http://piraterc.com/ Piraterc en-gb http://piraterc.com/images/piraterc.jpg http://piraterc.com/ webmaster@piraterc.com http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2847 Frankley is running a BRCA Nationals warm up race (the venue for round 1) on the 28th of March. The event will be run by the BRCA Rallycross Committee to full National standards and format. Great chance for a shakedown for drivers doing the series or those who just want to get a feel for what Nationals are all about. Booking in can be done via the Frankley Website, entry is £10. Bob Williams BRCA RallyCross Section PRO http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2846 http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2845 1st Jon Hazlewood  31/20m 1.12  Xray 808-10                2nd Tommy Chung 31/20m 13.99 Kyosho MP9                    3rd Brennan Ralls 31/20m 21.37  Xray 808-10      Having had several weeks off due to cancelled events & flooding, the return of good dry weather all week meant Tony could get a roller to the track & what a track he gave us.  The jumps now formed well & a smooth surface led to low grip but very enjoyable. Plenty there even though Herts was also running with Hazelwood venturing out in the new vantage nice bit of kit very shinny with pit man rusty. The vintage mr chung like myself many years & veteran to the hobby. 08 dirt master Racey & many more fast guys would lead to a great day. I came straight from work & just in time to put several laps in for practice which was needed to shake out the cobwebs. http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2844 Pos Name Result Model Engine 1 Elliot Boots 26/20m 22.64 Mugen MBX6 RB B9 2 Karl Jackson 25/20m 33.87 Mugen MBX6 RB B9 3 Reece Sawyer 25/20m 35.57 Xray 2010spec OS Speed 4 Sam Taylor 24/20m 3.16 Mugen MBX6 Ninja 5 Stewart Wilcox 24/20m 7.01 Mugen MBX6 Ninja 6 Mike Cradock 24/20m 11.57 Kyosho MP-9 Orion 7 Pete Stevens 24/20m 26.96 Mugen MBX6 OS Speed 8 Mark Tarrier 23/20m 21.27 Losi Eight 2.0 Ninja 9 Keith Newton 23/20m 31.31 Losi Eight 2.0 Annsnann 10 Matthew Ball 23/20m 49.52 Losi 8ight GRP .21 11 Nick Hill 22/20m 13.62 Mugen MBX6 Ninja 12 Charles Godwin 22/20m 41.56 Associated RC8 Reedy 13 John Niall 18/16m 6.96 Mugen MBX6 Ninja 14 Darren Hayden-ball 7/13m 34.03 Losi Eight 2.0 Novarossi http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2843 Team Durango has made its name around top quality and innovative thinking. This no-compromise approach can make Team Durango cars a little too expensive for some, leaving cars like the DEX410 affordable for only the fortunate few. Team Durango ‘R’ kits will change this.For Team Durango, ‘R’ means Regular Racing specification. Our ‘R’ specification cars share the same Team Durango DNA, performance and innovation, but with a more ‘regular’ specification that is normal or even ‘team-spec’ for most other cars on the market. Team Durango ‘R’ means performance and innovation, combined with affordability and an accessible, personal upgrade path. Our ‘R’ cars will be available for all Team Durango models as a step-in point for Team Durango ownership, but the no-compromise ‘Team Durango’ premium version will typically arrive first for hard-core Team Durango fans. Our philosophy is to develop the ‘Team Durango’ ultimate race car first, using handmade test cars and then, later, see where costs can shaved for the “R” version. At Team Durango we test our theories with hand-made cars, like the DEX210 2wd being raced at the Yatabe Arena in Japan this weekend. Once the theories have been proven with prototypes, we refine the design, make it production ready, do more testing, and finally we launch the best car we can. Only later will it get the ‘R’ treatment. Other companies design, sell, see what breaks, sell options; then sell a ‘team spec’ car – Team Durango won’t take this approach. The first Team Durango ‘R’ car will be the DEX410’R’ which is also going through final testing. Street prices for the DEX410R will be US$350, €230 and £210 (these process all exclude local sales taxes/VAT) Expected availability – End of April 2010 – full spec and photos available next week http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2842 Losi is happy to announce that Miguel Matias of Portugal, Spain has joined the Losi race team. Miguel will be competing with Losi and Team Losi Racing products during the 2010 racing season. His first race as a Losi driver was this past weekend in Portugal.We joyfully welcome Miguel to the Losi team, and look forward to his impending success for the 2010 racing season. http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2841 Losi drivers Yannick Aigoin, Martin Bayer and Martin Peter recently competed in the International Montpellier GP. This race was the first time many of the Losi drivers competed with their new 8IGHT 2.0 EU Buggies. Yannick was the Top Qualifier at the event, and also went on to take first place in the hour-long A-Main. Martin Bayer finished second in the final. Click here to view Yannick's setup from the race. http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2840 The finals got underway and after a very bad start (being bumped left and right), with very aggressive inconsistent driving I managed to push my way up the 15 driver ladder to 4th spot and kept things there for a while.With my pitman working things out, I was pushing 3rd and then 2nd for the last 10 minutes. But then the lack of sleep started kicking in once again so I decided to keep things consistent and drive more relaxed. http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2839   This past weekend was the 11th Annual Dirt Nitro Challenge at The Nitro Pit in Surprise, Arizona. This event originally started in Southern California and just recently moved out to Arizona. In the Open Truggy Class, rising star Carson Wernimont qualified 2nd overall with his Kyosho ST-RR in this highly competitive class. The 45-minute A-Main would be ran on Saturday to determine the champion. At the start of the main, Carson got a good start making it through the difficult "12 pack" on the opening lap and paced himself with the leader. At the half way point of the race, Carson took over the lead. When the checkered flag waved, it was Carson Wernimont crossing the finish line 1st, taking home his first of many big wins to come. Great Job Carson! Source : Kyosho USA http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2838   We are bigger and better than ever with all new airbrushing equipment and even our own vinyl cutter for masking, stickers and signs. It would be great to see some of our old customers back and we welcome any new customers that would like to make use of any of our services and products. We are offering some great value services with fully airbrushed 1/8 buggy shells starting at just £30 and 1/8 truggy shells starting at just £35. In addition to this, our next 10 customers will also get a full set of CCS discs [custom wheel discs] included free of charge worth over £6. If you are interested in any of our products or are just curious to see what we are all about, please visit us: CookiesCustomShells http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2837 At the end of  the day James Baxter took the Buggy win with his MP9 after a close race with Marc Jacka. http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2836 Pos Name Result Model Engine/Motor 1 Darren Bloomfield 36/20m 14.37 Losi Eight 2.0 Novarossi 2 Mike Cradock 33/20m 3.12 Kyosho MP-9 orion 3 Karl Jackson 33/20m 14.75 Mugen MBX6 RB B9 4 Brian Ward 30/20m 11.00 Mugen MBX6 Ninja 5 Jason Coe 29/20m 41.99 Associated RC8 RB 6 Jim Thompson 25/16m 33.09 Losi Eight 2.0 Novarossi 7 ELLIOTT BOOTS 11/ 6m 14.68 Mugen MBX6 RB B9 8 Marc JONES 7/ 4m 26.26 Mugen MBX6 RB B9 9 Nick Hill 4/ 2m 15.54 Mugen MBX6 Ninja 10 Garry Brace 4/ 3m 13.27 Losi Eight 2.0 losi 350 21 size 11 Mark Gregory DNS Mugen MBX6 RB L2G Round 2 kicked off at HNMC and drivers were greeted with snow/sleet at 08:00 and the great work put into the track on Saturday was gone.But due to the modular track a dry line was set and a very fast following layout was set. 27 buggy and 6 truggy drivers braved the conditions. The buggy qualification was dominated by Elliot Boots taking all 4 rounds powered by his new RB B9 engine with only Elliot and Darren completing 10 laps. The truggy TQ was Michael Lewis taking 2 rounds only truggy to complete 10 laps followed by Piers Pearson and Rob Gray. http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2835 Source : RCBlood http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2834 Sunday the 7th of Feb saw Rnd 6 of the Slough winter series, after several cancelled events which is unheard of for the club the weekend was a go & a fantastic turn out with 7 full heats . The dirt was damp & just sticky, enough to give real high grip but not enough to clog & make the cars heavy. A good showing from kyosho With Kevin Brunsden Tommy Chung & Mike Waller. Losi & Lee Martin  AE With Tony Truman, Rob Racey & uncle Bob Ryan. Mugen team  of Pete Awesome Stevens, & Yanos.  Xray with yours truly Bren, Reece Sawyer , Dell, Eaton, Kennet added to what was to be a great day. http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2833 Developed with the racer in mind, the Italian-made Nitrotec R21 3.5cc/.21C.I. Race Engine (LOSR2800) was designed to produce a race winning power band and throttle response while delivering exceptional run time. The Nitrotec R21 is recommended for use with the 8IGHT family of vehicles, as well as any nitro vehicle that requires a .21 engine. http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2832 2010 Off-road engine line up written by: Peter van Koningsveld Monticelli Brusati, 04 Feb. 2010 Going to our Off-road category, here we have 4 new engines.   Starting with the engine that gave Adam Drake his ROAR national championship title: the http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2831 Pos Name Result 1 Darren Bloomfield 23/1064.931 2 Simon Willetts 22/1032.713 3 Lee Martin 22/1040.100 4 Kevin Brunsden 22/1060.515 5 Jon Howells 21/1039.273 6 Anthony Potter 21/1050.005 7 Joe Adams 21/1055.896 8 Andy Nicholas 20/1044.750 9 Milan Dragojlovic 19/1025.245 10 Tony Truman 11/ 567.145 11 Matthew Lewis 10/ 521.398 12 Elliot Boots 10/1037.092 13 Elliot Taylor 3/ 571.703 http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2830   JS Racing are ready to hit the stores in both America with EB Mods and Australia with TQ Imports Trade enquiries to JS are welcome.   source: www.polepositionpromotions.com   http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2829 A limited edition version of a proven winner – only 300 will be made and each engine is numbered! With four IFMAR World titles and countless national and regional championships to its name, the .21 VZ-B V-Spec could be considered one of the greatest .21 size engines of all time – and for good reason! http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2828   Race Report by Mike Malott, The 2010 season has started off awesome. I have switched back to the Associated RC8B buggy and the results are finally starting to show. I have ran 3 races so far in 2010 and have had a good showing at each race.   This past weekend I traveled to Columbus, OH for the 2010 Midwest Winter Champs Race. I showed up on Thursday morning to be greeted with an awesome track I was ready to go. I signed up for the Sportsman 1/8 Buggy class with hopes of making a good showing for all my sponsors and maybe making it into the A Main. There were 41 entries in the Sportsman class and I knew I would have my work cut out for me to make the A. http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2827 Pos Name Result Model Engine/Motor 1 Darren Bloomfield 33/20m 12.72 Losi Eight 2.0 Novarossi 2 Karl Jackson 33/20m 22.64 Mugen MBX6 Sirio 3 Stewart Wilcox 32/20m 10.64 Mugen MBX6 Ninja 4 Reece Sawyer 32/20m 13.20 Xray 808 Novarossi 5 Mike Cradock 32/20m 32.27 Kyosho MP-9 orion 6 John Niall 31/20m 14.62 Mugen MBX6 Ninja 7 Matt Lewis 31/20m 17.13 Kyosho MP-9 Novarossi 8 Mark Tatman 30/20m 32.68 Losi Eight 2.0 Ninja 9 Steve Johnson 29/20m 16.78 Mugen MBX6 RB L2G 10 Charles Godwin 29/20m 18.50 Associated RC8 Reedy 11 Marc Jones 25/18m 44.89 Mugen MBX6 RB B9 12 Nick Hill 15/10m 14.46 Mugen MBX6 Ninja 13 Elliot Boots 5/ 3m 7.61 Mugen MBX6 RB B9 http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2826   A little update on how things are going over here in Nor-Cal. We just finished the third round of the winter series at Delta RC a week ago and we had Ryan Lutz attend along with local fast guy Tyler Vik and it was a great battle for the TQ spot. I ended up TQ in both buggy and truggy with Green Kingpins in buggy. The main was a great battle between Vik and I. We swapped positions through the race and I led most the race, but had some bad luck getting through traffic and a couple mistakes by myself. Vik got me at the end with a great run. Truggy went a little better with leading from start to finish! My Losi 8ight 2.0's are always fast and fun to drive every time I hit the track especially with my always dependable Novarossi engines and Nitrotane fuel. I will be heading down to So-Cal soon to get away from all this rain we are having for some outdoor action! Phillip Atondo http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2825 Grab your gear and send in your entry forms, because the O'Donnell R/C Racer Rewards program is about to start! Any driver can enter and any driver can win – and what you win is a share of the biggest pools of cash prizes ever offered in nitro racing! The prize money on the line could total up to $120,000 in cold, hard cash – and the news only gets better from here. News flash #1: There are over 600 ways to win! News flash #2: The cash prize payouts for "Joe Racer" in select A-Mains are actually bigger than the payouts to O'Donnell Team Drivers at every step of the way, from finishing first to taking TQ honors! With up to $120,000 in prize money on the line and over 600 chances to win, it definitely pays to participate. And if you run O'Donnell racing fuel when you race, you already have a big head start toward claiming your share. Get full details here...and get ready to Race. Win. Cash in! with O'Donnell Racing Fuel. http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2824 Pos Name Result Buggy Make Model Engine 1 Kevin Brunsden 19/ 925.61 Kyosho MP9 RB B9 2 Stephen Brunsden 16/ 907.57 Kyosho MP9 Go 5p 3 Steve Johnson 16/ 965.16 Mugen MBX6 RB http://piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2823 A FINAL pos    name                           results              av lap    best 1st   Brennan Ralls        28 / 20m 24.50     43.73     40.06 2nd  Lee Drake               26 / 20m 11.36     46.59     42.55 3rd   Nino Athanasiou    25 / 20m 38.88     49.56     43.12