Felix De Hamel at the 1/10th Off Road Euros and more from the RCPB Team

Last week was the 1/10^th Off Road Euros in Spain and RCPB driver Felix De Hamel and his Schumacher cars were lucky enough to be one of the BRCA entries for Team GB - Pictured above. He would compete in both 2wd and 4wd at the championships, held at Valladolid on the 1/8^th Dirt track. The track looked amazing and all the cars coped well on the fantastic features. First was 2wd and Felix despite missing some of practice due to being unwell made a mightily impressive start, he had a 38^th in round (see below).

He continued his great qualifying ending up 48^th overall. In his final he had a great start and took some places ending up 3^rd as the buzzer sounded so finishing 43^rd overall! Very impressive driving, but this was not the end 4wd began straight after 2wd finished. He ended up 52^nd after a much tougher qualifying session. This meant he would line up in the F final alongside some truly great drivers. He went on to finish 6^th and 56^th overall which is a fantastic achievement for the young driver. We look forward to many more Euros for Felix in the years to come.

On the weekend we had NitroXcross again rounds 11 on Saturday and it was at a brand new venue, JC Raceway is a joint venture between the previous Frankley Model car cub and JC Racing Products. The new track would mean an even playing field in a full line up of racers. The track looked fantastic after only a few weeks work, well done to all who helped! (track pictured below)

 In E Buggy we had Chris Lovell and his RC Concept powered Mugen, he qualified 3^rd. He had a very good run in his final on the tricky track and managed to gain a place and finished 2^nd.

In Nitro we had Si Davies, Gary Gregory, Milan Dragojlovic, Steve Shakespeare and Matt Box. Si Davies had some very decent runs and qualified 42^nd from over 60 drivers. Gary and his new ride the Kyosho MP9 were on fire and qualified a very impressive 18^th. Matt managed a couple of top 10 finishes and as a result made 10^th place his own, Steve despite missing 2 rounds of qualifying got 7^th and Milan 3^rd. All 3 of their Kyosho’s handling the bumpy track amazingly well and all getting in the A final.

Si Davies and his Radiosistemi RR8 would start 8^th in the D final, he had a fantastic start, getting up into the leading 3 cars, at times even taking the lead. He drove brilliantly, bringing his car home in 3^rd and a bump to the C Final. He had another good start from the back of the pack, and came home 11^th. A great days racing for Si!

Gary was up next in the B final, he got caught up at the start and was at the back of the pack but his pace with the Ielasi tuned powered Kyosho  got him back up to 7^th. Steve, Matt and Milan were up in the A. Matt ended up 13^th, Steve 10^th but Milan battled for the lead. He and the other 2 leading cars shot away from the pack pulling out a lead, and after some great and consistent driving he pulled off a superb win by 20 seconds. Another win for Team RCPB and Milan!

On Sunday we had new team member Nathen Powney with his brand new Bullet powered TLR car, and Andy Prosser ad his Bullett Powered Sworkz and AE driver Jon Griffiths join us.

Chris and his Mugen MBX7r Eco were back in fine form and he got the TQ with 3 firsts in round. He also pulled off the win, after losing the lead in the middle part of the race he got it back and went on to win by over 20s. Another great drive by the Mugen man.

Si Davies had another good day with his RR8, he got 37^th and Andy got 49^th. Gary managed 24^th, Nath 16^th, Jon 15^th and once again the kyosho drivers Milan, Matt and Steve made the A, with Matt 8^th, Steve 7^th and Milan 3^rd. Steve,s fine looking MP9 Tki4 flying through the air below! (picture by JMRPhotography)

Andy started 9^th in the E final, he had an amazing start and wound up 2^nd after 2 laps, he battled hard and came home 8^th after a fine drive. Si was up next and unfortunately had a problem coming home 13^th.

Gary was up next starting 4^th in the C, he and his Kyosho came home 9^th. Nathan lined up 6^th and still getting to grips with his new engine and car he was learning fast, he came home a brilliant 5^th, narrowly missing the bump to the A. Jon just edged Nathan, his AE looked dialled, he jumped from 5^th to 2^nd and got the bump to the A in fine style.

Jon, Steve, Matt and Milan lined up for the A, nearly 1/3^rd of the A final were team RCPB, great work guys! Matt, Steve and Jon would be battling it out on track, Jon Griffiths came out on top, and he took 9^th place. Steve and his “Elliot Boots” edition Reds engine ended up 12^th and Matt was 10^th just 0.2 of a second behind Jon. A great race between the 3, brilliant, competitive and clean driving by all 3 guys! Milan was on another level, he drove an amazing race, he took the lead half way through the race and retained it, pulling out a lead of over 10seconds from the 2^nd place man. Another win by him and the Team – so all in all RCPB took 3 wins in A finals out of 4 over the weekend!! Milan Pictured below with his Kyosho Mp9 Tki4.

As always all of the kit, cars, fuel and accessories are all available from RCPB. Next week we will be the shop will be trackside at the 1/8^th Ralleycross national in Pembrey South Wales – but we have racers all over the UK. Check out the results in next weeks report. EAT-SLEEP-RACE-REPEAT!!!!