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October 1, 2021

BRCA 1/8 Circuit Brooklands Rd6 – Report

It was back down to the south of the UK for the penultimate round of the championship. Brooklands is a real treat for the drivers and offers high speeds which rewards the bravest of drivers. In nitro qualifying Alex Thurston got off to a convincing start and took a clean sweep of all the rounds in qualifying with his Capricorn chassis with Tim Wood (Shepherd) and Mark Green (serpent) following him to line up 2nd and 3rd for the 30 minute A final.

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September 30, 2021

Reds Racing multi-function hex tool kit

Reds Racing have introduced this multi-function hex tool kit. Supplied in a handy foam filled plastic case. The set includes a black anodised aluminium handle and four high quality steel tips in 1.5mm, 2.0mm, 2.5mm & 3.0mm, with the tips also usable with an electric screwdriver.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

September 29, 2021

Andrea Ghilotti joins Awesomatix

Awesomatix are happy to announce the addition of the Italian racer Andrea Ghilotti to their Factory Team. The former EFRA European junior champion will participate at the Euro Touring Series events and as well at events in his home country Italy. He had the following to say, ‘Since I was a child and I’ve seen the first Awesomatix car out there I loved this revolutionary project, now becoming directly part of it feels just like magic. It’s a pleasure for me to join the team, thanks to Max, Oleg and all Awesomatix guys for trusting in me, I hope I can get good results to keep our flag high. See you on track.’

Source: Awesomatix [facebook.com]

September 27, 2021

Smith & Hart win BRCA finale as Murray take Stock title

The fifth and final round of this season’s BRCA touring car nationals saw drivers competing at the Bedworth club based in the heart of the midlands. Xray driver Olly Jefferies had already taken the modified title at the previous round which was good for him as he suffered a bad day with tyres issues. Leading the modified drivers in qualifying was Zak Smith and he would take TQ ahead of Kyle Branson who was enjoying a good end to his national campaign taking victory at the last round at Cotswolds. Harley Eldridge lined up third after a very mixed qualifying for the Yokomo driver where she had used al her allocated tyres.

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September 23, 2021

T-Works machined thin shock pistons V2

T-Works have released these machined thin shock pistons V2 for both the Associated B6 and B74 vehicles as well as the TLR 22 and 22X-4 buggies. These pistons come in 3 different versions for each car with both having 2 holes in varying sizes, 1.6mm, 1.7mm and 1.8mm. The pistons are sold in sets of 4 with the blue versions for the Associated cars and the red for the TLR cars.

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

September 21, 2021

Rohrmoser wins Austrian 1/10 IC Championships

The 1/10 IC Austrian National Championship concluded last weekend at the MAC Amstetten circuit. This was the fourth event of the season, with each round so far producing a different winner. Simon Ciudan won Rd1 at MAC Mistelbach, Stefan Strasser took Rd2 at SFMAV, and Christoph Rohrmoser came home first in Rd3 at RC Parndorf, meaning the championship was wide open. Rohrmoser secured pole position for the 45-minute final, as the three previous winners took the top three places on the grid. It then turned into a lights-to-flag victory for Rohrmoser, as his MAV-powered Xray ran up front for the whole duration of the race to secure his third consecutive title. When the other points were added up, Stefan Strasser secured second overall, with young Michael Katzmayer third in the standings.

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September 21, 2021

Jesse Keller takes Rd4 of Dutch Nationals

Last weekend the 4th round of the Dutch Nationals took place at the Mac De Baanbrekers track. In the NK class it was Shepherd driver Jesse Keller with the victory. In qualifying he had to settle for the second place behind Robbin Hertong, but in the main final Jesse he was able to take over the lead when Robin suffered some technical problems. After 30min Jesse crossed the finishing line a lap in front of Arie Manten with Ricardo Hofmeijer completing the podium another 2 laps down. With this result the championship will be decided between Jesse and Robbin at the final race at Raco2000 On & Off Road Circuits Nederland.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

September 21, 2021

Coelho victorious at ETS Rd3 in the Netherlands

The third round of ETS Season #14 2021/22 took place on the ground of the AMCA Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. With 200 entries in the six ETS racing classes, the event started with a free practice day on Thursday and a good weather forecast for the whole weekend. As always at the ETS, the race included 4 rounds of qualifying followed by triple mains for everybody. Everything was prepared in a perfect way by the AMCA Apeldoorn and the amazing racetrack was awaiting all drivers. In the Matrix Modified class it was Xray’s Bruno Coelho who was able to win three rounds of qualifying with his teammate Alexander Hagberg taking the other round. With Coelho being on pole, Mugen Seiki’s Ronald Völker scored three second places which let him start second on the grid in front of Yokomo`s Yannic Prümper (3), Xray`s Alexander Hagberg (4) and Awesomatix driver Marc Rheinard (5). The field of modified drivers was on a super high level once again and the fight for the A-Main spots was as close as possible in between some hundreds of a second.

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