20.08.2017 4 comments Video: 1 available
Report by J-P.Huhtala
STEAM POWERED RACE SERIES 2017 1:10 ELECTRIC TC COLLEGNO
PRO level
British driver Reece Hodges has won STEAM POWERED race of 1:10 electric touringcars at Collegno circuit. This 19 years old talent was fastest also at qualifying round, hitting 17.458 average, he left Japanese driver Taro Matsuoka, 2.7 seconds behind.
Mainfinal was real tight, as Matsuoka was pushing in close range. But Hodges hold his nerves and won this race with 1 second gap to Matsuoka. Hong Kong driver Carson Yeung and South African Jason Hillcoat had great fight of last podium place. Fight was very tight and they swapped places few times, and heading for last lap, Hillcoat was at third place. At last lap, Yeung got better line and exit at turn two and this allowed him to pass Hillcoat. Yeung drove tight last curves and crossed the line in third place. Really enjoyable fight! Difference was only... read more
11.02.2016 6 comments Video: 1 available
Report by J-P.Huhtala (VRC race reporter)
STEAM POWERED race series 1:10 TOURINGCARS
Collegno
After Carpet1 race, it was time to STEAM POWERED race series to travel Collegno, Italy.
This track hosted the IFMAR 1:10 on-road Worlds in 2006 The track well known that its very technical and demanding, just what you can expect from world class track.
Finnish driver Viljami Kutvonen, who wonned that earlier race at Carpet 1, was also at participants list. Also driver from Greece, Bill Lykaris was at the entrylist. This 19years old talent drove very fantastic at WORLDS 2015 in Sydney track. He came to second place in 1:10 nitro on-road spec class, when title went to Netherlands multiple worldchampion Jeffrey Rietveld by 11 seconds.
QUALIFYING
Qualifying showed that nothing had changed and anything miracles didn’t happened when these drivers decided the starting order to final. Bill pace was well known before ru... read more
08.01.2015 3 comments Video: 1 available
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Kevin Pignotti has added a second Worlds win in the 2014 VRC Worlds series, this time in 1:10 ISTC electric touring cars Open Class at Collegno Italy. The 18 year old multiple VRC World champion had to battle it out with his main rival Martin Wollanka from Austria who finished 5 seconds down on Kevin in 2nd, and Brandon McBain from Australia who completed the podium in 3rd 9.5 seconds behind the winner.
Drama for Toth
But it was a much closer call for Pignotti than the results show. The A-Main final was a 15 minute race which would mean at least 1 battery change somewhere in the middle of the race. But 2 finalists had opted to go the full distance on just one 7200mAh LiPo pack, Barnebas Toth and Dana Bailes. Toth was still using a 4.5T motor but must have adjusted the speed controller in such a way that he would be able to make the 15 minutes, costing him about 3/10 of a second on average, but that would about work out on a 52 lap race. Bailes had opted for the 5.5T mot... read more
24.12.2014 9 comments Video: 1 available
Not the fastest but the smartest and therefore the 2014 VRC World Champion 1:12 Open Class. Rick Yelle (US) had the patience to come out on top after the 16 minute A-Main, with Dana Bailes (US) 4 seconds and Martin Wollanka (A) one lap down completing the 2014 podium.
Rick knew that he had to come up with something smart for the double-length A-Main and to try to go the whole distance on just 1 battery charge as that could save you almost 20 seconds or about 0.3 seconds a lap on average. So he did a number of quarter distance runs to measure the amp usage with different settings on the speed controller, 97% power, low braking, optimized gearing etc. until he found a set-up that would get him to the finish on one charge. Also Atsushi Hasegawa, Graham Raistrick and Hiroyuki Shoda had opted for this strategy. Having a milder set-up than in his qualifying run (2nd), Rick had an incredible consistent run with just one small crash which cost him 3 seconds, to finish with a race average of 15.553 seconds with a f... read more
