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June 24, 2016

Helder Silva successful at Portuguese TC Nats Rd4

Round four of the Portuguese Touring Stock 10.5T National Championship was recently held in the city of Coimbra. After winning three of the four qualifying rounds, Fred Santos (Xray) would take the pole position for the triple A-mains. A1 then had Capricorn’s Helder Silva coming out fastest after a last lap crash with a spinning car causing trouble for Fred. In A2 and after some position swaps with Fred, it was again Helder who came out in front to take the day’s win early. In the third and final A-main again bad luck stroke for Fred who was still able to take the overall runner-up spot behind Helder. Schumacher driver Jorge Chalupa completed the top 3 result.
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June 24, 2016

Rigert & Asendorf win at Swiss EP On-road Nats Rd3

The famous Lostallo track played host to round three of the Swiss electric on-road nationals. As usual with the current European Summer, parts of the race were held in wet conditions. After a partly rain soaked qualifying, Michele Manzo would place his car on the 1 spot in the Touring Modified class, from Huber, Isler, Rigert and Krähemann. At the end Mario Rigert (Xray) would take the overall win after coming out fastest in A1 and A3. Oliver Krähemann (Xray) grabbed the runner-up spot while Philipp Huber (Team Durango) had to settle for third.

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June 24, 2016

Xtreme Racing SCX10 carbon frame rails

Xtreme Racing have introduced a set of carbon fibre frame rails for the Axial SCX10 truck. Designed to replace the standard rails, the parts are cut from 3mm carbon fibre for strength and a little flex when needed. The chassis sports integrated shock towers and allows up to 100mm shocks with the additional shock hole locations. Frame rails also have been raised 10mm for better clearance. Included in the set come two side frame rails.

Source: Xtreme Racing [xtremercracing.com]

June 23, 2016

ETS hits 50 as Coelho LUX for title success

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The penultimate round of the Euro Touring Series travels to Luxembourg this weekend (23-25 June) and to one of the most unique circuits in the world. With its famous Laguna Seca corkscrew section, Mini Circuit ‘Ville de Luxembourg’, plays host to the ETS for a third time as the race marks the 50th race in the world famous championship’s history. While marking a significant milestone for series founders Uwe Rehinard and Scotty Ernst, on track all the attention will be on the three way driver/manufacturer on track battle for the Season #9 Volante Modified title. Securing victory at the previous round which marked the start of the outdoor half of the season, it is Bruno Coelho who leads the way coming into the weekend. Last year the large track proved a very happy hunting ground for the Xray star as it was where he would claim his first ever win of the high profile championship and a win this Sunday evening would see him crowned only the fourth different champion of the ETS.

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June 23, 2016

Hovgaard & Gosvig win at Danish EP Off-road Nats Rd4

Round four of the Danish Electric Off-road Nationals was held in Sommersted on a super high-bite and technical track. In the 2WD class, Frederik Hovgaard took the TQ from Mike Gosvig, who struggled a bit with the hotter and slightly lower grip conditions compared to the practice sessions before. The opening A-main then saw Frederik continue to dominate as he won from Jesper Rasmussen in second and Marcus Kærup in third. Mike ran into some trouble and wasn’t able to finish in the top 3.

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June 23, 2016

Marc Fischer joins Capricorn

Capricorn have announced the signing of former Serpent racer Marc Fischer to drive the brand’s LAB TE03 for the rest of the season, which includes the World Championships taking place in Beijing in August. The German, who is making his race debut for his new sponsor at this weekend’s 5th round of the Euro Touring Series in Luxembourg said for 2017 we may also see him racing the Italian company’s gas powered vehicles at select events.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

June 23, 2016

Christopher Krapp wins at maiden Schumacher outing

The third round of the North German electric off-road regionals was held at the astro turf track in Celle, located between Hamburg and Hanover. In the 2WD class, new Schumacher recruit Christopher Krapp would sweep the qualifiers by taking wins in all three rounds. From the pole position he then also dominated the triple A-mains, taking convincing wins, leaving Team C’s Sebastian Honscha and SWorkz driver Yannil Wilcke behind in second and third respectively.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

June 23, 2016

Loran Whiting teams up with Serpent

Serpent have announced the signing of female U.S. racer, Loran Whiting to their team. Loran will focus on 1/10th scale nitro and electric racing but she will also campaign Serpent’s 1/8th on-road cars and 1/10th buggies at selected events. The former Capricorn racer had the following to say about the deal:

I am incredibly lucky and thankful to be given the opportunity to race with Serpent. They are a world-class company with a great team. I am confident that we will be successful and I am looking forward to all of the great and fun times! Thank you to Ronald, Michael, Stef, and Paolo for the support!

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]