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October 26, 2011

Michael Bruce & Austin Harrison win FSEARA Rd2

The Florida State Electric Auto Racing Association (FSEARA) hosted their 2nd race in their 7 race series in FL at Strickland RC Raceway. This track is famous for its tire wear and so tire strategy is the key to win and many racers conserve their limited control tires in qualifying. The new tires only last one qualifier, which mean you only have one chance to set your fastest time. Most racers end up saving the 2nd set of tires for the final and it helped create some fast & exciting final to watch at this event.

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October 26, 2011

Motonica P8F Club Race Kit

Motonica have introduced their P8F Club Race Kit, a further step towards a structured product offering for those approaching this hobby for the first time, allowing them to find in a single package everything they need to get the car complete. The kit includes the P8F, suspension-free 1:8 scale with four wheels drive chassis, a VOX Otto V1 Rally Tech engine with exhaust, a set of Motonica tires, a RX battery pack and finally an unpainted GT body shell.

Source: Motonica [motonica.com]

October 25, 2011

Serpent S411 option parts

Serpent have release a number of new option parts for the S411 touring car starting with these spring steel double joint cardan shafts with double cvd joint. To be used with a front spool, they reduce vibration, increase steering, and offer smoother operation due to less binding. Also new is a CVD shaft combo with spring-steel axle and hard anodised 7075-T6 aluminium shaft. Lighter than the full spring-steel version but more prone to bend or break in the event of a crash. There is a new belt tensioner with bearings, shims and hardware to be mounted to the top of the top deck. A LiPo battery holder in carbon helps keep the LiPo battery in place even during heavy crashes and it is used in combination with the original nylon parts to guide the glass tape through. Finally there is new lightweight machined aluminium steering shafts with hard anodizing, to replace the standard steel ones giving a weight saving of 70%.

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October 25, 2011

Kwon Chanwoo wins Korean Stock Nationals

The KMRCA Korean nationals for 1/10 Electric Sedan was held last weekend at the Gyungsan onroad track. TOP/Acorn driver Kwon Chanwoo led qualifying in Stock and secured the TQ with a big margin of almost one lap over second position. In the finals he would take the win in the first and second legs to be crowned the 2011 Korean national champion. Kyosho driver Hwang Kyongwon would take 2nd with Choi Ikjoon driving a Tamiya 417 in 3rd. In the modified class it was an all Yokomo podium with Lee Jungduk winning from 2nd place Ahn Jonghyun, with Ahn Junghyun completing the podium.

Source: TOP [top-racing.jp]

October 24, 2011

Spashett & Jefferies win at BRCA 1/12th opener

Round 1 of the 2011/12 BRCA 1/12th scale nationals took place at Ardent Raceway last weekend. Saturdays event was for the stock class, with all cars running 10.5 motors in ‘blinky’ zero-timing mode. Team Associated/LRP driver Olly Jefferies qualified on pole for the A final ahead of multiple world champion David Spashett, who has returned to competition in this class for the first time since 2006 and was driving one of Josh Cyrul’s CEFX cars. Mark Stiles lined up third for Serpent/LRP with the new S120LT ahead of his team mate Chris Kerswell and multiple British Champion Andy Griffiths who is once again driving for V-Dezign/Nosram this season.

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October 24, 2011

New cans for MLC Fuel

L&C Racing have announced new cans for this double European Champion Fuel, MLC. The new cans guarantee a better conservation of the mixture due to the inner treatment that prevents the possibility of problematic rust as evident in the majority of metal cans. The new cans in metal will be available for MLC standard and the MLC Extreme mixtures and will come in 4 liter and 2 liter cans. This new cans also guarantee better protection for transport with the greater rigidity of of the structure.

Source: L&C Racing [lc-racing.com]

October 21, 2011

Xray X12 1/12th pan car

Xray have released the next evolution of the XII, the all-new Xray 1/12 pan car platform, the X12. Direct feedback from factory team drivers, as well as customers from around the world, allowed the Xray factory to turn a concept into reality… this is what we do best at Xray. New battery placement means better car balance and weight transfer and stiffer chassis material and more robust suspension material creates a car that is significantly easier to drive. By rethinking and then creating a completely new geometry where they elongate the wheelbase and widen the front track-width, they have created a car that works exceptionally well for beginners, highly-skilled drivers and everyone in between. And to make a car even easier to work on, they replaced the side shock with newly-designed side tube lateral dampers. Lowered rear bulkheads and an improved rear axle system allow the use of super-small tires while providing a super-low center of gravity.

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October 21, 2011

Branson dominates BRCA nats with MeccaFuel

French fuel company Meccamo have been in touch to tell us that their sponsored driver Kyle Branson has dominated this year’s BRCA 1/8th scale Nationals using MeccaFuel. The factory Sirio driver TQ’d 8 of the 9 rounds this year and won 7 on his way to clinching the title with one round to spare. Kyle only stepped up to the 1/8th class this season having dominated the 1/10th 200mm National series for the past few years.

Source: Meccamo [meccamo.com]