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June 14, 2021

Jefferies & Finlay take Rd1 of BRCA TC Nats

After missing out on a race series in 2020 the BRCA National touring car series got back underway this weekend with the first round of 2021 hosted by the Eastbourne club on the south coast. Numbers were a little down on previous years but with covid restrictions still in place this season is likely to have an unusual feel to it as drivers ease themselves slowly back to the track. Aiming for a fifth consecutive modified title Olly Jefferies made a dream start taking TQ ahead of Chris Grainger, but one the stars of qualifying was Ben Moorey, the local driver upsetting the established order with the fastest time in round three of modified qualifying, a result that put him third on the grid for the A final.

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June 14, 2021

Mihelic double at XRS-MVP Alpe Adria 2021 Rd1

The 1st XRS-MVP Alpe Adria was held at the Tolmin track last weekend. With the introduction of a new racing format in qualifications, where best 10 consecutive laps count, it was Nejc Mihelic (Xray) who took the TQ over Anze Setina and Bjan Miklozic (Xray). Due to the huge tyre wear at the Tolmin track, the finals were divided into three 15-minutes legs with 2 finals counting. In the end it was Nejc Mihelic (Xray) who took the win infront of Simon Stelcl (Xray) and Marko Pristov.

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June 9, 2021

BRCA Clubmans Rd1 Cotswolds – Report

The first BRCA 1/10 Electric Circuit meeting of 2021 was held at the Cotswold Model Car Club situated in Cotswold Airport, Gloucestershire recently. This was Round 1 of the BRCA Clubmans series now in its 10th year. Saturday practice saw a good turn out of drivers practicing after many months of bench wrenching. With very healthy numbers in attendance from all of the 3 classes racing this weekend, TC 17.5 Blinky, Frontie and Formula One being this years classes. Sunday race day came and we had even more racers with those that couldn’t make the Saturday practice session. There was a real buzz in the air with quite a few racers meeting up for the first time in many months. Sunshine was forecast for the day but as with the previous day we wouldn’t see it until later in the day, but just in time for the finals.

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June 8, 2021

King of Clubs Series Rd2 – Report

The second round of this year’s King of Clubs series once again brought juniors, club and factory racers together, this time at the Eastbourne Electric Car Club. The season opener of King of Clubs was run in heavy rain but that did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the drivers who are really getting behind this regional series based in the south of the UK. This time their support was rewarded with glorious sunshine. One of the incentives of KOC is to encourage young races to compete and the Tamiya Junior E class has some budding stars of the future on show, the other main difference to other championships is King of Clubs is an inter club series and now on home soil Eastbourne club were looking increase their lead after taking round one at Aldershot.

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June 2, 2021

T-Works MP10 TKI2 optional shock towers

For the Kyosho MP10 TKI2 comes these optional shock towers from T-Works. Machined from 7075 T6 aluminium and hard coated in black, they are a direct bolt on replacement that give a different look than the kit standard ‘bronze’ coloured versions but also offer additional upper link mounting holes for increased tuning possibilities.

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

May 28, 2021

Mazzeo, Teghesi & Manzo join MonacoRC roster

MonacoRC have announced new additions to their team with three new big driver announcements. Joining MRC as a brand ambassador alongside Coelho & Hagberg, multiple Italian National Champion and Worlds runner up Alessio Mazzeo will represent MonacoRC while running his Serpent cars, and he will now be sponsored by Nosram electronics going forward. Joining as their first offroad team driver, Italian Fabrizio Teghesi is a veteran of the Italian offroad scene and still runs at the sharp end of the field with his Kyosho. He too will run Nosram electronics as well as other MonacoRC products. Finally Swiss driver Michele Manzo will also join as a team driver for MonacoRC, the ETS finalist will continue to use his Awesomatix, Hobbywing, Sunpadow combo but will now also use OfficinaRC products alongside promoting MonacoRC.

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May 28, 2021

RC Maker MTC2 weights, shim plates & steering brace

RC Maker have released a range of their ‘weight shift’ adjustable chassis weights for the Mugen MTC2. Made from brass, they come in various formats, shapes and weights, including 15g, 16.5g, 20g and 25g versions and allow you to add weight to the front or rear of the car while machined slots allow for fine tuning of their position for more precise adjustment. They have also developed new 2mm roll centre shim plates so that you can run those higher roll centres as well as a new steering brace for greater durability and steering response.

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May 27, 2021

2021 Speed King Tour Rd2 – Report

The second round of the 2021 Speed King Tour took place last weekend at the NEXT circuit in Chiba prefecture. Although the second round had been planned for the TM Circuit Wakayama outdoor tarmac track on the same day, it had to be replaced due to Covid-19. The Wakayama round will be held at a later date. Super Stock, Stock and Modified classes were run at the event, the same as round one. Super Stock class entrants used the G-Force ESC, motor and Super RC (Radicon) original battery pack. And the race motor is lent by the organiser. After three rounds of Modified class qualifying, Yugo Nagashima put in the fastest laps and times with his Serpent car, but RUSH driver Hayato Ishioka beat Yugo at the Super lap qualifying session.

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