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September 27, 2010

Sanwa MT-4 2.4Ghz transmitter

Sanwa have released CAD images of their soon to be released MT-4 pistol grip transmitter. An all new look, this 2.4Ghz radio sports a large full dot LCD display and all the usual features you would expect from a radio of this level. What’s interesting is the inclusion of a telemetry system that can read receiver voltage, RPM and 2 different temperatures and feed it back to the screen on the transmitter. Expect it to hit the market later in the year.

Source: Sanwa [sanwa-denshi.co.jp]

September 27, 2010

Cavalieri wins buggy at Thunder Alley Gas Champs

The Thunder Alley Gas Champs took place last weekend at Thunder Alley RC Raceway in Beaumont, CA. In the 1/8th expert buggy class it was Losi racer Mike Truhe who would start the double header finals from pole position but on both occasions it was Team Associated man Ryan Cavalieri that took the win to secure the overall. In leg 1 RC won from Cody King in 2nd and Josh Wheeler in 3rd, while in leg 2, with a smaller victory margin it was again Cody in the 2 spot while Mike Truhe took 3rd. So in the overall results it was RC ahead of King in 2nd and Truhe in 3rd.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

September 27, 2010

Serpent Cobra S811 steel flywheel

More new parts for the Serpent Cobra S811 with the release of this precision machined high grade steel flywheel. A direct replacement for the standard aluminium version, this black coated flywheel is heavier than the standard version and because of this you will have less engine flame outs and improved idling of the engine.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 27, 2010

Tresrey Off-Road race Rd3

Round 3 of the Tresrey Off-Road race was held last Sunday at the TRS circuit in Matsusaka-city, Japan. 65 racers joined the event, making it the best attended race that the TRS circuit ever had for an off-road event with 60 entrants in the 2WD class and 53 in the 4WD class. In qualifying it was Yokomo support driver Kenji Tsuruta who managed to take TQ for both classes. Unfortunately the finals for both classes were cancelled because of heavy rain and so the final result was decided based on everyone’s qualifying result. In 2WD, Tsuruta (Yokomo B4) won the race with Noriyuki Kawashima (B4) 2nd and Akihiro Yasuda (B4) 3rd. There were 21 Durango DEX410/Rs in the 4WD class and 7 of them made the Top10. Tsuruta (Yokomo B-MAX) won the race with Akira Ema (DEX410) 2nd and Team Durango/Speed Passion Japan team driver Minoru Utsugi(DEX410) 3rd. After the award ceremony, they held a big lucky draw prize which included a DEX410 2010spec kit, Axial kit and Speed Passion ESCs, motors, and new 2.4Ghz transmitter. Special thanks to the Speed Passion and TRS.

View more images from the event here

September 27, 2010

Patrick Belltrallo takes title with Rd6 win in Luxembourg

The 6th round of the Luxembourg 1/8th scale nationals was held last weekend on the fast LMCC track. Qualifying was hit with rain and the first tree rounds took place in wet conditions, with the 4th round run in dry conditions so this would be important for the grid position. It was Patrick Belltrallo who took the pole position in front of Dirk Richard, Tom Maquel, Christophe Deliege, Jacques Libar, Laurent Libar an Jerome Hirtziger. The 30-minute main final saw Motonica racer Patrick Belltrallo cross the finishing line in first position, followed by team mate Tom Maquel in 2nd and Jacques Libar with a Serpent in 3rd. With this result, Patrick Belltrallo was crowned the Luxembourg 1/8th scale national Champion for 2010.

Thanks to Raymond Libar for the report.

September 26, 2010

Ronald Volker retains Japanese National title

The JMRCA Japanese electric touring car nationals took place this weekend at the Ichirino RC Plaza to the East of Tokyo. Weather was mixed over the course of the event and after 7 rounds of qualifying in the Super Expert class it was 1/12th scale World Champion Naoto Matsukura that took the TQ spot ahead of reigning Japanese and European Champion Ronald Volker in 2nd, with Takehiro Yamauchi in 3rd. In the finals, it was Volker who surged through to the front to take the win in both leg 1 and 2 to retain his Japanese title, with fellow Yokomo driver Daisuke Yoshioka taking 2nd place and young Xray driver Takayuki Inoue coming through from 7th spot on the grid to take 3rd overall. In the Open class it was a win from pole position for Akio Sobue, winning for the first 2 legs of the 3 leg finals to win the title with one leg left. Masayuki Kawata took 2nd spot ahead of Satoru Takagi in 3rd.

Click here for the open class podium

September 26, 2010

Belgian Nats win for Stockman & Vekemans in Rd7

The 7th round of the Belgian electric touring car nationals was in Roeselare last weekend at the very fast RCR track. Qualifying was hit with rain and the first two rounds took place in wet conditions, with the 3rd round run in dry conditions and this would be important for the grid position. In the EFRA class it was Olivier Bultynck who took the pole in front of Thomas Stockman and Nick Joosens, Rico Claeys and Nicolas Delise. Leg 1 saw Olivier Bultynck out after only 2 laps, and so it was Stockman that tool the win ahead of Nick and Rico. No problems for Olivier in leg 2 and he went on to win from Nick in 2nd and would set up the 3rd leg as the decider. In leg 3 the Olivier took off in the lead followed by Nick Joosens but the pair touched on lap 9 leaving Stockman through to the lead where he would win and take the overall in front of Nick Joosens in 2nd and Rico Claeys in 3rd. In the Superstock class it was another dominant performance by Geoffrey Vekemans who won from the pole position once more finishing in front of Pasquinel Neys in 2nd and Werner Broeckx in 3rd place. The Stock class was taken by Michel Mahieu, with Michel Robijn 2nd and Christophe Couckhuyt 3rd.

View the other class podiums here

September 26, 2010

Tourex BigScale X300 tire

New from Tourex are these large scale versions of their X300 high grip tire. Developed for extremely hard as well as loose ground, this perfectly true tire sports stiff side walls for precise handling, while the thread offers maximum traction on throttle and on brake with very little tire wear. They come mounted on the company’s new BigScale rims with 24mm hex as well as their new specially design profiled insert.

Source: Tourex [tourex-competition.com]