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As I watched my brother pull out his b4.1 RC at the family gathering this weekend, I knew it might be a bad idea. But did I stop him? Absolutely not. As he raced it around 10 different cars and throughout the yard and road, I couldn’t help but crack a smile as I saw my 80 year old Grandma’s reaction and my mom yelling at him to stop. Then I looked the other way to see my brother in law and his family members saying things like “awesome!”, or “that thing is sweet!”.
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Its coming! Nitro fans, this is for you!  The first European Nitro Challenge will be held at the world famous Hocekheim Forumula 1 Circuit on June 23-26 and will feature 4 classes:

• 1/8 On-road Open
• 1/8 On-road Hobby Cup
• 1/10 On-road Open
• 1/10 On-road Hobby Cup

On Thursday and Friday the track is open for practice, the qualifying will be held on Saturday, and the finals are scheduled for Sunday. On Saturday evening a dinner buffet takes place in the nearby Hockenheim Ring Hotel (200m from the track) with a view to the pitlane of the formula 1 track followed by music and drinks. The open classes are for racers that want to run against the top team drivers of the participating companies. There are still some places available!!
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As some of you probably know, the British Radio Car Association (BRCA) Nationals have been going on in England for the past few weeks, and I have a few snippets of news for you from the event.  This past weekend saw these races:

• BRCA Large Scale On-Road National – 2011 – Round 3
• BRCA 1/10th Electric Touring Car National 2011 R2

• March Stockcars & Bangers 12th Oval National

I really wanted to get some cool information for these races, and then I realized the BRCA website sucks. So, after some digging, I’ll let ya in on what I found. Round 2 of the 1/10th scale Electric Touring Car National went to….wait for it…the rainy weather! It had been predicted all week, and everyone was hoping the weather people were wrong again, but they weren’t.

As the rain continued to persist the decision was to continue running the finals however worsening conditions after the first round saw an abandonment of the race, and unlike F1 the race didn’t continue. Under these rules points from just one leg of the finals count. So we did have some results, but not like they were planned:

Pro Stock
1 Zak Smith
2 Chris Slater
3 Lee Price
4 Jon Bowden
5 James Hart
6 Chris Neff
7 Sam Clifton
8 Mark Wallace
9 Kieran Clift
10 David Hall

Olly Jefferies

Modified
1 Olly Jefferies
2 Chris Kerswell
3 Andy Moore
4 Russell Williams
5 Tom Watts
6 Chris Grainger
7 Chris Ashton
8 Matthew White
9 Brian Eldridge
10 Alan Bickerstaff

From other news I have heard that the BRCA Large Scale On-Road National Round 3 may have been rescheduled due to rain. I cannot find any results on it, so I’m going to assume that is so.

I will continue to stay updated on the event and dig for more information as the Nationals continue.

Hey Racing Fans – here is an upcoming event that you may want to check out and follow! Coming up on June 25-26, Eden Park Raceway will be hosting the inaugural TLR Super Cup 2011at their famous multi-surface racetrack in Beckenham, Kent. If you are a fan or racer of these three most popular 1:10 off-road classes of 2WD and 4WD buggies, and 2WD Short Course Trucks, you don’t want to miss this!

Even though they are aiming to attract top drivers from the UK and Europe, they are hoping that the TLR Super Cup, in association with Spektrum and Electrix RC will appeal to local drivers as well.

Here are some of the details on the format of the race:

All three classes running on both days of the weekend. Saturday will hold two practices and three qualifiers, with a short practice, two qualifiers and multi-leg finals on the Sunday. Qualifying will use the FTD format and there will be three legs for the A finals in 2WD, 4WD and Short Course Trucks with two legs for all the other finals. Awards will be presented to the winners of 2WD, 4WD and SCT, the top three in the U14 and U19 classes as well as in the concourse competition.

There will be prizes!

Prizes:
Awards for winners of 2WD, 4WD and 2WD SCT. Top three in Under 14 and Under 19 classes in 2WD and 4WD only. Concourse competition winner.

And the not so fun, but always needed…RULES:
-Event running to BRCA 2011 1:10 Off-Road National Championship guidelines
-No control tire in 2WD and 4WD Short Course Truck tires only – no 1:8 off-road variants allowed

I’m sure this race is more appealing to my friends in the UK in terms of going or entering, but if you want to stay posted on this race, I will keep you updated on our blog here at RCNightmare.com! Check back for more RC news, events, new products, and more!