The final round of the Spanish on-road nationals was held at the ARCA track in Madrid, the host of the Stock European Championships. VBC Racing driver Carlos Fernandez swept the stock TC class by pulling the fastest lap and heat time and also winning the A final.
Source: VBC Racing [vbcracing.com]
The Indoor Nordic Champs 2012 for electric touring cars and 1/12th scale will be held next to the city of Oulu. Organised by the OSPA club the venue is the same as used during the Electric Offroad Nordics and the 2013 1/12th scale European Championships and the purpose build track is 26x14m in size and made up from pipes and dots. The race will be held as 2 day event with practice on Friday and the actual race on Saturday and Sunday. The handout spec tire for TC is Sweep QTS Pre-Mount 28, the tires are available at the race and only tires bought from the organizer are allowed at the race. Track will be 26x14m size build mostly with pipes and some dots. Find more information about the race here.
Kyosho introduce the Mini-Z Bike Ducati Desmosedici GP11. The 1/18th scale bike with brushless motor, gyro and a length of 118mm resembles Valentino Rossi’s Moto GP bike and now that he will leave the Italian manufacture by the end of the season the Kyosho replica will sure be a piece of history. The bike comes with a 2.4GHz transmitter 3.7V 120mAh LiPo battery, charger and tools.
Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]
The fourth round of the Portuguese TC nationals took place in Sintra. The fast and flowing track lacked grip due to the fact that the circuit was closed for all of August but the conditions were the same for everyone although some teams struggled to get the cars running properly. Come Sunday morning the qualifying heats started and Francisco Henriques showed a very good pace and qualified 2nd for the A-main with Hugo Miguel setting TQ. Both were chased by José Carvalho. Come the finals Francisco Henriques had some troubles in the first main but managed to secure the win in the second and third run handing him the win with Hugo Miguel in second and José Carvalho in third overall position.
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Shepherd are happy to announce the latest update for the Velox V10 ‘twelve’ in the form of the EC 2012 upgrade kit. Included in the set are a symmetrical chassis plate for optimized flex and handling characteristics, a narrow radio plate that lets the fuel tank move some 6mm towards the rear, an updated radio plate and engine mount as well as a new battery mount for standard 5-cell battery packs. The kits parts are also available separately from next week on.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Dave Arnold has won the 1/12 Modified class at the recent ROAR Paved On-Road Nationals. The On-Point, Trinity and Speed Passion team driver TQ’ed every qualifying round and also won the single A main in front of Chris Mackenzie and RJ Evans.
Source: On-Point Racing [onpointracing.com]
KO Propo introduce the left hand grip unit for the EX-1 KIY radio. The left handed grip unit will now allow lefty’s to build their own KIY system. The same features offered in the right handed version are also offered in the left handed version, like 3D trigger and movement of the trigger position to accommodate your hand size. Also available are standard and large size grips in grey or green colour.
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Xceed RC introduce a special trimming tool for 1/8th and 1/10th scale on-road rims. Designed to remove material from the inner part of the wheel, the result is a more flexible rim that generates more grip. The tool sports a specially shaped and adjustable cutting part to become useable with a wide variety of wheels. Both an 1/8th and 1/10th scale variant are available.
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