May 29, 2013

Olivier Bultynck wins Belgian TC nationals Rd3

Olivier Bultynck wins Belgian TC nationals Rd3

The third round of the Belgian electric touring car nationals took place at the fast and bumpy track of RCR at Roeselare. The whole week before the race saw rain showers but come Saturday the weather cleared up and the driver faced a dry track. During the night rain started to fall again making for a slippery track surface at the beginning of the Sunday qualifiers but the track started to dry up fast.  In the EFRA class it was Olivier Bultynck who took TQ in front of Thomas Stockman and Nick Joosens. Also Robin D’Hondt was trying to go fast with the electric guys and took the fourth spot on the grid.

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May 28, 2013

Ray Boogie wins GT class at Byron Challenge

Ray Boogie wins GT class at Byron Challenge

The 2013 Byron Challenge took place at the Blue Diamond Raceway in Delaware. The two day event saw a huge GT field and Sweep’s newly promoted Ray Boogie setting an early TQ, followed by another Sweep driver, Phil Trotta. After three more qualifiers Serpent driver Phil Trotta took TQ, followed by Richard Siriano in second place. Ray Boogie held on third with his first day TQ time. Come the A main TQ Phil Trotta flamed out causing him to miss the first two minutes. Richie Siriano and Ray Boogie took advantage of his situation and battled until a screw came loose on Richie’s car causing him to pull off. Ray moved to first while his Sweep team mate Rob Bendall piloting a Team C GT8 moved to second. TQ Phil un-lapped almost the entire field back on its way to a podium spot but had to settled in 4th position. At the top of the field Ray Boogie secured himself the win after the 20 minutes final followed by Rob Bendall.

Source: Sweep [sweepracingusa.com]


May 28, 2013

CSO-One Super-EX chassis plate

CSO-One Super-EX chassis plate

CSO introduce a new optional chassis plate for the CSO-One touring car kit. The main chassis is cut from 2.2mm carbon fibre material and sports additional machining compared to the kit chassis in order to allow for more torsional flex and quicker steering response while maintaining excellent stability at the same time. The car will also have a wider sweet spot and temperature window.

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May 28, 2013

Fabrizio Teghesi wins Italian nitro buggy champs

Fabrizio Teghesi wins Italian nitro buggy champs

The second round of the Italian off-road nationals was held at the Panico Model Team track in the centre of Italy. Kyosho’s Fabrizio Teghesi took the win in the 45 minutes final handing him the national championship title early with one race to go. This meant the triple for Fabrizio who also won the 2011 electric buggy and 2012 truggy title. Second placed Alex Zanchettin (TLR/Novarossi) secured himself the vice championship title with Riccardo Perin (HB/OS) completing the podium of the second round of the series.

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May 28, 2013

Teemu Saarinen wins Finnish nitro touring nats Rd1

Teemu Saarinen wins Finish nitro touring nats Rd1

The first round of the Finnish nitro on-road nationals was held in Kuusankoski on a tight and demanding track. The drivers had to cope with a low traction surface in the beginning but at the end of the qualifying the grip came up. Teemu Saarinen was able to take TQ with a 19 laps run in front of Tony Raikas, Sami Munck and Matias Kuusinen with the latter three only being separated by 0.6s. The semifinals were used to test different tire strategies for the 45 minutes final and to the big surprise of everyone TQ Teemu lost some serious pace compared to his qualifying runs ending up in third position for the finals.

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May 28, 2013

Mugen Seiki MBX7 steering upper plate

Mugen Seiki MBX7 steering upper plate

After seeing versions from many after market companies Mugen Seiki now introduce their own steering upper plate for the use with the MBX7 buggy. The part is machined from 3mm high quality carbon fibre to increase stability and durability and comes including mounting hardware and the necessary shims for the steering posts.

Source: RMV [rmv-deutschland.de]


May 28, 2013

Xray NT1 3S linear spring sets

Xray NT1 3S linear spring sets

Xray introduce new linear spring sets for the NT1 nitro sedan kit. Called 3S the springs are specially designed for the low profile shocks with the rear ones being 4mm shorter than the previous springs, meaning fronts and rears now sport the same length. They come selected, matched and laser-marked for equal dampening characteristics and easy identification. Beside the standard C=3.5 and C=4.0 springs also harder 4.5, 5.0 and 5.5 variants are available.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


May 28, 2013

Vision Racing Associated buggy & truck options

Vision Racing Associated buggy & truck options

Vision Racing introduce two new carbon fibre option parts for Team Associated 1/10th off-road vehicles like the B4, T4 and SC10. First up is a short battery brace that does away with the somewhat longer original part. It is machined from 2.5mm quasi-isotropic material for balanced longitudinal and torsional stiffness. Also new is a speed controller shelf to allow the ESC to be mounted right before the shock tower. The shelf is cut from 2.0mm material and attaches right to the bulkhead using the existing screws.

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