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October 8, 2016

Midwest Series Rd6/ROAR Region 5 Champs – Report

The nitro season in the U.S. is drawing to an end and the Tri-State Radio Controlled Auto Racers hosted a dual event at their facility located at the Hamilton County fairgrounds, in Cincinnati Ohio. The race was the season finale for the 2016 Midwest Series as well as the 2016 ROAR Region 5 Championship. The fall temperatures were cool and the track would prove to be in prime condition for the final event of the six race series. Going into the event, Lon Burling had already locked down the series championship in 1/10 Sedan as well as Tom Esposito in 1/10 Sedan Masters and Jason Conley in 1/8 Open. The 1/8 Masters title was locked in a dead heat between long time nitro veteran and seven time MWS Champion Rick Davis and Dwight Smith.

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October 8, 2016

56 drivers remain in the running in Las Vegas

The 1:8 Offroad World Championships has been whittled down from its biggest ever entry to the final 56 drivers who will get a chance to race for the sport’s biggest prize in Las Vegas tomorrow. A day of lower finals at RC Tracks of Las Vegas, the day concluded with the running of the 1/16 finals to decide the 8 drivers who would progress to Saturday’s showdown. In the end the 1/16 finals would produce contrasting winners with World Championship Rookie Colin Herzig winning the first encounter while veteran Billy Easton booked his place with victory of a 20-minute encounter that would end in a driver scuffle between Tanner Denney and Brian Baldo. Convinced Denney had taken him out of second place with 1-minute to go as the pair ran side by side coming onto the main straight, both IFMAR president Dallas Mathiesen and Darren Bloomfield would have to intervene to keep the Spaniard separated from the American.

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October 8, 2016

Belgian SCT Cup Rd6 – Report

The penultimate round of the 2016 Belgium SCT Cup was hosted by the Buggy Club Seraing. After losing their previous track as the rental contract was not renewed, the club set up a great temporary track including rostrum, catering and a really nice layout. Unfortunately, as in far too many occasions this year, the weather is not with the organizers and drivers and the day would start under rain. Thankfully the wet stuff stopped before the qualifiers but came back in time for the finals, making the race really challenging for both men and machines. The opening qualifier of the Pro2 class saw Géry Ledocq (Kyosho) and Nicolas Evens (TLR) having a close run, separated by one tenth of a second at the end of the 6 minutes race. Stéphane Vanyper (Team Associated) was already 10 seconds behind. For the second round Géry found lots of pace and he took a clear win ahead of Nicolas and fast newcomer Didier Delférière (Kyosho). In last round, the scenario up front was pretty much the same while youngster Guillaume Laffut (TeamC) took a brilliant third place to line up third on the grid behind Géry and Nicolas.

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October 8, 2016

T-Works X12’17 turnbuckles & screw sets

T-Works X12'17 turnbuckles & screw sets

Coming from T-Works and made for Xray’s new X12’17 1/12th scale pan car are a range of turnbuckle and screw sets. Starting with the turnbuckles, the steering links are available as hybrid titanium and alloy set and also as 64-grade pure titanium set. The parts replace the standard kit turnbuckles and they also include the upper camber link spanners and suitable 4mm turnbuckle wrenches. Also new are four screw sets including a 64-grade titanium UFO head set, an orange anodised 7075-T6 aluminium set, a mixed standard head titanium and alloy set and also a gold-plated steel screw kit.

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October 8, 2016

MIP Ascender X-Duty C-Drive centre driveshaft kit

MIP’s popular X-Duty C-Drive centre driveshaft kit is now also available for the Vaterra Ascender. Designed to offer improved durability the splined driveshafts take a lot of abuse even when running the truck in the toughest of terrains and with a powerful motor. The set is made from high-grade alloy steel, heat-treated and it includes all needed parts to convert the centre driveline of the truck. The set fits the Ascender, K105, K5 and Ford Bronco and it becomes available by mid-October.

Source: MIP [miponline.com]

October 8, 2016

Andrew Knapp sweeps IIC 1/12th scale classes

This week’s International Indoor Championships was held at its new destination, the Westgate Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas following the demolition of the old and trusted Riviera, home of the IIC for many years. Andrew Knapp would make the triple in the three classes of 1/12th Modified, 13.5T Super Stock and 17.5T Stock. Top qualifier in the Super Stock category and starting a bit further down the order in Mod and Stock, Andrew would take the top spot in the 8-minute Modified A-main from TQ Alexander Hagberg who ultimately finished on the runner-up spot from Keven Hebert in third. Super Stock would see Andrew taking the winning honors from Ray Darroch and Michael Hanulec in second and third respectively and to round out a perfect week Andrew came out fastest in the Stock class, taking the win a lap ahead of Craig Xavier and top qualifier John Wiita.

Source: Trinity [trinityrc.com]

October 7, 2016

Schumacher reveal Eclipse 1/12th scale pan car

Following a first teaser image Schumacher have now officially revealed their all-new Eclipse 1/12th scale pan car kit. Sporting a ground-breaking design with its full-length carbon fibre chassis and a “floating” motor pod the link-type car is a welcomed turning away from the norm. The car makes use of a fully adjustable front end including damping, fully adjustable rear roll centre pivot height including an extra low position and it features a lightweight ball differential with carbon axle and true thrust race. High quality engineering polymer mouldings throughout make for an ultra low weight and easy maintenance while the rear motor pod side plates are made of machined and black anodised aluminium for strength. The chassis allows for tweak-free battery mounting using tape and other features include a raised bumper mount for improved cornering and added front end protection, a damper tube style rear damping makes for optimised bump riding and cornering performance and the kit, that will become available by end of October, is rounded out by a genuine Kimbrough servo saver and 64 pitch main gear.

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October 7, 2016

Jefferies & Askell win at Livvies Smile race

The past weekend the Tamworth club held the annual Livvies Smile event. The race is an afternoon/evening event with a variety of classes. All the money raised from the drivers entry fee goes towards the charity helping disabled children which is a great cause. Olly Jefferies (Xray) took command of the 1/12th scale 6.5 class taking fastest time in every round of qualifying to line up a lap and half clear of the rest. Over in the 13.5 class Marcus Askell (Xray) would have a close battle with Mick Farrell (CRC) through qualifying to eventually line up second.

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