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March 22, 2012

Alessandro Bracci wins Trofeo Max Power

The Trofeo Max Power took place last weekend at he Riccione track in Italy supported by Massimo Fantini. The qualifiers were dominated by Alessandro Bracci (Xray/Max) and Stephen Massari (Serpent/Novarossi) with the battle going on also in the A final when also Massimiliano Bertozzi was able to keep the pace of both. Stephen then got a mechanical problem meaning the race win for Alessandro in front of Massimiliano Bertozzi and Massari.

Source: Road Race Riccione [roadracericcione.com]

March 22, 2012

JJ Wang wins HPI Works Challenge in China

The first of two HPI works challenge races in China took place this past weekend at the Shanghai RCI racing club. Atsushi Hara, Shin Adachi and EC Kim joined the Chinese HB drivers Wang Hai Feng and JJ Wang at the indoor event, which saw more than 30 drivers in attendance. Shin Adachi took TQ but it was JJ Wang having the better end for him finishing first in front of EC Kim from Korea and Atsushi Hara in third. The organisers would also like to send special thanks to Muchmore for supporting the event.

Source: HPI Racing [hpiracing.net.cn]

March 21, 2012

Serpent 411-FF pinions & 411 anti-roll bars

Serpent introduce new option parts for the 411-FF 1/10 scale FWD touring car in the form of large 48dp pinion gears and optional anti-roll bars for the 411 4WD TC. The Pinions are available as 61T to 63T types, are precision machined and sport a wear-resistant hard coating and laser-etched markings. Made for the use with the 411 electric sedan are the new longer anti-roll bar wires that allow the use of the front side mounting point of the rear wishbones. They are available as 1.2mm, 1.4mm, 1.6mm and 1.8mm variant are sport markings for easy recognition.

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March 21, 2012

Villalón Haba wins Andalusian regionals Rd1

Last weekend the Circuit of Ronda saw the first round of the Andalusian electric touring car regionals. A total of 25 pilots fought for the win with Antonio Jesús Villalón Haba (Xray T3) was able to put himself on top of the podium with Francisco José Toledano Alcalá (Tamiya 417X) in second and Sergio Orozco Caballero (Tamiya 416X) ending up third place.

Many thanks to Francisco Jose Toledano for sending the report.

March 21, 2012

Sonic ProStock.21 on-road engine

Sonic introduce the ProStock.21 3.5cc on-road engine. Designed especially for club and regional racers the 5-port engine is easy to tune and features a CNC-machined flat piston, optimised crankcase, knife edged connecting rod and turbo combustion camber insert. Other features include a 14mm high-quality main bearing, composite material carburettor with 8mm venturi insert, and lightweight cooling head. Additionally the engine is legal for the Hobby Cup racing series in Germany with more then 20 races all over the country.

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March 20, 2012

Law & Bruce take victory at FSEARA Rd5

Round 5 of the FSEARA (Florida State Electric Auto Racing Association) series took place at K-Raceway in Kissimmee, FL, the same track as the 2004 IFMAR 1/10 & 1/12 worlds. FSEARA at K-Raceway is the event that most racers are waiting for all year and George Martinez did an amazing job in getting the track ready for the weekend. Due to the fast s-turn before the straight, there were many accidents during practices and another problem racers had was overheating motors, the long back straight requiring racers to hold full throttle for 5 sec. With the Florida heat the average temperature of the motor was 200F degree.

Continue reading the report here

March 20, 2012

Ronald Volker defends German Indoor title

Last weekend saw the German Indoor touring car Nationals held in Goettingen and the event attracted around 100 drivers across three classes. Saturday saw two rounds of free practice followed by 4 rounds of qualification. Sunday morning was again one round of free practice and the final qualifier. It was Yokomo/LRP driver Ronald Völker who would secure the TQ spot, followed closely by Awesomatix/LRP driver Freddy Südhoff and Yokomo/SP driver Yannic Prümper. Ronald Völker would go on to take the win in A-Main leg one and two and successfully defend his German National title. The last final went to Freddy Südhoff, which secured him the Vice German Champion title. For overall third place there was a close battle between new Yokomo driver Dominik Fleischmann and Yannic Prümper. Both had great battles but in the Final leg Yannic made a mistake and broke his car, giving Dominik the third place overall.

View the final results here

March 20, 2012

Zeppin Racing TC6.1 & T3 2012 top decks

Zeppin Racing have released new 2mm flex top plates for the Team Associated TC6.1 and Xray T3 2012. The original top plate for the TC6.1 was engineered for firmness and in addition the upper deck is too wide meaning it touches the motor which restricts flexing. This newly designed 2mm thick top deck is 2mm narrower (-1mm each side) to avoid touching the motor, plus extra holes provide a bit more flex in order to improve overall traction. Aiming for more steering on the T3 chassis, they have deliberately made a narrower top deck to increase steering, especially in mid corner.

View the T3 top deck here