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May 17, 2010

Oscar Cabezas wins Spanish 1/8th Nats in Valencia

The second round for 1/8 Spanish Nationals was held at the Autet track, near Valencia, host of the 2008 European Championships. With nice sunny weather, it was Motonica driver Óscar Cabezas that TQ’d followed by local ace Nacho López and Sergio Montesinos. The Main Final was a really close fight between Cabezas and López. with the last ten minutes really exciting. In the end it was Óscar Cabezas that finished in first place, followed by Nacho López only 2 seconds behind and Sergio Montesinos in 3rd. With his victory, Óscar takes the provisional leadership in the overall classification heading into the next round at the Valladolid track on July 25th.

Source: Merlin Fuel [merlinfuel.com]

May 17, 2010

Hot Bodies TCX electric touring car

Having previously shown you the first images of this new car, Hot Bodies have released full details on their all new TCX electric touring car kit. The new narrow bulkhead design coupled with an elongated upper camber link centralizes the weight allowing the chassis to flex and improve handling. Chassis weight distribution is 50/50 keeping racers from having to add weights to balance the car. Less weight equals greater acceleration and reduces breaking distance. The end result is a car that carries maximum corner speed.

View the features list and more photos here

May 17, 2010

Central EM-3 1/10th touring shell

Having briefly covered the new EM-3 body from Central last month when it was still in its prototype phase, the Japanese company has now given us more detailed information on this new 200mm shell. Its design offers better stability and steering with improved front downforce, with a lower centre of gravity for reducing traction roll. Available in 0.6mm and 0.7mm thickness, it comes supplied with light decals, window mask and rear wing and will be available the end of May but is not yet EFRA homologated.

View more images of the EM-3 here

May 17, 2010

Grainger & Smith take victory at BRCA TC Nats Rd1

Chris Grainger got his defence of the UK touring car title off to a great start with a win at round one of the BRCA series, Grainger’s Schumacher Mi4 was the class of the field taking FTD ahead of the Tamiya of Elliott Harper. Two straight wins in legs one and two gave Chris the win, Andy Moore qualified third with the new Cyclone but had miserable finals and was left well down the order. Harper was second and making it three different manufacturers in the top three was Johnny Aird who was rewarded for a great weekends driving with third overall for Xray.

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May 16, 2010

Mathieu Wullyamoz is European ‘B’ Champion

French top qualifier Mathieu Wullyamoz has taken the European 1/10th 200mm ‘B’ title for Capricorn in Lostallo, Switzerland following a recovery drive after a bumpy start for the pack. Dropping down the order after being hit on Lap 1 Mathieu was able to dig deep and retake the lead at the mid way point and once up front was able to control the pace for the final 15 minutes. Knowing that his competitors needed to change tires he felt he could keep a solid pace by preserving his tires and not making a stop.

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May 16, 2010

Adrian Bernsten wins Rd1 of Norwegian Nats

Adrian Bernsten sent us a report from the first race of the Norwegian National Outdoor Series that was held last weekend in Spydeberg on Spydeberg Raceways beautiful facility. The practice started already on Friday, with 26 drivers present at the track. Throughout the practice it was me that could set the fastest lap times, with Helge Johannesen and my uncle Stig Berntsen closely behind. I had a good feeling before the race, since I’ve had a lot of practice there and have been the fastest. On Saturday we could also have some testing before the race, but then I got big radio problems. This continued on the first 2 qualification rounds as well, without finding out what the problem was. So before the 3rd and last qualification rounds we changed the receiver and created a new module on my radio. The problem was solved and I could drive my only, and the last qualification round without any problems. I also put the TQ run, with 7 seconds in front of Tom Erik Haaversen which claimed the 2nd spot, with Georg Ellingsen in 3rd and with Helge Johannesen claiming the last place to go directly to the main final.

Continue reading the race report here

May 16, 2010

CRC Rear axle ride height spacers

Pan car racers can now keep that rear ride height fine tuned with these rear ride height spacers from CRC in 0.25 mm increments. Foam tires wear a little bit each and every run, and now with these nice small steps in ride height, you can keep your car passing tech and handling consistently throughout the entire race day. The 1 mm spacers have been coming with CRC 12th and 10th scale car kits for some time now, and now you can properly complete the set. Each of the trees of inserts are sold separately so you can just get the ones you need, or you can get them in a complete set if you don’t have any at all yet, and/or want to use them on a different brand of pan car. Available in 0.25mm, 0.50mm and 0.75mm versions.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

May 16, 2010

Grainger heads qualfiying at BRCA TC Rd1

The 2010 BRCA touring car nationals kicked off yesterday with day one of the Mendip national. Practice was followed by three rounds of qualifying with drivers counting their best three scores on a round by round basis. Defending champion and new dad Chris Grainger got off to a good start and the Schumacher driver holds the overnight lead in the modified class ahead of former World Champion Andy Moore for Hot Bodies in 2nd.

Continue reading the report here