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July 16, 2013

Brooks & Clinch win BRCA on-road Clubman Rd4

Round 4 of the BRCA Clubman Series electric on-road championship was help at the southern track of Adur. Showing record high temperatures, this would test the drivers to their limits looking at not over heating the control tyres and driving consistency. With the track not being used for electric on-road for a while, Saturday practice was all about rubbering in the track and building the grip up which is vital to not graining the tyres too much. Race day on the Sunday came around with another scorching hot day of 32 degrees air temp. Much hotter than Saturday. Entries coming all over the UK of 90 drivers came down to the fast flowing but technical track to see how they compete against each other. The 17.5 Blinky class showing the bigger entries of 5 heats and the 13.5 Open class showing 4 heats.

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July 15, 2013

Potter, Buechler & Preugschat win at Region 11 champs

The 2013 ROAR region 11 1/10 off-road championship took place in Spokane, WA. The 2WD Mod Buggy saw Nick Buechler (Associated), TQ-ing the class and securing the overall win after A2 while the 2WD Mod Truck class had Jeremy Potter (TLR) wrapping up the win chased by Tekin team mate Buechler. The 4WD Mod Buggy class was dominated again by Nick Buechler and his AE B44.2. Nick would walk away from the field in every qualifier and main to take home the victory. Privateer Ross Carter would take a well deserved 2nd overall. The 4WD SC class belonged to TLR driver Shane Preugschat. Starting on pole, Shane quickly left the rest of the field to fight for 2nd in both A1 and A2.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

July 15, 2013

Hoppe wins 1/8th at North German championship Rd3

The 3rd round of the North German championship took place on the track of the MSC Braunschweig club. Unfortunately nearly the complete practise and the first round of qualifying was rained out on Saturday but in the evening the track was dry the drivers could hit the track for some practise laps. On Sunday the weather was much better and the track stayed dry all day. In the morning three rounds of qualifying were held. Shepherd team driver Lars Hoppe showed an excellent performance with his Sonic-powered Velox V8 “Pro” and secured himself the pole-position for the 30 minute final followed by Serpent pairing of Andreas Giesa and Merlin Depta with Shepherd/Sonic driver Timo Schröder in 4th position.

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July 15, 2013

CSO One 5.5mm wheel hex adapters

CSO introduce these aluminium wheel adapters for their One 1/10th electric touring car kit. The parts are CNC-machined from 6061-T6 aluminium and come dark anodised to match the remainder of the cars’s parts. They are of a 5.5mm off-set design and incorporate a grub screw hole to secure them to the wheel shaft for a tight fit even with the wheels removed.

Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]

July 15, 2013

Kyosho Kanai tool tray

Kyosho Germany introduce the tool tray, a handy storage compartment to keep your workspace tidy. The Yuichi Kanai designed tray helps to organise tools, wrenches, gauges, and even small parts while build or maintenance work. Made from tough plastic the organiser will take up to two sets of pliers, five wrenches, a calliper and many more.

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July 15, 2013

Kyle Branson wins BRCA 1/8th on-road Rd4

Round 4 of the BRCA 1/8th nitro on-road national championship was hosted by the Cotswolds Club and this was the sections second visit this year. With the Euro A championships only 2 weeks away and with the calendar being very full this season meant that the two rounds at this track were run close together. The weekend started with warm weather and after the initial practice had started, the track was soon starting to rubber in and the cars started to lap in the ball park of around the low 15 seconds per lap. With the track getting quicker, it was Branson who was setting the pace, fresh from his Euro warm up victories earlier in the month. In hot pursuit was Green and Wood, all recording sub 15 second laps with Kyle being the most consistent. Behind these, a host of drivers including North, King, Carr, Frost, Diver, Thurston, Hastings, Bancroft were all recording low 15 second laps.

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July 15, 2013

VBC Racing Wildfire D06 – first images

Following a teaser last week VBC Racing now released first pre-production images of their forthcoming Wildfire D06 electric touring car. The kit heavily differs from the current Wildfire and will feature some important “2013” gizmos such as a new slimmer lower chassis plate, new low-profile shocks and shock towers, redesigned anti-roll bars and bulkheads along updated suspension components. According to VBC there are still some parts that need finishing touches such as the floating servo mount and some other areas. It is understood that the kit will be ready to hit the stores in August.

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July 15, 2013

Much More LiPo battery for the CTXW tyre warmer

Designed for the CTXW tyre warmer is this 3S 4600mAh LiPo battery pack from Much More Racing. The internal power source allows the use of the tyre warmer unit without mains power making it possible to heat the tyres while waiting in the pits or the starting grid. The softcase pack comes build from 40C cells and is pre-wired with a Tamiya-style plug.

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