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BRCA National Touring Car Championship Rd3 Aldershot - Race Report

TQ for TC6 on UK Debut

Associated’s new TC6 made a spectacular debut at last weekend's BRCA National in Aldershot.

In the hands of team driver Olly Jefferies the TC6 was fastest in the first two rounds of qualifying setting a pace well clear of the chasing pack. Olly cemented pole position for the A final with another TQ run in the fifth and final round of qualifying and lined up for the A final ahead of Elliott Harper and Chris Grainger.

If qualifying went well for Olly the finals were disastrous, Olly was hit off in the first two finals, he recovered well in the first final to finish second but could not repeat a similar come back in leg two and three and eventually ended up fourth overall, a result which effectively ends any chance of winning this year’s national title.

“I was delighted with how the TC6 performed in qualifying. I only had limited testing at Aldershot prior to the national and I was also running knowing in the back of my mind we did not have any spares for the car. Taking TQ was a great start for the TC6 and I was confident I could hold off the chasing pack and secure a good result, but the finals did not go well and my initial euphoria was dampened by the fact my championship is effectively over! If I could have won at Aldershot I would have carried that momentum with the new car to the remaining two rounds but now I am left fighting for a top three place” said Olly.

While Olly’s championship aspiration disappeared, Chris Slater’s was coming alive as Associated’s Pro Stock front runner was right on the pace from the off. Driving the older TC5, Chris was the only driver capable of mixing it with front runners Johnny Bowden and Ben Cane. An excellent third for Chris sees him right in the hunt for the national Pro Stock title, his smooth style is getting the most from the car and with the new TC6 and new Novak Kinetic ESC waiting in the wings Chris’s challenge is right on track.

The new Associated TC6 (left) and the highs and lows of RC racing as demonstrated by Chris Slater and Alan Bickerstaff.

Alan Bickerstaff was using the new Kinetic Novak ESC in his TC5. With limited testing of the system Alan was constantly making adjustments and increasing his performance with every run. Overnight Alan held a top ten place but narrowly missed out on an A final place in the final round of qualification. Frustration for Alan in missing out on an A final slot but a positive step forward in the new found performance of the TC5 / Kinetic combination.

Mendip winner Zak Smith struggled to get a good set up on his TC5 in qualifying but both Zak and Steve Lander made the B final. Steve went on to win the B final with Zak fourth after a storming drive from tenth on the grid.

Zak Smith's TC5.

For Olly and Tom Jefferies next stop is France for the EFRA touring car Euros, then its back to the UK for the next BRCA national at Halifax.

The guys in the Associated tent have really gelled together as a team however someone needs to tell Steve about another sort of gel!

euros 2010

hello, desolé pour les questions bête, mais la plaque en carbone derriere, c'est pour quoi?

me dite pas deux plot d'accu sup

Je suppose que c'est pour la carro... Mais je ne saisi pas trop l'intérêt...

surement dans des configue ou ils ont besoin de beaucoup d'appuis donc un aileron trés loing sur le support c'est donc comme la question du troisième plot a l'avant

Je dirais tout simplement un système empêchant la carro de venir se coincer dans les roues arrière, ce qui arrive souvent quand on se fait pousser ^^

euros 2010

J'ai le berlue où Levanen utilise un diff. à l'AV de sa TC6 ?

oui je pense que ses un diff

bizzare comme le 5eme plot de carros

J'ai plutot l'impression que c'est un spool asso classique...

le spool asso nest pas plutot bleu

Je dirais également que c'est un diff a l'avant.

Deja l'ets le mois dernier, un pilote yokomo roulait avec deux diffs a pignons a l'arriere et a l'avant

Je parle du slipper spool livré d'origine avec la TC5 : Il s'agit juste de rondelle en platisque que tu monte sur le diff à la place des bille...

ouai je dirais slipper spool

Je pense aussi que c'est le spool asso d'origine comme fourni dans le kit de la TC5 avec les 2 rondelles blanches

exact, je l'ai pas encore essayé celui là, je l'ai transformé en diff, je vais essayé ça demain soir

Mieux vaut un vraie spool car celui ci a tendance a se desserer a la longue

je confirme, il s'est désseré a la longue mais un vrai spool est carrément mieux, a angouleme, il vaut mieux avoir un spool je pense, la voiture avec le slipper spool était super directive (TC5)

Bonjour ou trouver un vrai spool pour tc5 ???? car je n arrive pas a en trouver .

Partout prend la ref sur le site d'asso puis moi je les acheter sur ebay aux usa car bcp moins cher qu'ici

Bonjour tout le monde,

Y'a t il de grosses différences entre la TC5 et la TC6 en terme de conception ? car mon oeil de "débutant" ne percoit pas encore toutes les modifs et subtilités apportées à la TC6 ? Peut on espérer un kit de convertion ou pas? Si qqu'un pouvait m'expliquer les principales modifs apportées, mis a part le chassis...

D'avance merci.

Je ne pense pas qu'il n'y aura de kit de conversion car les autos sont très différentes:

platine inf et sup

cellule

support moteur

support amortos

support par choc

renvoi de direction

système de poulie

Ca fait bcp de chose pour proposé un kit de conversion

bof il a pire avec la Kyosho evolva ils ont déjà fais des kit evo avec chassis platine triangle avant inférieur et supp et idem pour l'arrière.

je ne pense pas que ca se fera chez asso