Results from the 2008 R/C Speed Challenge U.K. round

These are the results from the 2008 R/C Speed Challenge U.K. round. I will post the results from the U.S. round as soon as they are available.

First reports from the 2008 R/C Speed Challenge UK round

Some of the first reports are coming in from the 2008 R/C Speed Challenge UK Round.

It looks like Magnus Vassmar has the fastest electric speed of 104 mph and Chris had the fastest Nitro car with his twin engine Inferno 777 at 89 mph.

Chris who attended the event had these comments:

a massive thanks goes to Tony for setting up this event also thanks to his assistant (realy sorry can't remeber your name)
it was a fantastic event with many ups and downs. some spectacular crashes and awsome speeds by vassamar,
a real fun event all round
next time we need a lot more practice and setup time but its been a good learning curve Grin

highest electric speed was vassamar 104mph highest IC was my twin 777 89mph Grin Grin did this on my one and only run as i had a problem with a one way bearing wich i just couldn't get sorted out Angry
still was very pleased Grin Grin

chris

Video: Car disintegrates at 103 mph

Crash edit

What Magnus's car looked like before the crash:



Magnus Vassmar's carnage from his TC4 crashing into a cinder block at 103 mph.

Live Coverage of the 2008 R/C Speed Challenge, UK Round

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Streaming video from the U.K. event on September 21

Dave has setup a Ustream account to watch the action live from the UK Worlds fastest RC challenge.

World RC Car Speed Championships. UK round - Sunday September 21st

The UK Round of the World RC Car Speed Championships will be on September 21st, 2008 at the Long Marston Airfield in Warwickshire England. It will be interesting to see the results from the UK race in September. The U.S. contestants will see what speeds they have to beat at their event on October 4th.