March 5, 2010

Levanen & Moore on overnight pole at 12th Euros

Levanen & Moore on overnight pole at 12th Euros

The second and final of today’s qualifying rounds are in the bag and once again its Associated leading the way in the modified class. Olly Jefferies took advantage of a mistake by Juho Levenan to take the fastest time, however Olly’s time was half a second slower than Juho’s round 1 time, leaving him second over night behind the Finn, while third on the leader board is newly crowned European Indoor Champion Ronald Volker. Andy Moore continues to lead pro stock by virtue of his first round time, with Marc Fisher and Chris Kerswell completing the overnight podium.

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March 5, 2010

Rheinard tops opening qualifier in Warsaw

Rheinard tops opening qualifier in Warsaw

Chasing his third consecutive Euro Touring Series race victory, championship leader Marc Rheinard has got Round 4 here in Poland off to a strong start by topping the opening round of qualifying.  Despite two moments during his run, the German ran 18 laps in 05:00.127 to TQ the opening heat from Tamiya team-mate Viktor Wilck who also had two bad laps on his way to setting a time of 5:00.569.

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March 5, 2010

Levanen & Moore top 1/12th Euros qualifying after Rd1

Levanen & Moore top 1/12th Euros qualifying after Rd1

Following two more rounds of practice at the second day of the 2010 1:12th scale European Championships being run this weekend in the UK, qualifying has finally got underway. The first qualifying round saw Finnish driver Juho Levenan take the fastest time in modified ahead of his UK team mate Olly Jefferies. Simo Ahoniemi completed the top 3 for Corally. In the 10.5 pro stock class the locals have a Brit up front in the form of Andy Moore, the ex touring World champion heads up the field ahead of current European Stock Spec champion, Germany’s Marc Fisher driving a Corally. Chris Kerswell was third ahead of fellow brit Mark Stiles, both driving a V-Design Carpet Ripper, delighting team owner Vesa Yli who is here racing and on hand to assist. Today will see one more round of qualifying and we hope to bring you the results and more photos later on today.


March 5, 2010

CSO Evolva M3 clutch pinions

CSO Evolva M3 clutch pinions

CSO Racing have introduced a line of clutch bell pinion gears for the Kyosho Evolva M3 1/8th scale. Made from 7075 T6 hard coated aluminium, they will be available in 15T, 16T, 19T & 20T versions to allow you to fine tune your clutch for all different tracks.

Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]


March 5, 2010

Team Durango R explained

Team Durango R explained

Team Durango have introduced their new regular racing specification ‘R’ range of cars. The ‘R’ specification cars share the same Team Durango DNA, performance and innovation, but with a more ‘regular’ specification making them more affordable and accessible. They will be available for all Team Durango models as a step-in point for Team Durango ownership, but the no-compromise premium versions will typically arrive first for hard-core fans. The first Team Durango ‘R’ car will be the DEX410’R’ which is going through final testing. Available end of April, street prices for the DEX410R will be US$350, €230 and £210 (excluding local sales taxes/VAT)

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]


March 5, 2010

Keven Hébert does double at Northeast GSS Rd4

Keven Hébert does double at Northeast GSS Rd4

Team Associated Factory Team driver Keven Hébert competed at the recent Northeast Grand Slam Series Rd4 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada and had the following report. The fourth leg and season finale of the NEGS was held this past weekend in Oakville, Ontario, Canada at the famous Fastcats racing facility. Being the last race of the series, I had to make sure I would finish well since I had already missed leg two which meant that this leg would count no matter what. Friday was set aside for practice but early on I felt comfortable with both my 12R5.1 and TC5R. Having run on the track many times in the past, I knew what the track would be, like when the bite would increase.

Continue reading the report here


March 4, 2010

Hideo Kitazawa joins Team Corally Japan

Hideo Kitazawa joins Team Corally Japan

Top Japanese driver Hideo Kitazawa has joined Team Corally Japan. The multiple World Championship finalist and former national champion will compete at this years Japanese Nationals and World Championships with the brand new 12SL 1/12th scale chassis having raced previously with the Hot Bodies chassis.

Source: Corally [corally.com]


March 4, 2010

East Coast half painted buggy bodies

East Coast half painted 1/8th buggy bodies

New From East Coast Bodies are these new half-painted 1/8th scale buggy bodies that give you the style of a pro paint job with minimum effort. The color scheme shown is already painted on the bodies, so just spray on a single color of your choice and you’re done. These first three styles fit the Hot Bodies D8, Associated RC8 and the Tamiya 801 buggies.

Click here to see the other bodies