July 22, 2011
For the second round in succession the BRCA national touring car championship was dominated by bad weather, but coming through the extreme conditions was the Hot Bodies duo of Andy Moore and Ayrton Anderson. In the Super Touring class it was the Associated TC6 of Johnny Aird that took TQ, his first at national level, second place was Andy Moore with Matt White third. Andy kept the TCX on the road while the chasing pack struggled, Andy took all three legs of the A final, second place went to Brian Eldridge, the Top Driver coming from the back of the…
June 15, 2011
Yeah Racing release the LiPo & Sub-C battery straps for Team Associated’s TC6 and 3Racing’s S Zero electric on-road chassis. Specially designed to securely fit the battery to the chassis the black Velcro strap sports the yellow Yeah Racing logo for easy recognition. Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]…
June 13, 2011
…the meeting and base the results from the first leg finishing positions, the rain never looked like stopping and it was becoming dangerous for marshals with large lakes appearing on the straight. So a double for Associated with Olly Jefferies and Zak Smith taking a slightly shortened national, Slater is also an Associated driver and Kerswell was running a TC6 as a privateer, so a good day in the rain for the American manufacturer and fittingly a win for two Reedy powered cars. The teams now have a five week break before the next round at Halifax. Source: BRCA [brca.org]…
May 30, 2011
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. In 10.5 Pro Stock it was a…
May 16, 2011
The first of five races making up the BRCA national championship was held at the weekend at the recently re-surfaced West London track. In the super touring class it was the Schumacher of reigning champion Chris Grainger that took TQ ahead of the Associated TC6 of Olly Jefferies and the Tamiya of Elliott Harper. The three leg finals saw an intriguing battle as all three top runners made errors in at least one of the finals; the final result was a win for Grainger ahead of Harper and Jefferies. Andy Moore was fourth for Hot Bodies and Associated’s Alan Bickerstaff…
April 25, 2011
New from Mini-Z specialists Reflex Racing is their latest product line called RSD, which stands for Reflex Suspension Dynamics. RSD will focus on larger scale suspension parts and other accessories and they will start off with updates for the Team Associated TC6. The first TC6 parts are set to arrive in Mid May and they will include vertical ball stud bulkhead caps for the TC6. Much like the other popular TC’s out there, these shock tower mounts give you infinite roll center adjustments. You have the option of the extra long link or a second hole which makes the camber…
April 20, 2011
Round 2 of the Portuguese Nationals took place recently at the Sintra track in Lisbon. The stock class was again dominated by Jorge Simões with his Associated TC6 securing TQ and the overall win. This time Mário Coelho was the man that challenged Jorge in the Finals, with Mário winning the first A-main but then some accidents in A-main 2 took him out of contention. In the last A-main Mário followed Jorge in the last 4 minutes, but the Associated driver never gived a space for the Tamiya of Mário to pass and secured the win and provisional leadership of…
March 29, 2011
Round 1 of the Portuguese Electric touring car nationals took place last weekend and the stock class was dominated by Jorge Simões with his Associated TC6. Topping the time sheets in 2 heats secured the TQ spot followed closely by Bruno Castela with a Hot Bodies TCX. Going into the mains the domination continued as Jorge won the first 2 A mains to secure 1st overall, with Bruno holding second place with a victory on the 3rd A main, Mário Coelho got his hands on 3rd spot. Stock results 1. Jorge Simões – Associated TC6/GM/Vampire 2. Bruno Castela – Hot…
