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July 4, 2008

TQ Savoya ups pace in Greece

Day 4

Renaud Savoya may have TQ’d the 2008 EFRA European 1:8 Off Road Championships already with his three heat wins yesterday but the French driver is not throttling back and this morning set the fastest 5 minute run of the event so far with just one qualifier left to run. The current lap record holder for a 5 minute run here in Crete which he set during the Warm Up race earlier this year, the Mugen driver could knocked 2 seconds of his best run but was still 2 seconds shy of his record.

View the full coverage on our event site here.

July 4, 2008

Xray Belt Tensioner Set

Xray have released this smart, easy-to-use belt tensioner set for controlling centre drive belt tension and twisting. Suitable for the T2’008 and T2’007, it has been made from high-quality components including a CNC-machined lightweight aluminium mounting post, high-speed ball-bearings, and comes supplied with the necessary mounting hardware.

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July 4, 2008

Vantomme E12 & M10 Chassis’

Vantomme have released 2 new pan car chassis’, the E12 1/12th scale and the M10 1/10th scale, both of which are brand new designs with the E12 a T-bar chassis and the M10 a trailing link chassis. The E12 features a unique T-bar tweaking system that allows the tweak to be adjusted from the bottom of the car, through the use of 2 grub screws, while the rear end is available in 2 different versions, comprising of the ‘Asso damper’ style and the ‘tube damper’ style. The M10 is the first Pro 10 200mm chassis from Vantomme and has been made to compete in the resurgent Pro 10 class. Based upon the CRC Gen X10, it has been made out of 2.5mm carbon with the battery tray attached with 6 points to the chassis, which makes it also a kind of upper deck, providing increased stiffness to the chassis.

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July 3, 2008

Renaud Savoya TQ’s 2008 Euros

Top Qualifier Renaud Savoya

French Champion Renaud Savoya has TQ’d the 2008 EFRA European 1:8 Off Road Championships in Crete after making the opening three heats his own, setting the fastest times in each of the runs. The Warm-up Race winner has his Mugen dialed in perfectly with many of his rivals commenting on how well it slides around the corners as most of them struggle with grip roll around the bumpy track.

View the full coverage on our event site here.

July 3, 2008

K-Factory E4 Precision Spur Gear

K-Factory E4 Special Precision Spur Gear

K-Factory have announced the release of these 2 new special precision spur gears for the Team Magic E4, available in 110T and 116T and designed to improve performance and reliability. Said to increase acceleration due to its special lightweight design, they Feature a high precision CNC machined design and use a newly developed special hardened material. This ensures low friction transmission and lower power dissipation from engine to wheels, this will result in more available power.

Source: Team Magic [teammagic.com.tw]

July 3, 2008

Savoya from Batlle in Heat 2 in Greece

Robert Batlle

Renaud Savoya has repeated his Heat 1 performance in the second of today’s three scheduled qualifiers to again take maximum points here in Crete. Savoya ran a slightly slower time that this morning but was still the class of the field, however defending European Champion Robert Batlle sent out a warning shot that he is up for the job. Running a time just 3/10th off the Warm-up Race winner, the Spaniard was much more upbeat following the run. Big surprise in Heat 2 was the time set by young Czech driver Martin Bayer who was less than 5/10th off setting the TQ for the round.

View the full coverage on our event site here.

July 3, 2008

Kyosho and VRC Partner in V4

Kyosho VRC Partner in V4

Virtual Racing Industries is proud to announce that leading r/c car manufacturer Kyosho Corporation from Japan has signed up for the VRC Partnership for v4 Professional. Kyosho and VRI have agreed to integrate their on-road line of chassis in v4, the off-road cars will be decided once VRI is ready to demonstrate their off-road version of VRC later this year. Modelling on the Kyosho V-One RRR Team Edition has already been completed. Next are Kyosho’s latest World Championship winning 1:8 nitro burner Evolva M3 2008, and their electric sedan challenger Stallion TF-5. The 3 Kyosho chassis will be released with the launch of v4 at the end of 2008.

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July 3, 2008

Warm Up Kyosho Masters 2008

Kyosho Germany wish to heartly invite you to attend the Warm up Race for the 2nd Kyosho Masters 2008 in Bischofsheim, Frankfurt, which runs from the 18th – 20th July. Many drivers will remember this very special atmosphere on the first Kyosho Masters last year, even the very special weather conditions could not change the perfect mood of the attendees. This year the sun will be back – we already arranged this for you. We will have thrilling racing action on all days and on Saturday evening there will be a nice dinner at the race track after which there will be a fun race with the brand new MFR Racing Truck. The starting fee will be 20€ and includes the special ‘Starter Package’ and if you want to start in a second class, the starting fee will be additional 5€.

Go to the event page here for more information and details on how to sign up.