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March 8, 2016

BRCA GT Nationals Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the BRCA GT national series was held last weekend by Newbury RC Club, A large quite technical track greeted the drivers on Saturday morning, a new challenge for some of the drivers this round was the ETS carpet used. GT10 got underway with Adam Catchpole fast out the blocks but a few errors would see TQ in round 1 go to Rory Hobkirk closely followed by Adam, similar story in round 2 as Mark Barford would set the quickest time. Adam finally found his rhythm in rounds 3 and 4 setting the quickest times in both with a gap to second place of 7.7 seconds.

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March 8, 2016

Reedy LiPo battery weight set

Team Associated have introduced the Reedy LiPo battery weight set for 1/10th 2WD buggies and all other vehicles that use LiPo shorty battery packs. Each set contains one 0.5mm/17.8g weight and one 1mm/38.8g weight which can be used together or separately, helping to add weight while reducing the vehicle’s centre of gravity for improved handling and stability on high-grip surfaces.

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March 8, 2016

Kim Einert teams up with Hot Race Tyres

Hot Race Tyres have announced the signing of Germany’s Kim Einert to their team. The young lady will use the company’s tyres in her upcoming campaign that will include attendances at the National Championships, the Euros in Spain as well as the NeoRace in the UK.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

March 7, 2016

Tesla Sticky Glue carpet tyre additive

Capricorn have introduced their all-new Sticky Glue carpet tyre additive. Specially developed to maximise traction on carpet tracks the tyre sauce comes in a large 100ml bottle with a cap sponge for easy application.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

March 7, 2016

Liu Rong wins at Lunar New Year Cup

The recent Lunar New Year Cup was held at the Guangzhou Soar Speedway in China. In the Touring Modified class Xray driver Liu Rong would take the overall win from young Alfred Lao (Xray), who came from the 3 spot on the grid and who was able to put a lot of pressure on Liu in the finals. Yokomo driver Chen would round out the podium result in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 7, 2016

Serpent Cobra GT 3.0 – Coming soon

Serpent have released a teaser image of their forthcoming Cobra GT 3.0 1/8th scale GT car. Being in its fifth year of production the Cobra GT only received minor updates for the 2016 season with the 3.0 kit having already proven its performance by winning the prestigious Winternats race in Florida. More information on the 3.0 updates for both the nitro and electric-powered GT will become available soon.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 7, 2016

EOS Season finale moved to Germany

The Euro Offroad Series is set to finish where it started with the organisers forced to find a replacement venue for the fourth & final round in Austria after issues arose regarding the preparations of the temporary Mattsee venue. Having opened Season #5 with a very popular first visit to the famous Nurburgring racing circuit last September, the EOS will now return to the German venue where the 4WD Buggy Champion will be crowned. Able to retain the original April 29 – May 1 date, the season finale perfectly coincides with Round 2 of the the full size VLN Endurance Championship which will host a 4-hour race on the legendary 20.8km Nordschleife circuit.

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March 7, 2016

Ty Tessmann doubles at Chi-Town Shootout

The annual Chi-Towin Shootout was held this past weekend at Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, Illinois. As usual the event attracted both local talent as well as nationally and internationally experienced racers, such as Ty Tessmann, Travis Amezcua, JP Richards and others. In the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class HB/HPI’s Ty Tessmann would take the win in the A-main some four seconds in front of Cole Tollard (Team Associated) and Corey Liebherr (Team Associated). The 4WD Modified Buggy class then again saw Ty taking the win, this time in front of JP Richards (Team Durango) with Brad Shearer rounding out the top 3 result.

View the 4WD Modified Buggy podium here