Last weekend the 3rd and final round of the Argentinean Touring car nationals took place in Rosario. The race was won by Capricorn/Sirio driver Sebastián Recio followed by Agustín Cutini, driving a Novarossi powered Serpent in 2nd, with Juan Pablo Golovic with his Reds Racing powered Xray car in 3rd. This result was enough to give Golovic the Argentinean National title for 2010.
Source: Sirio [star-motor.com]
The 2010 Novarossi Trophy took place this weekend in Gubbio, Italy, host of the 2009 1/10th scale 200mm European Championships. The 1/10th 200mm qualifying went the way of Biagio Spataro who took the pole position ahead of Daniele Agostelli in 2nd. The final went the way of new Capricorn signing Giorgio de Felici running his Novarossi powered LAB-C01, who in his first race for his new sponsors took the win by 5 seconds from 2nd place Ciro Borrelli, with Dante Piersante a further 4 seconds back.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
The 8th and final race of the Belgian Electric touring car nationals was run last weekend in Genk at the new MRG track. Olivier Bultynck has to come in as third if Thomas Stockman took the win to take the title. In the qualification of the EFRA class was a battle between Nick Joosens, Thomas Stockman and Olivier Bultynck for the first place on the grid. Olivier managed to take TQ in front of Thomas and Rico Claeys on the third spot. Nick Joosens and Jonathan Prouvosq were on fourth and fifth spot. Thomas would go on to win all 3 legs of the A-main to take the overall race win but Olivier took 2nd which was enough to claim the 2010 title, Nick Joosens finished in 3rd. In the Superstock class it was again Geoffrey Vekemans who took the overall win, despite qualifying in 6th spot. Werner Broeckx took second and Stefan Rommens in 3rd. In the stock class Kristof Dewitte took the win from Krist Bultynck in 2nd and Dany Naegels 3rd.
Arrowmax have released these front CVD shafts for use on the Mugen MRX-5. Made from spring steel, these shafts are lighter than the kit versions yet remain ultra durable. Also new for the MRX-5 is this aluminium first gear housing that has been machined for extra weight savings.
Continuing their release of Mugen MRX-5 parts, Arrowmax have release this one piece engine mount. Machined from a single piece of aluminum, the one piece design ensures that the engine is not tweaked when mounting which can affect performance. Also the mount offers more surface area to dissipate heat from the engine.
Source: Free Max [freemaxmp.com]
Having previously awarded the different venues the various National Championships, ROAR have today announced the final dates for those races, which you can see below.
March 24-27 – On Road Carpet Nats @ Timezone Raceway
June 2-5 – Off Road 8th Scale Fuel Nats @ Thunder Alley RC Raceway
July 28-31 – On Road Paved Electric Nats @ Jackson RC
August 11-14 – Off Road 10th Scale Electric Nats @ Norcal Hobbies
September 8-11 – Off Road 8th Scale Electric Nats @ HobbyPlex Raceway
September 22-25 – On Road Fuel Nats @ Control Freakz
All dates have been added to our calendar section which you can visit here.
Source: ROAR [roarracing.com]
Having just last week brought you exclusive first photos of the new Schumacher Mi4CX, the British company have released full details on their new high performance electric touring car. Developed from Chris Grainger’s 2010 British championship winning Mi4LP, it incorporates the latest innovations from Schumacher’s multiple championship winning engineering team. With an efficient transmission and ultra precise CNC machined components, it handles like a dream. The superb suspension and pro shocks enable the Mi4CX to carry fantastic speed through the corners, helping you to reduce your lap times.
View the full features list and more photos here
Having written previously about the Yeah Racing Transformula F1 conversion kit, that allows the one car to have both t-bar and link configurations, the company has announced that it is now available. Developed with the help of top Japanese racer Hideo Kitazawa, the F104/F103 conversion kit features all the parts and fasteners to mount the two different versions including a full set of wheels.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
