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June 16, 2008

Pekka Koivula wins Rd2 Finnish Nats

Xray are reporting on the recent 2nd round of the Finnish gas touring car Nationals that were held at the large Hyvinkää track. After the four rounds of qualifying it was Tony Raikas who was on pole position, only 0.8sec ahead of the Xray pairing of Pekka Koivula in 2nd and Daniel Kalves in 3rd. At the start of the main Koivula had a crash which dropped him down to last, while Raikas took off into the lead. At the 15 minute mark Koivula had worked his back to the front and passed Teemu Saarinen and Daniel Kalves for the lead. In the end Pekka had managed to pull out a 4 second gap and take the win from Saarinen in 2nd and Raikas in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 16, 2008

Marc Fisher wins 1/10th at Türkheim

Last weekend saw the Southern German regional qualifiers take place at the Türkheim track. The 1/10th scale 200mm class qualifying saw Marc Fisher, racing the new GM car, take the pole position ahead of Mugen racer Mirco Thalheimer in 2nd and Sabrina Lechner in 3rd, in her first outing with the Kyosho chassis. In the main final, it was again Fischer who was untouchable as he went on to win comfortably ahead of Lechner in 2nd and Mugen racer Armin Baier in 3rd.

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June 15, 2008

CS Electronic Schumacher Mi3 CVDs

CS Electronic Shumacher Mi3 CVDs

CS Electronic have announced the release of these new CVD shafts for the Schumacher Mi3. Made from aluminium, these new heavy duty shafts are better able to withstand the extreme pressure placed on them when using a front spool. A direct replacement for the standard versions, they are sold as a pair.

Source: CS Electronic [cs-shop.de]

June 15, 2008

Harper & Falconer win Mod at MMUKGP

Today’s running at the Much more UK GP in Stonehaven, Aberdeen in Scotland, saw the Modified classes run for 5-cell and 6-cell. In the 5 cell class it was Elliot Harper that set the pace in rain affected qualifying, claiming the pole position for Xray, ahead of Stock class winner Olly Jefferies in 2nd and Ben Cosgrove 3rd. In the 6 cell class qualifying Graham Kenny took pole position driving an Xray, in front of HB driver Tom Jefferies in 2nd and TOP driver Mark Young in 3rd. In the 5-cell class finals, it was a close battle between Olly Jefferies and Elliot Harper, with the latter taking the win ahead of Olly in leg 1, with the results reversed for leg 2. With both drivers on the same points, the result was decided by fastest run and this went to Harper, with Jefferies ending up with the runners up spot, while Dutch racer Niels Koenekoop took 3rd. The 6-cell final was more straight forward with Kev Falconer, racing an Xray, took both leg wins to claim the overall ahead of pole man Graham Kenny in 2nd and Mark Young in 3rd.

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June 14, 2008

Olly Jefferies wins MMUKGP Stock class

This weekend sees the Much More UK GP run at the Stonehaven track in Aberdeen, Scotland and as it establishes itself as a major race on the calendar, it has begun to attract top drivers from many different countries. The event sees the 19T class run on Saturday, with modified run on Sunday, and todays running saw the rain fall throughout the day, disrupting the racing. Qualifying saw Hot Bodies racer Olly Jefferies on pole position ahead of Xray driver Ben Cosgrove in 2nd, with another Xray, that of Elliot Harper in 3rd. In the finals it was Olly Jefferies once again that was the man to beat as he took the leg 1 final win from Ben Cosgrove, while Associated driver Alan Bickerstaff claimed 3rd. In the 2nd leg it was Harper that took the win from Olly Jefferies in 2nd, while Shumacher driver Russel Williams claimed 3rd, with Olly’s combined results he was ensured of the stock class title, with Ben Cosgrove taking 2nd and Alan Bickerstaff 3rd.

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June 14, 2008

Associated Factory Team RC10R5 Kit

The new Factory Team RC10R5 is Team Associated’s entry into the fast-growing 1:10 scale World GT onroad racing class. With Team Associated’s twenty-five years of 1:12 and 1:10 scale onroad racing history, we are very excited to offer the Factory Team RC10R5 to this new emerging class. Starting with the highly successful RC12R5 platform, the designers in Area-51 built the bigger RC10R5 on a 2.5mm woven carbon fiber chassis that utilizes a pivot-ball link rear suspension that allows for independent adjustments for chassis roll, bump and alignment. Having the ability to make these chassis adjustments independently gives the RC10R5 greater potential to get the best possible handling from the car and the track surface. While testing, the pivot ball-link chassis has proven to be more durable in high speed impacts and much better in bumpy track conditions.

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June 13, 2008

Andreassen wins Norwegian Nats Rd1

We received a report from the 2nd round of the Norwegian Nationals that was held in Spydeberg, 40 min south of Oslo, at SMK’s large track. With the heat the country is experience over the last couple of weeks, tire wear was one of the big questions coming into the event. In qualifying it was Eirik Andreassen, racing a Tamiya, who was the fastest followed by Kjell Guttormsen in 2nd and John Lara in 3rd. Most of the driver used only 1 set of tires in qualifying and the most popular tire was Sorex 36.

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June 12, 2008

Xray NT1 3mm Graphite Parts

New for the NT1, Xray have released a CNC-machined front shock tower made from extra-thick 3.0mm top-grade graphite, which includes multiple shock mounting positions. Also new for the NT1 is a CNC-machined rear roll centre bridge that has also been made from 3.0mm graphite and which includes multiple roll centre mounting positions.

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