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RC Racing TV have their video online from a sunny, dry and pivotal round 4 of the British National Electric TC championships from the Aldershot Circuit featuring race action, news, views and interviews.
The weekend of the 21st August saw the 2nd round of the Finnish Championships series being held at Kiiminki. Team Durango DEX410 buggies took the overall TQ spot with Janne Aspinen leading the charge closely followed by fellow Team Durango racer Harri Kervola in 2nd. The A-Main was taken by Harri Kervola as he took the opening and 3rd leg to claim the overall victory. Janne Aspinen took the 2nd spot on the podium for a Team Durango 1-2 finish with Henry Salmen in 3rd.
Source: Durango [team-durango.com]
The new DuraTrax Onyx 245 AC/DC dual charger can handle LiPo, LiFe, NiCd and NiMH batteries, with built-in balancing for each port to maximize their safety, longevity and performance. The unit’s identical twin outputs and dual charging capability make it an excellent choice for models that use two battery packs and for modelers who rotate through multiple packs at home or at the track, including competitors running in two classes who need to charge both receiver or race packs. AC/DC flexibility, an advanced LCD with backlight and simple menus and controls make the Onyx 245 easy to use anytime, anywhere & by anyone. Compact, lightweight, powerful and versatile, the DuraTrax Onyx 245 gives racers yet another advantage on race day.
View the complete feature list here
JConcepts have updated the size of their popular medium racing bag to accommodate an even wider range of vehicles. The size is centered around the popular Short Course Trucks and the bag can accommodate the complete truck with body and tires as a complete unit with plenty of room to spare for other race and hobby gear. When assembled, the inside boxes measure, 22.5”L x 12.5”W x 6 “H.
View another image of the bag here
Team Durango have released a number of new items including this fuel gun which offers super quick refuelling, with minimal fuel wastage due to overfilling your fuel tank. The fuel gun has a 200cc reservoir and features easy to read volume markings down the side and is made from tough materials, making it strong, reliable and durable. With its ergonomic design the fuel gun is easy to hold and easy to operate minimising the chances of a mistake by your pit crew even in the most high pressure races. For the DEX410 the new Flex Brace System allows you to tune the flex of the rear of the chassis. The set consists of a CNC machined aluminium rear brace that mounts to the side rails of the chassis with screws that pass through flexible rubber inserts. The flexibility of the rear of the chassis can be tuned by adjusting the tension of these mounting screws allowing you to tune your chassis flex for different track conditions. Finally there are two new flexfit caps in red and black which sport the TD logo on the front and Team Durango logo across the rear.
The 6th round of the Hungarian Championships took place last weekend in Kirchberg, Austria. The MORAC track got a new layer of asphalt for this year which made this beautiful track even more superb. Club president Ewald Prochaska did a great job and prepared well for the event. The Serpent team had great success and brought home the victories in both 1/8 and 1/10 200mm classes with Timar Gergo and Cseko Gergely respectively.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Round 6 of the British 200mm Nationals were held this past weekend at the excellent Stonehaven circuit in Scotland. Saturday’s practice was held under dry conditions despite the forecast being for rain and traction was ok to start off with and it wasn’t long before all cars were up to racing pace. Due to the nature of the Stonehaven track, tyre wear is really high so many drivers worked on trying to reduce this for Sunday’s finals. Due to overnight rain qualifying was run under damp and greasy conditions and saw Joe Kerry win all 4 rounds of to take the TQ spot with his Serpent 733. Shortly before the final was due to start the track rapidly dried up so there was a rush in the pits to true some dry tyres for the final. As the final started Joe got an excellent start off the line and had already lapped the entire field within a few minutes. Joe lead every second of the race and in the end won a full 3 laps clear of second placed Alex Thurston who drove very well to finish one second in front of Adam Catchpole who took third. With this result Joe now moves into first place of the British 200mm Championship. Round 7 will take place at the very tight and technical Colchester circuit in 2 weeks time.
Thanks to Joe Kerry for the update.
The H-K1 chassis TQ and won the expert class at the 5th round of Sao Paulo championships. It was a clean sweep as Cesar Salvadori got his Novarossi powered KM chassis on top spot after qualifying and won the 30 minute main final after an incident right after the starting flag which put him on the back of the field on the very first corner. Showing a strong performance he came back and took the lead after 5 minutes and never looked back.
Source: KM Racing [km-rc.com]
