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September 20, 2011

Victor Gonzalez is Spanish 1/8th Champion

Last weekend saw the final round of the Spanish gas on road nationals at the Pinseque track in Zaragoza. The race was all about local driver Victor Gonzalez, having found a good setup in Friday’s practice session, he went on to TQ and set the fastest lap of the weekend and produced a new track record. In the final he would go on to win with his OS powered Kyosho Evolva by 1 lap over Iñaki Pahisa (Xray) in 2nd with Carlos Preacho (Shepherd) in 3rd. The Victory was enough to give Victor Gonzalez the 2011 National title ahead of Oscar Cabezas (2nd) and Nacho Lopez (3rd)

Source: JBT Racing [jbtrcracing.blogspot.com]

September 19, 2011

Marc Fischer takes German National title

The German outdoor electric touring car nationals were held last weekend at the Megadrom Gelienkirchen. The event saw new Serpent signing Marc Fischer take the TQ spot ahead of reigning ETS Champion Ronald Volker for Yokomo and Hot Bodies race Freddy Sudhoff. In the first A-main leg it was Yokomo’s Yannic Pruemper that took the win ahead of 3 time World Champion Marc Rheinard in 2nd and Volker in 3rd with Fischer failing to finish. In the 2nd leg Fischer bounced back and took the win by 4 seconds from Ronald Volker in 2nd and Rheinard 3rd, Yannic failing to finish, setting up a 3rd leg decider. The final leg would once again go to Fischer, this time by a smaller margin of 2.5 seconds over Volker giving Marc Fischer the overall victory and with it the National title, a first major victory for the new S411 chassis. Ronald Volker would take the runner up spot with Yokomo team mate Yannic Pruemper completing the podium in 3rd. Serpent also took the Hobby class with Majuran Tharmalingam winning and the 40+ title with Andreas Giesa finishing 23rd overall.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 19, 2011

DXF Speed 8 1/8th scale LMP bodyshell

iModel in France have announced that French ‘Classic’ chassis manufacturer DXF Racing’s new Speed 8 1/8th scale LMP bodyshell is now available. EFRA homologated (#31520) the shell incorporates some innovated aerodynamics with the front sporting a channeled airway which helps increase front downforce. Suitable for 1/8th gas and electric chassis’.

View more images of the new shell here

September 19, 2011

HobbyPro Open 2011 – Announcement

Team C Racing have been in contact to promote their HobbyPro Open event that takes place from the 5th to 6th of November at the TRC Track in Hong Kong. This gas event is open to 1/8th on road, 1/10th 200mm and 1/10th 220mm and will once again attract the Shepherd factory team with confirmed entries from Patrick Schaefer, Ronald Volker, Simon Kurzbuch and Jilles Groskamp. Open to all brands of car, you can find more information here.

September 19, 2011

Harrison dominates FSEARA opening race

FSEARA (Florida State Electric Auto Racing Association) kicked off their 7 round series at Florida Indoor RC Complex in Plant City, FL. The one day race attracted many on road driver from all over FL to attend this 1st round of the 2011/2012 session. With over 70+ entries, this event showed that on road is still alive in FL. In Open 17.5, the battle from last year continued, the Local driver Austin Harrison using his home track advantage, taking the TQ with a Lap over the field in front of last year’s winner Dave Bowser.

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September 19, 2011

White & Anderson win BRCA TC finale

Another rain affected BRCA Touring car national saw wins for Schumacher’s Matt White in super touring, while newly crowned 10.5 stock champion Ayrton Anderson took the win in the stock class. With rain falling intermittently throughout the day the Mendip venue was a constantly changing surface and this often favored some of the drivers in the lower heats, the end result was the A finals in both classes had a very unfamiliar look to them, particularly in Super Touring where the likes of Andy Moore, Elliott Harper and Chris Grainger were all well down in the lower finals.

Continue reading the report here

September 16, 2011

Edam Esprit 1/10 on-road chassis

Edam got in touch to show us a preview of their new 1/10 scale electric on-road chassis. The car features pivot ball suspension parts as seen on 200mm nitro chassis combined with a three belt drivetrain and a very narrow carbon fibre chassis as normally seen on 190mm touring cars. Depending on the setup and tyre used an overall width of 190 to 220mm is achievable with a wheelbase of 258mm and an overall weight of around 1600g. The car is developed for an “unlimited class” use with 3S 11.1V LiPo batteries and up to 3.5T motors and GTP as well as normal touring car body shells.

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September 16, 2011

Elangears EL-01D multi-chemistry charger

New Korean company Elangears introduce the EL-01D multi-chemistry charger. The single output charger makes use of 11 to 18 VDC and charges up to 6S LiXX, up to 14 cell NiXX and 2 to 20V Pb/Lead batteries with a charging current as high as 7.0A. Incorporated in the matte black and orange case are a yellow-orange backlit LC display, auto-balance system and a menu operation using a singe touch button. The company is currently working on their website so in the meantime please check their Facebook page using the link below.

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