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July 1, 2014

MD Racing MDT15 TC kit – More prototype images

Spanish company MD Racing today released new images of their MDT15 1/10th electric touring car prototype. They show what we understand is a working prototype that will make a first appearance at this weekend’s final round of the 2013/14 Euro Touring Series at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia. The car is a mixture of new and proven design ideas and based on a carbon fibre chassis plate with a vertical upper deck construction, carbon fibre A-arms and new design bulkheads which allow to access the front and rear spool/diff without the need to take off the shock towers or shocks. We bring you more information about the kit as soon as we get them.

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July 1, 2014

Dutch electric on-road nationals Rd3 – Report

The 3rd round of the Dutch electric on-road nationals was held last weekend at the MRM track in Lelystad. Practice on Saturday took place under the best possible weather conditions but overnight rain washed away the grip and coming the first qualifying round the track was still wet but soon after the first round was completed, the clouds gave way for some sun, and racing action could start.

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July 1, 2014

Andy Liu sweeps GT class at Byron On-road Challenge

At last weekend’s Byron On-road Challenge Andy Liu took the win in the 1/8th Nitro GT class after taking TQ in convincing manner. Shawn Bucklin grabbed the runner-up spot, Chad Kiffe completed the podium in 3rd.

Source: Sweep [sweepracingusa.com]

July 1, 2014

GForce aluminium on-road car stand

New from GForce comes this aluminium for 1/10th on-road cars. Made from high quality aluminium and coming black or blue anodised the stand features four holes to place shock absorbers while filling the dampers with oil. Laser-etched markings help to not mix them up while upper rubber strips keep the chassis from sliding around excessively. The maintenance stands becomes available this July.

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July 1, 2014

Olly Jefferies wins at Schumacher BTCC nationals Rd4

Round 4 of the Schumacher BTCC took place at the Cotswold track located on Kemble airfield. The track has proved over the past years to be a real challenge for drivers due to its high speed nature but remains the most popular track on the UK calendar. A full entry of 120 drivers booked into the event and with sunshine greeting the drivers on race day it looked to be a great event. After four rounds of qualifying Olly Jefferies was able to take TQ spot in the Open Modified class after a long battle with Elliott Harper throughout the four qualifying rounds.

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July 1, 2014

Olivier Bultynck wins at rainy Belgium TC nats Rd3

The 3rd round of the Belgium Electric Touring Car Nationals took place at the track of Bierset under bad weather conditions with a lot of water on the track. After the qualifiers it was defending champion Olivier Bultynck who took the pole in front of Nicolas Delisé and Nick Joosens. Olivier had a splendid start in the first final and started to pull away from the rest. Due to the constant rain all drivers where struggling with the track conditions but Bart Van Sande, coming from 8th place on the grid, started to challenge Nick while suddenly Olivier’s car stopped, ending his final. In the meantime Nick had taken over the lead following a mistake from Bart. Paul Dejonghe was in 3rd place and he was able to hold the position until the final. This meant Nick would take the win with a happy Bart grabbing the runner-up spot in the opening A-final.

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June 30, 2014

Raceberry Wildfire D06 standard shock stays

For everyone who wishes to run standard length shocks and shock springs on the VBC Wildfire D06, Raceberry now comes to the rescue. The shock towers made from 3mm high-quality carbon fibre material allow to use regular length shocks over the kit’s low-profile dampers without changing the suspension geometry which can be a benefit in various track conditions.

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June 30, 2014

Toni Gruber wins 200mm class at EFRA GP Leipzig

At the recent EFRA GP in Leipzig, Germany Toni Gruber took the win in the 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road class. In the final he came out successful leaving Rico Kröber and Willy Lehmann behind. Alexander Naumov completed the top 4 result. In the 1/8th class Toni started from pole position and he was able to pull away quickly but a technical issues around the 12 minute mark ended his chance to take the second win of the day. The win then went to Michael Kammer with Merlin Depta and Alain Levy completing the podium.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]