The 4th round of the French 200mm nitro on-road championship was held at the Lentilly track near Lyon. In the National class, it was Maxime Legay who took the TQ position in front of Philippe Martineau and Stephane Campourcy while in the Elite class, Leo Arnold had a tremendous third qualifying round to take the overall TQ. Basile Concialdi came in 2nd and Quentin Leroux held the 3rd spot.
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The 4th round of the French nitro on-road nationals took place under mixed weather conditions. All qualifiers would be run in dry track conditions and in the 1/8 Elite class it was Anthony Abisset (Serpent) who took TQ in front of Benjamin Brasset (Serpent) and Arnaud Mathieu (Capricorn). In the National class 14 years old Gaetan “Iceman” Nousse (Serpent) outperformed Ludovic Cesar (Serpent) and Benjamin Coulaud (Capricorn).
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Uwe Baldes, Melvin Diekmann, Marco Muscara and Stefan Schumann achieved class wins at round 3 of the Nitro-West-Masters which was held at the Rhein-Ahr-Motodrom in Bad Breisig. With 42 entries and finally 41 competitors attending the number of participants was slightly lower than at the previous rounds in Oberhausen (67) and Dueren (55). But that did not derogate the thrilling racing action and the great atmosphere though. The conditions on Sunday were perfect nearly till the end before some slight rain hit the track during the last ten minutes of the 1/8th main race.
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Round 4 of the BRCA touring car nationals took place at the fast and flowing Cotswold track located on Kemble airfield, UK. The first three rounds have seen three different winners which meant heading into round four the championship is still wide open. Saturday morning the drivers were greeted with very wet conditions but fortunately it would dry for round one of qualification. Olly Jefferies was able to keep himself close to the top of the time sheets in all of the qualifying rounds to eventually take pole positions after winning three out of five qualifying rounds with Chris Grainger taking second and Elliott Harper in third. Olly would also set the fastest lap and five minute time of the weekend.
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Team Titan introduce the updated V2 version of the Blitz bodyshell height adjusters. Usable on virtually every touring car chassis with 6mm body mounts, the latest variant of the body height adjusters features O-ring equipped adjustment nuts to securely keep the chosen height even in intense racing action. Included in the set come four threaded tubes for the body mounts, four height adjustment nuts and four rubber O-rings.
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This past weekend the 2014 Japanese 1/12th nationals were held at a purpose-built track in Fukuoka. The Modified class had Naoto Matsukura taking the TQ for the finals and it looked like the multi-national champion would make its 8th 1/12th national title in a row, but runner-up after the qualifiers, Ishioka Hayato denied him the title to take the 2014 championship. Hideo Kitazawa came in 2nd while Naoto Matsukura ultimately had to settle for 3rd. The Stock class had Takayuki Kuwata taking the TQ and win from Naoki Kuroda and Yamaguchi Tokusu.
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Radtec RC is a new brand for competition grade RC after market parts and the first products to hit the light of the day are a series of spring steel driveshafts and spool cups for the Xray T4 and Yokomo BD7 series cars. Available for the T4 are 52mm front and 50mm rear double joint driveshafts as well as steel solid axle drive cups. For the BD7 Radtec RC offers 45.5mm front and 44mm rear double joint driveshafts along suitable steel spool drive cups. All parts are made from Radtec RC’s premium steel and they come hard-coated for a smooth and long-lasting finish.
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New from Solaris comes the Instant Glue specially formulated for the use with rubber tyres. Used on Solaris’ pre-mounted spec and controlled racing tyres the CA glue is now available in 20g bottles, ideal for any rubber tyre come on-road or off-road. Included come several nozzles for easy application and a needle-equipped cap.
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