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April 25, 2012

Mark Williams wins Super Production Cup Rd1

Ardent Raceway was the host for the first round of the Super Production Cup on 22nd April, around 55 entrants were spread across the 5 classes. In the Mini Open class there was a total of 14 drivers consisting of drivers from Dorset model car club, Essex and Chippenham. Mark Williams, Stuart Parnell, Bob Styles, Tim Woron, Stuart Webb and Kevin Hunt were all running the Top Mini Sabre, in fact out of the 14 entrants only 3 weren’t Sabres.

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April 25, 2012

Shepherd V10 aluminium wheel nuts

Shepherd have released this new optional part for the Velox V10. Made from premium 7075 T6 raw material the new hard coated aluminium wheel nuts are 65% lighter than the standard screws and reduce rotating and unsprung mass without sacrificing strength or durability. By replacing all 4 screws serious racers can save up to 5g of weight. Sold in pairs.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

April 25, 2012

VP Pro SC wheel design

VP Pro have released CAD image teaser of their new 1/10th SC wheel. A smart looking wheel VP claim it is engineered to perform with its light weight and great balance attributes. Available soon.

Source: VP Pro [vp-racing.com]

April 24, 2012

Mugen clutch spacing tool

New from Mugen for checking the clutch spacing on their MTX-5 and MRX-5, the Japanese company have released this simple measuring tool. The tool includes six blades in 0.1mm increments from 0.3mm to 0.8mm to allow you to easily check the end spacing, eliminating the need for a vernier calipers.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.co.jp]

April 24, 2012

Vesa Yli is 2012 Finnish champion

Vesa Yli has claimed the Finnish National 1/12th scale title after last weekend’s fourth round nationals. The current Nordic Champion dominated the first 2 rounds of the nationals by taking TQ and the win in both rounds and finished 3rd in the following round before the season ending race. This meant that Vesa kept the top spot in the championship battle from the first race thru the season, just like Janne Valtanen did in the 10.5t blinky spec class, both driving V-Dezign Carpet Ripper V. Current Euro champ Simo Ahoniemi finished 2nd followed by team mate Teemu Saarinen. Panu Vehniäinen and Miko Teponoja showed strong performance and took 4th and 5th in modified, both also driving V-Dezign cars.

View the final results here

April 23, 2012

JConcepts Finnisher body for TLR 8ight 2.0

JConcepts is pleased to introduce the Finnisher body for the TLR 8ight 2.0, a drop fit for the popular vehicle. Increased windshield angle provides a steady force upfront during mid-flight wind gusts on large jumps. Forward cab placement changes performance / visible bias which helps steering rotation in low traction corners. The side-pods have a strong and chiseled look, including a recessed area in the rear which allows another option for air-escape. The chassis side-guard to body fit has been tightened up which helps eliminate large empty voids that contribute to mid-flight directional changes. The area behind the cab has been greatly lowered exposing more of the engine heat-sink allowing more heat-escape. The V-stepped feature which is a highlighted styling cue of the Finnisher buggy bodies has been incorporated toward the rear and allows an additional area that can be trimmed to allow air-flow through the body.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

April 23, 2012

Heremans wins Benelux Championships Rd2

The second round of the Benelux Championship was at Kampanhout Belgium last weekend where Bruno ‘Elvo’ Heremans won in convincing style with his X-6 Squared with X-Factory cars occupying the top four spots on the grid. Elvo won qualifiers 1 and 3, taking third in #2 when rain drenched the track in the last minute of his TQ run, that secured pole position for the Belgian driver. All weekend the weather was variable, with rain off and on. Heremans said, “My set-up worked well in the wet, the dry, and everything in between, and it was dead neutral and very fast. A-1 was dry-ish. I was on dry tires and drove off. I did the same in A-2 and sat out the last one.” John Debacquer qualified and finished second with his X – 6 Squared, winning A-3 after some exciting racing with Nicolas Risser’s SV2. John beat Nick in A-1 by just 0.4 seconds.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]

April 23, 2012

VRC Pro ‘Race 2 the Worlds’

Virtual Racing Industries in collaboration with IFMAR, proudly presents to you ‘Race 2 the Worlds’ (R2tW), the ground-breaking competition which will give one VRC Pro sim racer the unique opportunity to race at the real 2012 IFMAR World Championships, The Netherlands, July 26-28th, all expenses paid, all materials and factory support provided by one of their industry partners. Race2theWorlds challenges r/c racers across the world to compete in one long, on-going online event. Until June the 17th anyone can try to qualify for the R2tW top-200 at any time they like. In the following week there are 2 more elimination rounds to reduce these 200 racers to just 100. These 100 racers will then compete against each other in an epic battle for the top spot. Racers with prior international racing experience are excluded from the contest. Already more than 650 racers from around the world have registered for the R2tW event.

Full information can be found here.