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July 18, 2008

Serpent S120 1/12th scale

Kept under wraps at the Toy Fair back in February, Serpent have just released the full information on their long awaited 1/12th scale chassis, the S120. The S120 chassis consists of 2 main elements, the 2.5mm thick carbon fibre chassis plate and the rear single piece aluminium motor pod. The chassis uses a T-bar system, which has adjustable tension thanks to its unique tweaking system is damped using a conventional centrally mounted shock absorber together with a laterally mounted floating monoshock. The front end of the car is completely adjustable and utilises the now standard fixed lower suspension arms combined with active top wishbones, which together with kingpin mounted springs ensure that the car is able to corner at high speeds and soak up any small bumps found on the racing surface. In shops early August.

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July 18, 2008

Team Magic E4 Option parts

Team Magic have released some new option parts for their E4 Electric Touring car, beginning with this new front shock tower. Made from carbon fibre, and machined to lighten the part further, the new stiffer tower has four different shock mounting holes to adapt the shock angle to your driving style and track conditions to get the best performance out of your car. Also new is this front bulkhead upper mount, that has been machined from 7075 aluminium, to increase strength in this area as well as increase chassis stiffness.

Source: Team Magic [teammagic.com.tw]

July 18, 2008

Brazilian 540-J Class Rd4 report

The 4th round of the Brazilian 540-J Class took place last weekend at the AARC of ABC track in Santo André. With a record 15 drivers in attendance for this class, this was good news for the electric racing scene in São Paulo. The A-main saw a very clean and fair battle between HB Cyclone racer Adalberto Neri and Tamiya driver Artur Ueda that lasted until the very last heat, where Neri eventually took the win, with the 3rd spot going to Associated driver Alekimura just in front of Fernanda Landre racing an Xray. The B-main, again sae some great rookie battles in this category between Marcelo Acácio and Deivid, with the latte eventualy getting the upper hand.

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July 17, 2008

Recio wins Campeonato Clausura Rd1

We received a small report from the 1st round of the 1/10th scale ‘Campeonato Clausura’ that took place last Sunday, in Buenos Aires, Argentina under beautiful sunny conditions. The Pro category saw the win go to pole man Sebastián Recio, the Kyosho USA and Sirio racer winning from Carlos Hernández in 2nd place and Hernán Lebenbaun in 3rd place, all 3 drivers, along with Juan Pablo Golobic, will represent Argentina at this August’s 1/10th 200mm World Championships in Portugal. In the growing Light category, the winner was Juan Pavani followed by Francisco Veiga in 2nd place and Eduardo Cantamessi taking the 3rd spot.

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July 16, 2008

Clive Connolly wins 2008 Irish Nationals

Serpent are reporting on the 5th round of the Irish National Championships that saw Clive Connolly take the 2008 1/8 National Championship at the controls of his Serpent 960 ’08 despite one round remaining in the 6 round series. Starting from pole position Clive was able to cruise to victory, despite an early tyre stop, to win ahead of the Kyosho pairing of Colin Whelan and Austin Elliot. Also racing in the 1:10 200mm National race on the same day, Connolly used his IDM powered 720 ’08 to claim a great victory over the Xray of Eoin Doran in what was one of the best 1:10 Touring Car races ever seen at the Dublin track. The 1:8 and 1:10 victories on the same day gave Connolly his third consecutive double National victory of the season.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 16, 2008

Capricorn “V” Velocity Carbon tyres

Our site sponsors Capricorn RC have announced the release of their “V” Velocity Carbon tyres. Available pre mounted on 1/10th scale Velocity Carbon wheels, the tyre has been cut from a single foam sheet and not from 2 sheets and glued together like most other tyres on the market. This gives shore uniformity, better performance, constant and uniform wear as well as more selective and accurate shore matching. Available in both 26mm and 30mm they come in 35, 37, 40, 42 and 45 shores.

Source: Capricorn RC [capricornrc.com]

July 16, 2008

Protoform Mulsanne LMP 200mm body

With the new 200mm pan car class gaining popularity with every passing month Protoform is introducing a new LeMans prototype body style, the Mulsanne LMP. This body incorporates the svelte look and the flowing lines of the many “factory works prototypes” that raced in the 24hr classic in the late 90’s. It features an add-on rear spoiler extension with a gurney flap as well as a high mounted wing. A pair of injection molded wing struts are included as well. The wing profile and wing strut lengths can be trimmed to optimize handling for both carpet and paved track surfaces and it’s designed to fit all of the latest in 200mm pan car chassis. It also comes complete with wing and spoiler hardware, window masks, and protective film. The decal sheets feature two different headlamp styles.

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July 16, 2008

Mike Blackstock rejoins Team Associated

Team Associated have announced the return of multiple National Champion Mike Blackstock to its Worldwide race team. After a 2 year hiatus from the Team, Mike returns to join his new on road team mates including Juho Levanen, Keven Hebert, Rick Hohwart and Craig Drescher. In 1/10th scale touring Car, Mike will be utilizing the newly released Factory Team TC5F and TC5R, while in 1/12th scale pan car he will drive the brand-new 12R5 as well as the 10R5 in 1/10th World GT. With over 10 National titles to his credit and multiple “A” main finishes at the IFMAR World Championships, Mike is looking to put his new Associated vehicles on the podium at the upcoming International Indoor Championships, that takes place in Las Vegas in August.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]