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July 29, 2010

SpeedMerchant Linear Tweak spring conversion

SpeedMerchant have announced the release of their Linear Tweak spring conversion. After months of testing, moving from the Rev.5 to the new Rev.6, they’ve found that the lighter & quicker Single Cell LiPo cars perform much better with Linear side springs compared to the standard ‘progressive’ side springs that have been run for years. These new springs tend to smooth the cars out, and generally just make it easier to drive, without a loss of steering or chassis response.

Source: Speed Merchant [teamspeedmerchant.com]

July 28, 2010

No change at the Top in Q2 – And the rain is back

The second round of qualifying here at Gulf Coast Raceway produced little change at the top of the time sheets with Shinnosuke Yokoyama’s time from this morning still the time to beat. The Xray driver was again fastest for Q2 but in a slow time of 34 laps in 10:03.868 due to the hatter track conditions. The biggest improvement in Q2 came from Italy’s Giuseppe D’Angelo who set the second fastest time. Having failed to finish Q1 due to radio problems, the factory Reds Racing driver took his Mugen around in a time of 34 laps in 10:06.991 which puts the Italian National Champion 8th fastest overall.

View our full event coverage here.

July 28, 2010

Yokoyama Top Qualifier after Round 1

Young Japanese driver Shinnosuke Yokoyama is the current early pace setter as the first full round of qualifying for the IFMAR 200mm World Championship has been completed here in Texas. The 17-year-old Xray driver was on target for the only 35 lap run of the round until his OS engine ran out of fuel on the last lap but he still managed to top the round with 34 laps in 9:58.355.

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July 27, 2010

WC Qualifying postponed until morning

The opening day of qualifying for the 2010 IFMAR 1/10th 200mm World Championships is over early with race director Bob Ingersoll making the call to postpone the opening round of qualifying for the B Group of drivers until the morning. At a team-manager’s meeting Ingersoll said that while the rain has stopped and the track staff have cleared most of the water it would be another 3 hours before it would be suitable for racing and this would leave it too late to get the two rounds of qualifying completed under natural light.

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July 27, 2010

Serpent 733 DLS system

As seen in our World Championship coverage, Serpent have released the full details on their new DLS system for the 733. The Direct Link system is activated during cornering mainly, whereby the outer suspension forces are transferred partially to the inner wheel too, with a pivot-link system. The results is more rubber on the track, more traction and more even tyre wear, resulting in significantly faster and easier cornering and possibly better laptimes. Set to be made available in 1 month.

View more images of the system here

July 27, 2010

Qualifying gets underway in Texas

After 5 days of practice things start to get serious today here at the 2010 IFMAR 200mm World Championship as the first round of six scheduled rounds of qualifying get underway at the impressive Gulf Coast Raceway here in Houston, Texas. The fourth running of these World Championships all three title holders have made the trip to the USA as have nine of the 10 finalist from Portugal where Daniele Ielasi picked up his crown.

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July 26, 2010

Mon-Tech Nazdar 6 2.0 190mm body

Italian company Mon-Tech Racing have released details of their new Nazdar 6 2.0 190mm body. This high-performance shell gives great corner entry and stability in the rear, it is made from 0.75mm thick polycarbonate. Supplied with window masks and pre-cut decals.

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July 26, 2010

Grainger & Bowden win BRCA TC Rd3

The BRCA national touring car championship moved to Aldershot for round three of the series. A full entry of 140 drivers crammed into the rather tight confines of the Hampshire track to see Chris Grainger win the super touring class with his Schumacher MI4 and Johnny Bowden take pro stock honours for Hot Bodies.

Continue reading the report here