July 15, 2011

Marco Müller wins Swiss 1/8th Rd3

Marco Müller wins Swiss 1/8th Rd3

The 3rd round of the Swiss National Championship was held at the beautiful track of Lostallo in the South of Switzerland. Already during qualifying Shepherd driver Marco Müller showed a good performance with his Velox V8 “eleven” taking the pole-position about 1 sec in front of his Shepherd teammate and World Championship finalist Simon Kurzbuch in 2nd. Both drivers had no problems to win their semi-finals while Müller took the pole-position for the 45min final as he had the faster time. At the start of the final Müller defended his first position and increased the gap on the rest if the field step by step. At no time of the race he was challenged and crossed the finishing line convincing 2 laps in front of the Mugen pairing of Luca Martinelli and Silvio Hächler.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]


July 15, 2011

CSO LAB-C801 2-speed shaft

CSO LAB-C801 2-speed shaft

CSO have released this new 2-speed shaft for the Capricorn LAB-C801 1/8th on road chassis. Made from hard coated steel, this 8mm shaft has been hollowed out to reduce weight and the 2-speed adapter is separate from the shaft making it simpler to replace.

Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]


July 14, 2011

Serpent S411 V2 motor mount bracket

Serpent S411 V2 motor mount bracket

Serpent have released this V2 one-piece aluminium motor mount bracket set for their S411 chassis. Precision machined from 7075 T6, it combines the motor mount and middle bracket and compared to the standard two piece setup, this will reduce flex and offer a different feeling of grip.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


July 14, 2011

Matrix Racing tires’ new Flex rim

Matrix Racing tires' new Flex rim

New from Matrix Racing tires, the Flex rim, has been developed with the help of some of the best drivers in the world. It allows a more event flexibility which greatly improves grip and traction. Tested at the Italian Nationals held last week in Bologna, the wheel proved successful with Lamberto Collari, Alberto Picco and Michele Romagnoli taking 1-2-3 using the new design.

Source: Matrix Tires [matrixtires.it]


July 14, 2011

Oscar Cabezas takes Rd3 in Spain

Oscar Cabezas takes Rd3 in Spain

The 3rd round of the Spanish 1/8 Onroad Nationals, took place in Vigo, Northwest Spain, last weekend. Drivers were not happy on Friday due to the rain and Saturday was also expected to be a rainy day, however before the afternoon the sun finally appeared to dry the track and let the race begin. Motonica/Merlin driver Oscar Cabezas TQ’d the race, making over 10 TQ’s in a row in the Spanish Championship. The final was hotly disputed. In the very first laps, Oscar realizaed that he didn’t have the proper engine tuning, his more running too rich and so he had to decide on a conservative fuel strategy, meaning he had to refuel twice more than his direct rivals. Despite this he was always in contention. The last lap he in 2nd position, and on this lap Nacho López, who was leading, felt a lack of fuel in his Serpent, and had to make a quick fuel stop to secure the second position and so Oscar could take the win with Nacho 2nd and Víctor González in 3rd.

Source: Merlin [merlinfuel.com]


July 14, 2011

Hang wins KM World Cup selection race Rd1

Hang wins KM World Cup selection race Rd1

The first round of the Hong Kong & Macau Selection Race for the 2012 KM World Cup took place last weekend at the ACO Racing track. Qualifying had to be halted after two rounds due to a heavy downpour but not before KM Group Development Dept. Manager & H-K1 designer Hung Cheung Hang was leading away and made the best lap of the qualify round with 23.133 sec and the only 26 lap run, where the second car was the Shepherd team driver Michael with 25 laps and 23.453 sec best time. Third position was the famous Hong Kong driver Samuel Chiu, who had enjoyed more than 30 years of RC racing and is still capable of competing with the yound guys, who running an Xray made 25 laps with 23.537 best time. The fourth place driver was track manager Leung Wing Wah, who was driving a H-K1 and managed to also make a very fast lap time of 23.259 sec but had a little crash in the second qualifier with Samuel which lost him the second place in qualifying. Since all KM Cup race is following the IFMAR race system then those four drivers were straight into the A-main and no need to race the semi-finals.

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July 14, 2011

KM Racing H-K1 V2 chassis

KM Racing H-K1 V2 chassis

New from KM Racing for their H-K1 1/10th 200m car, is this optional version 2 chassis plate. Made from a thicker 4mm high quality 7075 T6 aluminium, it makes the car stiffer overall, perfect for high bite conditions.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]


July 14, 2011

Felix Law wins FT Cup in China

Felix Law wins FT Cup in China

Last weekend in Guangzhou, China, IN-hobby & a local track hosted a 1/10 nitro & 1/10 electric touring car race called the FT Cup. Hot Bodies driver Felix Law from the United States, dominated the Electric side of the event. Driving the HB TCX he was able to use the 1st round of qualifying to dominate the competition running a 16 laps in 5 minutes & 3 seconds. The closest driver was Fai Ho from Hong Kong driving the Serpent S411 who was 5 second behind.

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