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June 28, 2008

Hara & Stocker take ETS Rd4 TQ

As predicted following the blistering pace he set in timed practice yesterday, Atsushi Hara has TQ’d for the finale of the inaugural Euro Touring Series at Andernach in Germany. The former World Champion has been in a league of his own despite the world class field competing at the event this weekend. Winning the first two heats with ease Hara was expected to secure pole for the A Mains in the third round but the Japanese ace made a rare driver error and pulled up early. Round 4 however it was back to business for the Hot Bodies team driver taking the win and achieve an unbeatable zero score to guarantee the TQ. In Pro Stock, German Hot Bodies Cyclone racer Alexander Stocker locked up the TQ spot after the 3rd round and goes into tomorrows final looking to take the overall Stock Championship having won the first round of the series in Kastellaun.

Go to the ETS site to see our complete coverage.

June 28, 2008

Brown wins Aldershot BRCA Rubber Nats

We received a report from the latest BRCA Rubber 200mm National that was held in Aldershot last weekend. With Steve Lander winning the first two rounds at Halifax and Cotswold’s and setting two track records this year in the process, the results show he is currently on good form. This was going to be a challenge for Stephen Brown to compete with his team mate and come away with the win, but it was a challenge Steve Brown showed he was up to.

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June 28, 2008

Exclusive – New Corally RDX Phi

Exclusive - New Corally RDX Phi

Seen on the pit table of Corally team driver Marc Fisher, who is present at the 4th round of the European Touring Series in Andernach, Germany, we got an exclusive look at the new prototype Corally RDX Phi. Due to be used by the factory team at the European Championships next month in Vila Real Spain, the new car sports all new geometry front and rear and a more conventional shock absorber mounting, mounted to the rear of the rear shock tower and not to the front as on the current car. Designed to cure some problems that affected the cars handling, Fisher is getting used to the cars settings in order to gain more knowledge prior to the Europeans. Also new on Marc’s car is the GM Genius 120 brushless speed controller that has a much smaller footprint than the previous versions and comes with a built in cooling fan.

UPDATE: We have been asked by Corally, through Marc Fisher, to remove the images as he was apparently not meant to show anyone the car….Doh! We will of course oblige, even though most people have already seen it, to stop Marc getting into any more trouble.

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June 28, 2008

Hara leads the field at ETS Rd4

Atsushi Hara

Red RC are present at the 4th and final round of the 2007/08 Much More backed European Touring Series and after the 2nd round of qualifying it was once again Atsushi Hara that is the man to beat with his Hot Bodies Cyclone TC, topping the time sheets from the Xray T2 ‘008 of Paul Lemieux. Both drivers reported their cars were the same as in the first qualifier but that the track had lost some of its speed. Needing just another round win to secure the TQ, Hara plans to use his second available set of Sweep control tires in the third heat to try and sew up the pole.

Go to the ETS site to see our complete coverage.

June 26, 2008

Xray NT1 Soft Anti-roll bars

Xray have announced the release of a number of new optional anti-roll bars for the NT1. First up is a soft 0.7mm thick male and female blade for the front of the car, which have been CNC-machined from world-renowned Hudy Spring Steel. Also new is a 0.7mm CNC-machined blade for the adjustable rear anti-roll bar, which is not interchangeable with the similar front blade.

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June 26, 2008

CRC Aluminium Upper Arm Mounts

Calandra Racing Concepts have announced the release of these aluminum upper arm mounts for the Team CRC Pro-Strut front end. Not only eye candy, they greatly increase durability and consistency while only weighing .05 oz. for the pair. Suitable for use in both 1/12th scale & 1/10th scale applications, they come in 0, 5 and 10 degree versions.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

June 26, 2008

Paul Lemieux wins US Nationals

Xray have a report on their site from team driver Paul Lemieux on the US Outdoor Electric Nationals that took place last weekend at RC Hobbies in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Qualifying in the Mod class saw Lemiuex, who TQ’d 3 of the 4 rounds, take the top spot from team mate Ralph Burch in 2nd, with Serpent racer Billy Easton lining up 3rd. In the mains, Paul was unchallenged and took the win in A1 and A2 to claim the overall title ahead of Associated driver Rick Hohwart in 2nd, with Ralph Burch rounding out the top 3.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 25, 2008

Hot Bodies Cyclone TC options

Some more new items from Hot Bodies for the Cyclone Touring car with the release of this single piece steering assembly. Made from purple anodised aluminium, and ball raced for precision, this new product eliminates all play by removing the previous 2 elements of the servo saver and combining it into 1 piece, making the steering more direct. Also new is this set of stronger purple anodised aluminium anti roll bar ball joint mounts, which replace the single piece plastic versions that come in the standard kit. Supplied with all the required fasteners.

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