The first qualifier for the second round of the 2010/11 ETS has been run and to no ones great surprise it is Ronald Volker who remains the man to beat. The Yokomo driver was the only person to break 25 laps with a time of 5:11.417 with Marc Rheinard second fastest on 24 laps in 5:00.231.
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Serpent have released this new rear end upgrade set for the 966 that enables the rear end and 2-speed brackets to be connected with rubber or aluminium connectors for more or less flex. Delrin bushings are also included to seat the anti-roll bar bearings as well as the 2-speed axle bearings to prevent slop created by vibrations.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The opening round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series was all about one driver and one team with Ronald Volker dominating proceedings to give Team Yokomo their first ever win in the series. In the weeks since Kastellaun the opposition have been busy trying to ensure this is not repeated with Volker admitting himself he expects a much tougher challenge from Tamiya and Xray here.
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The last round of the RCCM Cup was held recently in Hildesheim which saw Merlin Depta take the victory. Having already won the previous two rounds, Merlin was able to reach the 600 points mark in the RCCM Cup following this last race. After three heats of qualification, the 2-speed team driver placed his Max powered Serpent 733 on pole position, from where he was able to pull away right from the beginning of the final, finishing eleven laps in front of Thomas Einbeck and Kyosho team mate Dirk Mueller.
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Schumacher have introduced the first large diameter ‘Big Bore’ shocks on to the market for 1/10th Touring Car’s. Under testing for many months the team have found these larger diameter shocks an extremely good tuning option for the Mi4 and will also fit other Touring Cars. Especially good on bumpy, lower traction tracks but equally at home on higher grip surfaces, the assembled units are sold as a pair, and include popular 16lb springs.
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Having brought you a brief report from last weekend’s annual Nordic Championships for modified 1/12th scale and touring car classes in Spydeberg, Norway last weekend, V-Dezign front man Vesa Yli sent us this more in depth report on the 1/12th scale race. About 30 drivers were on the starting list in 1/12th and about 40 in touring car class – all anxious to battle for the Nordics title. The entry list in 1/12th scale included most of the top drivers from Finland, Sweden and Norway were attending including multiple Euro’s A finalists like Vesa Yli (FIN) and Mikael Fransson (SWE), A finalist from this year’s Indoor TC Euros Adrian Berntsen and Swedish and Norwegian top drivers like Alexander Andersson and Helge Johannesen – just to name few!
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Last weekend saw round 2 of the 2010/11 BRCA 1/12th scale nationals take place at Ardent Raceway. On Saturday, Elliott Harper ran away with the stock class driving is Speed Passion powered CRC Gen-XL. He comfortably TQ’d ahead of current European champion Chris Kerswell, who is still getting to grips with his new Serpent car. The V-Dezign trio of Andy Griffiths, Matt Varah and Mark Stiles completed the top 5. Elliott cruised to a comfortable win in the A final. Chris Kerswell pushed hard to try and keep up, but took too many chances and a mistake left him out of contention. Matt Varah also made an error and would miss out on a podium placing. With Elliott in a clear lead, the focus of everyone’s attention was on the battle for 2nd; Mark pushed Andy all the way but just couldn’t find a way past in the dying laps, so had to settle for the 3rd step of the podium behind Andy.
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The KMRCA Korean 1/8 Onroad Championship took place recently at the Hitec Race Track in Oh-Chang. This race is held only once a year and is therefore the largest race for this class in Korea. After 3 rounds of qualifying Velox V8 pilot Nak-suong Choi was the top qualifier. At the start of the 45 min final Nak-suong Choi defended his first position and tried to increase the gap on the rest of the field. After a few minutes it was clear that nobody could keep up and he increased his lead lap by lap. In the end he crossed the finishing line in first position 6 laps in front of the 2nd placed driver Sang-jun Nam with Seung-won Choi in 3rd.
