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August 31, 2011

Joe Kerry takes BRCA 200mm Rd6 in Scotland

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.

August 31, 2011

Cesar Salvadori wins Rd5 in Sao Paulo

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]

August 31, 2011

Acorn Racing sign Dominic Quek

Acorn Racing have announced the signing of young Singapore talent, Dominic Quek, to its team. 9 year-old Dominic started RC racing at the age of 4½ years and used to racing against much older competitors, Dominic has exhibited his ability to compete despite his young age. He has traveled to take part in several international races, including the Czech round of the Euro Touring Series in 2010, the Reedy International Race of Champions in 2010 and 2011, and the 2009 Tamiya Asia Cup Finals in Bangkok, Thailand. As a relatively young company in the RC world competing against more established RC brands, Acorn Racing identifies with Dominic’s achievements and his “can-do” spirit and look forward to accelerating the next stage of his development with all of Acorn Racing Race Equipment.

Source: Acorn Racing [acornracing.com]

August 31, 2011

Xray RX8 adjustable rear anti-roll bar

New for the RX8, Xray have released this adjustable rear anti-roll bar set that allows you to quickly and easily adjust rear stiffness without replacing any parts. Featuring a CNC-machined roll bar body and anti-roll bar blades machined and precision hand ground from Hudy Spring Steel and that have also been specially hardened to provide extra long life and high strength. The set has two adjustable anti-roll bar blades that are locked in place by easily-accessible setscrews. The anti-roll bar is mounted to the rear bulkheads in precise ball bearings which ensure smooth action.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 31, 2011

Felix Law wins 4wd SC at Surf City Classic

This past weekend Orange County Radio Control Raceway (OC/RC) held their 4th Annual Surf City Classic. This year was the biggest turnout in the history of the event with 310 entries. Big time players were in attendance at this year’s event, including JConcepts Team Drivers, Steven Hartson, Brian Kinwald, Josh Numan, Jake Thayer, Zack Rogers, Jimmy Barnett and from Florida, Felix Law. Track conditions were amazing all weekend. It took 3-4 runs to get the JConcepts Gold Compound Bar Codes, the tire of choice for most, to break in. There was talk in the pits of the track going to slicks and it surely did by the time qualifying was coming to an end and main events began. Felix Law ended the weekend with 1st Place in the Short Course 4×4 class. Felix’s Losi SCT-E was covered with JConcepts all weekend including the newly released Raptor X-Flow body, Bar Codes tires in gold compound, JC Profiled closed cell inserts, mounted on Rulux wheels.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

August 30, 2011

ProSpeed Optima K1 buggy

New brand ProSpeed have released information on their first product, the Optima K1 1/8th scale buggy. Designed from the ground up it features a rear kick up, easy diff access, captured CVDs, front or rear battery mounting and cab forward body.

View more details and images here

August 30, 2011

Serpent 48P & 64P spur gears

Serpent have introduced a full line of 48 and 64 pitch spur gears for electric touring cars. Super true running, they are made from durable nylon and are lightweight with 12 small and 9 large holes to make it easier to reach the cars motor mounts. The number of tooth is indicated on the gears and they are available in 64P in 4 tooth increments from 92T to 116T, while the 48P come in 3 tooth increments from 69T to 87T.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 30, 2011

ABEC35 signs Robin D’Hondt

Motonica team driver and multiple World and European Championship finalist Robin D’Hondt has joined ABEC35, supported by Team F.V.S.S. in Italy. Robin already used ABEC35 Type-X ball bearings to get into the main final at the 2011 1/8th Euros in Luxembourg and is really happy with the increase in performance from the drivetrain.

Source: ABEC35 [abec35.com]