I had a great day today. Made a return from my semi-retirement to race the Mi3 in stock at Sunny Coast. This is  a biased account of what happened.

It’s back….. “It” is of course my 1995 Cougar 2000. For the Schumacher purists, sorry to disappoint you, this car has a bit of everything – original Cougar 2000 rear end, Cougar ’95 Chassis, Fibrelyte shock tower, and SACS (Active Castor) front end. But it’s a genuine 1995 body that…

OOPS – 82 in 60 zone = $250

Wow what a weekend. I happened to have some free (unplanned ) time this weekend so looked around for racing opportunities and this is amazing.

Following on from the highly successful Queensland EP Offroad Championships comes the 2007 Sth East Qld Champs. To be hosted by Chargers R/C at their Ipswich track, this event sees 2wd classes compete on Saturday August 11th, and 4wd on Saturday August 25th. Drag out the dirt car and join…

If you haven’t caught the news already, ORRCA Queensland have announced some new rules effective immediately for ORRCA sanctioned events.  Before we go any further, let’s just be sure and understand that these rules ONLY apply to the ORRCA Queensland Championships. Clubs and other race organisers are free to run…

Although Saturday’s event was personally a great achievement for me, Sunday’s Modified race was where my true desires lie. Unfortunately, my attempt to maintain a setup throughout the day was nowhere to be seen.   Setting of the Landscape  The two day Event at Whalan (in the western suburbs), had…

Brisbane’s Logan City R/C Car Club have put down some significant changes in track layout for the new season kicking off this weekend at their Meakin Park circuit. The “right hand” end of the track has some tweaks to the complex leading onto the back straight, but the series of…

Well now the dust has settled and I’m back in the comfort of my home I can now reflect on Saturday’s event. As most of you have already read, I managed to win the HPI Challenge and I’m now contemplating a trip to Bangkok, Thailand to compete in the “HPI…

The 2007 HPI Winter Champs is one of Australia’s most hotly contested Touring Car races, and it’s underway this weekend at the Whalen track in the west of Sydney.  Day One classes include Nitro Pro and Pullstart and the HPI Challenge. The HPI class is open to drivers of HPI/Hotbodies…