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June 27, 2014

Südhoff takes Rd3 of Central Germany regionals

Known for his electric touring car skills Freddy Südhoff took a deep nitro sniff and joined the 3rd round of the Central German nitro on-road championship to race in the 1/8th on-road class. Having never raced a 1/8th scale car before he got familiar with his Sonic-powered Velox V8 EC, bored from fellow racer Oliver Mack and prepared by Armin Weihert. In qualifying he took the TQ being the only driver to reach 25 laps with his fastest laptime being 0.2 sec faster than the remainder of the field. In the semi-final A everything went fine and he claimed the pole-position for the 30 minute final while Philip Sting, who was the winner of the semi-final B, was 2 laps short. Right from the start of the final “Fast Freddy” stormed away and increased the gap lap by lap. As the tyre wear was very moderate his lap times were still very fast towards the end of the race although he pushed the whole final. After 30 minutes he crossed the finishline some 6 laps in front of Jürgen Hennemuth in 2nd and Alexander Schmitt in 3rd who was another lap down.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 27, 2014

BRCA 1/10th IC on-road championship Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the BRCA 1/10th IC Championship took place at the Halifax Track in Yorkshire, the excellent facility that hosted the 1/8th European Championships in 2013. The weather forecast showed high temperatures for both days meaning two dry days of running were had. 25 drivers took part in the 200mm class and 14 in the Sports GT class. On Saturday in the open practice, Kyle Branson was showing a fast pace with his XRD-powered Capricorn in the 200mm class and Glyn Beal was posting the fastest laps in the Sports GT class with his Serpent/OS combo. Onto Sunday and round 1 of qualifying went the way of Kyle Branson and Richard Boult. Kyle again posted the fastest time in round 2 with Glyn Beal topping the round in the Sports GT class. The pair again topped round 3 and 4 of their respective classes giving them the TQ positions for their classes.

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June 27, 2014

Yokomo 1/10th buggy carpet spring sets

Yokomo introduce new 1/10th big bore shock absorber springs under their new Yatabe Arena brand. Designed under the supervision of Shin Adachi, the springs are developed to improve handling on artificial high-bite surfaces such as astroturf and carpet. The springs are shorter in length compared to the stock B-Max2 and B-Max4 springs to allow for a lower ride height, they reduce traction rolling and improve the handling over jumps and while landing. The colour-coded springs will become available end of June, beginning of July in five different hardnesses for the front and four for the rear.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

June 27, 2014

Exotek F104 Ultra diff axle & diff housing

Exotek Racing introduce two new option parts for the F104 series of formula cars in the form of an aluminium diff axle and diff housing. Starting with the diff axle, the combined 1-piece part reduces the play and weight of the stock axle with extra machining reducing the axle to only 4.5 grams whereas the stock part is 7grams. The axle is ideal for high speed conditions due to the lower rotating mass and reduced unsprung weight. Special machining makes for exacter diff ring tolerance to insure a better diff ring fit as the diff ring will not slip back and forth like in the stock diff.

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June 27, 2014

Spec-R 20mm touring car shock springs

Spec-R have six new 20mm “big bore” spring for 1/10th touring cars available. Coming in fine steps from a soft 0.271kgf/mm to a hard 0.318kgf/mm the springs are meant to fit a wide range of today’s short TC shocks that make use of low-profile 20mm springs. Made from high-quality spring steel and sporting laser-etched markings for easy identification the springs are available separately or as a a complete set with all six pairs from soft to hard.

Source: Spec-R [spec-r.com]

June 27, 2014

Shepherd Velox V8 brass battery tray

Shepherd now have this brass battery tray for the Velox V8 line of 1/8th on-road cars available. CNC-machined from heavy brass material and weighting in at 46 gram the part is designed to add extra weight at the lowest possible point of the chassis for improved overall handling on a variety of track conditions. A milled-out “channel” on the lower side of the tray prevents the battery strapping tape from becoming damaged during use.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 27, 2014

Cordts brothers sweep Hessen Cup Rd3

The 3rd round of the Hessen Cup was run at the Ober-Mörlen track as part of the qualification for the German 1/8th off-road nationals. 114 drivers signed in for the race that was run under almost sunny weather conditions. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class Mugen’s Maximilian Cordts took the win from Luca Bethke and Thorsten Müller.

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June 27, 2014

Davide Tortorici wins International Dirt Meeting Greece

The 2014 edition of the International Dirt Meeting Greece attracted not only a good amount of national drivers but also some international guests. Run in very hot weather conditions at the Hobby Track Serres the race saw Mugen’s Davide Tortorici taking the win with his TOP-powred buggy from Dimitris Tsigos (Mugen/Ninja) and Kostas Zagorisos (Xray/Alpha).

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]