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April 22, 2016

Depta tops 1:8 practice at ENS Bologna

Merlin Depta topped 1:8 practice at the Euro Nitro Series season opener in Italy this morning, the Serpent driver fastest from reigning champion Dario Balestri over 3-consecutive laps. With the majority of drivers posting their fastest time in the first of the two controlled practices, an improvement in CP2 would see WRC’s Andrea Pirani complete the top 3 ahead of World Champion Simon Kurzbuch. With the event marking the official debut of class newcomers Infinity it was Francesco Tironi who was fastest of the star studded team, posting the 6th fastest time ahead of team-mates Jesse Davis and Carmine Raiola. Racing at L.Collari RC Raceway, track owner and No.1 Infinity recruit Lamberto Collari would manage only the 22nd fastest time.

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April 22, 2016

Serpent opens ENS#3 with strong 1:10 practice

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Serpent have opened the 2016 Euro Nitro Series season with a strong show of force as their drivers locked out the Top 3 in controlled practice in Bologna, Italy, this morning. With drivers getting two rounds of controlled practice which will determine the heat seeding, it was last year’s season finale winner Alessio Mazzeo who set the pace around the high speed L.Collari RC Raceway. Behind the Italian it was Mark Green, just 0.049 of a second off over 3-laps, with Serpent’s 2015 title contender Dominic Greiner on a further 0.075 adrift. Best of the rest would be Erik Dankel, the 2014 ENS Champion making a good start to his Mugen debut with only 0.029 his deficit to Greiner.

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April 22, 2016

Xray Winter Series Greece Rd5 – Report

Round five of the Xray Winter Series Greece was held at the FRT track in the three classes of Touring Modified, Pan Car and Formula. In the Touring Modified category the qualifiers were dominated by the battle between Batas and Georgiadis (both Xray) with the better end for Georgiadis who took the overall TQ from Batas with Diamadis rounding out an Xray top3 lock-out.

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April 21, 2016

Team Titan Blitz GT2 1/8th scale GT bodyshell

Team Titan have introduced the new Blitz GT2 body shell for 1/8th GT chassis using a wheelbase between 323mm to 328mm. The GT2 body is designed to provide more steering than the previous GT shell, utilising a redesigned rear boot lid that increases air flow to the wing for more stability without losing top end speed from excess drag. The rear of the body features three wing support towers, with included large diameter plastic wing screws, to ensure a lightweight yet durable wing mounting. The body comes clear, with window mask, wing mounting hardware, sticker sheet and two wings to help tailor the required down force.

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April 21, 2016

Muchmore lightweight 40mm cooling fan mount

Muchmore have introduced a lightweight aluminium motor cooling fan mount for 40mm units. Cut from high-quality aluminium and coming black anodised and laser-etched the mount features an inner cut out to route the fan connection wire to in order to make for neat and clean wiring. The mount simply attaches to the motor by clipping it on and it is designed exclusively for the use with 40mm fans.

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April 21, 2016

Ficco, Wynn & Witteman win at Mile High Indoor Champs

The recent Mile High Indoor Championship marked the unofficial end of the 2015/16 indoor season in the US and it saw TQ holder Mario Ficco walking away with the win from team mate Brian Wynn in the Formula class. In the growing World GT-R rubber tyre category, Brian Wynn would secure the pole position for the A-main that he went on to win in style. Elsewhere in the hotly contested 1/12th 13.5T class, veteran racer Mitch Witteman laid down some impressive TQ runs and he also took the win in the A-main final in a group of fast, sponsored, top level drivers.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

April 21, 2016

Reflex Racing introduce new TC7 & TC6.2 options

Reflex Racing have new option parts for the Team Associated TC7 and TC6.2 touring cars available. First up is an alloy chassis for the TC7 that was custom designed around the latest AE Platform to maximum performance especially on the new CRC and ETS black carpets. The chassis moves the flex points away from the centre of the chassis and towards the bulkheads for more rotation, steering and stability which translates into faster lap times and a more consistent car that is also easier on tyres over a full run. The chassis is now also narrower, allowing for lower ride heights and less rubbing on the newer CRC Carpet which calls for higher ride heights. The 81mm wide chassis is cut from 7075-T6 ThyssenKrupp aluminium alloy, it includes carbon fibre battery brackets and mounting hardware.

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April 20, 2016

Gosvig & Lehm take Danish on-road titles

The final round of the Danish electric on-road nationals was held at the Viborg RC Racing club on a purpose-built track with a super high-speed layout. In the Touring class Mike Gosvig TQ’d all qualifiers despite having a crash in Q1, to take the overall TQ in front of Frederik Broløs and Soren Boy Holst.

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