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January 27, 2020

Ronald Völker TQs & wins at 2020 Charity Race

The annual Charity Race was hosted by Team La Gang at the RCLandia track in Scandiano, Italy this past weekend. The event was held in a multitude of electric on-road classes and in Touring Modified the race for the overall TQ was on between Yokomo’s Ronald Völker and Awesomatix privateer, Marc Rheinard. Ultimately it was Ronald with the pole position, beating Marc in the tie-breaker. The triple A-main had Ronald taking three straight wins as Marc Rheinard and Xray’s Alessio Menicucci battled it out for the overall runner-up spot. In the end Marc would hold the upper hand, taking overall 2nd from Alessio in 3rd.

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January 27, 2020

Jesse Davis doubles at Victorian IC On-Road State Titles

The 2020 RCRA Victorian IC On-Road State Titles were held this past weekend at the MRCCR club in Lilydale, Victoria, Australia. The race saw the running of both 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road classes and in 1/8th IC Track it was Infinity’s Jesse Davis with the overall TQ from Serpent’s Jeff Hamon. Jesse was able to conserve his qualifying performance in the 30-minute A-main event, leaving behind Jeff in 2nd some four laps down as Nicholas Salib (Infinity) came in 3rd to round out the podium. In 1/10th 200mm Touring Jeff Hamon would lead the way in qualifying, however the 30-minute A-main event had Jesse taking another win after Jeff ran into trouble, which meant he would have to settle for 6th place overall. Behind Jesse though it was the Infinity duo of Andrew Shapland in 2nd and Brayden Stanley in 3rd.

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January 27, 2020

Yokomo BD9 2.0mm flex upper deck

Coming from Yokomo and made for the BD9 touring car is a 2.0mm carbon fibre flex upper deck. Using the same graphite material as the standard top deck, the flex variant is of a different shape with a redesigned, increased torsional flex front section which results in a milder steering response which comes in handy to calm down steering in high-bite track conditions while increasing rear traction for lower grip tracks. The top deck is machined from high-quality carbon fibre and a direct fit, however Yokomo recommends to use alloy upper deck screws to maximise the top deck’s effects.

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January 27, 2020

Indoor Buggy Masters Rd2 wins for Ronnefalk & Berg

Round 2 of the Indoor Buggy Masters was held at the Klippan RC Club in Klippan, Sweden this past weekend. In 2WD Buggy it was a HB Racing sweep in the Reedy-style race with David Ronnefalk taking the day’s win from Hampus Berg in 2nd and Elias Johansson in 3rd. Over in 4WD Buggy, also held in a Reedy-style all-finals format it was Hampus Berg who would lead the way from Joel Rosengren in 2nd and Nils Gustafsson in 3rd, both running Team Associated machinery.

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January 27, 2020

Xray Racing Series Slovenia Rd3 – Report

The penultimate round of the Xray Racing Series Slovenia was held recently and attracted drivers from four different countries including Austria, Croatia, Italy and Slovenia. In the Formula 21.5 category it was Matej Dobnikar who easily took the overall TQ while in Touring 13.5 it was again Nejc Mihelic with the pole position as in the two previous rounds. In the Touring A-main it was the pole sitter Nejc Mihelic who converted the pole into a straight win with Bjan Miklozic and Nejc Marcic completing the all-Xray top 3.

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January 26, 2020

SpeeDome-RC BD10 hybrid screw kit

Coming from SpeeDome-RC is a hybrid screw kit for the Yokomo BD10 mid-motor touring car. The set consists of heavy brass screws for the lower centre portion of the car such as front and rear bulkheads, the motor mount and battery locators as well as titanium screws for the steering posts, outer suspension mounts and higher placed areas such as bumper parts, servo mount, centre flex braces and more. Also included are black colour 7075 aluminium fasteners for the upper deck, shock towers and front and rear bulkhead covers. The set is complete with four black colour wheel nuts and it makes for a lower overall centre of gravity due to using heavy lower and lighter upper fasteners while ensuring good overall stability and durability.

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January 26, 2020

RC Maker CentraFlex BD10 top deck & post set

RC Maker have introduced their new CentraFlex top deck and post set for the Yokomo BD10 mid motor touring car. Conventionally in mid motor setups as seen on the BD10, the front of the top deck is entirely split in order to be able to slide the top deck over the front belt. This provides a significant amount of flex to the front of the car only, creating quite an imbalance in the top deck’s flex characteristics. The CentraFlex has been developed to slide in from the side under the belts, and due to the single sided design, can be joined in front of the spur gear to prevent excessive front top deck and bulkhead flex, bringing back the balance of front to rear flex provided by the top deck. As well as this, RC Maker have also added an additional post in front of the spur, to add more options when tuning the chassis’ flex. By installing or removing the flanged bearings either side of the spur gear, owners can change the flex point of the car instantly, either moving it forwards or backwards to adjust the balance of the car.

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January 26, 2020

Xray Racing Series Rd6 – Report

Round 6 of the Xray Racing Series Germany was hosted by the MSC Herrenhaide club with many entries making for a good atmosphere and competitive racing. The strongest class was Touring FWD which offered entertaining races with other classes being Touring Stock, Touring 17.5T, Formula and 1/12th scale. In Touring Stock, Tim Schulte took A2 and A3 from pole position after Sven Müller had taken A1. While Tim took the overall win it was Sven on the runner-up spot. Jonny Guerra rounded out the top 3 result.

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