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March 30, 2007

Option parts for TOP Scythe

TOP Scythe Chassis

We received a mail this morning from Racing Art in Germany with lots of new parts for the TOP Scythe, a car that we mentioned briefly in the past. In the list of products was this new 3.5mm thick carbon fibre chassis plate, specifically deisgned for US carpet racing, which features machining on the the top side to lower the car while still benefiting from the stiffer chassis. Also in the mail was new low profile shock towers, also made from 3.5mm carbon fibre, as well as anodised aluminium spools, differentials, hub protectors and CVD shafts, all available in red or gold to suit your original car of choice.

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March 30, 2007

EFRA 1/8th GP Lostallo, Switzerland

Lostallo, Switzerland

We have been asked to announce the upcoming EFRA 1/8th scale GP at the Lostallo circuit in Switzerland, so here it is. The event takes place on the 27th – 29th of April at one of the Worlds largest and fastest tracks in the scenic Swiss mountains and what is significant about this event is that it will be seen as a warm up race for this years EFRA 1/8th scale European Championships that take place on the same track later in the year.

If you are interested in racing at this event, you can see the event invitation here (PDF) and the race entry form is here.

March 29, 2007

2007 EFRA European 1/12th scale Championships, Sweden

European 1/12th scale Championships

For those who dont know, this years EFRA 1/12th scale Euros, being held in Eskilstuna Sweden, will start tomorrow (Friday) with group practice followed by 6 rounds of qualifications and the main finals on Sunday. Back in the start of December we reported on the warm up race, in which this years Snowbirds Mod 1/12th winner Marc Fisher reigned supreme, taking the win for Corally driving his SP12X. This win and his current form sees Fischer as one of the favourites for this years European title but also at the event are a number of other extremely quick drivers like TCWC Andy Moore, Simo Ahoniemi, Yli Vesa, Teemu Saarinen and Hubert HÃ¶nigl amongst others, so expect some close action. Below, are some useful links to some event resources and if you know any more that should be added to the list drop us a message.

Official event site – here
Some pictures – here
Live Webcam – here
Entry List – here

Image: Little Truckers [littletruckers.co.uk]

March 29, 2007

Orcan VTEC tires and wheels

We have covered German brand Orcan before and really like the way they are presented by brand owners, SMI Motorsport. Today they announced that they will be adding to the Orcan range of fuel, batteries, fuel tubing and other accessories to produce rims and rubber tires for electric touring cars. Expected to be available in mid April, the tire range consists of seperate rubber, pre mounted tires with insert as well as selling their, white, Truespin disk wheels seperately.

Source: SMI [smi-motorsport.de]

March 29, 2007

Jamie Guy wins Thrashnall Junior 27T Championship

Jamie Guy

Thirteen year old Jamie Guy has won the Thrashnall Junior 27T Championship driving a Schumacher Mi2EC. This championship is aimed at 16 year olds and under and consists of 8 rounds with 5 to count. Jamie could only manage to compete in 5 rounds due to school commitments which makes this result even more impressive with not being able to drop any results. He was a regular in the senior B finals and hopes to continue his success in this years BTCC.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

March 29, 2007

Much More Armature holders

Continuing on with our slow news day we have some more not very exciting but still rather essential accessories that, in this case, are great for electric racers. From Much More come these clear holders, which are sold in a pack of 5, and do exactly what they are meant to do, hold your armatures safe and secure so you can put them away in your tool box.

Source: Much More [muchmore.co.kr]

March 29, 2007

Velocity Racing foam bumpers

Its a slow news day when we start writing about foam bumpers but unfortnately that day has come so here it is. Japanese company Velocity Racing have released these high density foam bumpers for the Hot Bodies Cyclone and excitingly enough they come in 2 different colours, are super lightweight, and sport such nifty features as removable foam cutouts to allow you to customise how the bumper should compress under impact.

Source: Extreme [upp.so-net.ne.jp/EXTREME]

March 29, 2007

RC Pro Series expands to South Africa

RC Pro Series

The RC Pro Series is going global, following their first move to the Caribbean, the top racing series in the US is now expanding to South Africa with the announcement that RC Pro South Africa will be running their own National Series for Nitro Offroad, similar to the series in the US. Members of RC Pro SA will be full RC Pro members and be eligible to compete in any RC Pro event and together the Series organisers are working on plans for a World Finals in the future.

The first RC Pro South Africa event is this coming weekend hosted by Avion RCX in Kempton Park. The board of directors for RC Pro South Africa are working feverishly to put everything together for a live broadcast of this event. We will keep everyone informed of start times etc as soon as they have everything setup.

You can view the series flyer here and read more about it here.