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June 16, 2009

Grainger & Jefferies win 2009 MMUKGP

This years running of the annual Much More UK GP took place last weekend at the Stonehaven circuit in Scotland. Qualifying for the modified class went the way of current British National Champion Chris Grainger, just in front of Olly Jefferies in 2nd and Dutch driver Niels Koenekoop in 3rd, while in the Pro Stock class, it was Graham Kenny up front followed by Tom Jefferies and Scott Kenny. Conditions remained dry for most of the day, however a rain shower after the first leg of mains mixed things up a bit but dried quickly. Schumacher racer Chris Grainger carried through his pace from qualifying to take the overall title with 2 leg wins, with Niels Koenekoop driving the TOP Photon won leg 3 and took 2nd overall. Team Associated driver Alan Bickerstaff completed the podium in 3rd. In the Pro Stock class, Graham Kenny won the first leg but struggled in the next two, while Tom Jefferies won the final 2 legs to take the overall class title from Scott Kenny in 2nd and Mark Musgrove in 3rd.

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June 16, 2009

Karl-Heinz Meister takes German West Rd6

What a pity! Once again rain hampered the racing action of the Western German Championship I.C. 1/8 – for the fourth time in a row. Practice for the sixth and last round of the Western German Championship was held in Oberhausen under the best possible conditions with blue sky and temperatures around 25 degrees. On Sunday first clouds welcomed the racers and after round three of the heats it started to rain and didn’t stop for the rest of the day. In a drivers meeting it was decided not to continue this disappointing race day and to count the race following the heats order.

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June 16, 2009

Groskamp wins Luxembourg International TC race

Jilles Groskamp has made his intentions clear for this summer’s European Championships by winning last weekend’s International Touring Car race held on the Mini Circuit de la Ville, the same track as the main event in August. The race which attracted top drivers from around Europe looking to get extra track time ahead of the official warm-up, saw Groskamp take a clear pole position, winning all 5 rounds to line up ahead of team mates Yannic Pruemper, Marc Rheinard and Viktor Wilck. In the finals Jilles could take the win in the first leg, with World Champion Rheinard taking the 2nd leg to keep the race alive going into the final leg. Jilles could again take the win in the 3rd and final leg to take the overall win from Rheinard in 2nd, with Wilck moving up 3rd overall after a bad first leg.

Source: RCCM [rccm.lu]

June 15, 2009

Südhoff wins German Summer Champs

Last weekend saw the German Summer Champs take place outdoor in Hann, Münden. More than 100 drivers met in various categories and is aiming to become one of the biggest annual events in Germany. Qualification saw Freddy Südhoff take the pole position in Modified, while in the Stock category it was Stefan Paßlack on top and in Sports it was Näther Oliver taking the top spot. The races saw little change to the starting order with Südhoff winning Mod from Sebastian Lein in 2nd and Dennis Fadtke 3rd, with the last leg being run in the damp conditions as the rain began to fall. The Stock class was won by Stefan Paßlack from Christian Wehrmann and Thorsten Schmidt, while in the Sports class it was Näther Oliver taking the victory ahead of Thomas Mirke and Thomas Musial.

June 13, 2009

Scooby Horton Edition Scalpel conversion

Designed by Javier ‘Scooby’ Horton, produced in cooperation with Skyrocket Racing and Brown Engineering, the Scooby Horton Signature Edition Scalpel claims to be a game changer. It brings the stability and predictability of a 1/12 scale pan car to the 1/18 scale direct drive world. This conversion kit consists of a new 6 cell chassis that extends the wheelbase to 150mm, a larger more consistent center shock, custom side dampening tubes, a redesigned upper pod plate, angled servo mounts and redesigned fiberglass t-bars, this conversion provides a comprehensive performance increase to an already potent micro pan car. The tunablility of this kit makes it at home on asphalt or high bite ozite. Running Skyrocket batteries Scooby used the pre-production version of this kit to take the Micro Great Lakes Challenge Pan Car stock class at Hobby Stop West in Toledo Ohio, by a whopping 3 laps. There are 3 versions the 6 cell chassis, and the Oval chassis, both of which are available now. The Lipo chassis version shown in the photos is in the final stages of testing and will be debuting very soon.

Click here to see the LiPo version

June 13, 2009

Flying Fox Racing JRX-S Type R Layshaft

New from Flying fox Racing is this replacement Losi JRX-S Type R layshaft. These layshafts are precision machined from aircraft grade 7075 aluminium and are drop in replacements for the stock steel layshaft. They have more material on the shaft centre to eliminate spur stripping bending common with the stock steel layshaft and also have a slightly larger gap between the pullies allowing you to avoid modifying your LiPo packs to fit the Type-R. As an added bonus you can you any spur you like such as the popular Kimbrough, Robinson or PRS spurs.

Source: Flying Fox [flyingfoxrc.com]

June 13, 2009

Scott Kimbrow dominates Capital Classic

The top 1/8th scale drivers in the country were in attendance last weekend for the 3rd Annual Capital Classic run at the 301 Raceway, which has become one of the largest nitro on-road races of the year. This years race saw over 180 entries in three classes. With qualifying all said and done on this super-fast, fuel hungry track, Scott Kimbrow was able to take the TQ spot in 1/8th scale by 3 seconds over Paolo Morganti in 2nd. The fist half of the 45 minute A-main saw some close racing, but Scott was able to pull away after the halfway point when Scott decided there was no need to change tires. Many of the other racers changed tires or made short pit stops, but Scott had a different strategy and won from the Mugen pairing of Mike Swauger in 2nd and Paul Ciccarello in 3rd. In the 1/10th scale 200mm class it was Xray driver Paul Lemieux that took the win from team mates Ralph Burch in 2nd and Gianni Giorgio in 3rd, while the Masters class was won by Maxy Fuel’s very own Maxy Velazco.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

June 12, 2009

Exclusive – Serpent 733 First pictures

Last weekend, we showed you the first photo of the all new Serpent 733, but while we were waiting for the track to dry during practice for the Bumod GP, the car’s designer Michael Salven walked us through the car and allowed us to take photos based on the promise we would release them at a later date. Well today is that day and following the release earlier this week of information and CAD images of the new car, you should be all aware of the functions and features of this great looking car. Some things that stand out are the front ball raced wire type anti-roll bar, the wide open rear end, tiny universal differentials, engine blocks with integrated chassis stiffeners, super low layout, awesome front bumper, radio box and entire radio plate assembly, not to mention the upgraded geometry which we were told makes the car very balanced. Note that some of the parts on this car are still prototype material.

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