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July 25, 2016

Scorpion RR-3420 17.5T ROAR-spec brushless motor

Adding to the recently announced 10.5T and 13.5T ROAR-Spec RR-3420 motor is Scorpion’s latest stock racing offering, the 17.5T. Using the same high-airflow aluminium can, screw-type 12.5mm rotor and high-quality stator and winding materials, the motor is meant to deliver exceptional power in all stock racing classes. It features gold-anodised front and back plates, a black anodised heatsink design can and the large vent openings allow to check the stator for its specifications. The motor awaits ROAR approval by the time you read this and it is available now.

Source: Scorpion [scorpionsystem.com]

July 25, 2016

Tim Jansen wins Formula class at 2016 Benelux Race

Tim Jansen wins Formula class at Benelux Race

This past weekend the 2016 Benelux Race was held at the MAC de Baanbrekers club in Rucphen, NL. The event saw the running of several electric on-road classes and in Formula 21.5T blinky, run on Ride tyres, Steve managed to take the TQ in the first three rounds of the qualifying while Patrick was on a solid P2 with three runner-up sports. In the final qualifier, run on Sunday morning, Patrick and Steve both opted not to start, allowing Tim Jansen to take the final qualifier and with it the 3 spot on the starting grid.

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July 25, 2016

RC-Mission introduce new T4 & BD7 optionals

Coming from RC-Mission are new optional parts for Xray’s T4 and Yokomo’s BD7 platform. First up are aluminium centre belt pulleys for the T4. Cut from high-quality aluminium the parts improve durability and also drivetrain efficiency while also being light of weight. The parts sport a silver and black anodised surface and they are a direct replacement.

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July 25, 2016

JR Mitch doubles at ROAR Region 4 Championships

Superior Hobbies Beachline Raceway was the host of this year’s ROAR Region 4 1/10th electric off-road championships. The large turnout and hot weather made for three long hot days of exciting R/C racing. Practice on Friday saw drivers from all over Florida and even a few from Georgia arrive to do battle for the coveted regional titles. Saturday started early with two hours of open practice starting at 7 am followed by three rounds of qualifying. Sunday was another early start with two hours of open practice before the start of the triple A-mains. In 2WD Mod buggy JR Mitch would start 2nd on the grid. JR put in a great run to win A1, but in A2 JR would retire early with a mechanical issue setting things up for an interesting A3. In A3 JR would capitalise on an early mistake and take over the lead, there he was able to hang on to clench the 2WD Mod title. In 4WD Mod Buggy JR Mitch would show in the mains why he was the top qualifier taking the win in A1 and A2 to take his second title of the weekend.

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July 25, 2016

Maifield doubles at ROAR 1/8 EP Off-road & SCT Nats

The 2016 ROAR 1/8 Electric Buggy/Truggy and 1/10 4×4 Modified Short Course National Championships were held this past weekend at Stateline R/C on the Michigan/Indiana border. In 1/8 E-Buggy TLR’s Ryan Maifield steered his buggy to the overall TQ in the class thanks to three round TQ’s while in 1/8 E-Truggy Ryan had to fend off attacks from TLR team mate Dakotah Phend who took Q2 but overall Ryan would take a second TQ that weekend thanks to also coming out fastest in Q4. In 1/10 4×4 Modified Short Course Ryan cemented his will to make it a triple by again taking the overall TQ and the pole position for the triple A-mains. With bad weather in the forecast for Sunday, ROAR made the decision to run the opening A-mains and some of the lower mains on Saturday which turned out to be a wise choice as indeed rain kicked in on Sunday, washing away any chances for more track time.

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July 25, 2016

Riccardo Berton successful at Novarossi Trophy

The 2016 Novarossi Trophy was held at the pista Ospy Team di Gussago track in Gussago, Brescia over the weekend with some of the fastest Italian Nitro Off-road drivers in attendance. Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton was in control of things all weekend, taking the TQ and win in the Expert Buggy class from Mugen’s Davide Ongaro. Newly crowned 1/8th European Champion, Elliott Boots (Kyosh0) had to settle for third in the 45-minute A-main. Mattia Polito and Marco Natale would round out the top 5 result.

Source: MRC [modellismorc.net]

July 25, 2016

Thilo Tödtmann wins at Central German regionals

A round of the Central German Nitro On-road regionals, the qualifying series for the German Nationals, was held this past weekend at the MC Ettlingen track. In the 1/10th 200mm class Shepherd’s Dirk Wischnewski would take a close TQ from Capricorn driver Thilo Tödtmann while Rene Püpke (Shepherd) completed the top 3 result after the qualifiers. The main final then saw a close fight between Dirk and Thilo with the better end for Thilo as Dirk had to pull out of the race some 5 minutes before the end. Up front Thilo brought home the win some two laps in front of Shepherd’s own Patrick Schäfer while Jannick Namyslo (Xray) rounded out the top 3 result.

Image: Thilo Tödtmann

July 25, 2016

South German On-road Championship finale – Report

The final round of the South German On-road Championship was held in Singen, host of the German National Championships in a couple of weeks time. In the Touring Modified class, Tim Wahl made a clean sweep to take the TQ while also scoring the fastest lap. Markus Wegmann lined up in second from Florian Fink and Antonios Theofilou.

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