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June 3, 2014

Tom Cockerill wins at TORCH round of BRCA nats

This weekend the BRCA 10th Off-Road National series visited TORCH club in Titchfield, the deep South of England. A new venue to the 6 round national series for this year, having previously hosted an end of season final. The club had done a good job of laying a fairly open, race-able track, with plenty of features to keep drivers busy, but nothing too difficult that it was make or break for any level of driver. The national format sees just 2 rounds of 3 minute practice runs before drivers in to 4 rounds of qualifying and then finals, with just the A main having 3 legs to battle it out, 2WD on the Saturday and 4WD on the Sunday.

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June 3, 2014

More STRC B5 & B5M aluminium option parts

ST Racing Concepts have more aluminium option parts for the Team Associated B5 and B5M buggy available. First up is the rear chassis brace/camber link mount for the rear motor B5. Cut from high-quality aluminium, the camber link mount also helps with adding a bit more weight to the rear of the buggy when conditions call for a tad more rear traction. The rear camber link mount is also available as a variant for the mid motor B5M and retains all factory suspension geometry and ball stud locations.

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June 3, 2014

Salvadori doubles at Brazilian nitro on-road nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the Brazilian nitro on-road nationals was held at the Ajarc track last weekend, run in four different classes of 1/8th, 1/10th Open, 1/10th Touring/Sportsman and 1/10th Masters/35+. In the 1/8th class final, the strongest winning contender, Flavio Elias broke his car after start crash. Cesar Salvadori’s car was hit in the same incident and he ran with a damaged tire the whole race but this did not kept the KM driver from leading only until he crashed with a back marker, resulting in a damage to a steering block on his car. This cost Cesar the 1st place but with 2 minutes to go leader Eduardo Dulac suffered a battery failure on his Shepherd so Salvadori was able to take the lead again to cruise to victory.

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June 3, 2014

Boca Bearings rubber pit mat

New from Boca Bearings comes this thick rubber pit mat ideal for the garage tinkerer, and quick maintenance on-site and in the pits. Measuring 254x355mm it features a total of 7 recessed sections for holding and organising small parts and pieces. The sections of the mat have common dimensional conversions and built-in standard and metric rulers. The mat is easy to clean and protects surfaces from stains and damage while also being easy to roll up.

Source: Boca Bearings [bocabearings.com]

June 3, 2014

Mike Garrison wins at 2014 Spring Shootout

This past weekend hosted the 2014 Fastlane Raceway Spring Shootout in Blue Springs, Missouri. In the largest class of the weekend 1/8 Expert E-Buggy Team Losi Racing’s Mike Garrison found himself in a three-way battle for the lead. He worked his way to the front battling for the lead with Xray team driver Spencer Wall. Mike the led majority of the race until Wall made a surprise last lap pass heading into a big double section. Garrison retaliated with an over-the-top big air pass with less than a few corners to go, capturing the overall Expert E-Buggy class win.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

June 2, 2014

Rombouts wins at Dutch 1/10 IC on-road nats Rd3

Under perfect weather conditions the 3rd round of the Dutch 1/10 IC on-road nationals was held at the RACO track in Utrecht in the centre of the Netherlands. The track was constructed in the early 1980’s out of a line flying circle and therefore the main straight is in fact a shallow bend to the left. As the majority of corners is also going left this requires a special car setup in order to get an even tyre wear during the finals. As the track also features a tight infield hairpin to the right, which is hard on brakes, this tricky track requires driving skills as well as set up skills to be successful.

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June 2, 2014

BRCA Clubman Series 2014 Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the BRCA Clubman Series was at the beautiful sight of the southern coast at Eastbourne. This track is very tight and twisty with the need to know on how to setup your car for a good result at this track. Showing how its done, the local drivers in the hot conditions set the pace for the weekend. Round 1 of qualifying started on the Sunday with the sun coming in early and strong. This round known by many was the fastest round of the day as the grip conditions get worse as the temperatures go up. In 17.5T, Dominic Skinner set provisional TQ 3 seconds ahead of Darren Tickner almost setting lap record. In 13.5T something never seen before happened. David Spashett set TQ and track record and then on the last heat of the round Tim Hancock then set another track record by a whole second with setting TQ as well.

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June 2, 2014

Serpent Spyder aluminium C-hubs & uprights

Serpent have new option parts for the Spyder SRX2 RM and MM buggy available in the form of aluminium C-hubs and uprights. Starting with the C-hubs, the black anodised parts feature additional roll centre settings and are of greater strength than the kit’s plastic hubs. The parts are usable with the standard composite inserts and include 2 special length threaded ball joints that prevent the ball cups from popping off in the event of a crash. Also new are aluminium rear uprights. Like the C-hubs the parts offer added durability, improved looks and additional ball stud mounting positions. The uprights come as pair and include new ball studs.

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