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September 12, 2011

Eytard wins in France, Concialdi takes title

The fifth and final round of the French 1/10th scale 200mm Nationals took place in Grenoble last weekend. In the Elite class it was Xray driver Thomas Eytard that took the top qualifier spot ahead of Capricorn driver Basile Concialdi in 2nd and KM racer Frederic Bourrillon in 3rd. In the main final Frederic Bourrillon with the KM H-K1 was very fast with a different tire strategy but unfortunately he hit a crashed car in front of him and broke the steering rod while leading. The very young Léo Arnold (Capricorn/Orion/Matrix) had a fantastic race with a great battle for the lead with Thomas Eytard for almost half of the race. Unfortunately Léo had to stop 45 seconds before the end of the race after he stripped a gear. In the end it was Thomas Eytard (Xray/RB) who took the win with Michael Derderian (Xray/RB) in 2nd and Basile Concialdi (Capricorn/Orion) in 3rd, who is also the new French Champion for 2011.

Source: ART [asia-racing-team.com]

September 10, 2011

Thomas Stockman wins Belgian finale

Last weekend was the final round of the Belgian electric Touring car championships held at the lovely track of MRCL next to the airport of Bierset. On Saturday’s practice day it was beautiful weather, 30 degrees and more and everybody was trying hard to find the best setup. But on Sunday it was raining cats and dogs and it was not looking good for the rest of the day. The EFRA guys were still fast on the slippery track with all the water. Thomas Stockman wanted to win a race this year and this was his last chance. Thomas was going fast and took the pole in front of Nick Joosens and surprising Jonathan Prouvosq as third. Rico Claeys took fourth in front of Manuel Henriet.

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September 10, 2011

Corally HMX touring car prototype

Dutch company Corally are showing of their latest touring car prototype called the HMX. Due for release in October there are no details available yet for the car other than the final version will differ slightly to the one shown in the image. But looking at the photo the stand out feature is the aluminium shock towers that see the tops of the shocks mounted on the ends using a ball joint, presumably allowing the angle to be adjusted using shims placed under the ball. More information as we get it.

Source: Corally [corally.com]

September 9, 2011

Serpent S411 springs & delrin adapters

Serpent have released some new items for their 411 platform, including some additional shock springs to extend the already large range available for the Serpent RCCX shock absorbers. The new springs come in grey (2.6/14.8), black (2.9/16.5) and green (3.5/19.9). To use in combination with a spool in the front there are some new very light & strong delrin driveshaft adapters. Not as durable as the regular spring steel ones, but they do offer super smooth action.

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September 8, 2011

Simões & Miguel take Portuguese National titles

Jorge Simões and Hugo Miguel take titles at the season finale of Portuguese EP TC championships at the Maiorca Track, near Figueira da Foz. In the Stock class Pedro Canastra with is TOP showed pretty well in qualifying, TQ’ing 3 of the 4 rounds and grabbed the TQ spot for the finals. But in the finals he couldn’t convert his performance into the overall win since Jorge Simões with his Associated TC6 found a way to counter Pedro’s performance. Jorge won all the A finals and become the 2011 Stock Portuguese Champion. Jorge stated that is very grateful for all of is support this year, specially to Rick and Traci at Team Associated, Weylin Rose at Viper R/C and Nuno Carriço from Super*Models.

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September 7, 2011

Serpent 733 Centax clutch

Now available from Serpent is the complete Centax clutch-set for 1/10 scale 733. Supplied with an aluminium clutch bell, XP clutch shoe, hard spring and machined flyweights. The result is a lighter clutch with more punch.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 7, 2011

Cuypers wins Rd6 as RickV is Dutch champion

Last weekend the 6th and final race of the 2011 Dutch nationals was held at the MBC Sluis track in Gouda. Although the leading drivers in both classes were very secure to get the title there was still little room for mistakes. RickV had to reach a top-4 position to stay ahead of Belgian driver Steven Cuypers if he could win this race. The day started with some rain fading away from a huge overnight storm.The track was slowly drying and all fast times were set in the last qualification sessions. Steven Cuypers managed to take the pole followed by RickV, John Ermen and Gunther van Staey.

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September 6, 2011

Andy Moore clinches BTCC series victory

Last weekend saw the 2011 BTCC summer championship come to a close at the fantastically fast Mendip circuit. The 5 round series which has been massively successful this year and has seen entries of between 130 to 150 drivers at each event, running on the Sorex 32RY control tyre. Going into the final meeting of the year there was still plenty to play for in terms of overall championship positions. Olly Jefferies and Andy Moore could both take the win in the modified class with good results. Zack Smith, Ryan Edwards and James Hart were all in with a shout in Pro stock and Rob West and Zack Finlay would battle in out the 13.5T class. All these guys were ready and raring for this event.

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