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December 5, 2014

Rheinard TQ’s opening qualifier at ETS

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Marc Rheinard will be hoping Day 1 of the new season of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series is a sign of things to come after the Tamiya driver TQ’d the opening round of qualifying from arch rival Ronald Volker. A very close encounter which saw last season’s Top 3 finishers all take turns at the top of the time screens in the Czech Republic, a last lap error by Volker would allow Rheinard to take the first of the weekend’s four qualifiers by a comfortable 1.476 seconds with Alexander Hagberg completing the Top 3 a further 3/10th off.

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December 5, 2014

Volker tops final practice in Czech

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Defending Yokomo Euro Touring Series Champion Ronald Volker has topped practice at the season opener in the Czech Republic laying down a new fastest 3-consecutive laps in the second timed practice to top the combined times sheets from early pace setter Marc Rheinard. Chasing a fourth win at the Hrotovice venue, Volker knocked almost 3/10th of his early pace to go ahead of Rheinard, who failed to improve, while an improvement from Yannic Prumper allowed him maintain his Top 3 ahead of Alexander Hagberg.

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December 5, 2014

Protoform Dodge Dart 190mm touring car bodyshell

Protoform introduce the Dodge Dart 190mm electric touring car bodyshell. The newly designed all-round body provides adequate steering while still keeping the rear end stable. Already scoring A-main finishes at the recent International Indoor Championships in Las Vegas the body is meant to produce slightly more overall roll than the Mazdaspeed6, according to World Champion Alexander Hagberg. The body is available in both a .025″ lightweight an .030″ regular variant including window mask, overspray film and wing mounting hardware.

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December 5, 2014

STRC Yeti battery brace & green SCX10 options

ST Racing Concepts introduce an aluminium and graphite battery brace combo for the Axial Yeti and also new green anodised SCX10 aluminium options. Starting with the battery brace set, the parts are made to increase the rigidity of the original battery brace. The design sandwich the plastic piece between an aluminium top insert and a graphite lower back plate in the same dimension and shape as the stock piece which will greatly increase the strength of the whole assembly. This prevents the battery becoming ejecting during hard landings or tumbles. The brace also adds great factory looks and it is available in black, green, gun metal, silver, and web only limited edition Red anodising. As for the SCX10 options, both the aluminium front upper 4-link kits as well as the short wheelbase chassis kit are now also available in green anodising.

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December 5, 2014

Rheinard tops first timed practice at ETS

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Marc Rheinard topped the first round of timed practice at the season opener of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in the Czech Republic. The Tamiya driver who closed off last season’s ETS championship with a victory was quickest over 3-consecutive laps from defending champion Ronald Volker, the pair separated by just 0.09 of a second around the large carpet track. 2/10th off Rheinard’s pace, Yannic Prumper would complete an all German Top 3 followed by Xray’s Alexander Hagberg and Serpent’s Marc Fischer.

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December 5, 2014

Michael Johnsen wins at DMSU Rd3

The 3 round of the Danish DMSU series was held at MMRC Club in Toelloese on a freshly laid out carpet track with 60 drivers competing mainly in the Touring Car Pro Stock and growing Le Mans pan car classes. Fastest Le Mans driver on Saturday was Thomas Mortensen with a 11.7, followed by Claus Ryeskov and Michael Johnsen with a 12.02 and 11.99 respectively. The controlled practice on Sunday morning saw Michael Johnsen setting the fastest time, closely followed by Thomas and Peter. In qualifying it was again Michael Johnsen who set the pace, but now Rasmus B Nielsen had found some speed and he came in 2nd with Peter Harder in 3rd. Thomas started to have problems with the grip, mainly because the carpet was getting soaked in tyre additive.

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December 5, 2014

HB D413 aluminium shock cap set

Made to increase the reliability of the D413 buggy is the aluminium shock cap set from HB. They are not only stronger than the stock parts, the design also allows to choose between bladder and emulsion type shocks to fine-tune the dampers according to the track conditions. Included in the set are two black anodised aluminium shock cabs with bleeder holes and bleeder screws, shock bladders and mounting hardware. Two sets are needed to fully outfit the buggy and the set is also compatible with the optional 12mm HB big bore shocks.

Source: HPI [hpiracing.com]

December 5, 2014

TLR 22-series aluminium MM rear camber tower

Available now from TLR is this aluminium rear camber tower set for mid motor converted 22-series buggies and trucks. Containing a rear aluminium MM camber brace and a lightweight aluminium as well as a +14g brass tower the part is made to replace the kit’s composite camber plate with a more sturdy construction to prevent the inner ball studs to becoming ripped out during heavy crashes. While the aluminium tower only adds a small amount of additional weight the brass tower ups the weight of the rear compartment if conditions call for it. The parts are usable on the 22, the 22T and 22SCT as well as the respective 2.0 variants.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]