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September 16, 2011

Protoform Tornado RallyCross 1/16th body

Protoform have released this bad-to-the-bone ‘Tornado’ RallyCross body for the Traxxas 1/16th VXL chassis. The Tornado body is made to fit the Traxxas chassis perfectly and it can be mounted super low, yet maintain tire clearance. The body mount holes, as well as wing mount holes are clearly marked. This body is made to be used with the inexpensive Traxxas injection molded wing and it comes complete with window masks, decal sheet and protective film.

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September 15, 2011

Glyn Beal defends BRCA Sports GT title

Glyn Beal has successfully defended his BRCA Sports GT title after victory at the Colchester circuit last weekend. Round 7 of the British Nationals were at the Colchester circuit with the weather for the weekend mainly dry and sunny. In qualifying Glyn took a comfortable FTD with his 220mm Serpent 733 and in the final Glyn got an excellent start off the line and soon opened up a decent lead. At the end of the 30 minute race Glyn took the win several laps ahead of second place. With this result Glyn has now retained the title for the seventh year in a row.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 14, 2011

HB TCX solid axle long cup

Hot Bodies have released this set of longer durable steel outdrive cups to fit the front diff or spool on the HB TCX. These new parts allow racers to use the 44mm driveshaft instead of the 46mm driveshaft.

Source: Hot Bodies [hbeurope.com]

September 14, 2011

Clean sweep for Bruno Coelho in Portugal

Last weekend saw the last round of the Portuguese gas on road nationals at the Vila Real track where the European championships will be held next year. The race was all about Bruno Coelho, having found a good setup in Saturday’s practice session, he went on to TQ both the 1/8th and 1/10th scale class. In the 1/8th final he would go on to win with his Novarossi powered Mugen by 8 laps over José Felix in 2nd with José Pequito in 3rd. In the 1/10th class it was an equally dominant win for Bruno, taking his Mugen to the win by 4 laps over 2nd placed Fabio Romas with Antonio Silva in 3rd. The wins in both classes was enough to give Bruno the 2011 National titles in both 1/8th and 1/10th.

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September 14, 2011

Shepherd V8 low friction kevlar pulleys

Shepherd are happy to introduce their new low friction kevlar pulleys for the Velox V8. After extensive testing a material was found that fullfills their high expectations regarding quality and durability. Oliver Mack drove more than 150 kilometers with one set of kevlar pulleys at the Euros A in Luxembourg when he ended up in 5th position after bumping up three times and the pulleys still looked great. These low friction pulleys provide a better and smoother rotation of the drivetrain to improve the acceleration of the V8 and are available for all pulleys, except for the rear solid axle, as a complete set or separately.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

September 13, 2011

Belgian Steven Cuypers is German 1/8 Champion

Steven Cuypers is the new German Champion 1/8 scale nitro. The Belgian took the title with a blistering performance during qualifying on Saturday when he caught pole position. But the German Nationals, held at the Motodrom Rhein-Ahr 25 kilometres south of former capital Bonn, was aborted on Sunday afternoon because of heavy thunderstorms in this area. Neither the semi finals nor the final were raced in class 1 which left the competition with an unusual result. Obviously 1/8 racing in Germany seems to be star-crossed because although the German Nationals 2009 in Hildesheim and 2010 in Roetz were affected by rain. This time the one-event German Championship was hampered by rain on all four days. On Thursday and Friday only five of ten practice rounds were run on a dry track. Also the first of five rounds of qualification was lost due to a wet track. And on Sunday rain came back about noon, followed by fearsome thunderbolts.

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September 13, 2011

MR33 Pro matched springs

MR33 have released some more tuning parts for electric touring cars with the introduction of this set of Pro matched springs. This high quality springs are available in 4 different hardnesses, silver soft, red medium, purple hard and black extra hard. The current versions are black but we are told there is Tamiya blue coloured versions on the way soon.

Source: ToniSport [tonisport.de]

September 13, 2011

Marco Müller is Swiss 1/8th Champion

The last round of the Swiss national championship took place one week ago in Langenthal. Before the race three drivers could still win the championship with worlds and euros finalist Simon Kurzbuch having the best chances on his home track followed by Marco Müller and Mattia Pesenti in the ranking list. In Qualifying it was local hero Kurzbuch who dominated his rivals being the only driver clocking 34 laps in 7:10.843 in front of Silvio Hächler (33 laps 7:06.574) and Müller on 3rd place (33 laps 7:10.355). Unfortunately it started to rain during the semifinals and for the rest of the race the track was extremely wet.

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