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June 4, 2008

Recio wins Buenos Aires Championships

Recio wins Buenos Aires Metropolitan Champs

We recieved a brief report from the 3rd round of the 1/8th scale Metropolitan Championship that took place last weekend at the Hernan Matticoli track in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The weather was good and despite the sun being out it was a bit cold. Qualifying saw Kyosho racer Sebastián Recio take the pole position from Juan Pablo Golobic in 2nd and it was Recio that took the win in the final, crossing the flag at the end of the 40 minute final 2 laps up on Gabriel Ianaca in 2nd while Hernán Lebenbaun took 3rd spot. This was the final round of the tracks Opening Championship and it was Sebastián Recio that walked away with the title.

June 4, 2008

Exotek TC5 Lowered layshaft set

Exotek TC5 Lowered layshaft bearing caps

Exotek Racing have released these fibre reinforced nylon bearing caps for the Associated TC5 touring car to loosen the front and rear belts. By lowering the layshaft 1.25mm, the tension on the belts is lessened, freeing up your drive train without the need to buy expensive after market belts. The added benefits are more diff pulley cam setting that you are able to use as well as lowered center of gravity.

Source: Exotek [exotekracing.com]

June 4, 2008

Eric Dankel wins German South Rd5

The 5th round of the Southern Germany regional qualifiers were run last weekend under sunny skies at the Amberg track. Qualifying for 1/8th scale saw Shepherd driver Eric Dankel claim the pole position from the Mugen pairing of Philip Eberle and Armin Baier. The 30 minute final saw Dankel jump straight into the lead and by the 5 minute mark he had a 1 lap lead from where he could control to race to take the win ahead of Eberle and Baier in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]

June 4, 2008

Turkish Circuit Nationals Rd1

We received a report from the opening round of the Turkish Nationals that was run on the beautiful track of Bursa last weekend. The Nationals are held for 3 classes – 1/8th, 1/10th Nitro Touring and 1/10th EP Touring and with Friday open for practice it meant that all drivers had plenty of time to test their cars. Lights were on all night and so practice started from 9:00am and lasted till 1:00am Saturday morning. The race schedule saw seeding and qualifiers on Saturday and Finals on Sunday. All three days bright and warm and the only problem was the big change in atmospheric pressure due to time, mountains etc. This challenged the nitro racers to find the right carb settings.

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June 4, 2008

Atsushi Hara confirmed at Team Orion

2008 Reedy Race of Champions

As we suspected back at the Worlds warmup, Team Orion have announced the return of one it’s all time favourite drivers, 2008 Reedy Race of Champions winner Atsushi Hara. Atsushi has had a long history and many victories with Team Orion over the years and after a little break joining Team Checkpoint, they are very pleased to welcome him back to their World Champion Team. “It feels like I am returning home”Atsushi commented on his recent visit to Team Orion USA. With Atsushi’s amazing skill combined with Team Orion’s new BL motors , ESC’s, chargers, as well as their award winning line of performance batteries, they see a bright future ahead together.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

June 4, 2008

JACO Prism 1.5 & Rubberz on Prism

JACO have announced that their Rubberz line of pre mounted rubber sedan tires now come glued on the company’s new Prism wheel. This new wheel has been designed to specifically suit rubber tires with just the right amount of flex for superior traction and durability. Also new from JACO is the release of pre mounted Nitro Shoes to their new Prism 1.5 wheel. Featuring a 1.5 degree taper, the wheel has a smaller inner edge diameter which matches the camber used on most nitro touring cars and so ensures an even depth of foam accross the surface. JACO claim these new lightweight wheels offer a longer tire life, increased traction, improved forward bite and more consistent performance.

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June 4, 2008

Ström & Christensen Nordic Champions

Ström & Christensen Nordic Champions 08

We received this report from last weekends battle for the Nordic Championship in 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm that took place in Hillerod, Denmark. The Nordics is a yearly competition where drivers from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland meet to race for the glory of being the Nordic Champion. Saturday saw 5 qualifying rounds completed in very nice, sunny and warm weather. In the 1/8th scale class it was Shephard driver Martin Christensen (DK) who set the pace and made the TQ spot before the Kyosho trio Marcus Lindner (SE), Niklas Johansson (SE) and Roland Ström (SE). In the 1/10th 200mm class it was Martin Lissau (DK) who TQ’d followed by Helge Johannessen (NO), Martin Christensen (DK) and young Norwegian drivers Adrian Berntsen, all driving the Xray NT1.

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June 3, 2008

Marco Müller wins Rd2 Swiss 1/8th Nats

Last weekend saw the 2nd round of the Swiss 1/8th scale National Championships run in the west of the country in the town of Aigle. Qualifying saw the pole position go to Serpent racer Shasa Lackner, ahead of Novarossi team mate Marco Müller in 2nd, with Christophe Pethoud and Mattia Pesenti rounding out the top 4. At the start of the Final Shasa jumped straight into lead and started to pull away from Müller in 2nd place. Unfortunately for Lackner at the 35 minute mark he developed radio problems which caused him to crash his car, putting him out of the race. After this is was easy for Müller, who took the win ahead of Pesenti in 2nd while Andy Geisser claimed 3rd.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]