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November 21, 2014

Tonisport-Winter-Cup Rd2 – Report

The 2nd round of the Tonisport-Winter-Cup was held at the Eifel-Ring, a permanent indoor track in Leimbach, close to the World-famous Nürburgring. A total of 40 racers attended the race that was organized by the MAC Adenau. The 13.5T Touring Car class saw an impressive battle for positions already in the three six-minutes qualifying heats. Finally Ingo Herschbach took pole position in front of his Serpent fellows Majuran Tharmalingam and Oliver Kaufmann, winner of the first TWC race weekend.

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November 21, 2014

Spec-R TRF418/419 P8 version double joint driveshafts

Made for the Tamiya TRF418 and TRF419 are the P8 double joint driveshafts from Spec-R. They are of a reinforced design with a large diameter cross joint, 1.8mm cross pins and strong 0.8mm circlips for the cross pins. Made from high quality spring steel and offering precision-ground wheel axles the shafts are recommended for the use in combination with a front spool axle and they minimise wheel chatter at high steering angles due to their design.

Source: Spec-R [spec-r.com]

November 21, 2014

Shepherd Velox V10 Ackermann plate & linkage parts

Shepherd have a new option part for the Velox V10 Pro 200mm nitro on-road car available in the form of an updated steering Ackermann plate and linkage parts. Due to a much smaller steering differential angle, the new 8mm servo saver Ackermann plate provides even more steering and a completely different, more aggressive overall handling. Prototypes have been successfully tested at the this year’s European and World Championships and also at the ENS in Fiorano with a higher corner speed noticed by all drivers. The servo saver Ackermann plate is available as a set including new 4.9mm uniballs and ball joints or as a single part from now on. The new uniballs and ball joints are also available separately as a replacement of the standard parts to eliminate play in the V8 and V10 steering linkage while allowing smooth operation.

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November 21, 2014

Alberta Touring Series Rd1 – Report

Round 1 of the newly established Alberta Touring Series was held in Calgary, Alberta, hosted by the CARCAR club. 125 entries spread across the five classes of Touring Car Modified, Touring Car Stock, Mini, 1/12th scale Stock and Formula. In the Touring Modified class where the Reedy Race Format was used, there were 24 entries, with five rounds of random sorted heads up racing. In the end, Steve Soon (Serpent) with a five win record beat out Peter Toszer (Team Associated) on tiebreak points to take top spot on the podium with Wayne Mah (Awesomatix) coming in 3rd.

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November 21, 2014

Fenix Phi-Gamma 1/10th formula bodyshell

Fenix Racing from Italy introduce their new Phi-Gamma formula bodyshell for 1/10th cars. Designed using 3D CAD software with Computational Fluid Dynamics validation for improved aerodynamics, the body is best used on medium to fast tracks and it is completely tuneable in terms of downforce and drag. The body is made from clear polycarbonate and fits most of today’s formula chassis.

Source: Fenix [fenix-racing.com]

November 20, 2014

Favrelle & Delalondre win at French Winter Nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the French Winter Nationals was held at the AMC Tours club in central France. In the Touring Car Modified class Maxime Favrelle (Yokomo) took the pole position for the finals and later on was able to bring home the overall win from Remi Callens (Xray) and Jeremy Limoges (Xray). In the Touring Car stock class Jeremy Delalondre (Yokomo) came out successful from Pierre Delorme (Xray) and young Steve Favrelle (Yokomo).

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November 20, 2014

Michele Romagnoli joins Capricorn

Capricorn announce the signing of Michele Romagnoli for the 2015 season. Michele, top qualifier and winner of the Italian 1/8th nitro on-road championship will start into the new venture by attending at the ETS using the company’s Lab TE02 touring car. In the 1/8th class Romagnoli will race Capricorn’s Lab C802 car with his campaign culminating in the attendance at the 1/8th World Championships. Michele has the following to say about the deal:

I’m very happy and excited for the upcoming season with the Capricorn team, I would like to thank Patrizio Rossi for this opportunity and I can’t wait to start racing.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

November 20, 2014

Euro Nitro Series unveils 2015 calendar

Following the ultra successful completion of its inaugural championship last month, Capricorn’s Eric Dankel and Team Shepherd’s Simon Kurzbuch crowned the respective 1:10 and 1:8 Champions, the organisers of the Euro Nitro Series are pleased to unveil its calendar for the 2015 season. As in 2014, when the ENS was contested by 149 1:8 and 118 1:10 drivers from around the world, the championship will continue to run over four races with Melzo in Italy once again hosting the season opener over the weekend of 17-19 April. From Italy the championship will move on to Austria, with Aigen the venue for Round 2 from June 12-14.

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