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October 27, 2010

Diaz & Palazzola win Paris Memorial Race

This past weekend the 10th Annual Paris Memorial Race was held at the Silver Bowl Park in Las Vegas, Nevada. Following sedan qualifying it was Kyosho driver Michael Palazzola that took the TQ honors. In the 45 minutes main however it was Kyosho team mate Walter Diaz that took the victory followed by Scott Fisher in second and Kevin Woods taking third. The 1/8th scale class saw Mugen driver Mike Swauger take the TQ but after the 45 minute main the victory went to Kyosho Driver Michael Palazzola, who drove and very clean race, followed by Ron Gustin in 2nd and Brad Toffelmire in 3rd.

October 27, 2010

Pit Shark Hole shot body mounting tool

Having shown you the Pit Shark Hole shot during the first round of the Euro Touring series, the Italian company have sent us the release for their body mounting hole positioning system. As we explained there are units that go over your body posts and help the loose magnets find their exact centre when place on the uncut painted body shell. A hole in each of the magnets allows you the mark the exact centre of the post allowing you to make perfectly positioned bodies each time. 3-time World Champion also uses the Hole shot and has his own line of MR33 branded versions. Available for both 1/8th and 1/10th scale.

View the product and a video of how it works here

October 27, 2010

Capricorn NT1 lightweight CVD axles

Capricorn have released these new CVD wheel axles for the Xray NT1 as well as their own LAB-C01. Lightweight, the fronts coming in at 4.9grams while the rears weigh in at 5.9 grams per piece.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

October 27, 2010

Xray High Dynamic Red clutch shoe

New for the NT1, Xray have released this high-dynamic red clutch shoe for the High Dynamic XCA Clutch Set, which has a new smaller diameter compared to standard clutch shoe. CNC-machined from hard red clutch material it provides less slippage and wear and is recommended for medium- and high-traction tracks. Fits both the High Dynamic and Standard Clutch.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 26, 2010

Vataniyapramote & Chaidajsuriya win FEMCA titles

The 2010 FEMCA Circuit Championships took place last weekend in Hong Kong for both 1/8th and 1/10th scale gas on road. With rain affecting the event it was Thai driver Suruth Vataniyapramote that took the win to lead home a Serpent 1-2-3-4 with Hong drivers Christopher Cheung and Choy Kam Man completing the podium. In the 1/10th class it was again a Thai driver, this time former TC world Champion Surikarn Chaidajsuriya that took the win from the pole spot in front of local racer Hung Cheung Hang driving a KM chassis, with Kyosho racer Jalaludin Azri Amri from Brunei taking 3rd.

View the final results here

October 26, 2010

Arrowmax MRX-5 front wheel axles

New for the Mugen MRX-5 1/8th scale chassis, Arrowmax have released these front CVD wheel axles. Available in three different types of material, you can get them in 7075 aluminium, spring steel and titanium for a choice of lightweight, durable and a combination of both.

Source: Free Max [freemaxmp.com]

October 26, 2010

Recio wins Rd3 in Argentina, Golovic takes title

Last weekend the 3rd and final round of the Argentinean Touring car nationals took place in Rosario. The race was won by Capricorn/Sirio driver Sebastián Recio followed by Agustín Cutini, driving a Novarossi powered Serpent in 2nd, with Juan Pablo Golovic with his Reds Racing powered Xray car in 3rd. This result was enough to give Golovic the Argentinean National title for 2010.

Source: Sirio [star-motor.com]

October 24, 2010

Giorgio de Felici wins 2010 Novarossi Trophy

The 2010 Novarossi Trophy took place this weekend in Gubbio, Italy, host of the 2009 1/10th scale 200mm European Championships. The 1/10th 200mm qualifying went the way of Biagio Spataro who took the pole position ahead of Daniele Agostelli in 2nd. The final went the way of new Capricorn signing Giorgio de Felici running his Novarossi powered LAB-C01, who in his first race for his new sponsors took the win by 5 seconds from 2nd place Ciro Borrelli, with Dante Piersante a further 4 seconds back.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]