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October 14, 2011

Team Titan Blitz R18 & ARX body shell

Team Titan have introduced two new 1/8 scale on-road body shells in the form of the R18 and ARX. The Blitz R18 is based in the Audi R18 Le-Mans race car and features a closed cockpit that gives more front end downforce compared to Team Titan’s open cockpit bodies. Also incorporated into the design is an extra rear single wing to fine-tune the balance and stability. The second new body is the ARX that sports a newly designed front spoiler and additional rear wing for optimised downforce and faster corner speeds. Both bodies are available made from 0.8mm, 0.9mm or extra durable 1.0mm polycarbonate material and come with new side stiffeners and sticker sheets.

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October 13, 2011

Lambert & Kellner win @ 2011 IIC

CRC pilots Kenny Lambert and Fred Kellner have won the 17.5 1/12 scale and 13.5 World GT classes at the recent 2011 IIC in Las Vegas. Kenny used the brand-new CRC Gen-Xi 1/12 scale car in combination with a CRC Rockt Fuel battery, CRC/Black Art R8C body and CRC Pro Cut magenta and pink tyres. In 13.5 World GT class Patrick Morehead took the TQ with his CRC Gen-X 10 with Gen-X 10LE driver taking the overall win in the finals.

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October 13, 2011

Sneak Preview – dBoots Nanobyte tyres

dBoots have a new tyre on the way and the company got in touch to give us a a sneaky preview. The Nanobyte is designed for multi-surface indoor off-road racing and features a unique tread pattern featuring micro pins and slightly larger step-up pins. The tyres are available soon for 1/10th scale 2WD and 4WD buggies as well as and Short Course trucks.

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October 13, 2011

North East Super Series Rd4 report

The fourth and final round of the North East Super Series took place at the Barnstormers RC Raceway in Chester, New York. In 1/8 Nitro Buggy Jamie Grayek was able to take TQ honours and secure overall Win in Points Series with Jimmyjames taking a 2nd and Jeff Legassy rounding out the top 3. With the main race set to be 30 minutes it would prove to be a battle with multiple lead changes. Problems for Grayek early in the race would allow Serpent’s Stephen Plackis to lead out followed by Jay Bless of RC-NYC, Kyosho’s Jimmyjames and Serpent’s Jay Livingstone. Around the 5 minutes mark a wheel to wheel battle would brew between Plackis and Bless with Jimmyjames and Livingstone in tow. Plackis and Bless would swap the lead multiple times with Jimmyjames still running in 3rd and Livingstone running 4Th. Around the 15 minute mark car contact between the leaders would slow them down allowing Jimmyjames to take the lead. He would lead out with heavy pressure from Bless and Plackis but would not look back and was able to take the Win with Bless, Plackis and Livingstone in tow.

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October 13, 2011

Sebastian Recio wins Argentinian championship

Capricorn got in touch to tell us that Sebastian Recio has won the recent Argentinian 1/8 scale on-road championship. The race took place at the 2007 World Championships track in Cordoba. Sebastian (Capricon/Novarossi) was able to get TQ after qualifying and also won the main final in front of Agustin Cutini (Mugen/Novarossi) and Agusto Quinteros (Serpent/Novarossi).

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

October 13, 2011

Schumacher extra strong belts

Schumacher now have in stock extra strong belts for various models in their range. These belts offer greater life than standard kit belts but with a slight drop in efficiency and are more effective when using gear diffs or running on high grip surfaces such as Astro. Available for the Mi3/Mi4 (rear belt) and Cat SX3 (front & middle belt).

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

October 13, 2011

JConcepts Hi-Clearance wing for TLR 22

JConcepts have released their Hi-Clearance wing as a direct fit for the TLR 22. 1/10th buggies are very dependent on the rear wing for traction, flight control and balance. The Hi-Clearance wing incorporates several important elements making it the most versatile wing yet. JConcepts has joined the high-performance wing into a paired combination that is easier to trim, detail and finish and each performance wing package now includes 2 wings for added value to the customer. The Hi-Clearance feature provides extra clearance for the expansion of tires during high acceleration points and especially on high speed straight-aways and also allows for full suspension movement during hard landings and full compression during cornering.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

October 13, 2011

Leo Arnold wins 2011 French Cup

The 2011 French Cup was held last weekend at the Louviers track in the North of France. In qualification, Arthur Leclercq took the TQ honors with his Capricorn with Basile Concialdi, French Champion 2011, in second position with another Capricorn. In the 30-minutes final it was young driver Léo Arnold with his Team Orion powered Capricorn in front of Basile Concialdi (Capricorn/Orion) and Frederic Bourillon (KM/Orion) after a great battle between these 3 drivers.

View the final results here