Schumacher Racing Products
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| Company type | Private Limited Company (Ltd.) |
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| Industry | Racing |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Headquarters | Northampton, England |
Key people | Cecil Schumacher Robin Schumacher Phil Booth Brian P. Vogt |
| Products | Radio-controlled cars |
Number of employees | 30 |
| Website | www.racing-cars.com |
Schumacher Racing Products is a British manufacturer of radio-controlled cars and accessories.
History
[edit]The founder, Cecil Schumacher, was a Cosworth transmission engineer who was recruited from Borg Warner to lead the design team to adapt the Hobbs transmission (which he had worked on) to handle the Cosworth DFV's power. Cecil spotted his workmates driving radio-controlled cars on the company's helipad and decided it needed a ball differential after noticing the cars skittered. He soon started noticing different ways these early primitive cars could be improved. Having noticed high tyre wear he introduced the ball differential to radio-controlled cars.[1][2]
in 1981 Schumacher Racing Products was formed in Northampton, England, after a local model shop requested the ball differentials used by Cecil's son Robin and his friends. Schumacher soon started selling internationally.
The company has always operated out of Northampton[3] but sources some components from China like most other RC companies; however, the majority of manufacturing remains in England. Cecil Schumacher's son Robin Schumacher took over the business in 2001.
Racing Success
[edit]IFMAR World Championships
[edit]| Year | Title | Driver | Model | Reference | Report |
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| 1987 | 1:10 4WD Off-Road |  Masami Hirosaka[4]
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CAT XL | [5] | report |
| 2020 | 1:12 Elec. Track |  Marc Rheinard
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Eclipse 3 | report | |
| 2020 | 1:12 Elec. Track, Stock |  Andy Murray
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Eclipse 3 | report |
European Championships
[edit]1985 - Andy Dobson 1:12 1988 - Phil Davies 1:12 1988 - Jürgen Lauterbach, 3rd 1:12
ROAR National Championships
[edit]| Year | Title | Driver | Model | Ref. | Report |
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| 1987 | 1:10 4WD Off-Road |  Jim Dieter
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"Dieter" CAT | [6] | |
| 1995 | 1:10 4WD Off-Road | Brad Reelfs
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CAT 2000 EC |
References
[edit]- ^ "Interview with Cecil". RC Racing TV. 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ Burr, Norman (12 June 2015). First Principles: The Official Biography of Keith Duckworth. Veloce Publishing. p. 156. ISBN 9781845845285. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ "The Hobby Hub". Radioracecar.com. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ "FLASHBACK FRIDAY: A complete timeline of Schumacher CAT 4WD buggies". www.liverc.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ Interview with Cecil, RC Racing TV, 2006, retrieved 29 July 2012
- ^ Rich Hemstreet. "'87 Off Road Nats" (PDF). Dirt Burners Magazine.