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December 16, 2019

Völker, N’diaye & Libar win at Longwy Winter Series Rd2

Round 2 of the Longwy Winter Series was held this past weekend in Longwy, France with the event attracting over 110 entries for the six classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock Expert, Touring 17.5T, FWD, Formula and Rookie. Touring Modified was led by Yokomo’s Ronald Völker who brought home the overall TQ and also the win in all three A-main events, leaving behind the Awesomatix duo of Lucas Urbain and Tim Wahl in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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December 16, 2019

Vesa Yli TQs & wins at 12Track Tour opener

The opening round of the Finnish 12Track Tour was held this past weekend in 1/12th and 1/10th scale classes. In the C12 1/12th scale Modified category it was Vesa Yli with the overall TQ and he also brought home the win in all three A-mains events, leaving behind Panu Vehniäinen and Sami Munck in 2nd and 3rd respectively. The GT12 13.5T Stock class saw Miikka Luhta with a clean sweep of TQ and overall win from Eemeli Anttonen and Juha-Matti Heikkala. Finally in the supporting TSS10 class it was Ville Aalto with the TQ, however it was Jaakko Huhmarsalo with the win in all three A-mains as Ville Aalto and Verneri Valtanen came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: V-Dezign [facebook.com]

December 16, 2019

Jonathan Yeung dominates OUP Cup

The OUP Cup was held at the Hong Kong based Lali Warehouse indoor dirt track this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Tekno RC’s Jonathan Yeung with the overall TQ and he would also bring home the win in the 45-minute A-main event, some three laps in front of Korean Agama racer, Kevin Lee. Serpent’s Leif Leung would round out the top 3 results another lap down.

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

December 16, 2019

Vigor 17mm/19mm bulkhead alignment block

Vigor have introduced their new aluminium bulkhead alignment block for the Xray T4 2020 and 2019/18 touring cars. Machined from aluminium and offering 17mm and 19mm settings, the block allows to align the front and rear bulkheads during building or maintenance, ensuring perfectly straight drivetrain assemblies and thus less natural drivetrain drag, more overall performance and longer spool and differential ball bearing life. The block comes machined from aluminium, it features a black surface coating and 17mm markings for the 2020 car as well as 19mm markings for easy identification of the setting for pre-2020 cars.

Source: Vigor [vigorrc.com]

December 16, 2019

Xtreme Racing T4’20 carbon lower bumper brace

Coming from Xtreme Racing and made for the Xray T4 2020 touring car is a carbon fibre lower bumper brace. Machined from 2mm carbon material the brace is designed to contact the front bulkhead to help prevent the chassis from breaking during impacts. The part is designed to work under the stock or optional bumper mount.

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December 16, 2019

Fantom FR-8 Pro ESC & ICON 1/8th scale motor

Fantom have introduced their new FR-8 Pro brushless speed controller and ICON Pro brushless motor for 1/8th scale applications. Starting with the speed controller, the FR-8 Pro features a high-performance 32-bit CPU and proprietary firmware, providing the driver with smooth throttle response, exceptional power delivery, and all the adjustable parameters that can be expected from a pro racing ESC. The 3S to 6S LiPo compatible controller is 220A rated, it features a 6V/7.4V, 8A BEC system, 10AWG wires and a 34mm fan unit with aluminium fan cover.

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December 16, 2019

X-Factory UK Winter Series Rd3 – Report

The third round and midway point of the X-Factory UK Winter Series took place this past Saturday, with a good turnout in both classes. A technical and tricky track greeted the racers and once all four rounds of qualifying had concluded it was Mark Lewis (Team Associated) who would take the TQ in the 2WD class in round 4, followed by Alex Haywood (Team Associated) in 2nd, Joe Renton (Team Associated) completed the AE 1-2-3 for qualifying in 3rd, Karl Jackson (Schumacher) in 4th, Gareth Cutting (Team Associated) in 5th and Brandon Young (Team Associated) in 6th, the remaining A-final spots would be decided via the bump-ups and those who would promote from the B-final.

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December 16, 2019

Andrea Tonini doubles at Xpress Cup 2K19

The Xpress Cup 2K19 was hosted by MCM RC in Italy this past weekend. In the Touring FWD class it was Andrea Tonini with the overall TQ after the qualifiers and he would also bring home the win after the triple A-main events, leaving behind Alex Caminati in 2nd from Silvano Zanoni in 3rd. The popular GT 21.5T EFRA class saw again Andrea Tonini leading the way in the qualifiers and also the finals as Carlo Mastursi and Alex Caminati came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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