SMI Motorsport have announced that 17 year old Dominik Mayer has joined team Xray Germany for the upcoming seasons. The former Shepherd driver will be using the brand new RX8 along with the new Orcan GT7MH-Power engines, new Orcan 25+ Fuel and ATS-Tires and will compete at several qualification runs for the German Nationals (1/8 and 200mm), the German Nationals (1/8 and 200mm) as well as the 1/8 EC-A in Luxembourg.
Source: SMI Motorsport [smi-motorsport.de]
Team Titan have released 2 new semi painted versions of their R11 1/8th On-Road racing body. Coming in yellow/blue and pink/blue, the rear of the body remains clear to allow you to personalize it to your own taste. Made from high quality 0.9mm thick polycarbonate, it is supplied with a new type body stiffener which features two longer versions that can support the rear of the body better. EFRA Homologated (#31522).
For use on the Xray T3, these ultra-light, ultra-strong upper bulkhead clamps have been CNC-machined from premium Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium and anodised orange. Roll-center positions provide a great range of adjustments for both front and rear suspension roll centers and bulkhead cavities permit 3 different mounting roll-center positions as well as roll-center height by adding/removing shims under the ball joint. Must be used with #302653 ball joints.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 6th and final round of the 2010/11 BRCA 1/12th Scale Nationals took place at Chesterfield last weekend. Most of the regular front runners were in attendance, with the only exception being Elliott Harper who was away in Poland contesting the Euro Touring Series. On Saturday in the stock class Andy Griffiths took pole position driving his Nosram powered V-Dezign. Andy just needed to finish inside the top 3 to secure the British championship, and with his only competitor Chris Kerswell qualifying down in 4th, Andy’s job in the final looked to be relatively straightforward. Matt Varah and Mark Stiles qualified 2nd and 3rd respectively to make it a V-Dezign 1-2-3.
Italian company WRC Racing have introduced their all new F-One 1/10th scale electric chassis. Made from high quality carbon fibre and 7075 aluminium, its your standard configuration for the class, which is largely dictated by the shape of the body shell. The car features a rear ball differential, while up front you can adjust the camber, caster, toe and ride height. A great looking body shell, front & rear wings, rear diffuser and racing wheels complete the look.
The Grand Finale of the Malaysian Shepherd Racing Series was held at the Niko Racing Circuit near Johor close to Singapore recently. Patrick Schäfer and his team mechanic Armin Weihert traveled from Germany to Malaysia to attend this event organized by Malaysian distributor Niko Cheng. Additionally Jilles Groskamp came over from Bangkok to race in the 1/10th scale class while Schäfer participated in the 1/8th scale class. During qualifying Schäfer and Groskamp had no problems to secure the pole-positions in their classes. Due to an engine problem Groskamp had to take a timeout before the main final and started from last position. After a few laps he was right behind the early leader Azri Amri. Unfortunately another technical problem forced him to have a long pitstop and he lost a lot of time. Azri Amri cruised to the victory followed by Shafiq and Mizan on third position. Just before the start of the 1/8th scale final rain hit the track and the organizer decided that the race will be canceled. Luckily the rain was much less than the days before and the track dried up quickly. From the start Schäfer controlled the field and after a few minutes he already had a big gap on the second placed driver. After 45 min he crossed the finishing line unchallenged in front of Lai Kok Heng 14 laps down and David Voo on third position.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The 2nd round of 1/10 EP Indonesian national championship was held in Sunter International Speedway, which received new asphalt last week. 50 drivers attended this race which was divided into 2 classes, Stock 11.5 class and FD class. The weather was hot and we were sure it could be like that until the end of the race. In Stock qualifying, it was Bowie Ginting who took his Xray T3’11 to the TQ spot followed by Teddy Syach who switched to Tamiya after one year using Hot Bodies, 5 seconds behind Bowie. Dimas Ardian (Hot Bodies), Ronald kasengkang (Tamiya), and Suwardi Suliandy (Xray) completed the top 5 positions. Ade took the TQ spot in the FD class with his TOP Sabre followed by Faiza (TOP) and senior driver, Eka P, who drove his Teddy Syach’ built FD chassis.
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The winner of the first ever ETS race back in 2007, Juho Levanen finally returned, 18 races later, to the top step of the podium with victory today in the fourth round of the 2010/11 series at Legionowo, Poland. The 26-year-old claimed the victory with his second win of the day in the third leg to beat Ronald Volker and end the German’s domination of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series.
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