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July 19, 2010

Stiles TQs & Wins Rd3 of AMC/CARS Summer Shootout

Last weekend saw round 3 of the popular AMC/CARS summer shootout series take place at the home of UK 1/12th scale racing, Chesterfield. The first two rounds of the series saw dominant TQ and win performances from former British champion and V-Dezign/Nosram driver Andy Griffiths. With each drivers’ best 3 scores from the 4 rounds counting towards the overall standings, Andy looked to be the favourite for the title at the series’ half way stage. However, Andy was absent for round 3, leaving the door open for his competitors to claw back some points.

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July 19, 2010

Sweep Racing EXP tire glue

Sweep Racing have released new EXP tire glue, which uses the same glue material as their popular Strong tire glue, but it now comes with two stainless extension nozzles and silicone tubes which hold the nozzles tight. This makes the tire gluing job super easy, reducing any mistake such as dropping glue on the tires surface. Extra nozzles and silicone tubes are also available in sets of 5.

Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracing.com]

July 19, 2010

Xray NT1 Alu rear bulkhead cover

New from Xray for the NT1, is this aluminium rear bulkhead cover. This ultra-strong construction has been CNC-machined from premium Swiss 7075 T6 aluminum for increased lifespan and durability especially in the event of a rear end crash.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 18, 2010

Rheinard wins ETS final

As the podium presentations get underway here in Andernach, Germany, and the curtain comes down on a third successful Euro Touring Series season the big question being asked is can anyone beat Marc Rheinard. The German dominated the World Championships 2-weeks ago lifting his third World title and here at the sixth & final round of the Xenon Racing backed ETS the Tamiya star continued his rule over electric Touring Cars.

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July 18, 2010

Champion elects win first A-Main

Starting from pole position Marc Rheinard and Alexander Stocker have won the opening leg of their respective A-Mains. The pair, who will be crowned champions of the third season of the Euro Touring Series here in Andernach irrespective of today’s result, led from start to finish.

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July 18, 2010

Roche RC Ceramic bearings

Roche RC have released two new bearing sets for the Yokomo BD5 / Tamiya TRF416X and TOP Photon. These complete sets contain high quality red seal ceramic bearings with the BD5/TRF416X set containing 4pcs of 10x15x4mm, 8pcs of 5x10x4mm & 2pcs of 4x8x3mm, while the Photon set contains 4pcs of 10x15x4mm & 10pcs of 5x10x4mm.

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July 17, 2010

Rheinard takes Q4 & overall Andernach TQ honours

Euro Touring Series Champion elect Marc Rheinard is the Top Qualifier for the closing race of the 2009/2010 season after topping the final round of qualifying here this evening at his home track of Andernach. The three time World Champion set the first & only 17 second lap of the event on his way to taking the round by half a second from Tamiya team-mate Viktor Wilck. This left the pair tied on points but setting the fastest overall qualifying time in Q4 the German will start tomorrow’s finals from pole.

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July 17, 2010

Krapp tops Q2 in Andernach

Team Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp has topped the second round of qualifying for the ETS finale. The young German TQ’d the run despite running a slower time than in Q1 yesterday which was only good for the 8th fastest time. Afterwards Krapp said he had only taken the round because his rivals had messed up their runs with mistakes. Running the 2.5mm LiPo chassis over the 2mm chassis he used at the Worlds, following pre-event testing, he said a change to Hot Bodies springs had made his car super smooth to drive but the end result was a slower time.

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