May 22, 2012

Soeren Boy Holst wins Rd1 in Denmark

First round of the Danish outdoor Championships was held last Sunday in Glostrup outside Copenhagen. The track was also used to host the European Championship back in 2005, and it’s perfect for Electric Touring Car racing. The track is 165m long, with a main straight of 50m. Control tires for the season is Solaris Hard, and the drivers are allowed to use 6 tires for the race. The sun had arrived at Denmark, giving a perfect condition for a super race. In the qualification it was Soeren Boy Holst who was fastest of all, with the brand new T.O.P. Photon EX car. Friday’s practice session was the first time out for this car, and it was flying around the track. TQ by 3 seconds to Troels Troelsen, who was followed by Nicolai Lindegaard.

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May 22, 2012

Kimbrow & Swauger win KO Propo USA GP

This past weekend was the 5th Annual KO Propo America Nitro Grand Prix in Gardena, CA.  The race facility was hosted by the GLARCC (Greater Los Angeles RC Club) with drivers from the California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, Florida, New York and Connecticut in attendance for the great Southern California weather. 138 entries in total with classes for 1/10th Open, 1/8th Open, 1/8th Sportsman and 1/5th, the largest class was the 1/8th Open with mains going down to the G Main. Close competition all weekend for all classes resulted in mostly everyone having a great time. 1/10th Open and 1/8th Open TQ would be set by Mike Swauger, 1/5th TQ by Brian Thomas and 1/8th Sportsman by Kenny Jones.

View the final results here


May 21, 2012

2012 Nitro-West-Masters – Announcement

The Nitro-West-Masters will start into its fourth season in the coming weekend. Five races are scheduled in 2012 for this growing championship in Western Germany, which has attracted 93 nitro racers in 2011. Fair racing, long finals, stable rules and a friendly atmosphere are the key points of the Nitro-West-Masters. Three classes are offered, 1/8 scale nitro on-road (VG8), 1/10 scale nitro on-road (VG10) and 1/8 scale nitro on-road Hobby-Cup (HC8) with standard engines from Novarossi or Sonic. The race format includes three heats of seven minutes with the three best laps to count and finals as long as possible, depending on number of participants and weather. Tyre additives are prohibited. Drivers also from foreign countries are welcome, a license isn’t mandatory, in that case an additional insurance fee is to be paid.

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May 21, 2012

Litemodz LM4-12 1/10th scale TC chassis

Litemodz have announced the forthcoming release of their first 1/10th scale Touring car the LM4-12. The newly innovated chassis features ‘TRS Technology’ which is combined with a directional biased carbon fibre main chassis and an ultra long top deck for more consistent and controlled flex pathways enhancing traction levels at all speeds. The newly designed steering rack system provides linear steering and accurate ackermann across the whole of the steering arc.  Belt tension is achieved not only with cams but also layshaft adjustment allowing for front and rear drive pick up balance. Other features include full chassis mounted split block suspension pick up points and fully adjustable camber cradles allowing for maximum adjustment of camber link length and height for real tune ability.

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May 21, 2012

Novarossi 9886 exhaust pipe

Novarossi have introduced their new 9886 polished exhaust pipe. The EFRA homologated 2-chamber pipe is suitable for both on and offroad and this super strong version has been made with thicker aluminium for extra strength in the event of an impact.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]


May 21, 2012

Serpent 747 brass slide weights

New for the Serpent 747 are these purpose made brass slide-weights which can be mounted into the slots pre made in the 747 chassis. Weighing 25 grams each, a maximum 3 can be fitted, they are black coated, laser engraved and come with the correct mounting screw. The chassis has 3 slots for the slide-weights, which slide in position and are secured with the screw and the chassis and set-up sheet show lines to indicate and record the set position. This is a very easy and fast setup change which has a lot of influence on the cars balance and handling.

View the weight mounted here


May 21, 2012

Alessio Menicucci signs for ORCA

Italian National Champion Alessio Menicucci has changed power package for 2012. Alessio who has been Italian Champion and an ETS A-Main finisher will join a growing team of ORCA drivers in Europe which includes Alexander Hagberg, Adrian Berntsen and Marco Kaufmann. Alessio will be using the complete ORCA line with ORCA VX Speedo, RX2 Motors and Infinite LiPo Batteries. Alessio had this to say:

I am very happy about using ORCA in my car. It has a great combination of power, driveability, easy to adjust and setup and no temperature issues even in hot Italian weather. I already won the first round of the Italian Nationals using ORCA products and I am looking forward to the World Championships and the remaining ETS races 2012. I also want to thank Andreas Myrberg at AME for the support to get the deal done.

Source: AME [team-ame.com]


May 21, 2012

Andy Moore wins BRCA TC season opener

This season’s BRCA 1:10 electric touring car series got underway at the weekend with round one at the Cotswold track. This season the championship has dropped its modified unlimited motor class in favour of a single 10.5 super touring class. The meeting was held in cold but dry conditions and three leg finals followed five rounds of round by round qualifying. HB driver Andy Moore got off to a great start in defending his 2011 title with a TQ and win, taking second place was Schumacher’s Chris Grainger, an excellent performance from Chris Kerswell saw the Serpent driver complete the podium. The overall results had a very familiar look to them with regular top modified drivers taking the next two spots, Elliott Harper fourth for Tamiya and Olly Jefferies fifth for Associated. This season the championship features a team race and this was won by Team RC Dynamics – MB Models

Source: BRCA [brca.org]