here is the photo of the car and the official press release by the ISC.....
World Record Speeds at the International RC Speed Challenge
Rockingham NC: October 4, 2008
The inaugural US event of the International RC Speed Challenge presented by Castle was held at the Rockingham Dragway, Rockingham, NC. Competitors from all over the United States and from as far away as the UK came to try to push the envelope of speed in a variety of classes, using both Nitro and electric powered scale RC vehicles. This event was the second of the series conducted in association with the UK-based ROSSA organization, the first meet being held in Stratford, England on Sept, 23, 2008.
The highlight of the event was provided by Southern California’s Nic Case, the current Guinness World Record holder for top speed of a radio-controlled vehicle (134 mph). Nic only made two passes, but both shattered the existing speed record. Nic’s orange FlightPower/Castle/Neu/Schumacher 12-cell streamliner recorded a tremendous 153 mph run, then came back later and laid down an incredible 161.76 mph pass to seal his place in the history books.
Other notable performances were turned in by Gary O’Connor’s nitro-powered four-engined streamliner at 93.66 mph to take the win in Open IC, and Tim Smith’s Novak powered 84.54 mph effort in Scale Electric, a production-oriented two-cell lipo electric class.
The ISC would like to acknowledge and thank its sponsors and supporters: Castle Creations, Medusa Research, Flight Power, BigSquid RC, Stormer Hobbies, Grand Motorsports, Racer’s Haven, Schumacher, Novak, Speed Passion, A-Main, ProtoForm, Team Associated, Xtreme RC Cars, RC Driver, HobbyTalk, and special thanks to Billy Weeks, Race Director and Steve Earwood of Rockingham Dragway for the use of the world-class facility.
For additional information, please visit the “Fastest RC” website:
http://www.fastestrc.blogspot.com/
