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September 24, 2013

Gama & Coelho win at Portuguese TC champs Rd4

The 4th round of the Portuguese Electric Touring Car Championship took place at the Maiorca track, near Figueira da Foz. A total of 16 drivers attend the event, 9 in the 10.5T Stock class and 7 in Modified. In the Stock class, Ricardo Gama (Schumacher) took the TQ, winning 3 of the 4 rounds with Rui D’Almeida (TOP) and Pedro Canastra (Yokomo) in second and third respectively. The first Stock final saw a total domination by Gama, who had a flawless driving trough the 7 minutes final making his intentions clear to wrap up the championship by the end of the day.

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September 24, 2013

Xray T4, NT1 & XB4 graphite gear differential gears

Xray introduce new graphite gear differential bevel and satellite gears for their 1/10th line of cars and buggies such as the T4, NT1 and XB4. Made from a new composite material the gears are of an extra strong design, make for increased drivetrain efficiency due to their low weight and they offer a long life due to minimal wear. The set is a direct replacement for the parts found in the kits.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 24, 2013

International Romanian Nitro Cup – Report

The International Romanian Nitro Cup took place last weekend at the new Hobby Arena circuit near Bucharest. The new built track shares many of the facilities you will find rather on a F1 circuit: Big scale scoreboard, displays everywhere, everything you could imagine and some more you would not expect on a regular RC track. As traction additives were strictly forbidden the track itself was treated giving the brand new asphalt layer a good amount of grip. The race schedule had Friday and Saturday for free practice, controlled practice, qualifications and the first round of semifinals for both 1/10 and 1/8.

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September 23, 2013

Kerswell wins at Chesterfield Summer Shootout Rd4

This weekend saw the 4th and final round of the Chesterfield Summer Shootout Championship, probably the most competitive 12th scale summer championship in the UK with many of the top national drivers competing.
With the national championship starting next month almost all of the UK’s top drivers were in attendance to do some final pre-national testing. After 4 rounds of qualifying Chris Kerswell ended up in pole position, over a lap up on 2nd place, David Spashett. Moving into the final it was clear David would try to pass on the first few laps to try to prevent a gap appearing. As it unfolded he couldn’t get close enough to make a move and that allowed Chris to pull away and maintain a gap of approximately half a lap to second place. At the end Chris won the A main in front of Daniel Holmes and Mark Stiles. David Spashett came in fourth with Luke Burley completing the top 5.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 23, 2013

Mario Spiniello wins 1st Trophy Sempre al Max

The 1st Trophy Sempre al Max, in memory of Massimo Renzi, was held at the Cassino track. David Loppini took TQ with Mario Spiniello starting into the final from second position. The first minutes of the final had a great battle between Loppini, Spiniello and D’angelo but once Spiniello took the lead from Loppini he took off and never looked back. At the end he won the race in front of Giuseppe D’angelo and Generoso Mazza who grabbed the last remaining podium spot.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 23, 2013

Scherer & Wopfner win at Alpencup Rd5

The fifth round of the Alpencup took place at the Kematen track in Tirol. In the 1/8th class Rudi Scherer took the win in front of Serpent team mate Wopfner who fall back to the 10th place at the start of the final but managed to come back thanks to an amazing run. In the 1/10th 200mm class Wofner did even better by taking the win and expanding his lead in the overall ranking. Second place went to Christian Wuntschek with Manuel Dellacher completing the podium.

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September 23, 2013

Fransson & Hard win at Swedish Cup

The final round of the Swedish nitro on-road cup took place in Gothenburg at the famous Väst-8 track. It looks like this was the last race at this track, most likely it will be removed next year but the club is busy finding an alternative location for the track. As for the race, due to the risk of rain on Sunday it was decided to hold the qualifying and finals on Saturday making it a one day event which worked out very well. After qualifying the top 4 of the 1/8th class saw Marcus Lindner (Shepherd) in front of Mikael Fransson (Serpent), Lars Haugen (Xray) and Karl Ullenius (Xray). In 1/10th 200mm Markus Hellquist took TQ in front of Per-Ola Hard (Serpent), Andreas Husman (Mugen) and Martin Åberg (Serpent).

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September 23, 2013

SRS and the Cactus Classic move indoors

The Scottsdale RC Speedway, located in Scottsdale, Arizona and home of the prestigious Cactus Classic race announce that they will soon leave their old destination in the North Scottsdale Road to move into a new facility. The new 20,000 square feet track will be housed inside a huge building that not only takes the track but also a store and a gigantic indoor kart track. The last race on the outdoor track will take place at the weekend of the 24th of November with the new indoor facility being race-ready from January 1st 2014.

Source: SRS [scottsdalercspeedway.com]