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April 12, 2012

Xray T3 1-hole graphite suspension arms

Xray introduce new moulded lightweight composite lower suspension arms. The specially-formulated graphite composite material allows for a very light suspension arm that can withstand the rigours of high-performance racing. The optimized suspension arms give improved traction, easier handling, and decrease tire overheating which leads to car stoppage under high-grip conditions. They feature a single optimized shock mounting position and integrated anti-roll bar mounts. The graphite arms have same size and geometry as standard 1-hole suspension arm, fit the Xray T2 and T3 cars and will become available first for all Xray pilots at the polish ETS round 4 starting from tomorrow.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 12, 2012

Serpent S100 Pro10 upgrade set

Serpent introduce the Pro10 upgrade set for the S100 Worlds GT on-road chassis. The set increase the track width of the pan car to meet Pro10 dimensions and includes a wide carbon front plate, front spacers, steering-rods and ball-joints, front and rear body posts, wide aluminium left and right wheel hubs and a long rear axle.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 12, 2012

Keisuke Fukuda joins Team Picco

Team Picco is proud to welcome Japanese talent Keisuke Fukuda to their racing team. The former World Champion Keisuke will use Picco’s Torque .12 and .21 Edo Mod engines and be for sure a great addition to the company’s on-road team.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]

April 12, 2012

Sabah RC Indoor championship 2012

Recently Malaysia’s biggest EP on-road race took place in the Borneo Sport Arena located in Kolombong, Kota Kinabalu. A large carpet indoor track was laid out for the two classes Stock Touring and Drift Touring. Over 70 racers from Sabah, Sarawak,Brunei, and West Malaysia attended in the two classes with the touring class being run with Dualsky 10.5T brushless motors and the drift class used Square Drift tyres. The race format saw six qualifying rounds, triple A main, dual B mains and single C to D mains. After six rounds of qualifying in the Stock Touring class Brunei racer Wirawan took the TQ spot ahead of Norazam and Shahrin. In A main 1 Wirawan lead from the start to finish with no major challenge. Second and third position went to Nilai Chong and KS Chu. In A main 2 Wirawan again managed to stay on top eventually wining the race with one A main to go. KS Chu took the runner up sport followed by Raphael in 3rd. Come A main 3, KS Chu managed to overtake Norazam and lead from the start till the end followed by Hazmi and Nilai Chong.

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April 12, 2012

Reflex RSD6 conversion kit

Reflex Racing introduce the RSD6 chassis conversion kit for Team Associated’s TC6 and TC6.1 touring car. The set includes a 82mm wide 2.5mm carbon fibre chassis plate, adjustable CF LiPo battery braces, transverse servo mounting bracket, aluminium dual bellcranks as well as stainless steel and aluminium hardware. The narrower chassis allows for a soft suspension setting for improved bump handling while the dual bellcrank steering makes the car much easier to drive. Additional flex at the bulkheads develops more mechanical grip, especially when running spec tyres. The conversion kit is now available on pre-order, shipping starts end of April, beginning of May.

Source: Reflex [reflexracing.net]

April 12, 2012

Balestri & Perniciaro win Italian 1/10th champs Rd1

The Miniautodromo Il Lombrico in Milazzo saw the first round of the 2012 Italian 200mm championships. In addition to the local drivers also World and European Champion Robert Pietch showed up and all of them where pleased with ideal weather conditions until the beginning of the wet Expert finals. The rainy conditions meant a DNS for both Francesco Tironi and Luca Redaelli and a late take off for Daniele Ielasi. At the upper half of the grid KM driver Dario Balestri was able to win the 45 minute final some four laps ahead of Giorgo De Felici and Alessio Mazzeo.

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April 11, 2012

ETS motors to Poland for second half of season

After a 6-week ‘mid term’ break, the second half of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series gets underway this weekend (13-15 April) with drivers traveling to Poland for the fourth race of six that make up the calendar for season number five of the world renowned electric touring car championship. While Poland has been a regular fixture on the annual ETS schedule, like the opening three races of the 2011/12 season another new venue awaits competitors with the country’s fifth largest city Poznan playing host to drivers from 22 different nations. Adding to the excitement of the Polish round is the race being a part of Motor Show Poznan, a full size car motor show which has previously attracted 46,000 visitors.

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April 11, 2012

Cseko & Timar win Rd1 in Hungary

The opening round of the Hungarian Onroad Championships took place in Pecs on the Easter weekend. The club, which is the biggest and most active onroad club in Hungary, prepared the track nicely for this event but unfortunately it started to rain on Thursday and it seemed it was never going to stop. Finally it finished Sunday morning, just in time for the start of qualification. The conditions were difficult, the track was slippery while the temperature was super cold around 5°C and very windy.

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