RPM have a new front shock tower for the Axial Yeti XL available. The part adds some much needed support to the camber link ears and upper shock mounts with smooth-flowing curves, adding an aesthetic appeal as well as increasing strength tremendously. The shock tower is moulded from RPM’s tough blend of engineering grade nylons for additional strength and it is a direct replacement for the stock part.
Source: RPM [rpmrcproducts.com]
The maiden season of the Swiss 1/8th E-Buggy Championship concluded with race three and four held at the Luetisburg astro turf track in Eastern Switzerland. The weekend started out cold and with light rain on Saturday and in the qualifiers Kevin Zwahlen (HB) and Romeo Grass (Xray) set the pace with Robin Frischkopf (Xray) rounding out the top 3 result. The A-main on Saturday then saw Robin fighting for the win although he lacked traction as he was using Minipin tyres, knowing a Spiral tread would be faster. After a couple of position changes Robin was able to take the win some two seconds in front of Kevin Zwahlen.
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The final round of the Greek National Touring Car Championship was held at the Modelodromio track in Patra. The race would decide over the national title with Nikos Georgiadis (Xray) having the best chances to take the overall win after TQing three of the four qualifying rounds. The finals then were a very close affair between Georgiadis and Isaakidis (Tamiya) with Georgiadis winning A1 only 0.5 seconds in front of Isaakidis. Nikolakopoulos (TOP) would come out fastest in A2 due to Nikos having tyre problems, but the third and decisive A-main then again had Georgiadis coming out fastest and he would take the day’s win and with it his fifth championship title in a row.
Helsinki’s PKSRCA club recently hosted round one of the Finnish Winter Jumps Series. With a record 100+ entries field the series started into the new season and in Sunday’s 4WD race it was newly signed Xray driver Joel Valander who took the pole position for the A-mains with the only 20 lap runs in the qualifiers. The first two A-mains then were very hard for the pole sitter as front tyre problems meant he could not hold Ari Heinonen (Team Durango) behind. With wins in A1 and A2 Ari thus secured the overall win while Joel would take the final A-main to secure the runner-up spot from Markku Honkanen (Team Durango).
Middle River Hobbies in Maryland played host to the Stock Wars 2015 race this past weekend. In the 1/12th scale Pro class Donny Lia took the TQ with the only 62 lap run and the following A-main would be very close as it saw the top 3 finish only four seconds apart. Donny Lia (TOP/Trinity) would take the win from Johnny Wiita (CRC/Phantom) and Mike Herald Jr. (TOP/Trinity) in second and third respectively.
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Last weekend’s Austrian Nitro On-road National Championship was held at the Salzburg track. The weekend started off dry, cold and partially cloudy and the decision was made to run two qualifying rounds on Saturday as the weather forecast for Sunday wasn’t promising. Unfortunately the remaining rounds on Sunday morning would be held on a wet track and it was Nejc Mihelic (ARC) who made the best out of the conditions as the took the TQ from Herfried Pucher (ARC) in second and Alan Levy (Serpent) in third. The wet final then saw a great fight between the two ARC drivers with both having minor problems but it was Nejc who held the upper hand as he was able to grab the win from Herfried while Alain rounded out the podium in third.
Source: Mihelic Racing Team
The third and fourth round of the F1ItalianSeries again attracted 33 drivers to compete in the GP3 and GP4. The two Ferrari of Magnocavallo and Capuano were the fastest right from the start and they would dominate from Q1 to the end of the GP3 called third round. The only driver able to come close was Manciocchi with his Hesketh design car.
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The recent Nordic Electric On-road Championships saw Viljami Kutvonen taking the TQ in the Touring Modified class from Adrian Berntsen and Magnus Vässmar. Before the opening A-main disaster stroke for the TQ holder as self-inflicted electronic problems denied Viljami to start. Adrian made maximum use of the situation and brought home the win in front of Magnus. A2 then saw a clean start from Viljami and he was able to open a gap on the field. Later in the race Adrian made a mistake that allowed Viljami to cruise to the win. The third and decisive A-main was pretty much the same affair. Kutvonen had a clean start and was able to pull away while Berntsen’s mistake came a bit earlier this time. Viljami slowed down a bit to take things easy but Adrian was able to recover and suddenly was right behind the leader, but Viljami again was able to pull away and to take the win and with it a maiden Nordic Championship title.
Image: Viljami Kutvonen
