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April 5, 2011

Ricardo Mendes wins Lisbon Regional Rd1

The opening round of the Portuguese Regional championships for 1/10th 200mm took place last weekend in Lisbon. In the semi finals it was Bruno Pereira who took the win in semi-final A, having battled for the top spot all the way to the last lap with Filipe Rodrigues. Ricardo Mendes won semi-final B followed by João Nascimento. In the final there was a big battle for the podium, with the positions changing every lap, Bruno Pereira ran out of fuel 2 minutes from the end and gave the first place to Ricardo Mendes, followed by João Nascimento in second with Filipe Rodrigues finishing in third less than 4 seconds further back, with the top 3 on the same lap.

Source: RC Team Zero [rcteamzero.webs.com]

April 5, 2011

Rick V wins Dutch National season opener

Last weekend saw the first Dutch national for the 2011 season held on the Raco track in Utrecht, in total there was 48 drivers at the start in 2 classes. During the 1st heats the track was wet but drying from the rain the night before, but in the last heats the track was almost dry and saw the fastest qualification times. In the NK class it was Rick V taking the pole followed by Ilia v. Gastel, John Ermen driving the new Xray and Steven Cuypers. Straight from the start of the final these 4 drivers were close to each other with Rick V in front pulling out a small gap. Ilia had to retire due a broken engine and John drove a steady race to finish half a lap behind Rick in 2nd.

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April 5, 2011

Peter Jovanovic does double at Serpent Australia Tour Race

Factory Capricorn driver Peter Jovanovic debuted the new Capricorn 1/8 scale Lab-C801 at the John Grant Raceway in Morebank Sydney for the 2011 Serpent Australia Tour Race last weekend. Having only received the car two days before the event he immediately put the new Italian car in the TQ and also put his Capricorn Lab-C01 Touring Car in TQ for the sedan class. In the final Peter drove a faultless race with both cars and took the win in the 1/8th class from Ric Bartolozzi in 2nd and Cory Ventouris in 3rd, while in the sedan class it was Alex Kouzis that ended the race in 2nd and Aaron Lee in 3rd.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

April 5, 2011

Grid RC Ve8 motor mount

Grid RC have released this new motor mount for the Hot Bodies Ve8. Designed to support the popular Neu/Castle and Tekin motors, it uses an eccentric style of mesh adjustment that allows precise mesh settings and when locked, holds it regardless of how hard the vehicle is driven. The ball bearing motor plate will support four mounting screws for most 1/8 motors and a special pattern for the Tekin that uses six holes. The Grid motor mount allows enough spacing so that the sensor cable can be used and the Grid custom top differential bulkhead plate is also included with the mount kit.

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April 5, 2011

Sweep Square Armor truggy tires

Based on their Square Armor buggy tires, these new Sweep truggy tires of the same name offer mega forward bite from a double dip middle pin design, and very unique side edge fork. This truggy tire has everything the buggy Square Armor does including the race proven ’rounded shape carcass’ deliver smoother cornering and direction changes.

Source: Sweep [sweepracing.com]

April 4, 2011

Maifield & Tessmann top ROAR Nats Warmup

Thunder Alley is host to the 2011 ROAR 1:8 Nationals. This last weekend was the warm-up for the prestigious event. Thunder Alley is one of the most popular tracks in Southern California. Traction is always good, its friendly on tires when wet, elevation changes are always a plenty and jumps are always big. I had a quick chat with owner, Rob Jackson, and he said this layout was all his son’s work, Levi Jackson. The track was completed in 26 hours with features such as a center straight away and a massive 27ft step-up double.

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April 4, 2011

Much More Impact 6200mAh & 5800mAh 60C packs

Much More have announced updates to their Impact line of LiPo packs with two of the range getting a capacity and discharge rate increase. Their latest and greatest pack is the 6200mAh hard case stick pack with 60C rating, while there is also now a 5800mAh 60C pack. Both are 7.4V hard case packs and are supplied with bullet connectors.

Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.net]

April 4, 2011

TLR 8ight/T carbon shock towers

TLR have released new shock towers for their 8ight buggy and truggy platform. Made from carbon fibre and available for the front and rear of the car, they are over 40% lighter than the original kit towers.

View the other shock towers here