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April 20, 2016

Chris Tosolini wins at Miami Grand Prix

Last week the top US nitro drivers made there way to Homestead, Florida to compete in the 2016 Miami Grand Prix with the top drivers from almost every manufacturer set the stage for a shootout in nearly perfect South Florida weather. As practice began the fastest 1/8th drivers were getting down into the 15’s showing some ballistic pace. DJ Apolaro, Paolo Morganti, Chris Tosolini, and Joaquin Desoto Junior all looked to be a factor to contend for the win. On Friday qualifying got underway and DJ Apolaro set the bar putting down a 16 lap run followed by Paolo, Joaquin, and Tosolini.

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April 20, 2016

Sergi Franch teams up with Mugen Seiki

Former KM Racing driver, Spain’s Sergi Franch has made the switch to Mugen Seiki for the 2016 season. Sergi will be supported by Modelix Racing and his campaign includes the Spanish National Championship, the World Championships in Gubbio, Italy as well as selected national and international events. Sergi has to say the following about the deal:

I’m very proud to join team Mugen for 2016 season and I would like to thank Modelix Racing for this opportunity. Mugen is a great brand with high quality materials so I’m sure that we’ll be on the top level of performance on the track and hope to achieve the best possible results.

April 19, 2016

Czech National On-road Championships – Report

The 2016 Czech National On-road Championships were held this past weekend in Prague. In the premier class of Touring Modified the battle was on between last year’s champion Kuba Simurda (Xray), who ultimately took the TQ, Jiri Vysin (Xray), Petr Grof (VBC Racing) and Michal Blahovsky (Serpent). In the finals Simurda and Vysin offered a huge show while battling for the overall win but with victories in A1 and A2 Vysin would come out successful to grab the overall title with one leg to spare. Simurda had to settle for second while Grof rounded out the top 3.

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April 19, 2016

WRC Racing F-One carbon fibre rear wing

Coming from WRC Racing is a carbon fibre rear wing for the F-One formula car. It features carbon fibre side plates with an additional set of lower wing segment attachment holes to alter the overall height while a long hole for the upper portion allows for stepless wing angle adjustment of the upper composite flap.

Source: WRC Racing [wrc-racing.com]

April 19, 2016

JConcepts 8ight 4.0 Fin titanium turnbuckle set

JConcepts have introduced the Fin titanium turnbuckle set for the TLR 8ight 4.0 nitro off-road buggy. The base of the six main suspension turnbuckles centers around a beefy 5mm square titanium base. The light-weight yet durable material is gradually machined down and tapers into a thread base design which accepts the rod ends featured in the kit. The unique JC set also features two additional turnbuckles, one for the throttle and one for the steering linkage.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

April 19, 2016

Olly Jefferies & James Hart win at BTCC opener

Round one of the 2016 Schumacher BTCC took place at the fantastic Cotswold track. Over the Winter the club have done a great job giving the facility and update with fresh paint and TVs in the pits for live timing. Many drivers were using the unofficial warm up as testing for the national which will be held in two weeks’ time. In the Modified class, Olly Jefferies took fastest time in all four qualifying rounds and went on to take the win in the single leg A-final.

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April 19, 2016

Agustin Cutini doubles at Argentinian Nationals Rd1

The opening round of the Argentinian Buggy and Truggy National Championship was held at the Colonia Caroya track in Cordoba. In the Pro Buggy class Agustin Cutini would take the TQ and win from Nicolas Bregante and Sebastián Recio in second and third respectively. The three would also make up the Pro Truggy podium with Agustin taking the TQ and win from Nicolas and Sebastián.

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April 19, 2016

Serpent 748 shock towers & big bore shocks

Serpent have introduced new optional parts for the suspension of the 748 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road car. Coming are 3.0mm front and 3.5mm rear carbon fibre shock towers that allow the use of the optional big bore shock absorbers of the Eryx 4.0 electric touring car. The shock towers are direct replacements and the shocks offer machined pistons, machined spacers and an improved seal package with X-rings. The result are easier to build and super-smooth shock absorbers for optimised track performance. The shock towers as well as the 4-piece shock set are available separately.

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