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April 27, 2009

Xray Team Windbreaker jacket

New from Xray is their team windbreaker jacket. Handy for cloudy, windy, and rainy days, the lightweight windbreaker has double-layer construction to keep out the elements. A rain-resistant nylon protective shell matches with a soft netted liner for the ultimate in comfort and breathability. The two ‘through’ pockets on the sides allow easy access through the windbreaker to your layer of clothing beneath, while an integrated hood is kept secure in its hidden neck compartment until needed. When not in use, the entire windbreaker can be folded into a pocket, to create a self-contained bag that is easily secured around your waist with an adjustable strap. Emblazoned with Xray and Xray Racing Team logos on front and back, it is available in all popular sizes.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 27, 2009

Batlle takes Victory at Spanish Nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the Spanish 1/8th sale buggy Nationals was run at the weekend at the Montjuic track in Barcelona, close to the Olympic Stadium. 107 drivers attended the race and following qualifying on Saturday, it was Associated driver Robert Batlle that took the TQ spot from Javier Puché in 2nd and Jesús Gómez Salmerón in 3rd. On Sunday during the 1/16th final, the sky suddenly turned dark and the rain started, flooding the track. Due to this the organizers cancelled the race and the results were called from the qualifying positions, which gave Batlle the win from Javier Puché and Jesús Gómez Salmerón.

Source: Merlin [merlinfuel.com]

April 27, 2009

JConcepts Long Sleeve Tees

JConcepts have released this long sleeve tee, featuring the familiar combination of the blue stone color, splatter and JConcepts bull horn logo printed on the chest. Black in colour, the rear of the shirt features a similar logo to that on the front, printed just below the neck. Available now in the usual range of sizes.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

April 27, 2009

Grainger & Musgrove win BTCC Rd2

The second round of the Schumacher BTCC at West London Racing Centre saw the debut race for the prototypes of the soon to be released Mi4. With a massive 13 heats the race was seen as a warm up for the up coming national at the same venue in a few weeks time. The race proved to be a massive success for the car taking TQ and win in the modified class for Chris Grainger in an almost national grid line up and 3rd placed qualifier and a win in the Pro Stock Class with Schumacher’s own Mark Musgrove. The cars proved to be extremely well balanced with great corner speed and traction with Chris winning the last final by a massive 6 seconds over his rivals.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

April 27, 2009

Etronix Powerpal Balance Charger

Etronix’s first foray into the charger market is with this feature packed and competitively priced all-in-one AC/DC unit. Small and compact it features a built in AC power supply, microprocessor controlled high performance charger/discharger/cycler for NiCd/NiMH/Lithium/Pb batteries with an integrated cell voltage balancer. Charge current up to 5A, discharge current up to 1A, 1 to 6 series of Lilo/LiPo/LiFe, 1 to 15 cells of NiCd/NiMH, 2 to 20v of Lead-acid (Pb).

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April 26, 2009

Mark Green wins Dutch 1/8th EFRA GP

Mark Green has won the 2009 EFRA 1/8th scale Dutch GP held at the MACH track in Heemstede. Rain on Sunday caused chaos on-circuit as those racers who had actually decided to run risked it all on a very slippy and wet track. Following the semi finals it was John Ermen, Rick V., Christian Wurst, Oliver Mack, Arie Manten and Joey Sorber that would join the top 4 direct qualifiers Mark Green, Michael Salven, Jordy Blok and Jilles Groskamp in the main final. In the build up to the 45 minute final, the track appeared to be drying, and while still damp no longer had any standing water and this made the tire choice very difficult.

April 26, 2009

Josh Pain takes NT Nitro buggy Champs

The Australian Northern Territory Nitro buggy Championships held this weekend at OCR Raceway. Following his win at the AINC09 last weekend, Team Associated driver Josh Pain picked up the TQ, setting up a huge battle with dual Australian Champion Wayne Walker, and no one was disappointed with what ensued. Despite some drama on the start line with Pain flaming out, the very talented driver had it all to do to chase down Walker in the 45 minute Main, and on lap 55 managed to take the lead when Walker himself had a flame out. The super quick driver never relinquished the lead for the next 38 laps finishing 8 seconds ahead after a grueling 45 minutes on the super fast circuit, both Pain and Walker the only drivers getting into the 26 seconds bracket. With such an exciting battle going on at the front, the rest of the field was left in their wake, Andrew Dun driving the Mugen MBX6, visiting from Queensland, put up a big fight to hold onto 3rd place.

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April 25, 2009

Mark Green TQ’s Dutch EFRA GP

This weekend sees the Dutch 1/8th scale EFRA GP take place at the World famous MACH circuit in Heemstede, close to Amsterdam. Following 2 days of practice on the Thursday and Friday of the event, competitors took to the track on Saturday for qualifying to decide the starting grid for Sunday’s finals. With drivers from Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and England taking part it was multiple World Championship finalist Mark Green that took the top qualifying spot leading home a Serpent top 4 block out on their home track. In 2nd place was Serpent 966 designer Michael Salven, 2 seconds behind, with Jordy Blok and Jilles Groskamp, who is on a one race deal with the Dutch company, in 3rd and 4th. First of the non direct qualifiers was Motonica racer Robin D’hondt, just ahead of Mugen front man Rick V, with positions 3 to 6 covered by less than a second after 7 minutes. The finals will be run tomorrow and we will bring a full report from the days activities tomorrow evening.

Image: Serpent [serpent.com]