Team Powers have announced the upcoming release of their Plutonium motor. This new design features a lightweight motor can and machined endbell and back plate for extra cooling, while the cans have also been left open for easy soldering. Full information on the different versions is expected soon.
Source: Team Powers [team-powers.com]
Speedzone have announced that Mark Smyka will use their LiPo Packs to power his 1/12 scale cars for this and the upcoming 2011 on-road season. Mark is always a contender at every on-road event he attends and looks to add wins to his numerous local, regional and national titles using Speedzone LiPos.
Source: Speedzone [speedzoneusa.com]
Following on from the releases by Team Titan two days ago, they have today released two new 200mm Blitz bodies. Starting with the Cruzer it was designed for maximum grip while also giving very quick steering, great for small tight tracks. Next up is the 2.1 version of the ISF shell, this new type is 10mm shorter and has reduced front end down force to give it less initial steering together with smooth handling, great for large open tracks with big sweeping corners. Both bodies are available in standard 0.8mm and lightweight 0.7mm versions.
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Defending World Champion Atsushi Hara has topped the third round of qualifying on Day 4 here in Pattaya, the Hot Bodies driver taking maximum points for Q3 ahead of Team Losi’s Billy Fischer and Kyosho’s Jared Tebo. The Japanese ace said it was another safety run on what he described as being a much more difficult track today. With the Top 5 heats having been run at the beginning of the rounds yesterday they are now last to run and a lot of ruts have appeared since Q2.
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Brazil is set to the host the next 1:8 Off World Championships. The decision was made at a meeting of the sports governing body last night in Pattaya, Thailand, where the 13th 1:8 Off Road World Championship are currently underway. Having hosted the 1:10 200mm Onroad World Championships in 2004, where well known buggy figure Adrien Bertin won the title, the city of Jundiai will get its second IFMAR World Championship. Although an off road track already exists at the facility, the local government plan to build an all new track for the event. The allocation is subject to issues experienced with the Brazilian customs holding up team’s equipment during the last visit being rectified. Should IFMAR not get sufficient guarantees that this will not create the same headache it did for competitors in 2004, the event will be moved to Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Tobias Hepp in the 1/8 nitro class and Sebastian Buerge in the 1/10 scale nitro class have captured the titles in the Nitro West Masters, a series of four races held in Western Germany. At the fourth and final round at Dormagen in the North of Cologne Serpent driver Hepp won the race and left no doubt in winning the 1/8 championship also. In 1/10 it was Mugen racer Benny Lehmann winning the race but third place was enough for Buerge to catch the Masters crown.
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The first day of qualifying is complete and there was no question that it belonged to Ryan Maifield, the factory Team Associated driver dominating proceedings. Q2 saw the American ace improve on his earlier time, recording the fastest lap we have seen here yet in the process. Describing qualifying as being all about not crashing and collecting enough points for a place in the Semis he said he was driving well within himself but admitted it did feel good to end day one at the top.
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After much anticipation and build up, the 2010/11 British 1/12th scale nationals got underway at Crewe on the last weekend of October. A tight and technical layout challenged the drivers, who included an overseas visitor in the form of Vesa Yli, designer of the V-Dezign chassis’. Mark Stiles sent us the following report.
