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This weekend was a mixture of 1/10th and 1/8th racing for the Team, firstly it was the 2dn Round of the SWIS (Shropshire, Winter, Indoor Series) at the Grange School Shrewsbury, although not a permanent track, still a very technical track which saw 1/10th 2wd, 4wd and Micro heat. RCPB was represented by Team Bosses Chris Ely and Matt Box in 4wd, and after some hotly contested qualifying rounds the guys lined up one and two in the A final, with Chris just ahead of Matt. Chris was debuting the new Xray XB4 2016, and it looked very strong, with...

This weekend saw the Popular Nitro X Cross Winter series at the Ledbury Astro Track. Although there was persistent rain all week, Nathan Powney and the crew did a fantastic job of getting the track in a race-able condition and even entertained the campers with fireworks on the Saturday evening. The Day started with a moments silence for remembrance Sunday – a nice touch and ended with a Bang! (Quite Literally.) Once again the RCPB Team were out in force, Milan Dragojlovic was unstoppable and with his MP9/Nova Rossi/Werks fuel combo took every round of qualifying and the TQ for...

Team RCPB hit Ledbury this weekend for the first round of the Ledbury Winter series. A great turn out of over 50 drivers and nearly a full RCPB 1/8th Nitro Turn out, with 10 RCPB team members in attendance. The Track had some changes, with a new jump section and conditions changing through the day meant it started wet/foggy/cold, then got dry and then cold and foggy/dewy for the finals. This meant tyre choice was hard and changing conditions kept the whole field on its toes. From Left to Right – Milan Dragojlovic, Steve “Shakey” Shakespere, Matt Box, Ben Billing,...

This weekend was the start of many different winter series all over the uk, inside and out, 1/8th and 1/10th and Team RCPB was represented up and down the UK. In 1/10th and At the SWIS (Shropshire Winter Indoor Series) held by East Shrewsbury Buggy Racing Club Team RCPB made a double podium with Chris Ely and his serpent making 2nd and Matt Box and his Xray making 3rd in the 4wd drive class, both tq’ing one round each.  Some very close, competitive racing by the RCPB team bosses. It’s going to be a interesting series if they keep it...

This weekend saw the first round of the Swindon Model car club winter series, and the team were represented by Andy Prosser, Chris Lovell, Ben Billing and Simon Davies. There was a good turnout for the event which included 1/10th and 1/8th races, and a good battle between Darren Bloomfield and Kevin Brunsden at the top of the field in 8th. Ben Billing was the best qualifier for RCPB, ending up 3rd in the A and finishing 3rd behind the big guns with his new Sworkz Evo 2 and Nova Rossi combo. Great start with the new car, may there...