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August 6, 2010

Volker TQs opening Qualifier at 2010 Euros

Ronald Volker has carried his practice pace through to qualifying taking the opening round from defending champion Jilles Groskamp. The Team Yokomo driver was happy to be fastest but was annoyed with himself for an early mistake when he carried too much speed and over shot the entry to the chicane costing him over 1 second. Like many of the top drivers, the 2007 Champion felt the traction was off a little compared with this morning, most likely due to the opening ceremony which was held on the track after the completion of practice.

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August 6, 2010

Volker sets practice pace in France

France is the venue for 12th running of the Electric Touring Car European Championships with the small town of Aniche in the northern tip of the country. The third time that France has hosted the EFRA organised championship, only 106 drivers have made the trip but among those are 8 of last years Euro finalists and 7 of the finalists from last month’s World Championships in Burgdorf, Germany.

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August 5, 2010

CSO 966 aluminium 51T rear pulley

CSO Racing have released this rear axle pulley for the Serpent 966 and 960. Made from 7075 T6 aluminium, this 51T pulley has been lightened through strategically positioned holes and thanks to additional holes along the side walls of the teeth it will help prevent the build of dirt which can damage the rear belt.

Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]

August 4, 2010

Campbell & Steele win Rd4 in Ireland

Shepherd Ireland has continued their winning streak at the 4th round of the Irish Championship held two weekends ago. Velox V8 driver Ian Campbell and Velox V10 driver Chris Steel both again had a perfect weekend taking TQ, winning the A-final and setting the best laptime. At the beginning of the 1/8th final Campbell battled with Mugen driver Clive Connolly, who started from 2nd on the grid. Both held the top two positions until Campbell pitted for tyres at the half-way mark and dropped to 3rd. Connolly retired a few laps later which moved Campbell up to second, before passing Eoin Doran 13 laps before the end to take the win.

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August 4, 2010

Capricorn RC LAB-E01-BC .12 engine

Used by their team drivers at last week’s World Championships in Houston, Texas Capricorn RC have announced that their new LAB-E01-BC .12 engine, that we wrote about back in June, is available from next week. It sports a lightened, balanced and tuned crankshaft as well as a hand tuned piston and liner set. Other updates include the use of a ceramic main bearing and of course updated cooling head graphics.

View the engine internals here

August 3, 2010

Nacho López wins Valladolid 1/8th National

The 1/8th scale Spanish national championship moved to Valladolid last weekend and front running Serpent driver Nacho López sent us the following report. We arrived to Valladolid on Friday before lunch, with many new things to test such as W2 Rear uprights, link set for the radio-tray, and other setup changes in order to adapt the car to the sinuous track of Valladolid. Another important issue of this track was the tyre wear! With new tyres, if we pushed hard the life of the tyres were from 15 to 18 minutes. Anyway, after the two firsts fuel tanks I had good sensations and the car worked very well. The rest of the Friday we were testing minor changes in the car and different engines. We changed from Zytec V1 to Zytec V2 with a big improvement in my laptimes! So we ended the free practice day happy with the setup and also with the engine.

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August 3, 2010

Team Titan semi-painted ISF & RS4 shells

Team Titan have released semi painted versions of their popular Blitz ISF & RS4 body shells. The ISF 2.0 comes semi-painted with blue, pink, light blue and white, while the RS4 come with a white, orange, red and blue design. You just need to add a final color of your choice in the clear area to complete the body shell.

View the semi painted RS4 shell here

August 1, 2010

Ralph Burch is World Champion

He was last after the first corner but Ralph Burch didn’t let the opening drama get to him as the Texan climbed his way back through the field to take a convincing victory at the Gulf Coast Raceway to become the 2010 Nitro Touring Car World Champion. Starting from fourth on the gird, the 43-year-old American got spun out at the first corner and was hit by most of the pursuing field dropping him down to tail of the pack. Taking a few laps to regain his composure he set about a stunning recovery that would see him hit the front just before 10-minutes after a thrilling battle with the then leader Marc Rheinard and the sensation of these championships Takumi Matsuda.

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