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May 30, 2013

Capricorn big bore shocks & springs

Capricorn have released this new 11mm big bore shock absorber set. Featuring a new treatment on the steel shock rod, there is a range of pistons available with 1 to 6 holes (1.2mm each). Designed for the Lab C02, they also fit the Xray NT1 2013 version with a length from uniball to uniball of 50mm. For the new shocks, Capricorn also have a new line of big bore springs. Made with wire from 1.5mm to 1.8mm diameter and from 5 to 6.5 turns, there are a total of 8 different springs available.

View the big bore springs here

May 30, 2013

Jared Tebo double at AKA Mid-America Champs

Speed Monkey R/C hosted the AKA Mid-America Championship on May 24-26 in Dallas, Texas. With a cap of 200 entries, the race quickly filled up to max capacity with the appeal of a $50 entry including a set of AKA control tires (Soft Impacts for buggy/truggy and Soft Enduro 2 for SC). AKA team drivers dominated the field of racers. Jared Tebo led the team with a pair of TQ’s in Pro Buggy and Pro Truggy followed by easily winning both mains by 2 laps on the field. Josh Wheeler was able to give teammate Tebo some pressure throughout the race and earn himself a pair of 2nd place finishes. Mark Pavidis rounded out the podium in Pro Buggy, and Ryan Lutz would go on to finish 3rd in Pro Truggy.

View the truggy podium here

May 30, 2013

Austin Brumblay wins 17.5T at Reedy Race

Team Awesomatix USA drivers dominated practice and qualifying in the 17.5T class of the 2013 Reedy Race of Champions by locking out the top 3 qualifying positions. The trio of Kyle Bergstrom, Austin Brumblay and Aaron Young where consistently faster than the competition running with speeds same speed as 13.5T. In A1, Kyle and Austin rocketed to a quick lead while Aaron ran into some trouble on the first lap. It was clear that Aaron had a dominant car as he drove back up through the field to eventually finish just behind Austin. The trio finish in qualifying order – Kyle, Austin and Aaron.

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May 30, 2013

Gonzalo Cortes wins 13.5T class at Reedy Race

The Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions, shared the spotlight with NASCAR, IndyCar, and F1 over the Memorial Day weekend and while a field of international drivers which included World, European, U.S., and Canadian champions gathered to compete in the Invitational class there where also three Open TC classes and the debut of the F1 class. In the 13.5 Open class, AE/Reedy/LRP driver and TC6.1 WC designer Bob Stellflue set the pace throughout qualifying with fastest times in each of the four qualifying rounds. After winning A1, Bob unfortunately encountered some problems in A2 and A3, which dropped him to third overall in the final standings. Gonzalo Cortes, driving an identically prepared Reedy/LRP powered TC6.1 WC, was crowned as champion thanks to an impressive A3 win. A third Reedy/LRP-powered TC6.1 WC driven by Sean Maybell claimed the second step of the podium with a consistent run of second place finishes in all three legs.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]

May 29, 2013

Geoffrey Vekemans wins Belgian Superstock nats Rd3

The third round of the Belgian electric Superstock touring car nationals took place at the RCR track in Roeselare. Geoffrey Vekemans took TQ in the Superstock class in front of Gregory Werniers and Stefan Rommens. Maxim Naegels lead the best of the rest. In the second lap of the first A final Geoffrey made a little mistake and Gregory took the lead. Geoffrey was fighting back and closing on Gregory but made another mistake and Gregory was gone and took the win. Meanwhile Stefan Rommens was attacking Geoffrey but not able to overtake. Geoffrey came in second and Stefan third. The second final was a better run for Geoffrey and it was now Gregory who made the mistake. Maxim pulled very fast laps and was running in second. Meanwhile Dominique Morsa scored the fastest lap of this final and finished fifth. Geoffrey took the win just in front of Maxim and Stefan in third. The last A final would decide the winner of the race. Geoffrey took the lead and later on the win and it was Renaud Gysembergh, who started from seventh place, who drove a splendid third final and took second place. Christophe Charlier came in third. The first place handed Geoffrey Vekemans (ARC) the overall win, Gregory Werniers (Team Associated) took the runner up spot. Corally driver Stefan Rommens completed the podium.

Thanks to Danny Vekemans for the report.

May 29, 2013

Grainger, Robson & Butterfield win at BTCC Rd2

Last weekend the BTCC rolled into Stafford for the second round of the series. The weather was once again fantastic as the team had ordered another day of warm British sunshine and even some sun cream made an appearance for some on the Saturday. Practice got underway and the lap times in qualifying were very close so everything was set for some great close racing action once again. After practice had finished, all the drivers were gathered for a drivers briefing by Stafford race director John Robson and also Schumacher’s Mark Musgrove and Chris Ashton. The order of the day was explained and also the usual information that people need to know. The race schedule to be used was going to be three rounds of qualifying and then two finals, with FTD being the qualifying format due to the great weather we was experiencing. So on to Qualifying we went, the cars were looking very fast around the Stafford circuit and one thing that was noticed was that there was very little difference in lap times between the Modified and 13.5 cars due to the layout and nature of the track, there were literally a few tenths between these cars.

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May 29, 2013

Salven confident ENS will put ‘fun back in racing’

Veteran onroad nitro racer and chassis designer Michael Salven has given the Euro Nitro Series a firm vote of confidence as final preparations are made for the opening race in the all new series for onroad nitro racing which takes place this weekend. A former World & multiple European Champion, the German said all the racers he has spoken to are very excited that the organisation behind the hugely successful Euro Touring Series are bringing their concept to nitro onroad and while they have high expectations he is confident the ENS will be a success and will put the ‘fun back into racing’ helping to revive the onroad nitro racing scene just like the ETS has done for electric touring cars.

View the complete announcement here

May 29, 2013

Xray RX8 3S linear spring sets

Following the new 3S linear shock springs for the NT1 Xray now also introduce RX8 specific sets. The 3S springs are specially designed for the new shorter low profile shock absorbers and are shorter in length with the rear one now sporting the same dimensions as the front spring. The laser-engraved, selected and matched parts make for more corner entry steering and are available as C=3.5 to 5.5 and C=7.0 to 8.0 variants with the lower numbers marking the softer springs.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]