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September 15, 2010

Atsushi Hara wins big in Vegas

HB/HPI racing team driver Atsushi Hara won both the Modified Rubber Tire Sedan and the Super Stock 17.5 Rubber Tire Sedan classes at the 2010 IIC in Las Vegas last week. In the modified class Hara won from triple World Champion Marc Rheinard in 2nd and current European Champion Ronald Volker in 3rd. HB Team drivers Ty Tessman also did well, finishing 3rd in Super Stock 17.5 Rubber Tire Sedan with 2006 World Champion Andy Moore finishing 10th in the A-Main Event of the Super Stock 17.5 Rubber Tire Sedan and Modified Class.

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September 15, 2010

CRC report on the IIC in Vegas

Team CRC are reporting that their cars, tires and LiPo cells performed very well taking 4 out of 5 Top Qualifying positions at the 2010 International Indoor Champs held at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ‘Brians’ Bodine and Wynn took pole in 3 classes, with Bodine taking pole in both limited speedo classes and Wynn taking the Expert WGT TQ. New Mexico CRC driver, Max Kuenning, won all 4 rounds of qualifying in 1:12th Super Stock taking TQ and finishing second. The only division CRC missed the top spot was the 1:12th Modified class where 2-time defending champ Hupo Hönigl narrowly missed the top spot by 0.3 seconds. Hupo was on a TQ pace with 1 lap to go in the 4th round, however, he played it a little too safe and a slow last lap cost him the pole position. The pan car podiums at the 2010 IIC were filled with red, CRC cars and the Maxxcell LiPo pack. In 1:12th scale, CRC Pro Cut tires were found on more than half of the podium finishers.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

September 15, 2010

Polish EP Nationals Rd5 report

Last weekend saw the final round of the Polish National On-Road Championships run at the Automobilklub Polski race track in Warsaw. In the fastest ProStosck class, the race win went to Blazej Orlowski, with Michal Orlowski in 2nd and Andrzej Trella in 3rd. The championship title went the way of young Tamiya driver Michal Orlowski who finished in front of Kamil Rzepka in 2nd and Bartek Pochopien in 3rd. In the national 540 class the race win and the championship title went to Tamiya driver Maciek Chalas. Second place in the race and championship was Blazej Chlodzinski. The final championship podium spot went to Michal Fedor who was 4th in this race. In the junior class using the Tamiya TT-01 chassis, the championship title was won by young driver Maciek Kajko who is only 6 years old.

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September 15, 2010

Richard Volta wins French 1/8th title

Last weekend the 5th and final round of the French National Championship took place at the BMRC track in Bourg-en-Bresse. In total the race saw 53 drivers in attendance divided into national class and elite class. Being the championship leader before this race Shepherd racer Richard Volta had the biggest chance to win this years national championship title in the elite class. Volta confirmed his intentions by taking the pole-position for the 45 minutes final with a gap of 4 seconds over Jérôme Papaconstantinos, clocking the fastest lap times of all drivers. During the final he took it easy as he only had to arrive on 5th place to take the title. Volta opened the door for Papaconstantinos and followed him with a save distance to cross the finishing line on 2nd place, gaining enough points to win this years French Elite National Championship title. On third place Stefan Riccobono arrived taking the runner-up spot in the National Championship.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

September 15, 2010

Speedzone 1S LiPo packs

Speedzone have released several new 1S LiPo packs to compliment their 2S line of packs. Perfect for 1/12 and WGT classes, the packs are available with bullet style connectors and direct connect deans. The 3.7v 5400mAh and 5200mah 50C packs with bullet connectors are both ROAR approved. The 3.7v 5200mah 50C direct connect pack has one side flat and the other side with humps which makes it perfect for conventional slotted chassis or a new LiPo specific chasses. All packs are hard case and come with Speedzone’s standard warranty.

Source: Speedzone [speedzoneusa.com]

September 14, 2010

Eric Dankel crowned 1/10 nitro German Champion

Eric Dankel has been crowned as the 2010 German Champion 1/10 scale nitro. With his Orcan LR3 powered Xray NT1 he crossed the finish line at the one-event German Championship held at Leipzig just two seconds ahead of pole setter Robert Pietsch with his Novarossi powered Mugen MTX4-R. The podium was completed by 2009 champion Thomas Guensel with his Xray/Orcan.

Continue reading the report here

September 14, 2010

Hot Bodies D8 7mm engine mount set

For the World Champion D8 buggy, Hot Bodies have released this 7mm engine mount set. Ensuring the proper engine height when using your 3mm chassis, this 7mm engine mount coupled with the 3mm chassis brings the engine back to stock height. The stock chassis is 4mm and stock engine mount is 6mm.

Source: Hot Bodies [hotbodiesonline.com]

September 14, 2010

HPI Blitz FR suspension arm brace

New from HPI, this aluminium front suspension arm brace replaces the stock plastic/pressed aluminium front arm brace assembly on the Blitz and Firestorm trucks. It’s a heavy-duty part that is machined from billet aluminium to exact HPI factory dimensions for a perfect fit, and anodized to match other Blitz option parts.

Source: HPI [hpiracing.com]