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January 6, 2018

Volker again in Q2

Ronald Volker picked up where he left off last night at the DHI Cup as he opened Day 2 of the event with another TQ run this morning in Denmark. Taking Q1 comfortably over Marc Rheinard, the Yokomo driver appeared to have an even greater advantage for the second round stopping the clocks two & a half seconds up on the Schumacher of Elliott Harper even after late contact with former Champion Viktor Wilck. Yannic Prumper would post the 3rd fastest time followed by the Xray of Markus Hellquist with Wilck fifth while Rheinard completed the Top 6 after a 4-second mistake in the latter half of the qualifier.

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January 5, 2018

Volker from Rheinard in opening qualifier at DHI Cup

Ronald Volker took a convincing TQ in the opening round of qualifying at the DHI Cup, the Yokomo driver having more that 2-seconds over the Infinity of Marc Rheinard. Having topped seeding, after a four hour break while qualifying got underway for Offroad, Volker led away the top heat pulling clear of the field. Behind, Elliott Harper ran second on track initially but was quickly caught up by Rheinard who eventually moved by the Schumacher driver with that the order in which they would stop the clocks after the 5-minutes. Behind the Top 3 Yannnic Prumper would survive contact with Viktor Wilck to post the fourth fastest time ahead of Yokomo team-mate Christopher Krapp with Awesomatix’s Patrick Hornum completing the Top 6.

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January 5, 2018

Orlowski holds overnight TQ at DHI Cup

Michal Orlowski holds the overnight TQ in 2WD Offroad at the DHI Cup. The Schumacher driver completed a successful first day at the 18th running of the Danish event by posting TQ runs in the opening two qualifiers. Behind the reigning champion it is Team Associated’s Jesper Rasmussen who sits second, the Dane opening his home event with a P2 in Q1 which he then followed up with 3rd in the second round. Second fastest to Orlowski in Q2, 13-year-old Elias Johnsson finds himself sitting third overall ahead of fellow Swede David Ronnefalk. Having topped seeding, Ronnefalk made too many errors in each qualifier declaring afterwards, ‘the driver was not on point today’.

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January 5, 2018

Volker fastest from Harper in DHI Cup practice

Ronald Volker was fastest in practice for this year’s DHI Cup, the Yokomo driver leading the way from the Schumacher of Elliott Harper. With the 18th running of the Danish Classic void of reigning champion Viljami Kutvonen, it was previous 7-time Champion Volker who came out of controlled practice quickest. Topping free practice, Volker wouldn’t be second quickest in the CP1 as returning Yokomo team-mate Yannic Prumper topped the times. While Prumper would repeat his time in CP2, Volker would find half a second to go to the top with Harper finding a similar improvement leaving Prumper to drop to P5 behind Marc Rheinard and former champion Viktor Wilck.

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December 27, 2017

Power HD sign Christopher Krapp

Servo manufacturer Power HD has announced the signing of German driver Christopher Krapp to their team. This multi-time IFMAR World Championship finalist will use Power HD servos in his future onroad and offroad campaigns, including the ETS, EOS, European Championship, World Championship and more International and National events as well as assist Power HD in servo research and development. Christopher had the following to say:

I am happy to announce to represent the Power HD brand from now on. They have a series of first class products to support my racing in the onroad and offroad category. I want to thank especially Harma Ye for this opportunity and I can’t wait to use all their servos and help to make them even better.

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

December 27, 2017

OS Speed 21 Adam Drake Edition

OS Engines have announced the OS Speed 21 Adam Drake Edition. Available in February as just the engine or as part of a combo set that comes with the T-2090SC pipe and 85mm longer manifold. Designed to Drake’s specifications and suitable for both buggy and truck, it features a new cylinder liner with new porting, newly design DLC crankshaft with double tungsten counter weight and a different bore x stroke (16.40 x 16.55 mm). The engine also comes with carburettor reducers in 6.5mm and 8.0mm, a ceramic rear bearing and is supplied with the familiar 21J carburettor and P3 Gold plug for better fuel mileage.

Source: O.S. Engines [os-engines.co.jp]

December 12, 2017

175RC RC10F6 Titanium front axles

New from 175RC comes this pack of two optional RC10F6 Titanium front axles. Lighter than steel and stronger than aluminium, these titanium front axles are an easy way to lighten your car and reduce unsprung weight for improved handling and response.

Source: 175RC [175rc.com]

December 12, 2017

2017/2018 RcKongen Winter Series Rd4 report

The Heljan/Rckongen group has been hosting Denmark’s only winter championship for 1:10th scale buggies trying to find the right balance between serious and rookie drivers. This past weekend round 4 of this seasons winter series was run, and it looks like their hard work the last few years is paying off. More than 60 drivers attended, among them 2 former EFRA European Champions, factory drivers from AE, Yokomo, and Hot Bodies were all out in force providing some very exiting racing.

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