Mugen Seiki Europe have announced the addition of 1/8th Nitro On-road World Champion, Simon Kurzbuch to their 1/10th electric on-road team. The Shepherd factory driver will campaign Mugen’s MTC1 1/10th electric touring car this coming indoor season at national and international events.
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Coming from 7075.it is a brass chassis weight for 1/10th electric touring cars. Machined from 1.5mm material and weighing in at 29g the weight was designed to be placed in the electronics area in order to add weight, and maintain the proper left-to-right balance, when running the new generation of lighter speed controllers. The weight is attached to the chassis using thin double sided tape and it is compatible with cars such as the Xray T4’17/18, Mugen MTC1 and Infinity IF14.
Mugen Seiki Racing have announced the signing of 14-times Brazilian 1/8th on-road champion, Flavio Elias to their team. Flavio brings a tremendous amount of experience in racing which will be a huge asset to Mugen Seiki Racing’s on-road team. Flavio will be attending all Brazilian Nationals and major events in South America and he will also race at the 1/10th IFMAR Nitro Touring Car World Championship in 2018.
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The final round of the Indonesian Electric On-road National Championship was held at East Speedway, Jakarta. The race attracted a total of 45 participants who battled for the national title. In the Touring Modified class it was Muhammad Izzah who secured the pole position after TQing Q2 and Q3 while Q1 belonged to Arya Seta. Bowie Ginting started from 2nd on the grid with Arya, Chandra Yosef and Christian Mamesah completed the top 5. The main final then was won by a calm Izzah who withstood high pressure to secure the overall win from Bowie and Christian.
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Xray have introduced the 2018 variant of their EFRA European Championship and ETS winning X1 formula car kit. The vehicle is based on the 2017 variant and features some subtle updates compared to the previous car. First up and most visible is an all-new chassis design with the ’18 main plate being 24mm narrower compared to the ’17 car in order to eliminate chassis scrub in high speed corners and when running on high-bite surfaces.
The Genius Ring in Medeuzza played host for the XRS Slovenia Warm-up race this past weekend. Drivers from five different countries gathered and took the opportunity to get some laps under their belt in preparation for the upcoming season finale. In the Touring Modified class it was Andrea Ghilotti with the TQ and he also won the A-main to leave behind Sascha Klug on the runner-up spot and 3rd placed Florian Luyer, who rounded out the top 3 podium result.
Twin RC Speedway played host to round 1 of the Arrowmax Asia Race Cup Hong Kong. With most of the local stars attending the podium spots were hotly contested and only one TQ driver would successfully convert his pole position into an overall victory. In the Touring Modified class veteran racers, PC Boy and Stick King made for a great show. With PC Boy drawing the first blood and taking the TQ honour after the five rounds of qualifying, the final was a tight affair and would go down to the last leg before the winner would be declared.
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The 2017 Tamiya-Infinity-PRCA-Singapore Championship was held this past weekend. The event was held in the four classes of Touring Modified, Touring Boosted, Truck and Tamiya Mini and it attracted drivers from Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Sweden as well as local talent. The race was held on a pretty big nitro track and despite its size it made for some close racing. In the Touring Modified class it was Nicholas Lee who took the opening qualifier by 0.076 seconds from Akio Sobue and Nicholas also walked away with the TQ in the third qualifier, ahead of Akio Sobue and Naoto Matsukura, putting him in a good position for the overall TQ.
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