December 7, 2010

Volker & Dankel dominate Italian GP

Volker & Dankel dominate Italian GP

Last weekend saw the second running of the Italian GP in Brescia, Italy. This year the entries were around 80 drivers, divided in two different classes, Sport (10.5 motor limit) and Open. Top drivers like Ronald Volker, Alexander Hagberg, Eric Dankel and Daniele Ielasi decided to join the race along with Andreas Myrberg, Carsten Anghel and Umberto Pernice. The race format covered three days with Friday for practice and timed practice, Saturday for 4 round of qualification and Sunday for 1 qualification round and three finals.

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December 6, 2010

Ardent Winter series Rd3 report

Ardent Winter series Rd3 report

Round three of the Kick Energy Drink sponsored Ardent Winter series took place at the weekend at the popular indoor Ardent venue in Derbyshire. Leading the series going in to round three was a very on form Olly Jefferies, driving his Associated TC6. Olly continued his good form and took TQ ahead of the Tamiya of Elliott Harper and the Hot Bodies of Andy Moore. In the finals it was Olly that went on to take maximum points for round three with a third place and a win, Andy had a poor second final and this allowed Johnny Aird to come through from fifth on the grid to finish third behind Elliott Harper.

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December 6, 2010

Capricorn bumper, camber shims & decals

Capricorn bumper, camber shims & decals

Capricorn RC have released a number of new items including this candy coloured front bumper for the LAB-C01. The foam used in the front bumper is a new heavier type for better protection and the colour helps you easily identify the different types. Also for the LAB-C01 is a set of calibrated camber shims in different thicknesses for multiple setting possibilities. Finally Capricorn have released new body shell decals with all the various logos, including the upcoming LAB-C801, to adorn your body shell.

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December 6, 2010

Marc Fisher wins Belgian EPS

Marc Fisher wins Belgian EPS

The European Pan Series took place in Belgium on the last weekend of November. Free practice started on Saturday morning followed by controlled practice and Team Corally driver Marc Fischer had a very good feeling with his 12SL from the very beginning, however a lot of drivers had problems with the track layout since it was made out of steel and the cars easily broke. Following practice there was 4 qualification rounds and Marc improved from one qualification round to another. For comparison in the first qualification round Marc’s fastest round was 44 laps and 10,5 seconds fast lap and in the last qualification round for that day Marc ran 45 laps and 10,1 seconds fast lap and so he stood on overnight TQ until Sunday morning when there were two more qualification rounds and the finals. The last two qualifiers were very good and Marc changed a bit on the car to be better which helped, again Marc ran 10,09 seconds and the fastest 46 round which gave him a solid TQ position.

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December 6, 2010

Per-Ola Hard joins OS Engines

Per-Ola Hard joins OS Engines

After his recent success qualifying 2nd and finishing 3rd at the Xceed Asia race in Shanghai China Serpent 1:10 GP team driver Per-Ola “Peo” Hard from Sweden has decided to join the OS Engines Japan Team for 2011 season. The European Championship finalist and current Swedish National Cup Champion is excited about the new cooperation with OS Engines and is set to race and promote the OS Engines product both on the track and in the pits.

Source: OS Engines [os-engines.co.jp]


December 5, 2010

Arrowmax MRX-5 radio plate mount

Arrowmax MRX-5 radio plate mount

New from Arrowmax for the Mugen MRX-5 is this radio plate mount. CNC machined from 7075 T6 aluminium, it replaces the standard composite version for increased stiffness and strength.

Source: Free Max [freemaxmp.com]


December 4, 2010

Mark Green to run Byron fuel

Mark Green to run Byron fuel

CML have announced that multiple British Champion, European and World finalist Mark Green has chosen Byron Gen2 as his fuel of choice for 2011. The Factory Serpent team driver will use Gen2 in both 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm nitro circuit classes in a move that further rubber stamps Byron as one of the Worlds leading fuels, having previously secured the 1/8 IFMAR World Championship title in Thailand in November.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]


December 3, 2010

Golobic & Elias wins South American titles

Golobic & Elias wins South American titles

Last weekend saw the South American championships for 1:10 and 1:8 held at the Hernan Matticoli circuit in Buenos Aires, Argentina and it attracted more than 70 racers accross two classes to compete for the title. In the 1:10 class Juan Pablo Golobic dominated the whole race, closely followed by Edward Dulac. At the end of 45 minutes only 3 seconds separated the first and second-placed drivers. In third position it was Agustin Cutin, a lap behind. In the 1:8 class it was total domination for the Brazilian driver Flavio Elias who finished 3 laps ahead of Sebastian Recio in 2nd position, Patrick Schafer from Germany in 3rd spot.

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