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January 29, 2010

Rheinard tops opening Czech qualifier

Marc Rheinard has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying here in the Czech Republic. The World Champion set the pace from Tamiya team-mate Viktor Wilck who was 1.6 seconds off his 16 laps in 5:04.492 run. Having complained that his car felt tweaked in practice, the German moved the battery pack back to its original kit position for the first of the five qualifiers resulting in a much better car. Although happy to bag the maximum 155 points, Rheinard said he needs to improve the car further as it remains very loose under power.

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January 29, 2010

Xceed Zytec V2 1/8 & Light 1/12 bodies

Xceed have introduced two new Zytec bodies, for both 1/8th and 1/12th scale. The Xceed Zytec V2 1/8 scale body gives more stability and safe traction in medium-fast tracks compared to the super steering achieved from the previous V1 version making it easier to race. This new V2 type is 8mm longer with the whole surface lower by an average of 4mm and Xceed plans plans the release for the beginning of February 2010. Again availabke in normal and light versions. For 1/12th scale, the Zytec Light 1/12 scale is made from top quality lexan and is a very low body with superb downforce. Fits like a glove over a 1/12 chassis.

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January 29, 2010

Orcan Audi now available in 200mm & 190mm

With immediate effect the straightaway successful and popular Audi A5 touring car body of ORCAN is available not only in 200 but also in a 190 millimeter version. And both bodies already offer the necessary homologation numbers of EFRA, number 2033 for the 200mm nitro body and 4022 for the 190mm electric body.

January 29, 2010

Drivers full of praise for Czech ETS track

Round 3 of the Euro Touring Series is underway here in the Czech Republic and there is nothing but praise coming from the top drivers for the track that has been created by race host Michal Bok and his crew. Drivers are enjoying the challenge of the long and technical track, 19-seconds being the current benchmark lap time. Making his international debut for the Tamiya Racing Factory team it is young Elliot Harper who is setting the early pace in practice. The British driver says the track is really nice and has a good flow to it. Still making small adjustments to his set-up, Harper said overall he is pleased with his car on used tyres but on a fresh set of Xenon tyres both he and his team-mates are struggling.

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January 29, 2010

Serpent S120 Link 1/12th scale

Having released CAD images of their new 1/12th scale car back in November, Serpent have finally released the S120 link chassis. Differing from the previously available S120, the chassis uses a link-system which is damped using a conventional centrally mounted shock absorber together with a laterally mounted floating monoshock. The newly designed motorpod is a combination of high quality machined alu brackets and top quality carbon fibre parts, bolted together to create an ultra stiff rear pod and allows the brushless motor to be mounted in the optimal position for car balance and offers good heat dissipation as well. The front end of the car stays the same and is completely adjustable and utilises the now standard fixed lower suspension arms combined with active top wishbones.

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January 28, 2010

Shepherd Velox V8 2010

Shepherd have announced the release of the Velox V8 2010. The makor change is that the 2009 pulley set will replace the standard pulleys in the kit. Due to the improved teeth design the pulleys reduced the drag significantly, while small holes in the washers release the dirt and keep the pulleys clean for a long time. The small 16T pulley was replaced by an 18T pulley and the 24T pulley on the one-way axle was replaced by a 27T pulley. This results in less friction and a much longer lifetime for the new front belt. The new lightweight design of the pulleys guarentees an extremly good true running and reduces virbations to a minimum.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

January 28, 2010

Swauger & Ishitani win big at Novarossi Challenge Rd1

This past weekend race 1 of the Novarossi Challenge Series was held at Crystal Park Raceway in southern California. The big winners were Mike Swauger in the Expert 1/8th class, Darin Ishitani in the Expert Sedan class and Ryan Alfonso in the Sprtsman 1/8th class. It was the first large event that the newly EFRA & ROAR approved Protoform R5-N sedan body was used in competition. Mike Swauger handily TQ’ed using the R5-N and when qualifying was over there were 8 A-main drivers using the body as well. Mike Swauger succumbed to motor problems and was not able to start the A-Main. Mugen teammate Darin Ishitani got he big “Win”.

Continue reading the report here.

January 28, 2010

Elliot Harper confirmed at World Champion TRF team

Tamiya Racing Factory have officially announced that 16 year old British racer Elliott Harper has joined their team for the 2010 season. The World and European Championship finalist will compete in the UK Nationals, the European Championships in Finland and France and the Worlds in Germany, along with many other races with the new Tamiya TRF416X. Having already competed at some regional races in the UK with his new Tamiya, Elliot will make his international debut this weekend at ETS round 3 in Hrotovice, Czech Republic. Elliott had the following to say about his new deal:

I am really looking forward to the 2010 season and running the Tamiya TRF416X. Racing with Tamiya is an exciting opportunity and I feel very fortunate to be part of this established team. I am looking forward to working closely with some of the best known racers in the World and working together to gain some great results for Tamiya. This is a fantastic learning and developing opportunity for me. I have already run the package for some races now and its very, very good! I am really looking forward to the coming races and especially the ETS race this weekend. It will be great fun. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank Xray, Juraj, Mario, Martin and the rest of the team for the last two seasons as they have provided me with lots of support and encouragement.

Source: Tamiya [tamiya.com]