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October 7, 2015

Team Durango DETC410v2 touring car kit

Team Durango have introduced the DETC410v2 1/10th 4WD touring car kit. The refined version features some subtle changes that will improve precision, consistency and overall track performance with the car still being based on a carbon fibre double deck chassis with aluminium bulkheads but the suspension components are made of a stiffer composite material with increased carbon fibre content for reduced flex especially on high-grip surfaces and in high ambient temperatures. Beside the new material A-arms, hubs and steering knuckles the v2 will also include softer standard composite parts to allow a wide range of setup adjustments when conditions call for it. Other new composite parts include precision ball cups with removed unwanted play and also the suspension hanger inserts have received a make-over with the new parts offering even higher precision.

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October 7, 2015

Miguel Leiva takes Spanish Nitro Touring B title

The final round of the Spanish Nitro Touring B Championships would decide over the overall title with Miguel Leiva, Antonio J. Gonzalez, and Jonathan Carrillo all having the chance to grab the championship title. Jonathan would run into problems in the main final and was ruled out for the fight for the championship, while Miguel Leiva lead the race with Antonio J, Gonzalez and Agustin Rodriguez behind him. Antonio would lead at some point but a mistake cost him several positions and so Miguel Leiva would come in first to take the championship with Antonio J. Gonzalez taking the vice-championship title.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 7, 2015

Alexander Hagberg wins at ORCA Cup Malaysia

The ORCA Cup Malaysia was recently held at the Kota Raja track in Klang, just outside of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 2-day event saw the running of four different classes and the attendance of Sweden’s Alexander Hagberg as a special guest. The current EFRA Touring Car European Champion would attend in the Modified Touring class and he was facing some difficulties at first as the bumpy and low-grip track took the better of him, allowing local Azri Amri to take the TQ. In the finals Alex was then able to fight for the win after some drastic setup changes. A1 though didn’t went to plan but the Swede was fighting back in A2 after a mid-race mistake of Azri allowed Alexander to take the win. In the third and decisive final leg Alex was again able to profit of a mistake by Azri, allowing Alexander to take the overall win in the Modified class.

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October 7, 2015

French Electric On-road Nationals Rd5 – Report

The fifth and final round of the French Electric On-road Nationals was held in Reding. In the premier class of Touring Car Modified Loic Jasmin (Yokomo) took the day’s win from Team Magic driver Cyril N’Diaye and Xray’s Hugo Ragaut. Jérémy Limoges and Rémi Callens in fourth and fifth respectively rounded out the top 5 result.

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October 6, 2015

Tresrey HT-1 1/10th 4WD touring car kit

Coming soon from Japanese company Tresrey is the HT-1 1/10th 4WD touring car kit. The car is based on a carbon fibre double deck chassis, it features purple anodised front and rear shock towers as well as gun metal anodised aluminium suspension and layshaft mounts. Also part of the package are an aluminium floating steering servo mount as well as a rail-type steering assembly. More details should become available in time for the release.

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October 6, 2015

Hitec D-series 32-bit high-performance servos

New from Hitec come the D-series 32-bit high-performance digital servos for a range of 1/8th and 1/10th scale applications. Combining high-resolution and ultra-response technology with a 32-bit MCU and 12-bit ADC for programmability and flexibility, these servos are meant to deliver significantly smoother movement. The speedy, powerful line operates on a wide 4.8 to 8.4 voltage range, allowing use with any common battery chemistry without the need for adapters or regulators. The dual ball-raced coreless motor servos come in several specifications, as are the titanium gear D-980TW (0.14s/44kg-cm), D-950TW (0.14s/35kg-cm), D-945TW (0.10s/23kg-cm), and D-940TW (0.06s/16.5kg-cm). Also available are the metal geared D-645MW (0.17s/13kg-cm) and the D-625MW (0.13s/10kg-cm). All sport industry standard dimensions with the 9-series servo featuring a heatsink middle case while the 6-series servo sporting a plain mid section.

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October 6, 2015

Mustafa Alp wins at TORC Championship Rd4

Round four of the TORC Championship was held in Bumod Bursa, Turkey in rather cool weather conditions compared to the previous round. In the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class Mustafa Alp put himself directly into the final thanks to TQing three qualifiers. At the start of the main final Mustafa took off with no problems and he quickly opened a gap to his competitors. Some 25 minutes into the race he came in for a scheduled stop for tyres and at the end Mustafa brought home the win after a very clean run and with an 8 laps margin on runner-up Halit Korpe who suffered from several flameouts during the race. Mert Ekinci would round out the top 3 result.

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October 6, 2015

Lemieux & Ellis win at Halloween Classic

The 21st Annual Halloween Classic was hosted at its home track “The Gate” in Cleveland, Ohio. This race has gone back many years as the warm-up to the Cleveland Indoor Champs and has grown its own prestige over time. The event format was official practice on Friday with three qualifiers on Saturday and one qualifier on Sunday followed by the finals. This year’s race sold out at 220 entries in 90 minutes when the online sign-ups opened. This year it was considered the first race of carpet season for the US so it is fair to say that there was some big anticipation for everyone to get back to carpet racing.

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