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July 3, 2010

Associated RC10T4.1 Factory Team kit

Since its release in 2003, the RC10T4 remains undefeated on a national level, having won seven consecutive ROAR National Championships. Driven by this continuing success, the designers in Area 51 spent countless hours refining the T4 to meet the demands of today’s LiPo batteries and brushless motors. The RC10T4.1 Factory Team kit is the product of all this effort and comes armed with Factory Team aluminium rear hubs, V2 slipper, Hi-Flow T4 body, and optimized suspension setup to help you quickly master any track.

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July 2, 2010

Marc Rheinard is World Championship TQ

Two time electric Touring Car World Champion Marc Rheinard will defend his title from pole position tomorrow here in Burgdorf, Germany, after securing overall TQ honours from Tamiya Racing Factory team-mate Jilles Groskamp. Going into the sixth & final round of qualifying this evening only Groskamp could deny the German the No.1 starting spot on the grid but the expected show-down never happened. On the opening lap the European Champion’s radio failed putting him out and leaving the Dutch ace clearly frustrated. The round was taken by Xray’s Alexander Hagberg who put in a blistering final run to record the only 25-lap run of the event.

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July 2, 2010

Robitronic Avid V2 tuning parts

Robtironic have released some new tuning parts for their Avid V2 touring car include this range of springs. Available in 7 different hardness from super soft to super hard, each spring is colour coded for easy reference. Also new for the Avid is a full range of anti roll bar wires which range in thickness from 1.1mm all the way up to 1.9mm and they too are colour coded for easy reference.

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July 2, 2010

Kyosho Ultima SCR Truck

With three rapid-fire victories immediately after its debut, the new Ultima SC-R has made a huge impact at major ROAR racing events. The exciting category of short-course truck racing is now an officially sanctioned racing class and is becoming increasingly popular in Europe and Japan as well. As a different driver achieved each victory, the performance of the Ultima SC-R has come into sharper focus. Compatible with ROAR racing regulations, the Ultima SC-R kit is fully equipped with a range of high performance optional parts for a racing edge right from the start and at a great value. Similar in size to a 1/8-class model, the lightweight finish weighs in at only 2,000g and a popular Readyset version is already available (Ultima SC RTR) for those who like to hit the dirt without delay.

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July 2, 2010

Wilck & Rheinard tie for TQ honours in Q4

Tamiya Racing Factory team-mates Viktor Wilck and Marc Rheinard have set identical fastest times in the fourth round of qualifying for the 2010 World Championships. Recording 24 laps in 5:05.029, Wilck had the edge over the defending Champion but on the last lap caught a curb which flipped his TRF416, costing the Swede over a second. The time means the pair will each get the maximum 155 points.

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July 2, 2010

HPI Mini Trophy 4wd desert truck

We brought you the announcement of the partnership of HPI and TSA Motorsports last week and today they have released the full details on the new Mini Trophy 1/12th scale 4wd desert truck. HPI Racing delivers super realism influenced by their relationship with TSA. An interesting note about this particularly “special project” is the fact that TSA used the body styling from HPI Racing and shaped the TSA full-size 7200 class truck to look like the HPI Mini-Trophy Truck, so the HPI Mini-Trophy came first.

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July 2, 2010

Rheinard tops 2nd Qualifier in Burgdorf

Defending champion Marc Rheinard has TQ’d the second qualifier here at the Electric Touring Car Worlds bettering the pace set by his Tamiya team-mate Jilles Groskamp in the opening round. The German took the round from Xray’s Paul Lemieux with Groskamp running the third fastest time.

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July 1, 2010

Groskamp leads the way in Burgdorf at the end of Day 1

European Touring Car Champion Jilles Groskamp has ended the opening day of the IFMAR World Championships in the top spot knocking early pace setter Ronald Volker off the top in the second controlled practice. With today’s timing based on a drivers three consecutive fastest laps, Groskamp also recorded the quickest time of 5 minutes narrowly missing out on 25 laps around the small technical track. The factory Tamiya team member said afterwards his Orion powered TRF416 was real easy to drive and he doesn’t have to push hard to get good times.

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