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November 12, 2012

Ben Panic takes wins Malaysian Open Champs

The final round of the Malaysian Nationals was held at the famed RCC track in Malaysia. The series was all tied up with 3 drivers aiming to be champion. Ben Panic (Kyosho/Novarossi/JConcepts), David Lim (Kyosho/OS/AKA) and Daniel Law (Losi, Orion, Sweep) were all tied on points in the best 3 of 5 race series so this final round would prove crucial in deciding the champion. 110 drivers attended the fifth round of the Malaysian nationals, with guest appearances from factory Team Associated driver from Australia Jason Dyckhoff and compatriot Jacob Wilson.

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November 12, 2012

Hudy 18mm bearing presser support bushing

New from Hudy is this support bushing for the company’s Bearing Presser tool. Designed for .12 engines with 18mm bearings, such as the new Novarossi engines, the bushing helps to extract defect bearings from the crank case.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

November 12, 2012

Groskamp tops final practice at Worlds

Practice for the fifth running of the IFMAR 1:10 Nitro Touring World Championship has been completed with Capricorn’s Jilles Groskamp topping the time sheets after the Dutch ace set down a blistering pace in the third & final controlled practice in Bangkok, Thailand, bringing Day 3 of the event to a close. The newly crowned electric touring car World Champion knocked over half a second off his CP2 topping time leaving his opposition scratching their heads with Dario Balestri, who set the second fastest time, saying Groskamp was ‘too fast’ referring to the 4/10th extra pace he had over three consecutive laps.

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November 12, 2012

Renaud Savoya wins Pierrefeu GP

The annual Pierrefeu GP recently took place in mixed conditions with the questionable weather forecast kept away many of the international drivers. After a dry Friday rain was predicted from Saturday noon on meaning a rocket round qualifier was held in the morning and it was dominated by Xray’s Renaud Savoya. Come Sunday the track was soaked with water but thanks to the effort of the club members the surfaces was well prepared for the final that saw Renaud taking the lead closely followed by Jerome Aigion. Both drivers changed positions a couple of times and after 30 minutes Renaud crossed the finish line in first position followed by Jérôme Sartel and Rayan Medjoubi.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]  & Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

November 12, 2012

Much More Absolute closed cell tyre inserts

Much More introduce the Absolute closed cell tyre inserts for 1/10th touring car tyres. The inserts weight 0.4g per piece and are designed for the use in both high and low traction conditions such as carpet tracks and on slightly dusty asphalt tracks. They come in sets of four and are available now.

Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.net]

November 12, 2012

Wirawan wins PEMKAR series

The fourth round of PEMKAR series race was held at the Stadium Rc Raceway outdoor tarmac track in Brunei. Run in anti-clockwise direction and in blistering hot weather conditions the qualifiers were dominated by Serpent driver Wirawan who easily took TQ. For the finals the heaven opened its gates and heavy rain poured down leaving the race director no choice but to cancel the racer after the first finals. The only A main was won by polesitter Wirawan handing the defending champion the 2012 title with two races left as he already TQ’d and won the first three races of the season.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

November 12, 2012

Rsector TA06 right handed steering arms set

Rsector have released this right handed steering arm set for the Tamiya TA06 chassis. By using the kit the speed control can be placed on the left side of the chassis for a much cleaner wiring placement. Included in the set are new Tamiya blue steering levers CNC-machined from aluminium as well as several shims.

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November 12, 2012

Worlds CP2 Update – Groskamp fastest

In the second round of controlled practice for the Nitro Touring Car World Championships in Bangkok, Jilles Groskamp posted a blistering time to become the first & only driver to complete three consecutive laps of the RC Addict track in under 45 seconds. With a qualifying set-up on his Capricorn, the Dutch ace ran a time of 44.984 to bump CP1 pace setter Atsushi Hara back to second, the Hot Bodies driver unable to improve on his morning time. Describing his LAB C-02 as ‘really good’, Groskamp felt he could have gone even quicker had the tuning of his Maxima engine not been off.

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