California based Exotek Racing has released a new rear diffuser for the F1Ultra R5 1:10 formula pan car kit it released earlier this year. The all 3D printed nylon construction weighs 10grams and provides extra downforce and rear traction. It is direct fit for the Exotek F1 Ultra R5 only.
Alex Thurston is the new 2024 BRCA British 1:8 Circuit National Champion, the YMC Racing supported driver claimed the title with a perfect season of 5 wins from 5 races. With round 5 of 7 taking drivers to the centre of the country and to the Wombwell Circuit, Thurston would take his Ielasi Tuned powered Mugen Seiki to the TQ ahead of the Shepherds of out going champion Tim Wood and Andrew Hastings. In the process of his Q4 FTD, Thurston claimed a new track record with a fastest lap of 16.02. In the half hour final Wood would keep Thurston on his toes but a late push in the final minutes allowed Thurston to build as gap he could maintain to the finish to make it 5 from 5 by a margin of 6-seconds. Behind Wood, Hastings completed the podium 2-laps down. The title win sees Thurston retake the title he had previous held for three years in a row in 2022. The penultimate round of the 2024 championship will see drivers return to Halifax, having hosted previously Round 5, on September 7/8th.
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JConcepts has released its F2 and P2 bodies for the Xray XB2’24 1:10 2WD Buggy. It is difficult to find a more successful body shell designed by the Florida company than the F2 (blue colour scheme). With the release of the Xray XB2 2024, JConcepts set off to incorporate all the functionality of the IFMAR World Championship winning shell and wrapped it around the newest dynamo from Team XRAY. The exclusive composition of the cab, extra rear windows, louvered roof all tied together with Finnisher “V” configuration makes the F2 a classic performer with it now available to wrap around the newest offering from Xray. The P2 (red colour scheme) design arrived just in time for the IFMAR Worlds in 2017 where the team tested and confirmed performance characteristics on the Xiamen, China track surface and has since developed a reputation as the go-to design for dirt surfaces ranging from low to high-traction. Both bodies include two of the 6.5” Carpet | Turf | Dirt wing which are now a standard racing item around the world.
Schumacher’s Elliott Harper is the new BRCA British 1:10 Electric Touring Car Champion having secured the title with victory at the penultimate stop on the 5 round calendar at Stafford over the weekend. Having only returned to racing at the end of last season after a number of years away from the sport, the former Champion opened his 2024 campaign with a podium finish behind the Xray reigning Champion Kyle Branson and first tiime victor Alex Thurston who is the only other driver to win this season. Securing his latest TQ from Peter Eagles, Harper converted his pole into wins in both A-Main legs for the overall win and title. The podium in Stafford was completed by Eagles and the Xray of Harley Eldridge. It was a double success for the Schumacher team with Ollie Payne taking the win in the 13.5T class ahead of Billy Fletcher and James Hart.
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Large Scale Touring Car racing has a new EFRA European Champion after a dominant performance in Switzerland from Italian Emanuele D’Amico. Having secured the TQ by going fastest in all 5 rounds of qualifying at the Lostallo circuit, the Mecatech driver would lead the half-hour final from start to finish setting the fastest lap of the race in the process. With second place qualifier & 2016 Champion Giovanni Verbrugghe suffering a bad start and later becoming the race’s first retirement approaching the 20-minute mark, in the closing stages of the race it did look as though World Champion Markus Feldmann might be able to make a late challenge on D’Amico. As the German reduced the gap on the leader, unfortunately just inside the final 5-minutes his car would come to stop on track. This promoted the MCD of the defending Champion Dario Veseli, who started P5, to second but such was the gap D’Amico could back right off the pace and cruise to his first European title. The podium would be completed by the Genius of 2003 World Champion Hessel Roskam from the Netherlands.
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Mecatech driver Emanuele D’Amico has secured the TQ at the EFRA Large Scale Touring Car European Championship in Switzerland with a dominant performance. Already a winner this year in the European Large Scale Series and an EFRA GP winner, the Italian topped all five rounds of qualifying at the iconic Lostallo circuit. Behind it was the similar car of Belgian Giovanni Verbrugghe who ended up P2 locking his place in the A-Final alongside D’Amico. Qualifying P3 was reigning World Champion Markus Feldmann who will have race his way from the Semi-Finals to the main event with defending European Champion Dario Veseli joining him in the same Semi, the MCD driver having only managed P5 with a best run of the second fastest time in the second qualifier. With the 27th running of the European Championships attracting 78 Touring Car drivers, last year’s Top Qualifier and 2022 Champion Edoardo Repetti also races in the Semi A Final having ending qualifying 9th.
Image: Emanuele D’Amico [Facebook]
The fifth & penultimate round of the BRCA British 1:10 Offroad Nationals was hosted at the Torch track over the weekend where Schumacher’s Lee Martin and Team Associated’s Neil Cragg took the wins. In Saturday’s 2WD action qualifying would see reigning Champion Cragg secure the TQ ahead of title rival & team-mate Tommy Hall with new Xray signing Josh Holdsworth third ahead of Martin. In the finals, Cragg opened with a win but then came out with 5th in A2 as Hall got the win ahead of Martin. In the decider it was Martin with the win leaving him equal on points with Cragg who would secure his second overall win of the season as a result of the faster race time. Hall completed the podium with both him and Cragg now on equal points at the top of the championship standings with one round remaining. In Sunday’s 4WD action, with the title already secured for 2024, it was Hall who claimed the TQ ahead of Martin and Ben Smith. In the finals, a clash between the Top 2 turned A1 on its head with Cragg coming through from P4 to win. A2 would see Smith win ahead of Martin who would finally deliver in A3 to claim his first win of the season. Smith made it a Schumacher 1-2 with Cragg taking the final podium spot ahead Thomas Phipps and Hall.
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Capricorn has announced that leading international 1:8 GT racer Alex D’angelo has joined its team. The Italian makes the move from another of Italy’s chassis mnufacturers Genius Racing with who he claimed the TQ honours at the 1:8 GT World Championship in Australia last year as well as securing the highly competitive Italian Nitro GT National Championship title. On the announcement D’angelo posted, ‘Excited to announce I will be joining Team Capricorn. Thank you Patrizio for wanting me so much on your team, I can’t wait to get on the track with the new LAB GT2 GP & EP and more. Feeling ready and motivated for the challenges ahead. See you on track!’. With Capricorn producing chassis for a number of racing categories and set to release its first Large Scale, we expect D’angelo to play a roll in the development of that new project.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
