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April 30, 2023

Widmaier crowned Philippine Masters Truggy Champ

Sworkz’ Micha Widmaier has been crowned Truggy Champion at the Philippine Masters. Taking the TQ honours having topped all four rounds of qualifying, the German dominated the 30-minute final despite loosing a front wheel. One driver expected to push Widmaier for the win, unfortunately young Australian Jackson Beale’s challenge was over before it had really ever had a chance to happen. The only driver to match Widmaier’s 40-second lap time in the final, the 17-year-old suffered very early troubles, an electrical lead issue eventually leading to his retirement. With fellow Aussie Jordan Van taking over as the leading challenger behind the German, he too would have issues eventually dropping down the order to finish 9th of the 15 starters. In the end, having opened up a comfortable lead, Widmaier cruised home for the title. Behind, local racer Daniel Miranda took his HB Racing Truggy to second with the similar chassis of Kiwi Shane O’Connor completing the podium on the return of the Philippine Masters following a Covid forced hiatus.

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April 29, 2023

Widmaier is Philippine Masters Truggy Top Qualifier

Micha Widmaier is the Truggy Top Qualifier at the Philippine Masters. The factory Sworkz driver dominated qualifying topping all four rounds at the challenging Circulo Verde track in the capital city of Manila. The German will start tomorrow’s half hour A-Main ahead of the Tekno of Jackson Beale, the Australian posting three P2 runs after a difficult opening qualifier on Friday. With the Philippine Masters his first ever race outside of Australia, Jordan Van will line-up third also at the controls of a Tekno chassis having produced Top 3 runs every round. Korean driver Apex Kim will start 4th ahead of Kiwi Shane O’Connor and Philippines diver Daniel Miranda. Set to be a 15 Truggy A-Main starting grid, 12 directly qualifying, the final 3 driver are set to bump up from the B-Main.

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April 29, 2023

Bittydesign ‘A45M’ 1:10 M-chassis body shell

Bittydesign has released a new M-Chassis version of their A45 1:10 FWD body, the A45M. Inspired by the shapes of a real car, they have created enlarged TCR-style fenders by adapting the proportions and measurements necessary for use with the most common M-chassis models on the market. The body is universal and fits all the 1:10 M-chassis cars on the market with 210-225mm wheelbase. It can be mounted on the 4WD chassis as well as on front wheel drive cars. Made with high quality and genuine polycarbonate Lexan, it is produced only in Light Weight version 0,75mm thickness. The kit comes complete with screw, nuts and large plastic washers to fix properly the rear wing along with a pre-cut decal sheet and window masks.

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April 29, 2023

MonTech Zero 2 & Civic bodies

Italian bodyshell producer MonTech has announced two new bodyshells for the ETS season with the Zero 2 for Touring Car and the Civic for FWD. The Zero2 is an evolution of the Zero with stability, corner exit traction and direction change speed all being improved. The Civic is new for the FWD category. Very compact with a very forward rear wing to give load and at the same time very fast direction changes and very fast in cornering. Both bodies are available in the Standard version and in the “La Leggera” version and the kits feature headlight and grille decals and window maskers plus the rear wing mounting screws.

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April 28, 2023

Mugen MTC-2R Touring Car

Mugen Seiki has announced their latest 1:10 Electric Touring Car, the MTC2R. The new car is an evolution of the successful MTC-2 platform used by Ronald Völker to win the ETS championship two years in a row. Now the next generation MTC-2R has several updates and improvements. Volker, designer & racer Robert Pietsch, Eric Dankel together with the whole development team tested extensively on different surfaces and conditions to develop the MTC-2R.

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April 28, 2023

Roche sign Vesa Yli in 1:12 team driver & design roles

1:12 World Championship winning manufacturer Roche has announced that the top Finland 1:12 and 1:10 onroad driver and professional R/C designer Vesa Yli is joining to their factory team. Ali will race the P12 platform and also manage the design and development of new P12 project with their new factory drivers. Commenting on the announcement Ali said, ‘I am super excited to join the Roche team for the next years not only a factory driver but I will also manage the design in the coming development projects! I would like to thank Max Ma for giving this opportunity to work together. I have always been a huge fan of the Roche products – the innovative design, super cool look and the performance has always been outstanding – it’s no wonder why they are World Champions! Really looking forward to hit the track with my new gear and give my best performance and knowledge to the team at the track and with design work as always!’

Source: Roche [rocherc.com]

April 28, 2023

Wallace Motorsports ‘Hall of Fame’ O.S. Speed T12

In it’s latest collaboration between O.S. Speed and SMJ, Wallace Motorsports has produced this ‘Hall of Fame’ Edition T1204. Based off of the super successful O.S. T1204 engine, it gives customers the option to purchase a ‘Hall of Fame’ .12 engine or .21 engine. The T1204 has more torque in the low-middle range with better performance. Two tungsten weights are embedded in the counterweight of the newly designed crankshaft, which helps performance in the middle range. The cooling head with wider fin pitch improves cooling efficiency.

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April 28, 2023

Capricorn 1:8 Onroad springs

Capricorn has added three new springs to its range for 1:8 Onroad racing. Green Silver are a progressive front spring which provides a nice feeling car to drive providing more consistent lap times. Purple rear springs provide the most rotation in the corners, these springs have been a popular option for the Capricorn Factory team as well as other competition teams. Green being slightly harder than Purple, provides more stability and a little less rotation.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]