all over Europe will be in attendance including such names as Boots, Boero, Dapporto, Gomez, Hernandez, Jacopini, World Champ Laffranchi, Perin, 2008 & 2009 Italian Champ Rabitti, Teghesi, two times European Champ Tortorici, Willets, 2009 Italian Champ Seminario and more, ready to fight for the victory. As a special event the best 16 drivers in F1, F2 and the best truggy drivers will be called to fight in the Arena with a spectacular format race on Saturday night. The 16 drivers will start with an inverted order from the official time table with an EFRA start. After 5 minutes of racing a bell will be rung and the last placed driver over the finish line will be eliminated and must come to the pit at the end of the next lap. From the first ring, every 2 minutes the bell will sound again and this will go on until there are 3 drivers left and these will battle it out in a straight race to the finish line to be crowned the Race of Champions winner. Red RC will present throughout the entire event reporting live from the track and you can follow the coverage from the 20th till the 22nd of November.

For more information on the race, visit the official event site here.

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Last weekend saw the 12 hours Tamiya Marathon held in Nagydorog, Hungary, organised by the Hungarian Tamiya Dealer. The endurance race was held for the second time, after a very successful first event last winter. The race also was the 1st Round of the Hungarian Endurance Championship and started 08:00 with the kit cars handed to the teams for building which was also included to the race time. Just like at the old Le-Mans races where the racers had to run across the track to jump into their cars with the exception that their cars were already built. The rules were not changed from the previous year, each team this year got a 2007 Subaru Impreza TT-01 kit, which had to be assembled, painted and stickered. The only difference was the colour of the bodies. Two Mabuchi 540 motor and two sets of Take-Off tires were allowed to use, in case of broken parts only one of each could be changed without extra penalty (certain percentage from the total laps were subtracted at the end).

The fastest team called Meno Manok built the car within 42 minutes which was super fast and earned them a place on the podium at the end even though they were not the fastest on the track. Last year’s winners the local team called Narancssargak (The Orange Team) got their car on the track just 5 minutes behind and soon took the lead. The KGY Motorsport Team was on track at 09:01 almost 20 minutes behind the first team and were 40 laps behind the Narancssarga Team and started to close the gap very slowly. Around 4 hours racing on the track and KGY Motorsport got the lead and from then on they kept it until the end. The Narancssarga Team was fast but had to change the motor two times (for the second time they put the first motor back) and also had problems turning on their lights at 17:00 which was obligatory for all the teams. Part of the ligths were turned off in the hall for a certain amount of time as well.

The KGY Motorsport deserved the win with a very consistent drive with all five team members, pitting around every 30 minutes using 5 LRP Lipo batteries and only 1 motor! Their longest pit stop was 2:09 minutes and had to stop only 20 times. The second place went to the defending champion Narancssarga Team and the Meno Manok got the third place.

The championship will continue in May and July and the winner of the series will compete at Uwe Rheinard’s 24 Hour race in Andernach at the end of the summer.

Thanks to Balint Rajki for the report.

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12hr Tamiya Marathon Hungary

New from Swiss brand Green RC is their Green Grip tire additive. Made using a special racing formula, its long lasting effect works on both foam and rubber tires. This all round traction additive works great on carpet or asphalt tracks and comes supplied in a safe and convenient bottle with a built in applicator for easy application.

Source: Green RC [greenrc.net]

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Green RC Green Grip Tire Additive

Last weekend the first round of Madrid Regional Championship 2009/2010 was held in Villanueva and with a newly rebuilt track there were 94 drivers taking part. After qualification it was new Mugen/Ninja driver and multiple Spanish Champion Alberto García that was the top qualifier followed by OCM racer Javi Pombo and Losi driver Felix Zamorano. Alberto Garcia dominated the main final, getting the fastest lap using PL Caliber M3 and took the victory two laps in front of a very competitive Javi Pombo, while Ramón Nuño took the final podium spot in third.

Source: Pro Line [prolineracing.com]

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Alberto Garcia takes Victory at Madrid opener

I wont pretend to know anything about Rock crawling but seemingly many people have said that the super size crawler is a ‘thing of the past’ or has ‘died. Crawling specialists RC4WD have never given up on this class and have been working to bring new items like tires, wheels and axles to the super class community and now they have a complete super class kit. Introducing the new Rockbull 1/8 scale competition crawler kit, the first competition super class crawler with pendulum weighted adjustable beadlock wheels, Rok Lok 4.0 tires and advanced alloy Super Bully axle. This definitely looks like a serious piece of equipment.

Rockbull kit features
- Rockbull chassis with steel skid plate
- Super Bully Comp Axle (MOA)
- Rok Lok 4.0 Tires (8.62″ / 219mm tall)
- Spark aluminum comp shocks(100mm)
- Low Boyz 4.0 adjustable beadlock wheels
- Meets all USRCCA required specs
- Full metal suspension with metal rod end
- Full ball bearings
- Gear Ratio: 40:1
- Length: 25inch/635mm
- Width: 15.5inch/393mm
- Height: 7.25inch/184mm (Chassis)
- Wheelbase: 16.5inch/419mm
- Ground clearance: 4.25inch/108mm

Source: RC4WD [rc4wdstore.com]

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RC4WD Rockbull 1/8 scale competition crawler

Xceed RC have released a whole range of exhaust springs made from high quality spring steel. The short ones above are of course for the connections between header and pipe of inline systems, while the long ones go around the case and connect the header to the case. Tested by Xceed team racers for months, they have been found to be durable and resistant to damage from vibrations. All the different types of springs are available for both .12/15 and .21 on and off road systems and come in packs of 3.

Source: Xceed RC [xceedrc.com]

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Xceed RC range of Exhaust springs