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June 20, 2012

Hot Race Tyres bi-blend foam

With the ambitious objective of improving performances for the upcoming European 1/10th 200mm Championship Hot Race Tyres has made a new compound for high traction conditions. Following several tests on the Cassino track their new foam technology provides more steering in the corner and more stability in the middle of the corner. The new formula is called ‘bi-blend’ and consists of a particular combination of different shores on the front tires. Especially when track is full of additive and car tends to want to traction roll, these new tires allow you to push more.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracerc.com]

June 19, 2012

Helge Johannessen wins 200mm Rd3 in Norway

Round 3 of the 200mm IC Track Norwegian Nationals was held in beautiful Valdres with the weather forecast for this weekend was rain. On Saturday during qualifying it was raining heavily and it was Helge Johannessen that took the pole position in front of current Norwegian Champion Georg Ellingsen. In the final it stopped raining for a while, but that wouldn’t last long. Georg and Helge were battling for the first place when Georg choose to change tires on lap 92. Helge gained a lead of 3 laps and maintained it to the finish. After technical control of the cars. We found out the both Helge and Georg had driven so hard on their rubber rain tires that they was totally useless and almost driving on the rim.

Vie the final standings here

June 19, 2012

T.O.P. car stand with parts storage

T.O.P. have released their new aluminium onroad car stand. With many R/C car enthusiasts wanting to travel to races with minimal luggage, this new car stand does a great job of utilizing space. It includes a slide-out gadget box to hold all your small parts such as screws and shims, securely and in an organized way. The car stand itelf is made of anodized aluminum alloy and comes in red or black.

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June 19, 2012

Serpent S411 Sport chassis

Serpent have introduced the Sport version of their 190mm EP Touring Car the S411 Sport. It uses the same geometry and the latest RCM shock absorbers but the cost savings come through the use of the black glass-fibre chassis, top-deck and shock towers. In the rear it comes supplied with a race spec gear differential while the front comes fitted with a lightweight spool. The car can also be easily upgraded to the full competition spec chassis.

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June 19, 2012

ARC R10 optional flex chassis

ARC have released this new option chassis for their R10 touring car. The optional flex type chassis is made from 2.5mm carbon fibre and they added 2 layers of glass fiber in the middle to give more flex. Their testing showed that with 2 layers of glass fiber the chassis was more flexible and made the handling more predictable. The new chassis also provide a extra hole for a battery holder and shorty LiPos can be used. The new 1.6mm thick upper deck also gives more flex as well as more steering and stability especially on low grip track conditions.

Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]

June 18, 2012

Fjeldvar & Johannessen wins Rd3 in Norway

The third round of the Norwegian Nationals was held in Volbu in Valdres. The track is one of the most spectacular in Norway with a height difference between the lowest and highest point on the track of almost 4 meters. It rained all day on Saturday so there was no practice on the track but when everyone woke up on Sunday morning the track was still a little wet, but with some help from the sun, the track dried up pretty quick. In the first qualification heat the track it was a little wet in some places. In the Stock class Espen Fjeldvar was dominating in the 2 last qualification heats on the dry surface. Espen was clearly the fastest guy on the track with laptimes more than 0.5 second faster than the rest with his TQ time.

Continue reading the report here

June 18, 2012

Olly Jefferies wins BRCA TC Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the 2012 BRCA Touring Car Championship saw victory for Associated team driver Olly Jefferies, second place went to the Schumacher of Colin Price with Serpents Chris Kerswell completing the podium. Tricky conditions on Saturday saw drivers battling with a gusting wind but the West London track thankfully stayed dry, with two TQ runs on Saturday Olly headed the overnight leader board but on Sunday the advantage seemed to swing toward the Schumacher of Chris Grainger but in the final last round of qualifying Olly took TQ. Elsewhere round one winner Andy Moore was struggling and failed to make the A main with his Hot Bodies.

Continue reading the report here

June 17, 2012

Ramella wraps up French National class title

Young talent Cedric Ramella took the win of the 4th round of the French 1/8th scale on road nationals in Marseille last weekend. The Serpent/Novarossi driver already won round 2 of the ‘National’ class in Ampuis and round 3 in Grenoble and is already French Champion with one round left to be run. Having struggled in qualification he changed to a safer driving style in the semi and the A-main and it paid off. He lead immediately and kept an eye on local racer Reza Khelili till the last pit stop. Then he pushed a bit harder and put a lap between them. This result cements a great year for Cedric who was already in the top ten at the Euro B’s in Thionville. In the Elite class Anthony Abisset finished 3rd and is still in with a chance for the championship title with young Christophe Louis.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]