September 24, 2014

ETS Pilotrace Nürburgring – Report

ETS Pilotrace Nürburgring – Report

The ETS pilotrace at the World-famous Nürburgring was held last weekend at the track side “Ring Boulevard”. Uwe Rheinard and his crew again did their magic to provide a nice and flowing layout laid out on a new carpet that will be in use in the upcoming season. Also in use was the new Ride hand-out tyre that was tested with very good results. In the Touring Car Modified class a bunch of internationally experienced racers signed in, such as Jan Ratheisky, Yannic Prümper, Dominick Fleischmann or Julian Borowski. After the end of the qualifiers Yannic Prümper put his car on pole position for the finals followed by Marco Kaufmann and Dominik Fleischmann.

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September 23, 2014

Ehrbar & Benson win at Conrad TC Masters Rd3

Ehrbar & Benson win at Conrad TC Masters Rd3

The 3rd round of the 2014 Conrad Touring Car Masters was held at the 2010 IFMAR Worlds track in Burgdorf, Germany. In the Touring Car Modified class David Ehrbar (Serpent) took the win from the Xray duo of Steven Weiss and Uwe Reimers. The Stock class had Tim Benson (Xray) walking away with the win while Daniel Horn (Xray) and Henrik Heitsch (ARC) had to settle for 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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September 23, 2014

Fai Ho wins at GM Touring Car Championship Rd3

Fai Ho wins at GM Touring Car Championship Rd3

The 3rd round of the GM Touring Car Championship was held at the Shenzen KRC track in Shenzhen, China. Fai Ho took the TQ after the qualifiers and also came out successful in the A-mains to take the win from Howard Cho in 2nd and Guo Yao Wei who rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


September 22, 2014

New Serpent 748 & 411 option parts

New Serpent 748 & 411 option parts

Serpent have new optional parts for the Natrix 748 and Eryx 411 1/10th on-road cars available. First up is an aluminium servo saver lever for the 748. The CNC-machined part is made from 7075-T6 material and offers improved rigidity over the stock composite lever. The composite Ackermann inserts of the standard part are usable with the alloy servo saver in order to help adjust the steering characteristics of the car.

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September 20, 2014

Sweep STC-6 190mm touring car bodyshell

Sweep STC-6 190mm touring car bodyshell

Sweep Racing introduce the STC-6 touring car bodyshell for 190mm chassis. The body sports a slightly different design compared to the company’s STC-4 with an updated grille, hood and rear section. The special shape lets the body sit lower for improved aerodynamics while the rear end features a build-in anti-tuck design that reduces the chances of the body becoming tucked by the rear wheels after a crash. The shape of the trunk also provides extra straight line stability without sacrificing corner speed. Made for both asphalt and carpet racing alike the body comes including a 1.0mm thick rear wing, side plates, mounting hardware and double sided tape in an ultra lightweight 0.5mm, lightweight 0.65mm a regular 0.8mm variant.

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September 19, 2014

LRP Challenge Italy final round – Announcement

LRP Challenge Italy final round – Announcement

The final round of the LRP Challenge Italy will take place this weekend at the Miniautodromo T5 in Roma. Classes run will include Touring Car Modified, Stock 13.5T and Stock 17.5T. More information (in Italian language) for all last-minute deciders can be found here.


September 19, 2014

Xray T4’15 electric touring car kit

Xray T4'15 electric touring car kit

Following our exclusive Xray T4’15 presentation in the form of an in-depth interview with Martin Hudy and hot on the heels of our article about the making of the 2015 specification car we now have the official release available. The car is based around an all-new main 2.2mm thick chassis that is 3mm narrower for now being only 86mm wide. The chassis was designed to accommodate the new motor mount as well as the included ARS rear suspension system – two of the most significant changes with the 2015 model.

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September 19, 2014

EZPower Gladiator 120A brushless speed controller

EZPower Gladiator 120A brushless speed controller

Italian company EZPower introduce the Gladiator 120A brushless speed controller for 1/10th and 1/12th scale appellations. Coming with an all-aluminium case with “spider web” cooling grooves the speedo is meant to stay cooler during operation. A build-in on/off switch, data port and heavy duty solder towers round out the package. Full information about the ESC, that will hit the stores in October, will become available soon.

Source: EZPower [ezpower.it]