Tech Guides

This weekend saw lots more racing for the RCPB guys and gals. On Saturday and down at Silverstone we had the 5th and final round of their winter series and Chris Ely, Felix De Hamel, Tommy Hall, Jamie Hall, Mark Fletcher and James Barker. Once again the famous blue track pictured above looked awesome and this being the final round the guys were in the hunt for some trophies as well as podiums. The guys were split between the main 2wd class and 4wd Class.   Jamie Hall at only 12 years old was my drive of the day qualifying in...

This weekend saw lots of racing for the RCPB guys and gals all over the UK, both in 1/10th and 1/8th. At Kidderminster we had Felix De Hamel and his 4wd Schumacher, and he did well. He qualified well on the fantastic track, and in a very strong field he qualified 9th and made into a very competitive A final. He went just as well in the finals and battled his way up to 5th place which he managed to maintain until the buzzer went. Great driving by Felix in a field of very good racers! Felix's car pictured below!...

This weekend saw the last in the series of the SWIS (Shropshire Winter Indoor Series) at the Grange School in Shrewsbury and RCPB was once again represented by Team Bosses, Chris Ely and Matt Box, as well as Tommy and Jamie Hall and Felix de Hamel. Felix and his Schumacher were in the 2wd and the others all running Xray XB4’s in 4wd. The team at the SWIS all pictured below! Felix impressed all day with his KF2, and after fantastic last round of qualifying, managed to get the TQ by nearly 4 seconds. The car looked very fast in...

This weekend was round 5 of the Nitro X Cross winter series take place at Frankley Model Car Club. A good turnout of over 60 drivers in both Nitro and Electric saw for a very good days racing despite the typical British weather! RCPB was represented by Milan Dragojlovic, Matt Box, Alex Page, Ben Billing, Simon White, Shaun Stenson, Simon Davies and Gary Gregory and Simeon White. Qualifying in Nitro was dominated by Milan Dragojlovic and his Ninja powered Kyosho Mp9, who took TQ in every round with the rest of the field squabbling to take the best places behind...

Valentine’s Day doesn’t stop the RCPB guys from Racing! Lots of racing, lots of places, lots of good results! At a sunny Deerdale we had Rick “Kong” McKenzie debuting his MBX7R powered by his new RC Concepts engine. And it was a very good start with the new ride. Kong had a great days qualifying sticking it straight in the A final, being quicker than some of the UK’s best drivers, the new power unit never missing a beat all day. Kong started a great 7th in the final, and managed to make up a few places but decided to...