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May 14, 2010

Olivier Bultynck dominates Mod at Belgian Rd3

Having covered the super stock class at the third round of the Belgian Nationals in Zwevegem, we now have the modified class report. In the EFRA class it was Olivier Bultynck who took the pole in front of Thomas Stockman and Manuel Henriet. In the first final, Olivier took a clean start and the lead with Stockman and Henriet following. Olivier was very fast and Thomas tried to follow but made a mistake that allowed Manuel to take over he chase but Olivier was gone. The battle for second place was hard and fair and saw Manuel also make a mistake. It was Rico Claeys who drove as second for a little while but Nick Joosens came back and took second place away from Rico. But Thomas was fighting back and overtook Nick. Olivier was far in front and took the win in front of Thomas and Nick.

Continue the report here

May 13, 2010

Euros 200mm B practice update

With the EFRA European ‘B Championships getting underway this week at the beautiful Lostallo track in Switzerland, we received this brief practice update. Wednesday saw most of the drivers present but the track was still wet until the afternoon. Already a few drivers were getting their first laps on the wet track and from 4 o’clock the track was completely dry. From that point on, most of the drivers couldn’t wait to get their first laps in on the large MRTM track. Even though it rained all Tuesday the grip was pretty good and fast laps were being put on the score board. Setting those quickest laps were Quentin Leroux, Thomas Gunsel, Mathieu Wolyarmoz, Joe Kerry and Traugott Schar, all running laptimes under 22 seconds. Just as soon as it dried, it rained again and practice for Wednesday was over. We will be bringing you reports from the track throughout the weekend up until the finals on Sunday so stay tuned.

Thanks to Remy Moller for this update.

May 13, 2010

Capricorn LAB-C01 kevlar pulleys & set-up tools

New from Italian company Capricorn is this kevlar pulley set for their LAB-C01 200mm chassis. These low friction pulleys provide better and smoother rotation of the drivetrain and are available for all pulleys except for the rear axle. Also new from Capricorn is their droop blocks and matching droop gauge, as well as a new ride height gauge which has values in 0.5mm increments.

View the set-up tools

May 13, 2010

Vekemans wins Super Stock Rd3 in Belgium

Round 3 of the Belgian nationals took place at the MRCZ track in Zwevegem. In the Super stock class, run with 10.5T Speedpassion motors, it was last years champion Geoffrey Vekemans who was fastest in qualifying with his Schumacher, ahead of Werner Broekx and Stephane Roufosse. In the first final the win went to Werner, with Geoffrey in 2nd and Roufosse in 3rd. Leg 2 saw Werner try to follow Vekemans but it was almost impossible as he made no mistakes on his way to the leg win. In the 3rd and deciding leg it was again Geoffrey Vekemans who was un beatable and he won the leg from Stephane Roufosse to take the overall win ahead of Werner Broekx in 2nd and Stephane Roufosse taking 3rd.

May 12, 2010

Richard Volta takes Rd3 in France

Last weekend the 3rd round of the French Nationals was held at the Circuit Carole in Aulnay near Paris. In total 60 drivers attended the race, among them was former European B Champion and Team Shepherd driver Richard Volta. In qualifying he showed an excellent performance clocking the fastest lap and being the only driver to reach 25 laps. The final was a close affair. At the start Volta could defend his first position and increased his lead in the following minutes, but unfortunately after the tire change he had a collision and for the rest of the race his Velox was a little bit unstable. But he fought really hard and defended his lead until the finishing line. Christophe Louis followed on the second place only 0,7 sec behind, Gerald Colinet finished on 3rd place 2 laps down.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 12, 2010

Xceed setup blocks & ride height/droop gauge

As shown for the first time at the toy fair in February, Xceed have no released their new set of set-up tools. Comprising of setup blocks together with a ride height & droop gauge, the have been CNC machined from aluminium and anodised green. The set-up blocks are suitable for 1/10th and 1/8th scale cars, they are triangular in shape with a narrow top which secures a more even surface. The ride height/droop gauge features the measurements clearly engraved on both sides of the tool for extra convenience. Available separately or as a complete set.

Source: Xceed [xceedrc.com]

May 11, 2010

Victory for Merlin Depta at RCCM Cup

Last weekend the first round of the RCCM Cup took place on the Hildesheim track in Germany. With no opportunity to practice for the 31 starters prior to the event due to rain, the first practice heats got going on Saturday morning. Following qualification Merlin Depta took pole position with his Max powered Serpent 733. Right from the start of the final Depta pulled away and ran easily for 30 minutes finishing 7 laps in front of eventual second placed finisher Thomas Einbeck, with fellow Kyosho driver Dirk Müller in 3rd. This was the first race with the Serpent 733 for Merlin, who had never before raced in a 1/10 scale class.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 11, 2010

Simões & Silva take Rd2 in Portugal

Round 2 of the Portuguese EP TCC 2010 was run last week at the huge track of Maia, near Oporto. Qualification got underway with the track a little damp, but as the morning ended the track was dry and the finals were all in almost perfect conditions. Because of the weather some of the drivers chose not to take the trip to Maia, so only 22 drivers showed up. In the Stock class, it was Jorge Simões that took the TQ spot, followed by Bruno Castela and Bernardo Cosme. In the finals, Jorge converted his TQ into overall victory followed by Bruno Castela in 2nd and Bernardo Cosme in 3rd. In the Modified class, Helder Silva at his home track didn’t give a chance to anyone and got TQ and the overall win. Rúben Francisco got 2nd and Hugo Miguel was 3rd.

View the final results here