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April 28, 2008

Luca Martinelli takes Swiss 1/8th Rd1

The opening round of the Swiss 1/8th scale circuit Championships was run at the weekend on the Wallisellen track, near Zurich in the North of the country. Qualification took place on Saturday, under sunny skies and 20 degree temperatures, and it was Serpent racer Shasa Lackner who was the fastest with a time of 22 laps in in 5.05.478, 2 seconds quicker than the pole record of fellow Serpent driver Markus Geissendorf from 2007. The finals were run on Sunday, again in warm conditions, and at the start of the A-main Shasa went straight into the lead and continued to pull away from the rest of the field until 5 minutes from the end of the race when his gearbox got stuck in 2nd gear. This allowed Luca Martinelli to get past and win by 7 seconds with Shasa holding on to 2nd place overall, to claim the Junior class win, with Marco Müller completing the top 3.

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April 28, 2008

Tosolini wins Italian Open Champion race

Held last weekend at the Gubbio track in Italy, was the first Italian Open Champion Race for 1/10th 200mm touring cars. Featuring a number of big name racers, including Top US racer Chris Tosolini, qualifying saw current European Champion Dario Balestri take the pole position for the main final ahead of Francesco Tironi in 2nd and Sirio team mate Tosolini lining up 3rd. The start of the final saw Balestri jump into the lead where he stayed until 5 minutes when he ran out of fuel, leaving D’Angelo to pick up the lead, but he too had problems and Tosolini could pick up the lead, from where he controlled the rest of the race to take the chequered flag 3 laps in front of Tironi in 2nd, with the final podium spot going to Davide Gallesi, giving Sirio and Kyosho a complete lock out of the top 3. The race was also part of the Italian Championship Expert Class and being the first Italian home, Francesco Tironi picked up the title.

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April 28, 2008

Johannesen wins Norwegian Nats Rd1

Helge Johannesen wins Norwegian Nats Rd1

The Norwegian EP Touring car Nationals got under way last weekend at Farsund rc club’s track in the South of Norway. In qualifying it was Xray driver Helge Johannessen that took the pole position in front of Tamiya racer Eirik Andreassen in 2nd and Hot Bodies driver Tommy Svaasand in 3rd. In the finals it was a battle between Helge Johannesen and Eirik Adreassen, who were in a leauge of their own, leaving the rest behind to battle for the lower places. In the end if was Helge Johannessen that took the win from 2nd placed Eirik Andreassen, with Tommy Svaasand claiming 3rd overall.

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April 27, 2008

Viktor Wilck wins TC WC Warm-up

The finals at this years Pre Worlds in Thailand have been run under dry conditions as the expected rains didnt show up. Leg 1 of the main final saw Masami Hirosaka take the win for Yokomo as early leader Viktor Wilck clipped a kerb which allowed following pair of Marc Rheinard and Masami through, though Marc went wide leaving Hirosaka into the lead and on to take the win. The 2nd leg saw a good battle at the front as Atsushi Hara worked his way to the front after some great passing moves, and the Hot Bodies racer continued to lead until 1 minute to go when his car shut down, allowing Wilck back into the lead followed by Rheinard and Serpent driver Billy Easton. This all meant the winner would be decided in leg 3 and it was Viktor Wilck that jumped straight into the lead with Hara in2nd, managing to get past Rheinard early on. This was how it stayed until again close to the end, when Hara had another shut down, leaving Marc up into 2nd and Hayato Matsuzaki up into 3rd. This result gave Viktor Wilck the overall win ahead of Tamiya team mate Marc Rheinard in 2nd, while Masami Hirosaka took 3rd after a tie break with Matsuzaki and Easton.

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April 27, 2008

Team Associated Factory Team TC5R

Another car based on their successful Factory Team TC5, Team Associated have also released the TC5R, an electric touring car chassis that has been optimized for lower traction, rubber tire racing. The components that make up the TC5R have the desired attributes that are sought after for indoor and/or outdoor racing with rubber tires, making the TC5R an even more lethal racing machine. The TC5R starts with a full ball bearing, dual belt-drive system that transfers all the power from the motor smoothlyand efficiently. With today’s motors and batteries delivering more power than ever before, the belt-drive system gives the TC5R a very predictable throttle response and feel, making it easier to drive fast and carry more speed through the corners. The blue aluminum ball differentials are super light for reduced rotational mass. Reducing the weight of the diffs lets the TC5R accelerate harder out of the corners. Hardened-steel CVAs with cross-pin retaining clips and blue aluminum clamping wheel hexes offer reliable service getting all the power to the wheels.

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April 27, 2008

Team Associated Factory Team TC5F

Based on the successful Factory Team TC5, Team Associated have released the TC5F, an electric touring car chassis that has been optimized for high traction, foam tire racing. The TC5F starts with a full ball bearing, dual belt-drive system that transfers all the power from the motor smoothly and efficiently. With today’s motors and batteries delivering more power than ever before, the belt-drive system gives the TC5F a very predictable throttle response and feel, making it easier to drive fast and carry more speed through the corners. The blue aluminum ball differentials are super light for reduced rotational mass. Reducing the weight of the diffs lets the TC5F accelerate harder out of the corners. Hardenedsteel CVAs with cross-pin retaining clips and blue aluminum clamping wheel hexes offer reliable service getting all the power to the wheels.

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April 26, 2008

TC WC Warm-up – Viktor Wilck TQ

TC WC Warm-up - Viktor Wilck TQ

Qualifying for this weekend’s Pre Worlds in Thailand has taken place and despite the rain coming down last night, and threatening to come down later on in qualifying, the organisers managed to get 5 rounds of qualifying in, with the best 3 counting. In the end it was Swedish Tamiya driver Viktor Wilck that has come out on top, ahead of his team mate, and former World Champion Marc Rheinard in 2nd. Next up was Atsushi Hara, quickest after controlled practice, he will start tomorrow’s triple mains from 3rd, just ahead of Hot Bodies team mate and 2wd buggy World Champion Hayato Matsuzaki in 4th. Notable drivers not to make the final are current World Champion Andy Moore who is sitting in 12th, and Kyosho driver Shin Adachi, who was 2nd quickest in controlled practice but only ended up in 14th after qualifying. Tomorrow will see all mains run, but unfortunately the weather is not looking so good.

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April 25, 2008

TC WC Warm-up – Controlled Practice

Atsushi Hara sets pace at WC Warm-up

The Warm up event for this years Touring car World Championships in November is being run at in Thailand this week under mixed weather conditions. Following 2 rounds of controlled practice today, it was Hot Bodies racer, and former World Champion, Atsushi Hara from Japan that was setting the pace. Sitting 4 seconds clear at the top, Hara set his quickest time in the first of the 2 sessions and now sits nearly 4 seconds clear of Kyosho Factory driver Shin Adachi (pictured), who is currently in 2nd. The 3rd and 4th position are held by Tamiya team drivers Viktor Wilck and Marc Rheinard, while rounding out the top 5 is Masami Hirosaka, driving a Yokomo.

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