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October 14, 2008

Tosolini wins US Fuel Sedan Nationals

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Chris Tosolini has won the 2008 ROAR Fuel Sedan Nationals which took place at the Fort Myers track in Florida over the weekend. With defending Champion Barry Baker, who won the title in ’07 with Xray, abscent this year following his departure from Team Magic, it was all to play for. Once again it was the super fast Paul Lemeiux, who came so close to winning the Worlds earlier this year, that took the TQ honours with his Xray NT1. Next to him on the grid was Serpent’s Paolo Morganti but in the one hour final the leading qualifiers would hit trouble allowing Tosolini’s Sirio powered Kyosho to take the win and regain the title he won in 2006 when he debuted Serpent’s new 720. Second spot went to Josh Cyrul while Bobby Flack completed the podium.

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October 13, 2008

Edam enter 1:10 Nitro market

Taiwanese company Edam, who last year entered the 1:8 Onroad market with its Razor, are about to enter the 1:10 market with a new nitro car which will be officially unveiled at the iHobby Expo in the US later this week. For now Edam have just released a CAD image of the new car but pictures of the final production model should be available in the next 24 hours. More news to follow.

Source: Edam [edam.com.tw]

October 12, 2008

Rheinard & Stocker victorious at ETS Rd1

Marc Rheinard and Alexander Stocker are the first winners of the 2008/2009 Much More backed Euro Touring Series, winning the opening round in Kastellaun, Germany after the fight for top honours went down to the third A Main in both categories. With a win each the Modified class was between Tamiya team-mate Rheinard and Jilles Groskamp. Having TQ’d the event and the only driver to record 29 laps, the former World Champion looked like he had victory in the bag after Leg 1 but defending ETS champion Groskamp set a blistering pace in Leg 2 recording the fastest lap of the weekend on his way to a thrilling victory over Rheinard. This set up a head to head battle for Leg 3.

View the full coverage on the ETS site here.

October 11, 2008

Rheinard tops ETS qualifying

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Marc Rheinard is proving to be the quickest man in the qualifying for Round 1 of the Much More backed Euro Touring Series which is taking place this weekend in Kastellaun, Germany. The current European Champion heads the overnight qualification ranking from team-mate & defending ETS Champion Jilles Groskamp. In Pro Stock Daniel Wohlgemuth has already secured TQ for Sunday evenings finals by dominating proceedings.

Go to the ETS site to see our complete coverage

October 10, 2008

Xray T2 ECS Drive Shafts

XRAY has just presented its new ECS drive shafts, designed with high-level racing in mind. The ECS drive shafts were developed to decrease front wheel vibration when racing with a solid front axle, thus providing a much smoother and quieter ride and increasing steering. The ECS drive shaft equalizes the speed between the drive shaft and the wheel. With a unique 2-piece joint between the axle and the wheel, the same extreme wheel turning angle is divided into two shallower angles without joint binding. This means that at the same cornering speed, the inner wheel will not bind or vibrate. Drive through the corner is more stable, more precise and easier to drive. With the new ECS drive shafts, wheel vibrations and noise are decreased to minimum, steering is increased and cornering speed and smoothness increases noticeable. The ECS drive shaft comes factory pre-assembled for quality checking, but it is not immediately ready to use.

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October 9, 2008

Rabitti wins Rd4 Italian UISP C/ship

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LRP are reporting on the fourth round of the Italian UISP Championship which was held in Reggio Emilia recently where team driver Riccardo Rabitti added to his Round 1 & 2 victories with his third win in the 6 round championship. Having missed Round 3, Rabitti returned in style taking TQ honours before going on to win the first two finals to secure overall victory from Federico Sala. Joining Rabbitti, who now leads the championship standings, on the podium was his brother Stefano. Riccardo Rabitti is proving multi talented having also enjoyed victory in this year’s Italian 1:8 Off Road Nationals.

Source: LRP (lrp.cc)

October 9, 2008

Wood is British 1/8th Champion

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Tim Wood (pictured on podium at Round 7) is the new British National 1:8 Champion after atrocious weather conditions at the weekend caused the cancellation of the ninth and final round of the BRCA championship at the Adur track which is situated on the south coast of England. The Team Serpent UK driver, who won three rounds this year, only had one challenger to the title in team-mate Mark Green who had two to his credit but the weather meant they didn’t get to go head to head for the title. This is Green’s, a member of the Serpent factory team, second National defeat by a younger driver as last month he lost out on the 1:10 200mm title to emerging young talent Kyle Branson.

October 8, 2008

Xray Hard 2 Speed Gearbox Spring

Xray have released a new harder spring set for the 2-Speed Gearbox on there NT1. The new springs, which comes in a set of 2, allow for a higher 2nd gear engagement point.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]