June 10, 2009

Greyscale Racing MRCG1.1 pan chassis

Greyscale Racing MRCG1.1 pan chassis

Greyscale Racing have released their new 1/28 competition pan chassis, the MRCG1.1. The MRCG1.1 is the highly-anticipated successor to the original MRCG, a car that helped revolutionize the 1/28 racing scene. Built on the same proven layout as the original car, the 1.1 features a 1.5mm woven graphite chassis, geometry updates throughout the car and a refined version of the original Virtual centre Pivot rear suspension that makes the car even stronger, faster, and easier to drive and tune.

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June 9, 2009

Protoform LTC-R signals the End of an Era?

Protoform LTC-R signals the End of an Era?

Protoform were in contact to inform us of a milestone event that happened at last months Reedy Race of Champions in California. For approximately 10 years now every winner of every world class electric sedan event has seen the A-Main winning car donning some sort of Dodge Stratus or Mazda 6 style of race body. This decade old winning streak seems to have finally ended as Ronald Volker not only TQ’ed but won the RROC using a body that looked more like that of a Lexus IS-F. This year’s Reedy USA event was the first major event for the recently introduced Protoform LTC-R race body. Hupo Honigl backed up the bodies performance by finishing an excellent 4th place overall. Ronald’s big win at the Reedy Race is in fact something that’s starting to look like a bit of a tradition when it comes to the debuting of all-new Protoform sedan bodies. Barry Baker debuted the game changing Protoform Mazda 6 at the Reedy Race in Thailand with a win in 2004 and a couple of years later Craig Drescher won the Reedy Race in southern California while debuting the then all-new Protoform Dodge Stratus 3.0 race body.

Source: Protoform [prolineracing.com]


June 9, 2009

Jordy Blok wins Dutch 1/8th NK Rd3

Jordy Blok wins Dutch 1/8th NK Rd3

Last weekend saw the 3rd round of the Dutch 1/8th scale Nationals run at the MACH in Heemstede. Every Dutch national held on this track for the last 3 years were in wet conditions and this time around the weather forecast predicted the same again for Sunday. The forecast seemed to have been wrong and the day started with nice weather running all 3 rounds of heats in dry conditions. In the NK it was Rick V taking pole followed by Jordy Blok, John Ermen and the last direct finalist was new Shepherd driver Rik Veenma. In the NOMAC it was Gunther van Staey taking the pole followed by Steven Cuypers, Richard Keur and Nico Boeren.

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June 8, 2009

Serpent 733 1/10th scale CAD Images

Serpent 733 1/10th scale CAD Images

Having taken the first photos of the car last weekend at the Bumod GP in Turkey, Serpent have released CAD images and details about their new 1/10th scale 200mm, given the name 733. To cope with the growing amounts of horsepower and to translate that to superb grip on the tarmac, the car is a completely new design, carrying very few parts across from the current 720 series. It performed well on its race debut, with some bad luck for Jilles Groskamp denying a certain TQ and taking him out of a leading position in the main final. Expected for release in July, there will be a limited run in time for drivers competing at the European Championships in Gubbio, Italy.

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June 8, 2009

Hagberg & Fransson claim Nordic titles

Hagberg & Fransson claim Nordic titles

The Nordic Championships were held last weekend at the beautiful Väst-8 facility in Gothenburg, Sweden. Perfect conditions in qualifying saw Alexander Hagberg take an impressive TQ in 1:10 by 4 seconds with his Max powered Xray NT1, while in 1:8 qualifying it was Swedish Mugen driver Mikael Fransson just in front of Danish ace Martin Christensen with his Shepherd/Capricorn combo.

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June 8, 2009

Hudy TC Quick Camber Gauge

Hudy Quick Camber Gauge

Hudy have released this quick camber gauge for 1/10 electric and nitro touring cars, which allows you to perform quick & easy camber checks for 3 most frequently-used wheel camber angles:  1.5, 2.0, and 2.5°.  Lightweight, compact, and easy to use it has been precision machined from high-grade graphite material. Individually inspected by special inspection tool to verify the accuracy of all angles it has been fine color printed for instant recognition of camber angle and sports side cutouts to allow clearance for wheel axles.

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June 7, 2009

Turkish delight for Pietsch

Turkish delight for Pietsch

Having set the pace in practice, secured TQ honours in qualifying, factory Mugen driver Robert Pietsch completed the perfect weekend with victory in the final to become the inaugural 1:8 Bumod Grand Prix Champion. The German National Champion completed 191 laps in the one hour final to head home the Serpent of American DJ Apolaro, who was 2 laps adrift, with Turkish Mugen driver Alparslan Ozanturk taking a hugely popular third.

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June 7, 2009

Picco P7-R .21 EDO Special edition

Picco Bench tested P7-R .21 Edo engine

Picco Micromotori in Italy have been in touch to tell us about their new .21 on road engine. Based on the P7-R Evo 3 EDO Mod, this special edition sports a new cooling head and the company has bench tested it to ensure top performance. The engine is supplied in a handy carbon fibre look Picco bag, which includes the EFRA 2033 exhaust system and 5 turbo plugs.

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