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May 30, 2011

Andy Moore takes BTCC Rd3

A dominant performance from Andy Moore saw the Hot bodies driver take the Cotswold round of this seasons Schumacher BTCC, starting from pole after taking TQ Andy eased a lead ahead of the chasing pack of the Associated TC6 of Olly Jefferies and the Schumacher Chris Grainger, with the Cotswold BRCA national only two week away this meeting was a good form guide to who would be the pace setters for the national and Andy Moore currently looks the man to beat and leaves the others looking to find a little more pace.

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May 29, 2011

Capricorn LAB-C801 copper engine blocks

Capricorn have released this new pair of engine mounts for the LAB-C801 chassis made machined from a copper material. Both blocks add 40 grams in this optimal position to help improve the car’s centre of gravity and double the heat dissipation between the engine and chassis compared to the standard kit blocks.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

May 29, 2011

Teddy Syach wins rain effected Rd4 in Indonesia

The 4th round of the Indonesian 1/8th scale national championships was held recently in JITC Senayan circuit, Jakarta. The weather was cloudy from the start of the race and the qualifying had to have the second heat re-run due to rain. It was Teddy Syach who took his Mugen MRX5 to pole position setting the only 20 lapper @ 5.15, followed by Toni Kundjung (Mugen MRX5) with a 19 laps @ 5.02. Xray drivers, Sadikin Sutrisno and provisional standings leader Bowie Ginting took 3rd and 4th place respectively with a very close gap of 0.048 seconds. Suwardi Suliandy (Xray) completed the top 5. Seven minutes into the grand final, the rain suddenly came down hard and forced the organizer to stop the race. Because there wasn’t 75% race distance run yet, the result was taken from the qualifying result.

View the final standings here

May 27, 2011

Xray RX8 2.6mm & 3.0mm rear anti-roll bars

Xray have released two new additions to their range of RX8 steel rear anti-roll bar wires. Allowing for additional tuning beyond the stock rear anti-roll bar, the new wires are available in 2.6mm and 3.0mm thickness, adding to the already available 2.8mm version. Manually measured, selected and straightened to eliminate all tweak, they are laser engraved for easy identification.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 27, 2011

Bro & Linder win Nordic Championships

This year’s Nordic Championship was held at the nice Spydeberg Raceway in Norway with drivers from Norway, Sweden and Denmark taking part, however regrettably no Finnish drivers this year. There was a total of 17 drivers in the 1:8 class and 34 drivers in the 200mm class and the event was very well organized, with excellent food and beverages all weekend. Practice Friday and qualifying Saturday were run in dry and sunny conditions and local young hotshot and rising European star Adrian Berntsen (N) showed who was the boss and TQ’ed both 1:8 TR and 200mm.

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May 26, 2011

Kostas Zacharopoulos wins 1/8th Rd1 in Greece

Last weekend the first round of the Greek 1/8 On road Championship was held in Athens at the Arena Racing club. A well attended event, the race was won by the pole man Kostas Zacharopoulos driving a Blitz shod Mugen, taking the fastest lap, to win ahead of 5 time Greek Champion John Sotiropoulos in 2nd, driving a Serpent. Kyosho driver Vaggelis Totomis took 3rd, only 3 seconds back from 2nd place.

Source: Team Titan [team-titan.com.tw]

May 25, 2011

Olivier Bultynck wins Belgian Nats Rd3

For the third race of the Belgian touring car season last weekend, they went to the track of RCR at Roeselare. On practice Saturday the competitors had a sunny day but during the night some rain was expected. The track was wet on sunday morning but a little sunshine and the track was dry and for the whole day it was cloudy but no rain. Qualifying in the EFRA class it was Corally driver Olivier Bultynck that took the TQ ahead of Thomas Stockman and Nick Joosens. The final results were a repeat of the qualifying results, with Olivier taking the win after the first 2 A-mains despite having to come from behind in the first final. Xray driver Thomas Stockman took 2nd and Nick Joosens driving a Yokomo was 3rd.

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May 25, 2011

Motonica signs Raimondo Gilletti

Motonica have announced the signing of Italian ace Raimondo Gilletti. Raimondo has been racing RC since 2000 and has acquired great experience for his young age. For the last 3 years he has been ranked in the Italian Top 10 and has already taken part in the most important racing events at both National and International Level. The first events that will see Raimondo running the P81 RS are the Ecomodel Trophy in Gubbio, Italy (11/12 June) and the Euro Nitro Challenge in Hildesheim, Germany (23/26 June).

Source: Motonica [motonica.com]