CML have announced that multiple British Champion, European and World finalist Mark Green has chosen Byron Gen2 as his fuel of choice for 2011. The Factory Serpent team driver will use Gen2 in both 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm nitro circuit classes in a move that further rubber stamps Byron as one of the Worlds leading fuels, having previously secured the 1/8 IFMAR World Championship title in Thailand in November.
Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]
Last weekend saw the South American championships for 1:10 and 1:8 held at the Hernan Matticoli circuit in Buenos Aires, Argentina and it attracted more than 70 racers accross two classes to compete for the title. In the 1:10 class Juan Pablo Golobic dominated the whole race, closely followed by Edward Dulac. At the end of 45 minutes only 3 seconds separated the first and second-placed drivers. In third position it was Agustin Cutin, a lap behind. In the 1:8 class it was total domination for the Brazilian driver Flavio Elias who finished 3 laps ahead of Sebastian Recio in 2nd position, Patrick Schafer from Germany in 3rd spot.
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Xray have released the M18 Pro LiPo, the latest addition to the Xray family it features an all-new chassis, top deck, and battery holder system. Available as a black graphite kit, with silver and blue conversions, it builds upon its previous generation by offering an update that accommodates the latest generation of LiPo battery technology.
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Shepherd have introduced their new performance enhancing yellow clutch shoe for the V10 Velox competition clutch. Successfully tested by their factory team drivers the shoe is CNC-machined from a special high grip material that is a little bit harder than the standard black material. Due to the high friction surface it slips less providing maximum acceleration also on high grip tracks when setting the engaging point to high RPMs.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
CSO have released more new parts for the Mugen MRX-5. All machined from 7075 T6 aluminium and then hard coated for extra durability, the new parts include the front upper suspension bracket, the rear lower arm mount, the lightweight 51T rear belt pulley and finally the 2 speed shaft brackets.
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CRC driver Tom Firsching took TQ and 1st place in the hotly contested 1:12th 13.5 Superstock division in Cleveland last weekend. Firsching used the complete CRC package; CRC Gen-XL 1:12th scale car, CRC Pro Cut tires and CRC Maxxcell 1s LiPo to dominate the class. Andrew Knapp once again took his CRC Gen-XL car to the 17.5 title using the awesome new CRC Maxxcell Lipo (processed by Power Push) and CRC Pro Cut 1:12th tires. Finally, Wayne Gerber proved that the older guys can still go fast, setting the fastest times in 17.5 1;12th scale. Wayne used CRC Pro Cut tires and the multi-Champ Gen-XL to take a solid victory.
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The best drivers in the US converged upon Cleveland, Ohio over Thanksgiving weekend to compete at the 2010 U.S. Indoor Championships. Reedy factory driver Keven Hébert has been on a hot streak lately and was looking to maintain his winning form. Driving a Reedy/LRP-powered TC6, Keven was able to capture the top qualifying position in the 17.5 Expert class with a strong performance on the high-speed carpet circuit. Starting on the front row for the A-Main event, Keven shot into the lead and never looked back on his way to victory.
Source: Associated [rc10.com]
Sweep Racing USA’s very own Mike Haynes took the Mod Sedan win at the 31st annual Cleveland Indoor Champs. After qualifying in third place on mains day Mike was in prime spot to start as Paul Lemieux and Keven Herbert had been battling it out during qualifying. They continued in the finals where they left off and at about the 2 minute mark they tangled which let Mike take the lead. Mike was able to defend the lead for 4 full minutes under hard pressure from Keven Herbert and while Keven seemed to have the faster car Mike clearly was a man on a mission closing the door hard many times on Keven. Mike was also on the podium in 2 other highly contested classes with 2nd in Superstock sedan and 2nd in 13.5 12th.
Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracingusa.com]
