Round two of this seasons BRCA 1:10 Electric touring car championship took place over the weekend at the superb Cotswold track in picturesque Gloucestershire. In the Super Touring Class Elliott Harper broke Chris Grainger’s strangle hold on the domestic UK series with a TQ and win, while in the Pro Stock class James Hart took the win for Schumacher.
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More new products from Roche for the TOP Photon with the release of these aluminum bumper posts. Red anodised, to match the rest of the car, they have been CNC machined and add strength to this critical area in the event of an impact. Sold as a pair.
Source: Roche [roche.hk]
The Japanese 1/8th scale on road gas Nationals were held this weekend at Keitune Speedway in Ichihara. A relatively low attendance of 52 drivers, but with plenty of quality in the pack it was sure to be a tough race for everyone. Qualifying went the way of Takahiro Terauchi, taking the pole position by 2 seconds after 6 rounds to line up ahead of Hideo Kitizawa in 2nd and Masao Tanaka in 3rd. The final saw problems for pole man Terauchi, who would end the race in 10th position, while up front Tanaka would drive a clean race to pull off the race win crossing the line 8 seconds in front of Ken Furukawa in 2nd and Takeshi taking 3rd.
Source: JMRCA [jmrca.jp]
The Trofeo Novarossi took place last weekend at the famous Fiorano track in Italy. The weather forecast was more than good with around 30° sunshine the whole weekend and around 70 drivers attended the race, which was perfectly organized by Minicar Fiorano Team. Victory in the 1/8th scale class went to Robert Pietsch, who was running the all new self designed MRX5 car from Mugen, with second place going to Mugen team mates Christian Cavicchioli and Eric Dankel in 2nd and 3rd place respectively. In the 1:10th class it was Walter Ossola that won followed by Vidotto Roberto in 2nd and Massimiliano Vadese in 3rd.
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Contact RC Tyres have announced that their new product line is now in full production. After some final tests during last week in England and this week in Italy they are now ready to give the racers this high quality and performance package. Several months production sampling and testing with their new machinery looks like it is showing up on the track, with great lap times. Contact Tyres gives an impressive list of benefits including a perfectly balanced and true wheel, high traction and good steering due to their wheel design. Piero Torregiani will be present at the next European championship 1/8th in Locorotondo, Italy to assist team drivers and any Contact Tyres driver.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
The warm-up race for the 2010 1/5 Scale Formula one and Touring car European championship took place at Slavkov, Brno in the Czech Republic last weekend and it attracted all the big name drivers in these categories. The race in the formula one category was to be a one man show with 1/8th scale buggy ace Martin Bayer driving the RS5 winning the race by 5 laps ahead of team mates Jeffrey van Wijk and Clark Wohlert in 2nd and 3rd. In the touring car category it was also a win for RS5 driver Martin Bayer with a superb drive, followed by former European Champion Mathieu Briere with the FG, with 9 tenths of a second gap on third place finisher Cedric Prevot also with FG.
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GQ Products have confirmed that top female racer Sabrina Lechner will run their tires in both the 1/8th and 1/10th classes this season. The Hong Kong based company has already achieved success with this new partnership with Sabrina using their tires to achieve 8th place at the European B Championships in Monaco recently. Very happy with the quality of their products Sabrina is looking forward to continue to use them throughout the season, which will include the EFRA GP in Hiddelsheim and the German Nationals later in the year.
Source: GQ Products [gqproduct.com]
Spec-R have released this new lightweight front solid axle for the Tamiya 416WE/416X. The solid axle is made from aluminium while the out-drive is made from long lasting hard nylon. The full set weighs in at only 8.6 grams, which is a 19% saving in weight. Spec-R tell us that we should expect a version for the Yokomo BD5 soon.
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