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April 25, 2014

Team C TR10 sport-level 4WD touring car

Team C soon have the sport-level version of the TC10 touring car available called the TR10. The car is based on a carbon fibre double deck chassis and obviously features composite bulkheads, shock towers and suspension mounts while the motor mount and shock absorbers are still made of high-quality aluminium. Other items to spot are CV-style driveshafts, a floating servo and a velcro battery mount. We bring you more information on the kit as soon as we get them.

Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]

April 24, 2014

Belgian Touring Car nationals Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Belgian Electric Touringcar Championship was held last weekend in Zarren. Racers from around Belgium and Holland came to battle for the win in the Efra, Stock and supporting F1 class. In the very competitive Efra class it was Olivier Bultynck who was fast all weekend and he had a great last qualifier to put himself on the pole. In second spot sat Nick Joosens followed by Nicolas Delisé and Rico Claeys.

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April 24, 2014

Serpent announce the 411 ERYX 3.0

Serpent have send out a scoop for their 411 ERYX 3.0 touring car. The kit will become available in May and features a 2mm hard-coated and laser-engraved 7075-T6 aluminium chassis, new lower bearings blocks, a new low centre of gravity motor mount as well as separate top plate support bushings for improved flex adjustments. Other new parts that will make it into the 3.0 kit are a lightweight aluminium spool, new v2 hard composite plastic parts, front double joint driveshafts, new A-arm brackets front and rear, updated shock O-rings and lightweight aluminium turnbuckles.

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April 24, 2014

IRCC 2014 Airport race – Announcement

The organisers of the annual IRCC event, that takes place in Japan, have been in contact to tell us about this year’s event which will be held from the 27th to the 29th of June. The race is unique in that it will be held at the Chubu international airport, in an event hall near the arrivals section. With the airport having a hotel and restaurants, you wont need to do much travelling and can in fact access the track by foot. The race will see the running of several on-road classes including Stock TC, a FWD class, Modified and Stock 1/12th scale, World GT and more. Racers interested can visit the official event site here, where you will find all the information also in English.

April 24, 2014

Blacktarmac high performance grease series

Blacktarmac introduce a line of specially formulated greases for a wide range of applications. First up is the copper grease, a lubricant incorporating finely dispersed copper dust. The grease is formulated to have excellent adhesion and resistance to give protection against wear, rust and high temperature degradation. Its primary use is on transmission parts.

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April 23, 2014

CRC Rocket Fuel 6000mAh LiPo saddle pack

CRC have a new competition LiPo battery available in the form of the Rocket Fuel 2S 6000mAh saddle pack. Built from high-performance 65C cells the ROAR-approved battery comes in an orange colour hardcase and including jumper wire and balance lead.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

April 23, 2014

Green & Thompson win at BRCA 1/10th Nitro opener

The first race of the 1/10th British National Championships was held last weekend at the Cotswold Race Track in the heart of the UK with 41 drivers attending. Saturday’s practice was in dry conditions but Sunday’s weather forecast saw rain from 13:00, so 3 rounds of qualifying were completed in the dry and then on time the rain started. No drivers when out for their last race, this left Mark Green and Glyn Beal on TQ for Touring Cars and GT respectively.

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April 23, 2014

Vitezslav Hola wins Rebels Race 2014

The Rebels Race 2014 was held last weekend in Trutnov, Czech Republic and the meeting marked the end of the national indoor season, attracting driver from all of the country. In the Touring Car Modified class five drivers battled for the top position with the best end for Jirka Vysin who took the pole position for the finals. In the A mains, Vitezslav Hola shifted into second gear as he was able to win the first two finals thanks to clean and fast driving. Jirka Vysin had to settle for second while Martin Korinek took the final podium spot to make it a 1-2-3 for Xray.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]