Although its less than two weeks since the climax of the 2009/2010 Euro Touring Series, the organisers of the hugely popular electric Touring Car Championship have already announced the schedule for season number 4. Coming off the back of an ultra successful third series, that saw almost 600 drivers register points, the ETS will once again be run over six rounds and visit five different countries.
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Joseph Quagraine has won the first day of the Nitrocross Championship in Finland, an event run alongside the Finnish round of the World Rally Championships. In an exciting final Ari Heinonen took second and Jarno Siltanen third. “I haven’t previously driven on this surface with my car. It has been challenging to find the right setup” said Quagraine who is one of the first Finnish manufacturers of RC cars. The final turned to advantage for Quagraine, when runner up driver Heinonen began to suffer drive train problems. “It has been tough with Heinonen during the day. I have to be able to win tomorrow too if I want to take overall win” says Quagraine who is pleased with his effort today. Tomorrow will see the second race in the Nitrocross Championship driven and is similar to today’s, so there will be controlled practice, qualifying, heats and then final.
Following from successful testing Litemodz are proud to release the new CVS Constant Velocity driveshaft designed for the high level racing. The new shaft provides constant velocity, equalizing input and output shaft speeds that reduces wheel vibration to a minimum providing a much smoother transmission increasing steering and overall grip levels on the car by reducing unwanted tyre scrub. Using the CVS in both the front and rear of the car provides a more stable and precise car that is easier to drive with the added benefit of improving transmission wind up and tyre wear. The new CVS which is due to go on sale at the beginning of August will be available for Touring cars initially, then extended to 1/10th Buggies by the end of the month then 1/8th scale a month later.
Source: Litemodz [litemodz.com]
F.V.S.S. Racing Team have released their new Aero wheel covers which are made from lexan and given a carbon look. The covers claim to give greater driving precision and steering, encouraging greater top speed by eliminating the air turbulence that is created with traditional rims.
Source: FVSS [fvssrc.com]
Robert Pietsch has become only the second driver to TQ both nitro onroad World Championships after he was declared Top Qualifier for the IFMAR 1/10th 200mm World Championship at Gulf Coast Raceway in Houston, Texas, late tonight. Held under flood lights the fifth and final round of qualifying failed to see anyone better the time set in Q4 by the factory Mugen driver who last year was the Top Qualifier at the 1:8 Worlds in Switzerland.
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DE Racing have released more additions to their XD rear skid plate range with the release of versions for the Jammin X2-CR/CRT and Serpent S811 Cobra. The new skid plate features a new leading edge for greatly improved longevity and performance and new stronger screw countersinks, they are now ultra thin which eliminates the need for longer screws. Race proven using the highest quality engineering resin they wear like aluminium at a fraction of the price and weight.
Source: DE Racing [deracing.net]
He was the Top Qualifier at the 1:8 World Championship last year and now Robert Pietsch is on target to repeat that achievement in 1:10 having just set the fastest run in the penultimate round of qualifying here at Gulf Coast Raceway. The factory Mugen driver ran 35 laps in 10:14.072 to move into provisional pole from factory Kyosho driver Takaaki Shimo who also broke into the 35 laps for the first time. The German, who was on a TQ run in the third qualifier until he stripped second gear, said his MTX-4R was again really good but at the start of the run he didn’t feel the track conditions were good enough for a TQ run until he heard his lap times. Pietsch said while his car is not the fastest in terms of lap times it is very consistent and unlike many of his rivals, run time with his factory Novarossi is no problem.
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Young Japanese sensation Shinnosuke Yokoyama has upped the pace at the World Championship this morning becoming the first and only driver to record 35 laps around the Gulf Coast Raceway here in Houston, Texas. The 17-year-old, who is making his Worlds debut, achieved a time of 35 laps in 10:17.208 despite getting hit from behind on laps 2 & 4 which cost him over 3 seconds and left him last on the timing screens. Describing the set-up on his OS powered Xray as ‘perfect’, the 2006 Japanese Sport Class National Champion was able to put in a spectacular recovery recording the fastest lap of the round enroute to the new TQ time.
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