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June 9, 2015

Bruno Coelho doubles at Portuguese Nationals Rd3

Round 3 of the Portuguese Nitro On-road National Championship was held at the São João da Madeira track in Oporto in the north of the country. The track was recently revived after not being in use for some ten years and due to the surface being pretty green tyre wear would be an issue for both the 1/8th and 1/10th classes. Bruno Coelho was the man to beat in both categories and so he would take the TQ after the qualifiers with a margin of a lap to the 2nd place drivers. In the 1/8th final Bruno’s biggest competitor for the win scored a DNF due to an engine failure only ten laps into the race. From that moment on Coelho was able to cruise to the win with his Xray prototype and despite a total of three tyre changes Bruno won the race some 7 laps in front of 2nd placed Hugo Exposto (Mugen).

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June 9, 2015

Zdenko Kunak teams up with Capricorn

Italian company Capricorn have announced the signing of former ETS Pro Stock Champion Zdenko Kunak to their electric on-road team. Zdenko will be racing in Touring Car Modified and Stock classes at events such as the ETS, the LRP Masters and other important races in Europe and World-wide. This is what Zdenko has to say about the deal:

First of all I would like to thanks Patrizio and other guys in Capricorn factory for everything they did me during my visit in Milano. It’s been a year since I make a pause in my racing career for a reason, but now I’m back, even stronger than before. I will be racing 1/10 Stock and Modified category at ETS, LRP Master and other big events in Europe and in the world.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

June 9, 2015

Avid TC6.2 aluminium chassis plate

Coming from Avid and made for the Team Associated TC6.2 is an optional aluminium main chassis plate. Machined from 2mm 7075-T6 aluminium the chassis offers higher rigidity than the stock carbon fibre chassis, making it especially useful on high to medium-bite surfaces while allowing the suspension brackets to be mounted lower at the same time. Avid signature “herringbone” cut-outs lower the overall weight and give the chassis a unique look while the narrow 84mm width allows for more ground clearance in corners. The chassis comes black anodised, with machined silver edges and laser-etched Avid logos for easy identification.

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June 9, 2015

Korgae Scales takes WCICS WGT Championship

After 8 rounds of the 2014/15 Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series CRC-sponsored Korgae Scales, on this picture at home celebrating his son’s first birthday, took the 2014/15 WGT Championship. Fellow CRC team mate Wayne Mah from Alberta grabbed the runner-up spot and WCICS President Josh Carter from Alberta brought home the 3rd place overall. The series will celebrate its 25th Anniversary this year with the 2015/16 season kicking off September 25th in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]

June 9, 2015

Arrowmax universal setup system bag

Coming from Arrowmax and made for their recently introduced setup system is a universal carrying bag. The design allows the convenient storage and transportation of most 1/10th and 1/8th on-road set-up systems available on the market, with a multitude of different pockets and elastic straps to store the parts in. The lightweight nylon material ensures high strength and durability while the colourful Arrowmax logo makes for visual impact.

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June 9, 2015

Teamsaxo GT-300W 1/12th pan car kit

Teamsaxo have introduced their all-new GT-300W 1/12th scale competition pan car kit. The car is based on a high-quality carbon fibre chassis and features an industry-standard link-type rear suspension, it offers a transversal battery placement and a single bellcrank steering assembly with a longitudinally mounted steering servo. Dual roll dampers and a large volume centre shock absorber ensure a smooth ride as does the high-torque yet sensitive ball differential. The kit is rounded out by several blue anodised aluminium parts such as the front suspension arm mounts, the steering bellcrank, servo mounts, centre shock mount and the rear motor pod parts.

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June 9, 2015

Tekno carbon fibre shock towers & wheel wrench

Tekno RC have new optional shock towers for the EB48SL and the SCT410.3 as well as a 17mm wheel wrench and shock cap tool available. Starting with the shock towers, coming for the front and rear of the company’s 1/10th short course truck and 1/8th super light buggy, the towers are are made from super tough 5mm carbon material and they are 6mm lower than the stock parts for a lower centre of gravity and thus improved handling. Scrubbing 6 grams of weight per tower they also make for a lower overall weight and they should only be used with the TKR5516 front suspension arms and TKR5515 rear suspension arms.

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June 9, 2015

IFMAR add Open GT World Cup to Large Scale Worlds

Due to the so far disappointing number of entries for this year’s IFMAR Large Scale World Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, IFMAR have announced the addition of a second class, 1/8th Nitro GT. Held as an open event the “World Cup GT 1/8th” will be run under ROAR and EFRA rules to make for more racing action during the event that will take place from the 4th to 12th of September. With 1/8th GT being an up and coming class in all four blocks the international governing body will review the possible need for a World Championship as it will take a look into the schedule of the large scale class in order to make adjustments to the international schedule as well. The IFMAR announcement can be found after the break and also here (PDF file) where you can also have a look at the technical rules for the 1/8th class event.

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