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April 29, 2016

Rheinard tops first 4WD practice

Marc Rheinard set the pace in the first round of 4WD timed practice at the Euro Offroad Series in Germany. The Yokomo driver was fastest ahead of Bruno Coelho and Lee Martin, the latter two drivers set to battle it out for the 4WD title at the Nurburgring in the season finale on Sunday. Over 3-consecutive laps, Rheinard would hold a 0.161 advantage over Coelho who in turn was 0.092 ahead of his title rival Martin who earlier in the day topped 2WD practice.

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April 29, 2016

Reds Racing M7 WCS V3.0 Factory Tuned on-road engine

Reds Racing have introduced their all-new M7 WCS V3.0 Factory Tuned 3.5cc nitro on-road engine. It features a new crankshaft for increased power output and reliability as it is made from a specially-coated carbon steel. A silicone filling of the crankshaft reduces the inertia of rotation and the engine also comes with a new cooling system and a Japan-made 7x19x6mm front bearing. The package is rounded out by a redesigned crankcase and combustion camber insert as well as the Gen2 venturi and a new low-speed needle.

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April 29, 2016

Martin top 2WD seed at EOS Finale

Lee Martin goes into tomorrow’s 2WD qualifying at the Nurburgring in Germany as the top seed. The Yokomo driver was fastest in the two rounds of timed practice, bettering his opening 3-consecutive lap time by 0.064 to again top the times from Team Associated’s Neil Cragg. Cragg improved his time too in FP2 but the gap between the two British drivers remained almost unchanged. Having only been 7th after TP1, Bruno Coelho made a big improvement to put his Xray in Top 3 ahead of American AE pairing Ryan Cavalieri and Spencer Rivkin.

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April 29, 2016

Video – Team Associated B6 introduction

Team Associated designer Kody Numedahl, who is attending the EOS season finale at the Nurburgring in Germany, talks us through his latest creation, the B6, which is making its competition debut this weekend.

April 29, 2016

Martin fastest, new Associated off to impressive start

Lee Martin has topped the first round of timed 2WD practice at the Euro Offroad Series season finale at Nurburgring. The Yokomo driver, who successfully defended his 2WD EOS title at the previous round, set the fastest three consecutive laps ahead of a trio of Team Associated’s new B6 car after the American manufacturer sprung a huge surprise by turning up unannounced in Germany this morning with its full American factory team. Just half a second off Martin, Neil Cragg would put in the second fastest time followed by the car’s designer Kody Numedahl and multiple World Champion Ryan Cavalieri. Making his EOS debut at the same time as the B6 makes its race debut, reigning 2WD World Champion Spencer Rivkin got his first weekend of racing 1:10 in Europe off to a solid start by rounding out the Top 6 ahead of 4WD World Champion Bruno Coelho.

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April 29, 2016

Hobby Pro USA 24K gold-plated stainless steel screws

Hobby Pro USA have introduced their new 24K gold-plated stainless steel screws. Made from high-grade 12.9 steel for reduced wear and sporting a 24K gold-coating the 3mm fasteners are available as counter sunk or button head variant in six different dimensions and as 10-piece packs, covering most 1/10th scale applications.

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April 29, 2016

Alves successful at Brazilian On-Road Champs Rd3

The third round of the local Brasilia city on-road championship took place in the city of Brasilia saw Thiago Inacio (Shepherd) taking the pole position for the main final. The A-main then saw some close racing between the top drivers Bernardo Kokemper, Thiago Elias, Rogério Massa and Thiago Inacio (all Shepherd). A few minutes into the race Thiago Inacio had to visit the pits because of technical issues which cost him a lot of time. The other three continued to fight for the lead with Rafael Alves in first position followed closely by Bernardo Kokemper and Regério Massa. This later was also the order in which the trio saw the checkered flag making it an all-Shepherd podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

April 29, 2016

Hector Albarracin wins at SNS Rd2

Round two of the Spanish National Series was held in Villareal-Castellon. In the Formula class Hector Albarracin would grab the TQ and he also came out fastest in the A-main, leaving Ivan de la Calle and Antonio Alama behind in second and third respectively.

Source: MD Racing [mdracingrc.com]