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June 13, 2011

Jefferies & Smith win rain hit BRCA Rd2

Round two of this years BRCA national 1:10 on road championship was renamed in honour of the passing of Mike Reedy, the Reedy Cotswold national saw a full entry of top UK drivers the only noticeable absentee being Elliott Harper who opted to miss this round in favour of revising for exams. Starting car one was reigning champion Chris Grainger, the Schumacher driver had made a great start to the season taking round one at West London and was looking to make it two out two in the Super Touring class. Saturday saw Andy Moore start well in the Super Touring class and he led the qualifying overnight from Olly Jefferies and Chris Kerswell, in pro stock it was James Hart up front for Schumacher ahead of David Hall and Chris Slater.

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June 13, 2011

Robert Pietsch wins Luxembourg EFRA GP

Last weekend saw the Luxembourg EFRA GP take place at the Mini Circuit Ville de Luxembourg, the same track that will host this year’s 1/8th scale on road European Championship in July. World Champion and Mugen/Contact tires driver Robert Pietsch took TQ with his Novarossi powered MRX-5 in mixed weather conditions. He was able to win his semi final and started with number 1 in the main final. In the 45 minute final he lead from start to finish setting his best lap time, 2 tenths of a second faster than all the others drivers, and took a comfortable victory by 3 laps over Daniele Ielasi in 2nd and Rick Vrielijnck in 3rd.

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June 13, 2011

S-Workz BB80 offroad starter box

S-Workz have released their new BB80 offroad starter box. Featuring a strong, lightweight construction it can be powered by 1-4pc 6-cell 7.2v batteries or a 12V 7A lead acid pack. The starter wheel is driven a single high torque 775 motor, which is run through a drive reduction gearbox, and the box itself is supplied with easily adjustable mounting brackets to allow you to align a wide range of buggies and truggies.

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June 13, 2011

STRC Slash 4×4 options

ST Racing Concepts have produced this high quality graphite motor mount plate and electronics plate to help reduce the weight on your Slash 4×4, while adding that trick factory look to your truck. Their new precision CNC machined rear hub carriers add an extra 0.5 deg. toe-in over the stock plastic hub carriers for a little extra rear traction and stability. These hubs also features their new manufacturing process that drills the bearing holes after anodizing, which allow the tightest tolerance possible around the bearing area. Available in blue, gun metal, red and silver anodizing.

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June 13, 2011

Fastrax 100% Pure Silicone shock oil

Fastrax have released a complete line of 100% Pure Silicone shock oil. Available in 50ml bottles in half weights for even finer shock tuning for racers they have also introduced selected weights in larger 90ml bottles for 1/8th and 1/5th racers.

Source: Fastrax [fastrax-rc.com]

June 13, 2011

Cody King does double at JBRL Rd3

Southern California’s hotly contested JBRL series invaded Milestone RC Park in Riverside California yesterday. The race attracted some of the biggest names in RC, including Adam Drake, recently crowned ROAR National Champion Ryan Cavalieri, current IFMAR World Champion Cody King, Travis Amezcua, Brent Thielke, Chad Bradley, and a host of other Southern California fast guys. The race at Milestone always draws a big turnout because the facility is inside the Motocross park, and many of the drivers like to bring out their bikes and ride as well.

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June 12, 2011

Champion Rheinard takes first 2010/11 ETS win

Current ETS champion Marc Rheinard secured his first win as champion of the series today by claiming the top step on the podium at Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. The fifth & penultimate round of the 2010/11 Yokomo Euro Touring Series, the Tamiya Racing Factory driver took the win over Yannic Prumper, winning of the day’s third A-main, and Top Qualifier Jilles Groskamp.

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June 12, 2011

Groskamp wins opening final

Top Qualifier Jilles Groskamp has won the opening leg of the Xenon Modified A-Main at the fifth round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Apeldoorn in a rather uneventful race. The Dutch ace took an easy victory leading from start to finish to win from TRF team-mate Marc Rheinard and Yokomo’s Yannic Prumper.

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