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September 2, 2012

Marcus Lindner wins Swedish Cup Rd6

The 6th round of the Swedish 1/8th on-road Cup took place at the fairly new track in Lidköping in the Western part of Sweden. The track was build a couple of years ago but up until now no rational races have been run at the challenging track that is located in the middle of a motor racing area. The track itself is a challenging combination of fast sweepers and slow corners and very narrow at times. Due to a bad weather forecast it was decided to cut the schedule to a one day event with fast qualifying rounds that were lead by Niklas Johansson in front of Marcus Lindner and Christofer Hedlung.

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September 1, 2012

Kyosho Plazma Formula

Kyosho America announce the Plazma Formula on-road kit. Designed for competition use in the growing Formula classes world wide the kit features a simple and effective design with inline battery position, durable independent front suspension with adjustable upper A-arms, FRP reinforced chassis, oil-filled centre shock and single roll damper, as well as a 7075 aluminium motor mount. Ride height is adjustable via spacers in five steps to accommodate various tyre diameters. The front wing provides protection for the chassis as it is made with a moulded plastic base and features a polycarbonate cover while the rear of the chassis comes with a detachable diffuser. Needed for completion are F103-size tyres, body and radio equipment.

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August 31, 2012

Johnson & Knapp win @ ROAR Nationals

CRC and VBC team drivers Dave Johnson and Andrew Knapp went away with wins in their respective classes at the recent ROAR paved on-road Nationals. Andrew did the double by TQ’ing in both the 17.5T TC and 1/12th 17.5T class and also winning the latter with his CTC Gen-Xi car. In TC the pole setter ended up in third position leaving the win to VBC Wildfire team mate Dave Johnson.

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August 30, 2012

LRP Dynamic 8 2600kv brushless motor

Following the Dynamic 8 1600kv brushless motor LRP now introduce the even more powerful 2600kv variant. Designed to deliver both high torque and RPM in combination with an extremely high efficiency the motor is ideal for all high speed buggy applications. Coming with a highly ribbed CNC-machined aluminium can, easy solder tabs and a rebuildable design.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

August 30, 2012

Rick Hohwart wins Modified TC @ ROAR Nationals

The 2012 ROAR On-Road Nationals visited one of the finest on-road circuits in the USA. at Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, Illinois. Top racers from around the USA and Canada gathered over the weekend of August 23-26 to crown National Champions in six classes. The permanent track was configured to provide a mix of challenging technical corners as well as high-speed sections where speeds approached 65 MPH in the premier Modified TC class. A combination of power, handling, and driving would be the key to a successful weekend.

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August 30, 2012

Duratrax Onyx 150 balancing LiPo charger

The Duratrax Onyx 150 AC/DC Balancing LiPo Charger is designed for balanced charging 1S to 3S LiPo packs. A built-in power supply makes it easy to take it along while the charger features switch-selectable charging rates, a tri-color status LED and it also includes a balancing port for balancing and charging 3S packs, plus an adapter for 2S packs and it comes with Deans and Traxxas TRX-type battery connectors.

Source: Duratrax [duratrax.com]

August 30, 2012

David Ehrbar joins Team Serpent

Serpent report that David Ehrbar has recently joined their team. The German will race the S411 and also help to further develop Serpent’s 1/10th touring car platform. His first race will be the first round of the 2012/13 ETS in Mühlheim-Kärlich on the weekend of the 12th to 14th of October.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 29, 2012

Klausner & Singer win Austrian champs Rd5

Last weekend the penultimate leg of the Austrian nitro on-road nationals took place at the Aigen/Schlaegl track, the venue for next year’s IC 1/8th on-road B European Championships. Wet track conditions on Saturday made for a very quiet practice. Later in the afternoon the track started to become dry and all drivers tried to get as much track time as possible. The first qualifying round on Saturday was run at good track conditions and was dominated by Michael Klausner in 1/8th and Manual Singer in the 1/10th class. On Sunday the predicted bad weather meant that nobody was able to improve times and drivers like Lubischa Paunovic, Alain Levy, Harald Wendy, Peter Grandinger and Erich Scharler not even made it into the final.

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