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May 30, 2011

Andy Moore takes BTCC Rd3

A dominant performance from Andy Moore saw the Hot bodies driver take the Cotswold round of this seasons Schumacher BTCC, starting from pole after taking TQ Andy eased a lead ahead of the chasing pack of the Associated TC6 of Olly Jefferies and the Schumacher Chris Grainger, with the Cotswold BRCA national only two week away this meeting was a good form guide to who would be the pace setters for the national and Andy Moore currently looks the man to beat and leaves the others looking to find a little more pace.

Continue reading the report here

May 29, 2011

Yannick Aigoin wins Rd3 in France

Round 3 of the French 1/8th buggy nationals was held this weekend in Cogolin in the south of the country close to Marseille. Qualification was headed by Losi/nVision driver Yannick Aigoin with his brother, Kyosho/Novarossi driver Jerome Aigoin in 2nd and US based Renaud Savoya with his RB powered Durango in 3rd. Nicolas Reynaud and Jerome Sartel completed the top 5. In the semi finals it was Jerome Aigoin that won Semi B to take pole position for the final with Savoya winning semi B to line up on 2nd spot ahead of 3rd place starter Yannick Aigoin. The 45 minute final ended in Yannick taking the win by over 2 laps from his brother Jerome in 2nd, who was locked in a close battle with Savoya in 3rd, the pair ending just over a second apart.

Image: TLR [tlracing.com]

May 29, 2011

Capricorn LAB-C801 copper engine blocks

Capricorn have released this new pair of engine mounts for the LAB-C801 chassis made machined from a copper material. Both blocks add 40 grams in this optimal position to help improve the car’s centre of gravity and double the heat dissipation between the engine and chassis compared to the standard kit blocks.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

May 29, 2011

Race for a Cure – Announcement

The organisers of the second annual ‘Race for a Cure’ got in touch to tell us about this year’s event that runs from the 17th-19th of June at the Goshen Fairgrounds in Goshen CT. It is a wonderful event combining a good old fashioned New England Country Fair along with an exhilarating RC offroad race. Several popular classes are being run including nitro buggy & truggy as well as 1/8th scale electric and various short course classes. This is a real must-do event and best of all it helps raise money for the American Cancer Society and have fun at the same time. More information can be found here (PDF).

May 29, 2011

Teddy Syach wins rain effected Rd4 in Indonesia

The 4th round of the Indonesian 1/8th scale national championships was held recently in JITC Senayan circuit, Jakarta. The weather was cloudy from the start of the race and the qualifying had to have the second heat re-run due to rain. It was Teddy Syach who took his Mugen MRX5 to pole position setting the only 20 lapper @ 5.15, followed by Toni Kundjung (Mugen MRX5) with a 19 laps @ 5.02. Xray drivers, Sadikin Sutrisno and provisional standings leader Bowie Ginting took 3rd and 4th place respectively with a very close gap of 0.048 seconds. Suwardi Suliandy (Xray) completed the top 5. Seven minutes into the grand final, the rain suddenly came down hard and forced the organizer to stop the race. Because there wasn’t 75% race distance run yet, the result was taken from the qualifying result.

View the final standings here

May 29, 2011

1st Annual Mid Summer Shootout – Announcement

Coyote Hobbies got in contact to tell us about the 1st annual mid summer shootout that will run at their facility on the 30th of July. The event is run indoors and is open to a wide range of classes for SC, truck and buggy in both 2wd and 4wd as well as 1/8th electric buggy. Full event information and entry forms can be found here.

May 28, 2011

Roche carbon cooling fan protectors

New from Roche are these wicked looking carbon cooling fan protectors. Available in three different versions, 25mm, 30mm & 40mm, they mount to the top of your speed controller’s cooling fan, using the same holes and screws. They not only look great but will protect the fan from large debris or cables falling onto the motor and stopping it.

View the mounted protector here

May 28, 2011

Xray Column – Racing Season ‘11 Full Running

The 52nd installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj talks about this year’s races so far with a focus on their 1/8th scale World Championship debut with the new RX8 chassis.

Considering that some of the drivers only got their cars a few days before leaving for the Worlds, it was no surprise to see some of them building or finishing the car at the track. We handed out some of the last-minute new option parts for set-up tuning to all the team member, and then got to work.

Read the full column here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]