Capricorn have released this new optional motor mount & spur holder for their TE01 TC chassis. Changeable with the standard version, it will help increase the traction with more flexibility between the chassis and upper deck. The flexibility can be managed by mounting the connecting support or by using screws in the spur gear mount and connecting support, giving you 3 steps available of varying flex.
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New from T.O.P. is this alloy one-piece hanging servo mount for their Photon EX chassis. This new unit helps eliminate uneven chassis flex characteristics while at the same time limiting any servo position displacement and or rotation that may result from multi-piece hanging servo mounting systems.
Source: T.O.P. [top-racing.jp]
Mark Green and Eric Dankel took the wins at the first ever Euro Nitro Series held at the Hockenheimring in Germany where the winning margin in both the 1:8 and 1:10 Touring finals was just 3-seconds. Green’s first international win for some time, the British ace was joined on the podium by the Mugen of World Champion Robert Pietsch and his Serpent team-mate Michael Salven. Leading the Touring Car final from start to finish Top Qualifier Dankel was surrounded by French drivers on the podium with Basile Concialdi finishing 2nd to making it a Capricorn 1-2 with fellow countryman Michael Derderian driving an Xray in 3rd.
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Capricorn have released their new .21 engine, the LAB21-7RHT. Made to meet the new EFRA rules that sees qualifying return to 5 minutes, this engine can make the time without the need to a costly fuel stop which can destroy your chances of setting a good time. Made by Novarossi, the engine uses the latest carburetor with the heatsink on the high needle, a new underhead with o-ring with a different combustion chamber drawing, CNC machined convex piston, 14mm balanced treated crankshaft for lower fuel usage and a 7 port ABC liner. Capricorn suggest using the Novarossi 2615 muffler with 6 ring manifold and 8.5mm venturi. The engine also comes with 8mm & 9mm venturi to help you reach 5 minutes on every track.
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Robert Pietsch and Eric Dankel are the Top Qualifiers for the first ever Euro Nitro Series Race, the German duo set to lead away the 12 car A-Main grids later this evening at the Hockenheimring in Germany. While Dankel put pole position for the 45-minute 1:10 Touring final beyond the reach of his rivals in last night’s penultimate qualifier, the number 1 starting position for the 1:8 A-Main was still to play for in this morning’s fifth & final qualifier between Pietsch and Mark Green. In the end despite failing to finish Q5 it was Mugen driver Pietsch who took the honour on tie break thanks to him having a faster TQ run than that of Green, although in the final qualifier Green did post his fastest run of the weekend when he took 2nd behind Serpent team-mate Salven. Having ran a TQ pace in nearly every qualifier Salven was finally able to keep the run clean to claim TQ for the round doing so with the fastest 4-minute run of the event.
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Round 4 of the British 200mm Championship was held at the very tight and technical Adur circuit on the south coast last weekend. The weather was very good with temperatures 20+ degrees over the whole weekend. As Saturday’s practice started the drivers soon discovered that the track was very dusty and had extremely low grip. With many cars circulating the traction did improve, but still remained low for the rest of the weekend. It was Mark Green at the front yet again this season getting down to 15.0 laptimes. Team mates Joe Kerry and Alex Thurston were close behind, with all three drivers being much quicker than the rest. In qualifying it was Mark who took TQ ahead of Joe, with Alex getting 3rd place being the only drivers to achieve 20 laps.
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The third round of qualifying for the Euro Nitro Series ‘Pilot Race’ saw Mark Green and Eric Dankel record a second TQ run at the Hockenheimring in Germany. Opening the event, earlier in the day, with a TQ run Green took Q3 from Shepherd’s Lars Hoppe in a round that saw Q2 pace setter Robert Pietsch suffer an engine failure and Michael Salven make yet another costly mistake while on a TQ pace. After a bad start to qualifying, Capricorn’s Dankel backed up his Q2 topping performance with another TQ run again ahead of Dirk Wischnewski who is struggling to find a set-up for the still low traction caused by the rain that effected the event all of yesterday and for the first part of today.
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Having been delayed by bad weather for over a day & a half, the new Euro Nitro Series finally fired into life at the Hockenheimring in Germany this evening with the opening round of qualifying with Serpent’s Mark Green setting the pace in a very close 1:8 encounter ahead of Robert Pietsch and Michael Salven while in 1:10 Touring Xray’s Dirk Wischnewski was fastest from Freddy Sudhoff & Pedro Rombouts.
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