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May 24, 2010

Teddy Syach does double at Rd3 in Indonesia

The 3rd round of Indonesian 1/10 EP TC National Championship was held at Jakarta International Twin Circuit, Jakarta in sunny weather conditions. With 69 total drivers competed in stock and modified class it was a very big entry for an Indonesian RC EP race. In the Modified class, Bowie Ginting took the TQ spot with his Xray T3 followed by Teddy Syach with his HB Cyclone TC and Kris Heriyana placed his Tamiya TRF 416X in 3rd spot.

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May 24, 2010

Grainger wins Schumacher BTCC Rd2

Chris Grainger took round two of the Schumacher BTCC at the magnificent Cotswold track over the weekend. The modified class was dominated by the MI4 of Grainger who took FTD and the overall victory, the day was made sweeter for Grainger’s team as the modified class saw three of the Schumacher cars on the podium, Colin Price was second with John Pape third. In Pro Stock it was another Schumacher 1-2-3, James Hart took both legs of the A final ahead of Lee Price and Mark Musgrove, while in the stock class Zak Finlay won ahead of fellow Schumacher driver Scott Hauser. Many drivers were using the BTCC as warm up for the BRCA national in three weeks time, and with the event held in scorching hot conditions, it did cause a few problems with overheating motors and ESC’c. Drivers may be hoping for slightly cooler conditions in a few weeks time.

May 23, 2010

Atsushi Hara takes Dutch ETS win

Former World Champion Atsushi Hara has wrapped up the Dutch round of the Xenon backed 2009/2010 Euro Touring Series after claiming his second win of the day here at the MACH. The factory Hot Bodies driver backed up his leg 1 win in the second of the three A-Mains but this time round he made his way past the three cars in front of him in just 2 laps. Joining him on the podium was current World Champion Marc Rheinard and top qualifier Viktor Wilck. Germany’s Oliver Franke took his first international victory, winning the Pro Stock class.

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May 23, 2010

Hara powers to victory in first A-Main

Atsushi Hara has won the opening leg of the A-Main here at a sun soaked MACH. The Hot Bodies driver used the ‘horse power’ of his GM powered Hot Bodies to work his way from fourth on the grid to snatch the race win from Marc Rheinard 3 laps from the end of the final. The former Touring Car World Champion said he knew his only chance of overtaking was going to be on the main straight and that’s what he did. Having changed to thicker shock oil on his new TCX chassis for today’s very hot track conditions, the Japanese pro said his car was working really well but feels it will be hard to repeat the result again in Leg 2.

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May 22, 2010

Wilck on pole as Ehrbar TQs final Dutch qualifier

Viktor Wilck will start tomorrow’s Dutch ETS round from pole after David Ehrbar denied Marc Rheinard a TQ run in the final qualifier here at the MACH in the Netherlands. Benefiting from running new tyres, Czech Grand Prix winner Ehrbar outpaced the World Champion by 2.3 seconds to jump himself 4 places up the grid to fifth position and ahead former World Champion Andy Moore who was third fastest in the round.

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May 22, 2010

Wilck heads Tamiya 1-2-3 in Q3

The third round of qualifying for the Dutch ETS encounter was very much a Tamiya affair with the TRF squad setting the Top 3 times with Viktor Wilck fastest from team-mates Marc Rheinard and Jilles Groskamp. Wilck’s winning time of 19 laps in 5:08.376 was the slowest of the three qualifiers to date as rising temperatures made for slower track conditions. Switching to a Protoform LTC-R body, the Swede said his TRF416 felt better and the problem with the car being loose on the opening lap has been cured by keeping the tyre warmers powered right until the car is placed on the grid. The only driver capable of challenging Rheinard for this season’s ETS title, Wilck said he needs to be quicker than the German in the remaining two heats so as to secure the bonus championship point for taking Top Qualifier honours

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May 22, 2010

Capricorn LAB-C01 steel pivot balls

New from Capricorn for the LAB-C01 are these steel pivot balls. Also suitable for the NT1, these balls have a smaller pivot body that allows the steering angle to be increased on the car by 5 degrees for better cornering. Weighing in a 3.4 grams each, they are available immediately.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

May 22, 2010

Tamiya Wolf WR1 F1 chassis

New from Tamiya and based on the F104 chassis is this 1/10th scale Wolf WR1 classic formula one chassis. Led by wealthy Canadian businessman owner Walter Wolf, the WR1 made its debut at the 1977 Argentine GP and started the race in 11th position. Driven by team driver Jody Scheckter, the WR1 went on to win the race and record the first ever win for the team. The 1977 season saw Jody Scheckter win three championship races and finish 2nd overall in the drivers championship.

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