IFMAR 1/8 track Pre-Worlds 2013

This coming weekend the pre-Worlds for the 2013 IFMAR World Championships take place in Japan at the track called Kei-Tune, near Tokyo.
The information is pretty limited but some Japanese blogs do post a few interesting photos and videos











Robert Pietch at work:

Fukuda and his KM-Racing car

Shimo and his Mugen MRX-5 car

Adrien Bertin (1999 World Champion) back racing 1/8 with KM Racing

erpent Viper 977.

Some other racers:

Shimo's MRX-5 and Fukuda's KM Racing:




Yuya Sahashi's Serpent 977 Viper: 




Source:
1. JMRCA
2. Keitune Track
3. Airknack Racing blog
4. Facebook (Siribodhi / Takeshita)

HB/HPI RACING 21XZ-R HARA EDITION

Sources: 1. www.frt.gr

                                2. HB/HPI Hara Edition

KYOSHO Annual GRANDPRIX 2011

Every year KYOSHO organize their annual GrandPrix race at the BossSpeed race track in Japan.
As far as I know this track will be the host club for the 2013 IFMAR 1/8 Onroad World Championships.
Here are 2 videos showing in sequence the 20 minute main final in the 1/8th scale class.

and here is an older clip from the driver's stand showing the demanding layout of this technical track:

Sources: http://paintkura.blog85.fc2.com/

http://www.kyosho.com/

O.S. Speed 21XZ-R Tuned - MMM - part 2

O.S. Speed 21XZ-R Tuned - MMM - part 1

MMM = Murnan Modified Motors

EFRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 1/8 TRACK 2011 - LUXEMBOURG

Not much info is available at the moment and it doesn't look like it is going to get any better as redrc.net could not attend to cover this meeting. Still some sites are already posting some news and some more should do shortly.
http://www.nitro-west.de/
http://www.lmcc.lu/
http://www.rc-world.gr/ (it's in Greek and has reports)
http://www.facebook.com/ through the profiles of some of the participants (for example Asia Racing Team) timing: http://www.myrcm.ch/ http://www.efra.ws/
Some nice photos here: PHOTOS
Xray RX8 of most likely third fastest on Wednesday, Tobias Hepp from team Xray Germany SMI-Motorsport with the Orcan engine.

MRX-5 of Robert Pietsch, currently fastest

Shepherd Velox Eleven probably of Patrick Schäfer

Serpent 966 TE 2011 probably of Salven

Lamberto Collari checking on his car, which looks like an MRX-4 based prototype which was first seen during free practice at the IFMAR WC in Miamin. Eventually at that race he used a Kyosho Evolva prototype with aluminum parts.

and a short clip of Robert Pietsch (Mugen MRX-5/ Novarossi) and Dario Balestri (Capricorn LAB C-801/ Novarossi) flying through free practice. Video was posted on facebook from ART (Asia Racing Team)

O.S. MAX SPEED TUNED 21XZ-R - official photos

Source: O.S. SPEED TUNED