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April 19, 2014

Stiles & Spashett win at West Kent GP

The 1/12 scale electric class is currently in its ‘off-season’ in the UK, with the BRCA nationals taking place during the winter from October to March. However, a number of clubs and series organisers continue to host events during the summer in order to keep competitors occupied and give them a chance to conduct valuable testing and get some practice in. The West Kent Radio Car Club in Tonbridge, South East England have previously held BRCA national events at their superb indoor venue. However, a complication with the booking arrangements at their venue meant that they were unable to be a part of last winters national calendar. As a result, they decided to put on a one-off GP meeting instead. The classes and racing format for the event were the same as for the BRCA nationals. A 2-day meeting with each day effectively counting as a separate event. This allowed drivers who could only make one of the days to attend.

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April 19, 2014

Asian On Road Championships Rd1 – Day 2 Report

Asian On Road Championships Rd1 – Day 2 Report
With a morning filled with 3 full rounds of practice, racers were able to really dial in their cars, drop their lap times, and kick up their consistency. Times in the 11-12 second range were common in the stock class, while 1/12th scale and modified sedan were able to dip the times below the 10 second mark. Staying focused on the tight and twisting layout is the key to success as the track will reach up and bite you if your attention wains.

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April 18, 2014

WRC F-One-S sport version formula kit

Italian company WRC introduce the F-One-S “sport version” 1/10 formula chassis kit. Making use of carbon fibre and aluminium parts, the kit also includes some new-for-2014 option parts, a 1-piece bodyshell, a 1-piece ball differential and a new 12-ball main gear. The kit is available from now on.

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April 18, 2014

Josh Cyrul joins SpeedMerchant team

SpeedMerchant announce the signing of multi-national champion Josh Cyrul onto to their racing team. Josh has been a perennial figure a top 12th scale podiums for years and he started his tenure with SpeedMerchant by TQ’ing and winning all of the 12th scale classes at this year’s Mile High Indoor Champs in Colorado with his new Rev.8.

Source: SpeedMerchant [teamspeedmerchant.com]

April 18, 2014

Asian On Road Championships Rd1 – Report

Year two of the Asian On Road Championships is kicking off this weekend with the opening round of the 2014 season starting off at the brand new RCI V2 On Road racing facility in Shanghai, China. The five race series will travel to as many countries with stops in China, Malaysia, Australia, Hong Kong, and Japan. The AOC’s focus is on having fun in an organized event, with simple rules, great friendships and exciting racing.

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April 18, 2014

Sweep EXP Evo-R touring car tyres

Sweep Racing introduce the EXP Evo-R touring car tyres. The tyre, developed with the help of Touring Car World Champion Jilles Groskamp, has an all new designed carcass that greatly improves the balance and feel making it easier to drive. The new design has an increased diameter of 65mm which is slightly larger than the previous EXP Evo giving a thicker side wall while the Evo-R also sports a stronger inner mesh/belting for increased durability. The tyre comes in three different compounds of 30, 36 and 40 hardness.

Source: Sweep [sweepracing.com]

April 17, 2014

CRC 1/12th & TLR 22 carbon fibre option parts

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Calandra Racing Concepts have two new option parts available in the form of a dual extended upper plate for the company’s line of 1/12th scale chassis and a carbon fibre front shock tower for the TLR 22 buggy. Starting with the upper plate, the part fits Altered Ego and standard XTi and SE cars cars with slider rear pods and it is made to extend the upper rear shock mount to utilise the matching longer front shock positions in the chassis. The plate is made from 2.5mm QHM material and available now. Also new is the 4mm carbon fibre front shock tower for the TLR 22 buggy. Fitting older spec kits and the new 2.0 variant the part is cut from pure carbon fibre quad-axial high-modulus material for added strength. The part is a direct replacement for the stock composite tower.

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April 17, 2014

Bruno Coelho wins Portuguese TC nats Rd1

The first round of the Portuguese electric touring car nationals was held at the Coimbra track. Bruno Coelho took the TQ and win with virtually no practice at all as he only arrived on Sunday. Behind him Joao Malveiro and Helder Silva came in 2nd and 3rd respectively to complete the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]