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May 31, 2010

Patrick Belltrallo wins Rd2 in Luxembourg

Round 2 of the Luxembourg 1/8th scale nationals was held this weekend on the fast LMCC track in Luxembourg. On Sunday it was dry but the track was still a bit slippery at some points due to the rain the night before, which caused one or two serious crashes. The 30-minute main final saw Motonica racer Patrick Belltrallo cross the finishing line in first position, followed by Jerome Hirtziger driving a Kyosho in 2nd and Libar Laurent with a Serpent in 3rd.

Thanks to Raymond Libar for the update.

May 30, 2010

Alberto Tedeschi is crowned European B Champion

Alberto Tedeschi has been crowned champion following an exciting race at the European 1/8th scale ‘B’ Championships in Monaco today. With saw some tough battles in all the finals, the race finally had its 10 starters for the 45 minute main final. The first semi finals started with a cloudy sky, but after lunchtime the sun came up and from those two races the following drivers bumped up, with both Sabrina Lechner and Maximilian Federmann coming from the quarter finals

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May 30, 2010

Protoform launch new website

Our site sponsors Protoform have been in touch to let us know about the launch of their all new website. RacePF.com will help bring the Protoform brand to the fore having only been part of the larger Pro-Line site in the past. The site has only just launched this weekend but almost all the content is in place so be sure to check it out here.

May 30, 2010

Sweep Racing WackyTacky bottles

After much feed back from their customers Sweep Racing have introduced their new WackyTacky bottle for their line of tire sauces. These bottles are easily refillable and feature a handy applicator to give the user a simple and efficient way to apply the additive to their tires. These bottle will be sold in sets of three for their X1, X2 and X3 sauce set and are available now.

Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracing.com]

May 30, 2010

Xray News Round-up

Here we have this weeks round up of product releases and race reports from our site sponsors Xray. Our summary includes everything published by the Slovakian manufacturer on their own website in the past week, so if you didn’t find the time to visit, be sure to read on. This weeks round up includes the following stories.

– New XB808 Shock Piston Set 8-Hole (1.2, 1.3mm) & 10-Hole (1.1mm)
– NT1 Podium Finish at European Championship B
– T3 Triple Win at Swiss Championship R3
– T3 Wins Pro Stock at ETS R4 in Netherlands
– XT8 Wins the Irish 1/8 Off-Road National Championship R2
– NT1 at South Australian GP On-road State Titles 2010
– NT1 Dominates the Austrian Championship R2 in Graz
– Report from XRAY Czech Challenge in Trenčín
– NT1 Double Podium Finish at 2010 Singapore GP On-road Challenge
– XB808 Dominates the Portuguese South Regional Championship R2

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May 29, 2010

Andrea Lorenzi claims pole at Euro ‘B’ in Monaco

The final two rounds of qualifying have taken place at the European 1/8th scale B Championships in Monaco. After a wet night, the rain starting yesterday evening at about 20.00 hours, the track is dry again for round 3 of qualifying with the sky a little bit cloudy and temperatures about 20-24 degrees. No changes at the top as the laptimes are not fast enough to drive 30 laps at the moment. The only one coming very close in heat 10 was Andrea Lorenzi, driving 29 laps in 7.00.578.

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May 29, 2010

ORCA Racing Vritra TC S Pro Spec ESC

ORCA Racing have introduced their newest and most powerful ESC to date, the Vritra TC S Pro Spec ESC. Its unique dynamic timing function and settings makes adjusting your ESC a simple task while providing you with just the right amount of adjustments. This new ESC coupled with the superb driving abilities of the drivers using it just won the recently held FEMCA 2010 race in Brunei, winning the Modified class and came back a close 1st runner up and 2nd runner up in the Stock class.

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May 29, 2010

Tim Wood on provisional pole in Monaco

The European B Championships for 1/8th scale on road take place this week at in Monaco, at the FMM track in the hills above the principality. Thursday evening saw the opening ceremony take place and after 4 days of free practice all the teams entered the track in their National shirts under the sound of their National Anthem. 13 Countries have come to this event with drivers from Austria, Belgium, Germany, England, Ireland, France, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Holland, Poland, Russia and Monaco in attendance.

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