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July 7, 2015

Alexander Hagberg takes Euros warm-up win

The warm-up race for the 2015 EFRA 1/10th 200mm Nitro On-road European Championships was held at the EFMOD track in Izmir, Turkey at an impressive facility with a brand new track. The track is very long, with a laptime of around 25 second and it features quite unforgiving curbs but the asphalt is perfectly flat and provided very good grip with the traction levels coming up pretty high as the track was sugared during practice on Friday, and traction rolling became an issue for many competitors. Due to the EFRA points system Alexander Hagberg (Xray), who posted the fastest run, only qualified in 2nd and thus he had to go through the super pole race for the 2nd to 5th fastest qualifiers with the fastest granted another direct qualifying spot without the need to go through the semifinals. At the end Alex managed to post the fastest lap, narrowly in front of Mustafa Alp, who showed great pace throughout the entire race. In the main final Alexander ran a trouble free race to secure the win in front of Shepherd racer Dirk Wichnewski by about half a lap. Mustafa Alp (Xray) came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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July 7, 2015

David Perez wins at Spanish National Series Rd3

The third round of the Spanish National Series was recently held in Parla near Madrid. David Perez took the TQ in three out of the five qualifiers but Gonzalo Garcia grabbed the overall TQ in the final qualifier by being some four tenth of a second faster. David then stroke back by winning the first two A-mains with Oscar Romero in 2nd and Carlos Ferrando, who rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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July 7, 2015

Teamsaxo BD7 soft carbon fibre chassis & top deck

Teamsaxo have a new soft weave carbon fibre chassis and top deck for the Yokomo BD7 touring car available. Cut from “soft” 2.25mm material the chassis in combination with the 2.0mm top deck will make for more torsional flex which can help increase traction and side bite in certain track conditions. Being only 85mm wide the chassis also makes for improved ground clearance during heavy cornering.

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July 7, 2015

Rob Janssen wins at Dutch Touring Car Nationals Rd3

The third round of the Dutch Touring Car Nationals was held at the technical Lelystad track in hot weather conditions. Rob Janssen was the man to beat as he made a clean sweep by winning all qualifiers to take the overall TQ and he also went on to win the triple A-mains to take the day’s win from Ronald Arts in 2nd and Mitchell v. Es in 3rd place.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

July 7, 2015

French 1/8th On-road Nationals Rd4 – Report

Round four of the French 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals was held last weekend at the Marmagne track in the centre of the country in challenging weather conditions with high temperatures and some showers during qualifying. The track offered a pretty low grip level that only bettered during the finals and a technical layout made car setup critical. In the Elite class, Anthony Abisset (Serpent/Picco) took the pole position after the second round of qualifying, 1.6 seconds ahead of Stephane Bouche (Mugen/Max Power) and 3rd placed Adrien Bertin (HB/Team Orion). Those three were the only drivers able to make 17 lap runs during the five minute qualifiers. Unfortunately due to rain the third and fourth round had to be called off.

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July 6, 2015

T-Works spring steel spool cups

T-Works have spring steel spool cups for a range of 1/10th touring cars available. They are made from the same hardened steel material as their tool tips and the parts are available for the Xray T2, T3 and T4 line, the CSO One, Spec-R R1 and S1 as well as the Team C TC10 and the VBC D06 and D07 cars.

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July 6, 2015

UFRA larger diameter 1/8th on-road pre-glued wheels

New from UFRA are larger diameter pre-glued wheels for 1/8th on-road cars. Offering more rubber compared to standard pre-mounts the front 34 shore wheels sport a 72mm diameter while the rear 36 shore tyres are 80mm in diameter. Both come on lightweight white-colour rims.

Source: UFRA [ufra-tyres.ch]

July 6, 2015

Picco nitro engine after run oil

Picco After Run Oil

New from Picco is a high-quality after run oil for nitro engines. The oils is made to prevent corrosion and other harm that can occur when storing engines without proper internal protection. Simply apply a couple of drops into the carburettor once you are done with the day and turn the crankshaft a couple of times to let the fluid spread within the crankcase and the carburettor.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]