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September 25, 2011

Claus Ryeskov wins Danish 200mm title

Even after one of the worst summers in Danish history, all 5 race weekends of the 2011 Danish National 200mm Championships in Vejle, Næstved, Greve, Hillerød and Odense were run in dry weather. The last race of the championship, on a great track for 1:10 cars, was held in Odense with Claus Ryeskov top qualifier, even though Martin NO set the fastest lap time of the qualifying rounds. So the stage was set for an exciting feature race but unfortunately it did not materialise as Martin NO had motor problems within the first 8 minutes of the race. As a result of this, Claus Ryeskov ran a comfortable race with his Novarossi powered Xray and led from start to finish, while 2nd place went to Heinrich Weizer with some nice driving with a borrowed Xray from Claus. Claus Ryeskov won 4 out of the 5 championship rounds and took the title from Martin N.O Hansen driving a Serpent with and Xray driver Daniel Michaelsen in 3rd.

Thanks to Claus Ryeskov for the report.

September 24, 2011

2011 Tamiya EuroCup Finals result

The 2011 Tamiya EuroCup Finals were held in Basel Switzerland last weekend. The event saw 110 drivers from 8 countries compete for European Champion honors in 6 categories; Top Stock, M-chassis, Buggy, Gentlemen, F1, and Euro GT (mod). Swiss, German, and Hungarian drivers topped the tables. Geng Bence of Hungary Crowned Top stock Champion, Swiss Roman Pichler and Marco Siegenthaler F1 and GT Champions respectively. Mathias Reber of Germany made the podium twice with 2nd in both M.chassis and F1.

View the different class winners here

September 23, 2011

Spec-R TC6 gear diff & carbon gears

Spec-R have released a gear diff for the Associated TC6. The gear diff consists of a light weight plastic housing, nylon gears and long life diff joints. Long lasting and durable material result in consistent and better performance. Also new from Spec-R are these carbon material internal gear for use inside Spec-R gear diffs. These new parts are hard and very durable and it can be used with all Spec-R gear diff.

View the carbon gears here

September 23, 2011

Video – BRCA TC National Rd5

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Race action, news, views and interviews from a wet and windy fifth and final round of the BRCA British National Electric TC championships from the Mendip Circuit.

September 23, 2011

Serpent 966 Centax-2 Ultra clutch set

Serpent have released a complete Centax-2 Ultra clutch set for their 1/8th 966 chassis. This set comes with aluminium clutch bell, XP clutch shoe and machined carbon flyweights. The result is a lighter clutch which gives more punch.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 22, 2011

Keisuke Fukuda wins Japanese 200mm Nationals

The JMRCA Japanese 1/10th 200mm Nationals were held last weekend at Keitune Speedway in Ichihara. Qualifying for the event saw Mugen racer Takehiro Terauchi take the pole position just ahead of Yuya Sahashi in 2nd and multiple National champion Takaaki Shimo for Kyosho in 3rd. The KM team attended the event all the way from Thailand and Meen Vejrak driving the H-K1 would start in 4th. In the final however it was former World Champion Keisuke Fukuda with the Mugen who would take victory by a lap in front of Meen V in 2nd, with Shinnosuke Yokoyama rounding out the podium in 3rd for Xray.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

September 22, 2011

Andy Báez wins Pit Lane Cup

Last weekend the 1st Pit Lane Cup took place in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. KM racing driver Andy Báez took the pole position for the race, while in second position was Fernando Méndez also with a HK-1. In the final the order of the front pairing remained unchanged as Andy took the win by less than a lap from Fernando, with Kyosho driver Anger Santiago in 3rd.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

September 22, 2011

C2 dual stage pistons

C2 have released their first product for 1/8 and 1/10 Scale Touring, Racing & GT Cars, dual stage shock absorber pistons. The job of the suspension is to reduce the vibrations from the wheel and the chassis in a controlled fashion caused by an uneven road or changes of direction. These new CNC machined pistons are designed to allow racers to have faster or slower rebound depending on which type of piston is used. Different rebound slow down rates are available for fine tuning. Available for Motonica, Mugen (above), Shepherd and Serpent.

View the Shepherd versions here