I recently re-posted the video of the very first Euro's for 1:8 in Modena Italy, back in 1974. I also posted images from that video of Ronnie Ton's independent suspension car as a tribute to his contribution to model car racing, not only for his unique and innovative independent suspension chassis, but also for his eye for detail. Model car racing was not only about speed in those days but also about appearance. Aerodynamics played hardly a role in these early years of r/c racing.
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A new set of wheel colors has been added for GT3. The new color range is more 'anodized' looking and therefore matches much better with almost any body paint scheme and color.
These new colors have been applied to GT3 front and rear wheels 1. The original color set is still available as GT3 front/rear wheel 3. The GT3 wheel can be selected in the Car Set-up menu and the wheel color can be selected in the top selection bar in the Car Set-up menu. Both the body color and the wheel color can be More info
It was suggested to split the (expired) Weekly events for 1:8 nitro NASCAR trucks at the Oval Course at the VRC Speedway complex into 3 different oval racing classes, 1:8 nitro NASCAR trucks, 1:10 nitro NASCAR trucks and 1:10 electric NASCAR trucks, for free Spec versions, and run these events in a 3-week cycle. These evens have now been created and will start August 1st. The event structure itself is unchanged, just 1 round of qualifying, for 7 days, and 50 runs. This is the nice thing about th More info
RIETVELD RUNS AWAY WITH THE VICTORY AT LOSTALLO
Round 4 of the 1/8 Nitro Sportscar Series took us to beautiful Lostallo in Switzerland where a large turnout of racers showed up to test their skills at the enormous track nestled in the valley. Qualifying was fast and furious. When the dust settled, it was Jeffrey “The Rocket” Rietveld (NL) who came away the top qualifying position. Rietveld, who is the reigning 2019 VRC PRO 1/8 Nitro Sportscar World Champion, has been on an a More info
Race Report by Simon Williams:
Having gained reporting rights, trying my hand at my first attempt:
I now see that only one report is allowed per Event: I had planned on just doing Sport class, however, I have now added a few notes on Pro and Club.
4 pictures are allowed per report and 3 videos (I’ve not done any videos this time.)
2020 SEASON 1 1:10 ELECTRIC ISTC SPEC ROUND 2 Lausanne CRF race report - A Main Sport Class.
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PRO klasse
Francis Wathlet (B) was ‘king of the hill’ in deze klasse, met 2 duidelijke overwinningen op zijn Belgische compaan Nicolas Evens (organisator van de Belgium Short Course Cup). Arjan van de Graaf was met 2 tweede plaatsen nog in de race voor de 2de plaats in het eindklassement, maar in Race 3 op de Bash Pit Long Course kwam hij uiteindelijk een half rondje te kort op Nicolas Evens om uiteindelijk als 3de te eindigen.
1. Francis Wathlet BE 160
2. Nicolas Evens BE 158
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PRO klasse
Deze klasse werd overtuigend gewonnen door Julius Kolff met 3 overwinningen uit 3. Na de eerste wedstrijd met slechts 0.5 sec te hebben gewonnen was Race 2 op Carpet-2 opnieuw een strijd tussen Kolff en Wathlet, die weer in het voordeel van Julius, maar nu met 1 sec. voorsprong werd beslist.
De 3de en laatste wedstrijd van de Cup was op het thuiscircuit van Julius, en hier was de marge opgelopen tot 8 sec. Francis Wathlet legde beslag op de 2de plaats in de Cup, Arjan van de More info
| 17.09.2025 |
SCALE DISCUSSION 1:8 SPORTSCARS (Site news) |
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| 29.07.2025 |
GT3 WHEEL COLOR CHANGE (Site news) |
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| 25.07.2025 |
NEW SPEC NASCAR SPEEDWAY OVAL EVENTS AND RANKING (Site news) |
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| 01.04.2020 |
Event report for: 2020 SEASON 1 1:8 NITRO SPORTSCARS ROUND 4 (Event publications) |
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| 17.02.2020 |
Event report for: 2020 SEASON 1 1:10 ELECTRIC ISTC SPEC ROUND 2 (Event publications) |
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| 31.12.2013 |
2013 M-AUTO Benelux Cup Short Course Trucks 13.5T stock (Series publications) |
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| 31.12.2013 |
M-AUTO Benelux Cup 2013 1:10 Toerwagens 13.5T (Series publications) |
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