Italian company Capricorn RC have signed young 11 year old Italian racer Simone Pausini to use their fuel for the 2010 season. This very promising driver will compete in the Italian Junior Championships as well as the European 1/8th scale ‘B’ Championships in Monaco using his IDM powered Shepherd Velox V8, fueled by Capricorn’s competition fuel.
Source: Capricorn RC [capricornrc.com]
New for the Serpent 733 is this precision machined aluminium rear end stiffener. To be mounted between the rear brackets and the legs of the lower engine mount support, the long screws replace the standard versions in the car mounted from the top. This option offers an extra possibility to play with the rear end flex of the car and will also increase rear end rigidness, so the chassis will be less prone to bending in the case of a rear end crash.
Click here to see it mounted in place
Schepis Model in Italy have announced an agreement with former European B Champion Alessio Mazzeo to use their BOSS engine for the 2010 season. The front running Italian Serpent driver previously ran with JP and Max Power engines. Schepis Model had the following to say about the deal:
Mazzeo will replace team driver Giuseppe D’Angelo as official development driver – we thank Giuseppe for the activities carried out so far on our behalf. Our choice has been motivated by the fact that Mazzeo is in our opinion one of the best international drivers and, besides, he lives in our city, Messina. For this reason, the agreement will definitely help us in the process of testing and development of our engines.
Source: Schepis Model [schepismodel.it]
Nosram have announced that current Danish national championship leader in the modified electric touring car class, Danni Eyde-Nielsen has signed a contract with NorthTQ and Nosram for the 2010 season. The 16 year old will be driving the new Xray T3 chassis powered by Nosram electronics and Danni has already made the track record at his home track with his new racing package. Having tested the Nosram equipment he is looking forward to the upcoming races with his first appearance with Nosram electronics the DHI cup in January.
Source: Nosram [nosram.com]
Tamworth in the Midlands was the venue for round three of this year’s BRCA 1:12 national series. This event had a very festive feel to it with drivers racing Pro Stock and modified over a busy weekend which also included the now famous 1:12 Christmas party. Sunday’s modified saw Olly Jefferies continue his good qualifying form from Newbury once again taking TQ for Associated. Hot Bodies star Andy Moore had looked sharp all weekend and it was he that would go on to take the eventual win with Andy Griffiths with his V-Dezign second. After dropping back a little Olly recovered to overhaul new CRC signing Elliott Harper to take third at the final buzzer.
Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]
Xray team driver Alexander Hagberg has won the annual Lucia Race in Borås, Sweden for the third consecutive time. Winning all qualifiers and finals as well as setting the quickest lap time, it was Hagberg who set the pace throughout the day followed by Xray teammate Niclas Nilsson, with Corally driver Daniel Carlsson rounding out the podium. In the stock class it was Joakim Taxén from Gothenburg, also driving an Xray, who made full use of his TQ, converting it into a win in front of Håkan Nilsson and Morgan Karlsson.
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The NOS Puerto Rico championship series come to the end last month and awards were presented at the Winter Cup last Saturday. After 10 races Andy Báez was able to have 6 TQs in the 10 races in the 1/10 sedan class and 5 in 1/8th scale. This gave him a 5 points advantage in the 1/10 class and 17 in the 1/8 at the end of the year, showing he is back to back one of the best drivers in the Island. Mike Swauger was in Puerto Rico to celebrate the victory with his team drivers.
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Shown for the first time during the Tokyo hobby Show a few months ago, Kyosho have released full details on the new V-One RRR Shim Edition. This special version features many not yet released option parts and the whole car is finished off in Shimo’s signature silver color. Heading the list of upgrades is the new smaller diameter clutch unit as well as the new ‘Velvet coated’ V-One shocks for smoother shock action as well as other nice touches like the different belt tensioner, ventilated brake disk, new 3mm carbon shock tower and hard coated pillow balls for better durability.
Check out the full list of new features here
