The second round of the Islikon Masters was held in Islikon, Switzerland this past weekend. Philipp Huber took the pole position in the Touring Pro Stock class and he also came out on top after the A-mains, taking the day’s win from Nuno Huber 2nd and Roland Kupper 3rd.
Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]
Last weekend saw the running of the New Years Cup, hosted by the German MAC Lingen club. In the strong Formula class it was Shepherd driver Jarno Holtman who took home the win. Starting from the 2 spot behind TQ holder Joey Sorber, who was also running a Shepherd car, the finals saw some close but fair battles between both drivers. Ending the day on the 3rd spot was Marco Kruse who significantly improved his car, rewarding himself with a top 3 finish and completing an all-Shepherd podium.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Teamsaxo have introduced a carbon fibre chassis and top deck for Yokomo’s BD8-2018 touring car. It is understood that the 2.25mm chassis and 2.0mm top plate match the standard kit specifications in terms of outer shape, making them a direct replacement for the kit items.
The 2017/18 Essex Winter Series entered the second half of the season this weekend, with round 3 taking place to kick off 2018’s racing activities. In the Modified class, Olly Jefferies would have the opportunity to wrap up the overall championship title, with two rounds remaining, if he could secure a good set of points this time out. With Olly taking TQ and the A-final win at the opening two rounds of the series, he had a 4-point cushion over rival Elliott Harper. But Harper, fresh off of strong fourth-place finishes at the EWS International just before Christmas and the DHI Cup at the start of the new year, would be hoping to prolong the championship battle further.
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Sunpadow have announced the signing of Sweden’s Alexander Hagberg to their factory team. The former long-time ORCA factory driver will power all of his Xray rides using Sunpadow’s high-performance batteries while also assisting with Research and Development. Alexander says:
In recent years, Sunpadow batteries have shown its high performances and reliability in the competitive racing industry. I am highly motivated to be using their range of batteries to compete from now on.
Source: Sunpadow [arc-chn.com]
Coming from Fenix and made for the Team Associated TC7.1 touring car is their new ARS 2 aluminium main chassis. It is of an updated design that still allows for easy ARS system use but it now also incorporates the possibility to adjust the pitch flex. The updated and black coated chassis features an “ARS 2” engraving for easy identification.
Source: Fenix [fenix-racing.com]
The opening round of the Stavanger Open Cup was hosted by the Stavanger Modelcar Club at their new 1000 square meter facility. Offering different tracks such an off-road track laid out with EOS and an on-road track laid out with ETS carpet, the facility also includes a drift track. For round 1 nearly 60 drivers signed in to race in the six different classes of 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and Truck as well as 13.5T Touring, 21.5T Touring Junior and M-Chassis. To offer amble track time, one seeding practice was held followed by four qualifiers and triple A-mains. Intended as a fun race series especially for younger drivers the event also attracted Norwegian Champion, Nikolai Haheim to race in the Stock Touring class while the off-road class were lead by Junior World Champion Daniel Kobbevik. The two then had now problems to win their respective classes and so they swapped cars and tracks in the final A-mains, much to the entertainment of everyone.
Coming from Radtec and made for the Xray T4 series of touring cars is a 51mm premium steel double joint driveshaft set. The shafts are made from ultra-hard spring steel for improved wear characteristics with the machined wheelshafts further improving precision. Included in the set, that adds to the already existing 50mm and 52mm shafts, are two 5x10x3mm high-grade ball bearings.
Source: Radtec [radtec-rc.com]
