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February 23, 2010

Bowie Ginting wins Indonesian Warmup race

The Warm Up race for the Indonesian 1/10 EP National championship season was held on Sunter International Circuit this past weekend. The race weather was sunny all the day and with 41 drivers in attendance, it showed how the passion of Indonesian racers for 1/10 EP class is back to how it once was. The race was open to modified and stock 11.5 R BL classes and in Modified qualifying It was 2004 1/10 GP World finalist, Teddy Syach, who after a year away from racing, placed his Hot Bodies on the TQ spot, followed by Wiyono, Albert, Kris Heriyana and Bowie Ginting who completed the top 5. In stock qualifying, Sewaka Ramadhani with his Orion powered TOP Photon took the TQ, with Bowie Ginting following him in 2nd place 1 second behind. Yuri Taruna, Imam Liyanto and Hans completed the Top 5.

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February 22, 2010

Max Power 2664 touring car pipe

Max Power in Italy have released their new touring car pipe (EFRA 2664), which now fits perfectly into the Serpent 733. The EFRA 2649 exhaust, which had a long style shape, had a excellent result at the 2009 European Championships, but was too long to fit into the new car from Serpent due to its more forward mounted engine and so the new exhaust solves this issue and yet retains the same characteristics as the longer version.

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February 22, 2010

Philipp Hagnauer joins Xray Switzerland

Xray have announced the signing of front running Swiss driver Philipp Hagnauer to their National team. Philipp will be racing the Swiss Championship in the open stock class as well as the TCM 2010 with the new T3 chassis and he had the following to say about his new deal:

I consider myself very lucky to be a member of the Swiss Team Xray. The quality and performance of the new T3 is awesome. There is also a large comunity for sharing set-ups and impressions which simplifies setting up the car. Also the support from Xray and Hudy is unique and I will do my best for them in the 2010 season.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 22, 2010

Team Titan Blitz RS4 & ISF2.0 200mm shells

More new shells from Team Titan who have released two new 200mm gas on road shells with the introduction of the all new Blitz RS4 and ISF2.0. The EFRA Homologated (EFRA2036) RS4 is based on the company’s Mini RS4 shell and is designed to be very well balanced, easy to drive and with good steering. The supplied adjustable wing has 2 cut lines, the larger giving more down force which makes for a very stable car but a little less steering, while the smaller wing is recommended for pro drivers. The ISF2.0 features more downforce than its predecessor, meaning more steering and stability, while thanks to its low profile hood and roof it has less drag for better top speeds. Because most 1/10 touring cars need to open the front side window for more cooling and fueling, a specially designed windscreen and roof shape will eliminate turbulence caused by this open side window. EFRA homologated with number EFRA 2037.

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February 22, 2010

Vesa Yli dominates Rd2 of FinTrack

Finnish indoor season on road nationals aka FinTrack Tour continued at Southern Finland at the city of Tampere last weekend. The venue was a huge sport hall with several separated game fields for indoor games. Due to recent cold weather conditions, the hall was pretty cold inside, only about 12-14C degrees during the day as it was -25C outside with blowing wind making it feel like -50C. The track was pretty bumpy due to plastic carpet on the hall floor which had stretched during the years but the layout was good for 1/12 with lots of technical corners and not so high speed as TC tracks usually are.

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February 22, 2010

Jefferies does double at BRCA 12th Nats Rd5

Round five of this season’s BRCA 1:12 championship was held over the weekend at the popular permanent indoor facility at Maritime Raceway. As per previous rounds day one sees a Pro Stock national for all drivers, with an option to run 10.5 or modified motors on Sunday. Day one went well for team Associated with a win for Olly Jefferies and his LRP / Reedy powered R5, Olly qualified second behind his experienced team mate Keith Robertson. An early error from both Associated drivers saw Elliott Harper take the lead with his CRC car, Olly kept the pressure on Elliott who then run into mechanical problems and dropped back allowing Olly to take the win ahead of the V-Design of Andy Griffith with Keith Robertson completing the Podium. The result opens up the Pro Stock national title, with one round to go a number of drivers can now take the title.

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February 22, 2010

Kissimmee R/C Raceway closes

We have received word from Kevin Hutchinson that Kissimmee R/C Raceway is no more. The track that hosted the 2004 Electric Worlds, 2005 Roar Nationals, US Open Championships (4 yrs), Kyosho World Cup and many other races has been closed. After extending their previous agreement through 2011 back in October, the golf course owners have put the course up for sale and as a result the track has to be removed.

This is a surprise I know to all of the racers who have supported us over the years, especially after the recent renovations to the track a few months ago. I received notice that due to the agreement struck, it is over. A BIG Thank You to all of the R/C community, especially the locals who have supported us throughout our tenure!

February 21, 2010

HPI Formula Ten graphite upper deck

HPI Racing have released this woven graphite upper deck, a high performance option part for Formula Ten cars. Lightweight woven graphite construction gives the upper deck incredible stiffness and durability compared to the stock upper deck, and it looks great too. Each upper deck is precision machined to HPI factory specifications for a perfect fit.

Source: HPI [hpiracing.com]