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November 11, 2009

Esbri & David wins Spanish TC Nats Rd4

The 4th and final round of the Spanish touring car National Championship took place last weekend, at Carcaixent near Valencia. In qualifying Schumacher driver Marc Esbri took pole position in the modified class and team mate Vicente David took pole in the 10.5 class. Marc Esbri convincingly won the first 2 mod finals to take the overall victory, and also the 2009 modified touring Spanish championship. Vicente David also won 2 finals to take the overall win in the 10.5 stock class and took 3rd in the championship.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

November 11, 2009

Mark Green wins Gulf Coast Grand Prix

Last weekend saw the Gulf Coast Grand Prix take place in Houston, Texas the host track of next year’s 1/10th scale IFMAR World Championships. The event attracted the US Xray team and the Serpent factory team, which had Mark Green and Michael Salven make the trip over from Europe for the event. In qualifying it was the Xray pairing of Paul Lemieux and Ralph Burch that took the top 2 spots with Paolo Morganti and Mark Green taking 3rd and 4th on the grid for Serpent. The 733 drivers may have struggled earlier in the event but by the final they were on the pace and in the final Green was pushing race leader Lemieux hard early on until he finally got passed, Paul would later crash taking himself out of the race. Behind Mark, who was setting the quickest laps of the entire weekend, the order changed as Salven hit a back marker and Scott Kimbrough came in for tires allowing Burch, who didn’t plan a tire change, to move up to 2nd spot. This strategy appeared to be working but later in the race the car became undriveable as his tires went and he was forced to make a stop for a new outside rear tire, a further crash would see him end up in 5th. Mark Green would take the win by 2 laps from Serpent team mate Paolo Morganti in 2nd, with Scott Kimbrough taking 3rd spot for Kyosho.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

November 11, 2009

Florida State Series Rd3 report

This past weekend was the 3rd round of the Florida State Series and it was held at the Kissimmee track in Orlando Florida and DJ Apolaro gave us the following report. This race was different since the track owner had many many changes to the track and it was new for all the racers. No one racer had any advantage, as no racers have been allowed to use the track since the renovations. It was a new layout, fresh sealer and all records were to be new for this weekend.

Continue reading the report here

November 11, 2009

RB 1/8th Circuit body Wing set & Stiffeners

RB have introduced some new accessories for use with 1/8th scale on road body shells. This first is this new wing set, which is supplied with two different types which are pre cut and come with the necessary nylon mounting screws and nuts. Also for the body is a set of body stiffeners, that are made from high quality lexan and they two are delivered in two different versions and come supplied with body rivets.

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November 10, 2009

Schumacher Mi4LP Pro & Race Touring cars

Schumacher have introduced the Mi4LP, their next high performance electric touring car. Designed by Schumacher’s world championship winning engineering team, led by Phil Booth and developed by 5 time British touring car champion Chris Grainger and the Schumacher Race Team. Touring cars are changing and once again the Schumacher design team have hit the mark with the Mi4LP. With the universal usage of LiPo battery technology and now new lower weight limits, massive consideration has to be taken with left to right weight balance. With the introduction of the new narrow LiPo chassis, adjustable motor position and ability to flip the transmission the Mi4LP can be balanced perfectly whatever your radio choice. This new chassis of course retains many of the features that have dominated the domestic touring car scene over the last season

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November 10, 2009

Serpent 733 20T aluminium pulley

New for the 733 200mm chassis, Serpent have released this aluminium 20T pulley. A replacement for the brake pulley on the gearbox shaft, this precision machined lightweight pulley has been hard anodised to reduce wear and also less dirt and dust will stick to the surface.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

November 10, 2009

Yeah Racing Formula Ten option parts

Aftermarket specialists Yeah Racing have introduced a number of new optional parts for the HPI Formula Ten. First up are these aluminium knuckle arms in orange, which are long lasting and durable and offer less flexing than the standard parts. Also focusing on the car’s steering the new aluminium steering arm is a more durable and stiff option than the standard part and looks great in orange. Completing the orange look is the new aluminium rear axle. For setting up your Formula Ten, Yeah Racing also now offer 1.4mm and 1.6mm T-bars, produced from high quality fibre-reinforced plastic, these T-bars are super strong and can cope easily with the shock from racing to improve the suspension system and obtain more grip.

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November 10, 2009

Rodriguez & Méndez win final round of Puerto Rico Nats

The final round of the Puerto Rico Nitro On Road Series was held last Sunday at Barceloneta RC Track. In the Sedan Class Mugen driver Juan Rodriguez TQ’d the event and went on to win the hour long main after a good battle with team mate Andy Báez who finished in second with Tori Santiago finish in third driving an NT1. In the 1/8 scale class it was was Fernando Méndez who took the TQ spot and would win the 30 minutes race, Mugen Driver Andy Báez finish in second and Edgar Tirado finish in third driving a Serpent. This race was especially important as it would decide the 2009 Puerto Rico NOS Championship standing.

Click here to see the 1/8th winners