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February 1, 2009

Rheinard & Honigl take European Indoor crowns

The finals for the first European Indoor Championships took place today in Turino, Italy today and there were some very familiar faces on the top of the podium following 3 intense legs of racing. Run alongside the 1/12th scale finals, the Touring car A-mains took place earlier in the round and so the Champion for this class was to be decided first. At the start of the first TC A-main leg, it was Marc Rheinard that crossed the starting line first, following a very early collision with the barriers by both, pole man Jilles Groskamp and 2nd placed starter Alexander Hagberg that allowed the DHI Cup Champion through. Once up front Marc didn’t offer any chance to get passed and crossed the finish line first, followed by team mates Viktor Wilck and Jilles Groskamp.

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February 1, 2009

Serpent 966 braking system details

Serpent have released further details of their soon to be released 1/8th scale chassis, the 966, this time focussing on the cars new braking system. The bracket shown supports the 2-speed shaft on the gearbox side, and together with its left counterpart, make the shaft run 100% true and free. It also supports the ball-raced aluminium hard anodized brake-cam and the spring-loaded brake-assembly which encompass the brake pads that are mounted at the lowest point in the car to keep the centre of gravity at its lowest possible position.

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January 31, 2009

Groskamp & Honigl TQ Indoor Euros

This week sees the first ever EFRA Indoor European Championships for 1/10th electric touring cars take place in the old Fiat factory building in Turino, Italy, run alongside the annual 1/12th scale Euros. With 80 racers in attendance, the race is held inside the biggest shopping mall in the city, and has been attracting hundreds of visitors every day who pass by the track which is situated in a 14 x 30 meter area, making for a very technical & challenging layout that doesn’t offer much room for overtaking.

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January 30, 2009

Capricorn RC CL-12ETX .12 engine

Capricorn RC have been very busy lately it seems, and today sees the announcement of more releases, this time its their new competition .12 engine, the CL-12ETX, the newest evolution of Capricorn Competition racing engines. This engine has been updated with new timing on the liner, adopting the Sirio XXX port timing for better response in the bottom end and higher top end speed, while the crankshaft has been hand modified and polished. This engine also uses a rear ceramic bearing and this is mounted into the new silver customized Capricorn crankcase. Available now.

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January 30, 2009

FXF Cyclone conversion kit now available

Back in November we wrote about the Thai made FXF conversion for the Hot Bodies Cyclone. Designed to have symmetrical tweak due to the new longer upper deck, the conversion set includes a new 2.5 mm woven graphite lightweight main chassis, 2.2 mm graphite upper deck, new 3.5mm front and rear shock towers, new motor mounts, centre shaft stay, front bulkheads and spool and more.

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January 30, 2009

Mon-Tech Racing FiVE body shell

Italian company Mon-Tech Racing have sent us some details about their new 1/10th scale mini scale chassis called the FiVE. Looking very similar in style to a small car made by a certain Italian automotive company, this body has been made from 0.75mm thick high quality polycarbonate. The body is supplied with protective over spray film for painting, window masking and pre-cut FiVE decals.

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January 29, 2009

Scotty Gray takes ROAR Region 4 win

Last weekend the ROAR Region 4 Super Regional On-Road Championship took place at the Homestead RC Speedway in Homestead, Florida. Friday saw a lot of racers already at the track looking to find the best setup for qualifying. In Saturday’s qualifying Shepherd driver Scotty Gray put in an impressive performance in the last round of qualifying to secure the TQ position for the A-main, 4 seconds clear of 2nd placed driver Danny Horta, while Paolo Morganti took 3rd. From the start of the 45min final it was obvious that it was going to be between Scotty and Paolo, the pair dicing back and forth. At around the half way point Paolo had to retire with mechanical problems, so Scotty could relax and cruise home to the victory, 9 laps over the 2nd placed Sean Lue with Rafael Angulo taking the 3rd spot.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

January 29, 2009

Capricorn RC 1/10th 200mm chassis

When we wrote our story about the two new entrants into the 1/10th scale 200mm market, if we had of waited another week we could have added a third, with the news today that Italian company Capricorn RC will begin producing a chassis for this class. We were sent the first Exclusive CAD images of their new car, but only with some brief information about it, however you can see a lot from the pictures. The car naturally will be supplied with a lot of Capricorn optionals as standard, such as their 2008 World champion clutch, super light brake disk, one piece engine mount, lightened main and middle shaft, ultra light pivot balls, ultra light rear dogbones and front CVDs, lightened front and rear hex wheel adaptors as well as 3.6mm thick front and rear shock towers. The car features some other new features such as lightweight spur gears, a wire front anti-roll bar instead of the usual wishbone lever system, new front belt tensioner system, a hexagonal rear belt tensioner and new innovative plastic materials used for the arms and hubs. We don’t have a date for its release, only that its coming soon.

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