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July 20, 2013

Blacktarmac double reverse 1/10th clutch

Blacktarmac introduce their new double reverse clutch for 1/10th scale vehicles with .12 nitro engines. The special design makes use of dual clutch pads for a more powerful clutch engagement. The flywheel and the inner pressure plate are machined from lightweight 7075-T6 aluminium to reduce the rotation mass and to increase durability. The clutch, that won the EFRA Euro B in the hands of Luca Redaelli, comes with all needed parts except pinions and includes a steel and a 7075-T6 aluminium clutch bell. Available for Xray NT1, Capricorn Lab C-02 and Shepherd Velox V10 cars.

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July 20, 2013

Volker ‘Top Qualifier’ for ETS Finale

Volker 'Top Qualifier' for ETS Finale

Ronald Volker is Top Qualifier for the season finale of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series after the Yokomo driver carried through his form from yesterday’s opening two qualifiers to top the third round this morning at the Hudy Racing Arena to put pole position for Sunday’s title deciding A-Main beyond the reach of his rivals. It was the perfect morning for Yokomo as they also locked up overall TQ honours in Slovakia with their Pro Stock team driver and outgoing champion Zdenko Kunak.

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July 19, 2013

Perfect day for Volker at Hudy Arena

It was the perfect day for Ronald Volker at the Hudy Racing Arena in Slovakia as the Team Yokomo driver topping the opening two rounds of qualifying at the title deciding season finale of the 2012/13 Yokomo Euro Touring Series. Having topped timed practice earlier in the day, the German who is chasing a third consecutive ETS title opened qualifying with a TQ run which he then backed up with an even faster 5-minute run in Q2 which brought Day 1 of the event to a close. Once again it was Tamiya’s Viktor Wilck who was the closest challenger, the Swede again posting the second fastest time in a Round that saw tyre strategy play a big part, Serpent’s Marc Fischer benefiting from near new tyres to set the 3rd quickest run.

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July 19, 2013

Volker TQ’s opening qualifier at ETS finale

Volker TQ's opening qualifier at ETS finale

Team Yokomo’s Ronald Volker got the finale of the 2012/13 Yokomo Euro Touring Series off to the best start possible as he TQ’d the opening round of qualifying at the Hudy Racing Arena in Slovakia. The title protagonist took the first of the five rounds of qualifying by 2.2 seconds from Tamiya’s Viktor Wilck who for a time was setting the early pace. Marc Rheinard completed the Top 3, the German’s hopes that a binding CVD in practice was the reason for his lack of pace not turning out to be the case.

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July 19, 2013

Gerhard Kandelhart wins at Austrian on-road nats Rd4

The 4th round of the Austrian on-road nationals took place at this year’s 1/10 European Championship track in Kirchberg. After some bad luck for Shepherd racer Gerhard Kandelhart at the second round of the ENS pilot series only days ago where is engine had broken in the competitive A-main he was untroubled by any failures this time. After taking the TQ in qualifying with his 200mm Shepherd car he also had no problem to bump up from the semi-final to the main final. In the final he quickly build up a lead and pulled away from the rest of the field. After 45 minutes he crossed the finish line three laps in front of Franz Engel who came second with Kurt Hubeny completing the podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

July 19, 2013

AKA tyre gluing accessories

AKA announce two new products for the pits, namely tyre mounting bands, and a tyre gluing kit. The bands have been designed to assist in gluing up off-road tyres of all sizes from 1/10th buggy to 1/8th truggy, and everything in between. The gluing kit offers four mounting bands along with a bottle of AKA tyre glue.

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July 19, 2013

JConcepts MBX7 carbon fibre option parts

JConcepts is known for their various option parts, mainly for 1/10th scale vehicles, and now make another step into the 1/8th game by releasing a couple of carbon fibre parts for Mugen’s World Championship winning MBX7 buggy. Available soon are a 5mm front and 4mm rear shock tower along 3mm front upright arms and a 3mm steering rack. All parts retain the stock geometry and shed some weight, something that is especially valuable when running the MBX7 electric-powered as you can save round 24g of weight in total. The parts are CNC-machined from high-quality carbon fibre and a direct bolt-on.

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July 19, 2013

Volker tops first time practice

Ronald Volker has made his intentions very clear at the season finale of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series at the amazing Hudy Racing Arena in Slovakia, the Yokomo driver topping the first timed practice by a massive 4/10th over 3-consecutive laps from team-mate Yannic Prumper with title rival Marc Rheinard over a second off Volker’s blistering pace in 3rd. With Volker and Rheinard here to battle it out to become champion of this the sixth season of the ETS, the scenarios are simple. For Rheinard to deny Volker a third consecutive title, he must win anything less and irrespective of where his fellow German finishes on Sunday the title stays with Yokomo. Should qualifying go the way of Volker, securing him the bonus championship point for TQ honours, and even if Rheinard can pass him for the win then second would still be enough for Volker to defend his title so ultimately the pressure is on the Tamiya driver.

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