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November 7, 2011

Centro C4.1 B4 mid-motor conversion

The C4.1 Centro mid-motor conversion has taken the racing world by storm, taking the top three spots in the BRCA 2WD National Championships at its very first attempt. Based on the multiple World Championship winning Team Associated B4.1, the Centro converts the transmission to mid-motor and has been developed with the sole aim of continuing to beat the competition, particularly on higher grip tracks such as Astro-turf, grass and even indoor carpet and mixed surface.

View details and photos here

November 7, 2011

Juho Levanen confirmed for ATS Pilot race

Following on from the announcement that Ronald Volker was set to attend the Asian touring Series Pilot race at the Yatabe Arena in Japan, Finnish star Juho Levanen has also confirmed his entry. The factory Associated/Reedy driver and former European Champion is the only driver to beat Volker on carpet during last season’s ETS and will be a top contender for the win at the new Yatabe Arena. The event which will be run from the 18th to the 20th of November will be open to Modified and Pro Stock, running hand out 17.5T Speedpassion motors, as well as a large number of support classes including an offroad race at the Arena’s indoor dirt track. For further information on this event, visit the official ATS site here.

November 7, 2011

LRP S10 Twister 2WD buggy

LRP have announced the S10 Twister a rear-wheel drive 2WD electric buggy. Designed from scratch it features an encapsulated gearbox, slipper clutch, drive train with ball bearings and fully adjustable race suspension.The RTR package includes special high speed 540 size motor, digital LRP speed control, high precision LRP A2-STX Sport III transmitter, charger, longlife LRP rechargeable battery and a high-performance LRP steering servo.

View more details here

November 7, 2011

EFRA 2011 Season Review

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RC Racing TV have put together a nice montage of clips from this year’s EFRA European Championships, which they showed last weekend to those present at the EFRA AGM in Brussels.

Source: RC Racing TV [rcracing.tv]

November 7, 2011

Chen YuYuan wins TRCCA Rd4

Last weekend the 4th round of the TRCCA was held in YiLan in Eastern Taiwan and over 70 drivers participated in this event. After 3 rounds of qualifying it was HongNor team driver Chen YuYuan driving his X3-Sabre that took the TQ spot. In the 30 minute A-Main, Chen continued carried forward his pace to lead from start to finish, taking the win with another HongNor team driver Dai YuanYi in 3rd place.

Source: HongNor [hongnor-racing.com]

November 7, 2011

Xray T3 diff outdrive adapters

New from Xray for the T3 are these CNC-machined diff outdrive adapters. Made from tough Hudy Spring Steel the shafts are precision ground and polished for smooth operation. Sold in a set of 2 they fit the composite gear differential.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 6, 2011

EFRA releases 2012 race calendar

Following this weekend’s EFRA AGM in Brussels, the European governing body have finalised the dates for next year’s European Championships. There will be no European Championships for EP touring car this year due to the Worlds being in the EFRA bloc, but there will be a Stock Euros in September in Spain. Other noteworthy items from the meeting include the reduction in weight for the 1/8th on road class which falls to 2400 grams while from 2013 the nitro content will be set to a maximum of 16% and the qualifying heats go back to 5 minutes with no refuelling allowed.

March 9-11 – 1/12th scale Euros – Oberaich, Austria
April 23-28 – 1/10th on road ‘B’ Euros – Monaco, Monaco
May 21-26 – 1/8th on road ‘B’ Euros – Thionville, France
June 5-9 – 1/8th off road ‘B’ Euros – Oberbüren, Switzerland
July 9-14 – 1/8th & 1/10th on road 40+ Euros – Lyon, France
July 9-14 – 1/10th EP off road Euros – Fehring, Austria
July 21-28 – 1/10th & 1/12th on road Worlds – Heemstede, Netherlands
August 1-5 – 1/8th on road ‘A’ Euros – VillaReal, Portugal
August 6-11 – 1/8th off road ‘A’ Euros – Fehring, Austria
August 13-18 – 1/10th on road ‘A’ Euros – Cassino, Italy
September 7-9 – 1/10th EP TC Stock Euros – Alcobenas, Spain
September 14-16 – 1/8th off road 40+ Euros – Camse, France

View the full calendar here (PDF).

November 5, 2011

Ronald Volker confirmed for ATS Pilot race

The organisers of the Yokomo Asian Touring Series pilot race have confirmed that Euro Touring Series Champion and factory Yokomo/LRP driver Ronald Volker will be attending the event, which takes place from the 18th to the 20th of November. Held at the newly renovated Yatabe Arena in Tokyo, the race will attract the best drivers from Japan as well as a whole host of top international drivers, more of which will be confirmed in the coming days. The race will be open to Modified and Pro Stock, running hand out 17.5T Speedpassion motors, as well as a large number of support classes including an offroad race at the Arena’s indoor dirt track. For further information on this event, visit the official ATS site here.