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October 19, 2012

Contact Double Compound 1/10th front tire

After months of tests on several different tracks including 2 weeks of testing in Thailand on the circuit which will host the 1/10th World Championship, Contact are pleased to announce a new double compound front tyre. With excellent feedback from multiple World and European Championship winners Robert Pietsch, Dario Balestri and Andy Moore they have concluded that these new tyres give more steering on all the tracks and in varying conditions. The tyres also help to avoid traction rolling problems which can occur on high grip tracks or finals where larger tyres are used. Available in 4 different hardness’s, Soft, Medium, Hard and Super Hard all mounted on our black carbon rim.

Source: Contact [racing-cars.com]

October 19, 2012

Mibosport Cup Rd1 – Announcement

The opening round of the Mibosport Cup takes place next weekend in Hrotovice, Czech Republic. The event which is open to both on road and off road classes on 2 tracks in the one hall, has already attracted over 90 entries including a strong entry from the Xray team with Martin and Juraj confirmed with Martin Bayer set to run the all new Xray EP buggy at the event. One of the stars of last weekend’s ETS Dominic Vogl is also set to compete with the Awesomatix along with top Czech drivers, Michal Bok, Marek Cerny and Radek Flek. More information on this first event as well as the whole series can be found here.

October 18, 2012

David Spashett dominates BRCA 1/12th opener

Round 1 of the 2012/12 BRCA 1/12th scale nationals took place at Teesside last weekend and for many of the competitors it was like stepping into a time warp. David Spashett made a successful return to 1/12th scale racing last winter and over the summer has been working hard to improve his chassis and driving skills. He arrived at Teesside having recently won the third round of the popular AMC summer shootout series at Chesterfield so was in confident form heading into the event.

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October 18, 2012

Team Titan Blitz RS1 1/10 Mini body shell

The new Blitz RS1 1/10 Mini body shell is specially design for 1/10 Mini FWD (2wd) chassis’ with 225mm wheel base. This new body does not require a rear wing because the small rear trunk wing already provides enough down force. The RS1 Body can fit most 1/10 Mini cars on the market like the M03, M05… etc. The standard version is made from 1.0mm thickness Lexan and a light version with 0.8mm also available. Supplied with high quality decals and window masks.

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October 17, 2012

Clarke & Broad wins EWS season opener

The 2012-2013 Essex Winter Series kicked off last weekend with a capacity entry. After the success of the series first season, the organisers had made a few tweaks to the rules, which were clearly well received by racers as the first round of the series was booked out nearly a month before the event. The most notable change for the second series of EWS, which has become one of the biggest and most popular in the UK, was to the race day format. Five rounds of qualifying would now feature, and the round-by-round points system would be in use. Single leg finals would then decide the winners of each class.

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October 17, 2012

Tironi & Agostinelli win Trofeo Novarossi

The 8th running of the Trofeo Novarossi took place at the track of the Club Automodellistico Gubbio in Italy and saw the entrance of talented drivers like Francesco Tironi and Lamberto Collari. In the 1/8th scale class it was Capricorn’s Francesco Tironi who took the race win some three laps from Mattia Rinaldi and Alessandro Bracci. Lamberto Collari faced tyre problems during the final and finished in fourth position.

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October 17, 2012

Mario Rigert wins 2012 Swiss TC championship

The fifth and final round of the Swiss national touring car championship was held at the track of Lostallo. After an all wet Saturday and Sunday morning the weather got better for the finals on Sunday afternoon. Markus Streuli started from pole position with Mario Rigert in second spot and Daniel Ghirlanda in third position. As the finals were the only rounds of the whole weekend with dry conditions, it was difficult for everyone to find a good pace from the start. Mario managed to win two out of the three A finals. The win of the final round secured Mario the race victory and his fifth modified touring car title as well. Xray team mate Steven Deyhle took the runner-up spot and Antonino Mangiaracina came in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 16, 2012

Blaze Racing Plasma motor & axle mount

Blaze Racing have release this upgraded Kyosho Plasma motor and axle mount. This set eliminates the problems of insufficient ride height with small diameter tires and allows the use of small spur gears. It also has standard top-button motor screw slots, eliminating motor flex. The parts are made from polished 7075 T6 aluminium with engraved logo on top of the left bulkhead.

Source: Blaze Racing [blazerp@o2.pl]