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June 20, 2011

Walker and Hough win BRCA Clubman’s Rd2

The popular and compact Eastbourne track was the venue for round two of the 2011 BRCA Clubman’s series, a venue ideally suited to the 13.5 and 17.5 stock racing the series is aimed at. In the 13.5 class TQ was keenly contested and as the final round approached it could have gone either of three ways, in the end it was rising star Ross Walker that took TQ ahead of Liam Brooks and Mathew Chandler. The first A final saw Liam pressure Ross for the entire race but the Associated Academy driver held on to take leg one from Liam. In the second leg Ross knew second place would be enough for the win and when Liam passed him early on Ross drove sensibly to ensure he got second in the leg and the overall win. Liam Brookes was rewarded with second after a brilliant drive from the recent Xray convert. Richard Clarke for Top Photon was third on the podium after a spirited drive from 8th on the grid. In the 17.5 class it was another Associated taking the glory, this time in the hands David Hough, from pole position in the A final David took both legs and wining the meeting ahead of Bryan Norje and Will Vertigan. The BRCA Clubman’s series remains in the south for round three as drivers move down the South coast to the Adur club in four weeks time.

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June 20, 2011

Serpent 966 front upper suspension conversion kit

Serpent release conversion set for the front upper suspension to enable a newly developed geometry package for the 966. It moves the inner pivot-point of the upper arm more towards the outside allowing for the use of a very short upper arm giving a better steering feeling and an even easier to control front end. Roll-centre spacers and Nylon inserts help to adjust the front end geometry depending on the track conditions.

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June 20, 2011

Patrick Nähr wins South German 200mm championship Rd4

The 4th round of the South German 1/10 scale 200mm nitro Championship was held on the permanent track of the MCC Hof. On Saturday morning the track was open for free practise while in the afternoon the first rounds of qualifying were scheduled. Patrick Nähr participated with his Velox V10 “eleven” to score points for the South German Championship ranking. Already during qualifying he showed a good performance and took the TQ spot being the only driver to score 30 laps. The semi final was no problem for the young Shepherd driver and Nähr started from the first position into the 30 minute main final. With his constant and save driving he was unmatched until the checkered flag and took the victory four laps in front of Serpent driver Toni Gruber in 2nd place and Dominik Schöffel in 3rd place.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 18, 2011

Kostas Zacharopoulos wins 200mm Greek championship Rd1

Last weekend saw the 1st round of the Greek 1/10 scale 200mm nitro Championship held at the Arena Racing Track. The weather was sunny but come the start of the 4th and last qualifying heat heavy rain started to pour down forcing the race director to stop the race and using the qualification ranking list as the final result. Therefore TQ Kostas Zacharopoulos (Mugen) was announced the winner, some 1.6 seconds ahead John Sotiropoulos (Serpent), Vaggelis Totomis (Kyosho) and Soyias Stavros (Serpent).

View the final results here

June 18, 2011

Pro-Line 2012 Ford Focus ST body

Pro-Line introduce the 2012 Ford Focus ST clear body for the Traxxas 1/16 rally chassis. Every detail was scaled down to give you the best looking rally car ever made. Whether you’re cruising down the street or tearing up the dirt your car will stand out from the crowd of stock bodies. Paint the body using your own custom paint scheme or use the colours of your favourite rally racer and pitch it sideways full throttle. Included are window masks and a sticker sheet including grille, lights and details.

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June 17, 2011

Robitronic body hole patches

Robitronic release body hole patches to strengthen weak body post drilling holes or to correct slightly misaligned break throughs. Made from transparent 0.7mm thick material and coming in a set of four adhesive Lexan patches with 5mm hole diameter and 6mm hole diameter.

Source: Robitonic [robitronic.com]

June 17, 2011

CSO RX8 double belt tensioner

CSO release another optional part for Xray’s RX8 1/8 scale on-road car, this time in the form of a double belt tensioner. Constructed from a 3mm carbon plate and designed for the use with two belt tensioning pressure pulleys the new design is more adjustable and features better anti-vibration characteristics.

Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]

June 17, 2011

Thunder Power Z3R-8 brushless motor

Thunder Power introduces the Z3R-8 brushless motor for 1/8 scale electric vehicles. The motors with a 4-pole Neodymium rotor offer a red anodised aluminium heat sink can with build-in cooling fins, plated copper solder tabs, fast-switching high-temp sensors and adjustable timing from 0 to 25 degrees. The front plate sports dual screw hole mounting pattern to allow for easy mounting in any 1/8 scale application. With a diameter of 42.1mm and a length of 69.2mm the motors weight around 323g and come with 1400, 1900, 2100 and 2400kv rating.

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