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March 13, 2017

Marc Rheinard TQs & wins ETS warm up race

In preparation of the forthcoming third round of the 2016/17 ETS, the Asoger club in Madrid, Spain held a warm up race this past weekend. Infinity’s Marc Rheinard would sweep the Touring Modified class qualifying, taking all four rounds from Yokomo’s Ronald Völker who had to settle for second in front of Yokomo team mate Christopher Krapp. The finals were a pretty entertaining affair with the opening leg being won by Marc who had the freight-training Ronald and Christopher in tow. In A2 Marc hit a curb in the opening stages which resulted in a DNF with Christopher taking the win from a chasing Ronald while Javier Alonso would take a third place in A2. The third and decisive main was held under difficult conditions as strong wind made for a dirty track that would lead to a Völker spin on the opening lap and a DNF for both Ronald and Christopher as the latter couldn’t avoid T-boning Ronald’s car. With his main competitors out of the equation, Marc was able to cruise to the win from David Perez in second and Arturo Escarpa in third. Overall and behind inner Marc, Christopher and Ronald would make up the top 3 result.

Image: Marc Rheinard

March 13, 2017

David Ronnefalk takes Grass Roots Series Rd1 win

This past weekend Dialed In Raceway of Victorville, California held round one of the Grass Roots series. In the Expert Nitro Buggy class HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk would take the TQ after the qualifiers and he would also come out successful in the 20-minute A-main, leaving JQRacing’s Joseph Quagraine a lap behind in second. HB Racing driver Tyler Brown would round out the podium result in third another lap down.

Source: HB Racing [hbracing.com]

March 13, 2017

Andre Fossto wins at Swedish On-road Nationals Rd6

The MK Eskil club played host to the sixth and final round of the Swedish Electric On-road Nationals this past weekend. The track offered low to medium grip and due to the technical layout low speed grip and consistency was the key to success. In the Touring Modified class already in practice the field was very close in terms of lap times, showing this would be an exciting race. The qualifiers were swept by Andre Fossto who put his Hobbywing-powered Yokomo on the pole position for the triple A-mains with young Rasmus Karlsson (Schumacher/Muchmore) and Fredrik Loikse (Xray/Hobbywing) coming in second and third. The finals were a pretty intense affair with lots of exciting fights and Andre would continue to dominate, taking wins in A1 and A2 to take the overall victory with one leg to spare. Fredrik would come in second thanks to a win in A3 while Rasmus had to settle for third overall.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.info]

March 11, 2017

T-Works MP9 TKI4/3 carbon fibre upper plate

T-Works have introduced a carbon fibre upper plate for the Kyosho MP9 TKI4 and TKI3 1/8th off-road buggies. Machined from high-quality material, the plate is a direct replacement for the standard aluminium part, adding visual impact to the front end of the buggy.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

March 11, 2017

EV-Peak AR1 touch screen 300W DC charger

New from EV-Peak comes the AR1 300W touch screen multi-chemistry charger. Made for the use with 11VDC to 32VDC input the device features a strong charge circuit good enough for up to 25A of charge current with 1S to 6S LiPo battery packs or 1 to 15 cell NiMH batteries. The charger offers several charge modes, one of which is a dedicated LiHV mode, it measure 102x120x46mm and weighs in at 450g. A large back-lit touch screen display allows for easy menu operation.

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March 10, 2017

JConcepts Pinion Puck pinion gear holder

Coming from JConcepts is the Pinion Puck pinion gear holder. The circular design and aluminium material surrounds the pinion gear and protects the finish of the valued gears from damage. Each Pinion Puck has steel pins pressed into location giving the proper placement for the pinion. The pins also provide a sturdy area for the holding set screw to clamp against. The gear holder is available in two variants, one for 17T to 26T 48 pitch gears and one for 27T to 36T 48 pitch gears. Each pinion cavity is laser etched, indicating proper size ranging and the centre features a recess to hold small components and also etched to indicate overall size of the Puck while displaying JConcepts branding. The carriers are available in blue or black colours.

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March 10, 2017

2017 IRCC Airport Race – Announcement

The International R/C Car Championship, otherwise known as the IRCC Airport Race, will take place from the 2nd to 4th of June at the Chubu International Airport in Japan. The unique event will be held on a temporary carpet track in an event hall near the arrivals section. With the airport having a hotel and restaurants, races won’t need to do much travelling and can in fact access the track by foot. The race will see the running of several on-road classes including Touring Stock, FWD, Modified and Stock 1/12th scale, Formula, World GT and more, with racers from the USA, Korea, Macao and other countries being awaited. More information about the event can be found on the official event website here as well on social media here.

March 10, 2017

Modelix Racing welcomes Jonnhy Pastor

Modelix Racing have announced the signing of Spanish on-road frontrunner, Jonnhy Pastor to their team. Although being widely known for his on-road skills, Jonnhy will make a step into off-road racing this season using Procircuit tyres, Ultimate engines and accessories as well as Nitrolux fuel.

Source: Modelix [modelixracing.com]