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January 7, 2020

Micha Widmaier sweeps 2020 Köngen Indoor Masters

The 2020 edition of the popular Köngen Indoor Masters was held in southern Germany last weekend, attracting nearly 140 entries. In 2WD Modified Buggy Micha Widmaier, Florian Kappes and Luca Rau battled it out for the overall TQ with Micha ultimately taking the overall TQ thanks to winning two qualifying rounds while Florian and Luca scored a round TQ each. The triple A-mains saw Micha winning the opening leg while Luca Rau won A2 as Micha scored a DNF. With the only 21-laps run in A3, Micha put things straight again, taking the overall from Luca Rau in 2nd and Jens Becker in 3rd.

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January 7, 2020

Lit R/C NB48 2.0 carbon fibre shock towers

Coming from Lit R/C Products are their new carbon fibre shock towers for the Tekno RC NB48 2.0 buggy. The towers are machined out of matte 3k twill carbon in 5mm thickness and they match the stock shock position geometry, however the front tower offers additional camber link positions and they are of a thicker and stronger outer profile to be more durable. The towers also have small chamfered edges to help prevent delamination. While adding a bit of visual impact the towers also are ten to 12 grams lighter than the stock towers for an overall lower centre of gravity.

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January 7, 2020

Joona Haatanen doubles at JC Carpet Challenge

The JConcepts Carpet Challenge was held in Stockholm, Sweden last weekend with some big names from Northern Europe in attendance. The man to beat was Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen who was hotly contested from new AE teammate, Alexander Landen who was able to TQ two rounds of 2WD qualifying. The overall TQ honours however went to Joona thanks to a quicker tie-breaker. The finals were all preceded by a super pole, so the start order was set by a one lap shoot-out before each round. Alexander managed 2nd place in both the first finals behind Haatanen, and was en route to win the last round after a mistake by Joona, but problem with a lapped car that decided to immediately try to un-lap itself meant that Joona could catch up and make the overtake of the weekend with a huge jump before the straight meant that Alexander had to settle for 2nd in that final as well. Overall and behind Joona and Alexander it was Schumacher’s Pekko Iivonen with the final podium spot.

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January 7, 2020

Awesomatix 1/12th scale pan car – Teaser image

Last week we brought you a first image of what was believed to depict Awesomatix’s step into competitive 1/12th scale pan car racing and now things seem to materialise even more. Awesomatix team manager Max Mächler shared an image of his ride for the forthcoming IFMAR 1/12th scale World Championships in the UK – sans electronics but with wheels on, showing the extreme low centre of gravity design of the prototype chassis. No official details are available as of now but with the Worlds kicking off later this week official information and more images shouldn’t be too far off on the horizon.

Image: Max Mächler

January 7, 2020

Capricorn sign Dominic Greiner

Following his departure from long-time sponsors Serpent, Capricorn have announced the signing of 2016 IFMAR World and reigning EFRA 1/10th Nitro Touring European Champion, Dominic Greiner. With the 2020 IFMAR 200mm Worlds in mind Dominic will focus on 1/10th racing this season and he has the following to say about the deal:

I’m happy to announce that I will drive for Capricorn from now on. After 7 years with Serpent I felt it’s time for a change and Capricorn was the best choice for me. The cars showed great performances the last years and the brand will always improve. I’m looking forward for a good cooperation and more luck in my racing future. The focus this year will be again more on my favourite class 1:10 for the world championship in Australia. Thanks to Patricio for the trust in me. See you on the track.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

January 7, 2020

2019/20 Urban Touring Series finale – Report

The 2019/20 season of the Urban Touring Series UTS concluded this past weekend at Urban RC’s rooftop raceway in downtown Singapore. A total of 41 entries across three classes made this one of the largest local races and was a fitting way to end the 4th season of UTS racing. Making it’s debut as an exhibition class was the 45+ Veterans Touring Car class, which attracted 13 entries, with several local legends returning to racing after being out of action for decades. First up was the premier Touring Car class of 17.5T Blinky which attracted a total of 25 entries. Setting the pace in qualifying was local ace, Nicholas Lee, who secured overall TQ with three perfect qualifying runs. Dominic Quek’s best opportunity for a TQ run was in Q1 where he started his qualifying with a blistering pace in the opening laps. However, a spin in the middle dog-leg in lap 4 meant Dominic had to settle for 2nd for the round and overall. PY Tang qualified 3rd, Esmail Apandi 4th, Sean Lee in 5th and making his first UTS A-Main was 13-year old, Zaccheus Lam. Bumping up from the B-final into the A-Main were Allan Tan and Sebastian Lee.

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January 7, 2020

Yokomo deal for Loic Jasmin

Yokomo have announced the return of multi-time French champion, Loic Jasmin, to their factory racing team. Loic previously raced for Yokomo a few years ago, where he scored multiple A-Main appearances in major events such as the ETS and Euros, and a career highlight of a sixth place finish at the 2012 World Championships. Set to debut his new BD10 chassis at next week’s GP3F event at his home club of MRC Longwy, Yokomo look forward to having Loic represent them on the track and support all our customers in France through 2020 and beyond.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

January 7, 2020

Tamiya TRF420 toe control rear suspension set

Tamiya have announced the soon release of their toe control rear suspension set for the TRF420 competition touring car. The set replaces the standard rear hubs for an adjustable construction that reactively controls the rear wheel toe depending on the suspension movement, allowing to run less toe on the straights for increased top speed while added toe at the corner apex and exit can increase overall stability. The amount of toe change is adjustable using different amounts of shims under the rear hub plates or by attaching the rear hub plates in an upper or lower position. The set includes the aluminium rear hub assemblies, carbon fibre hub plates as well as aluminium turnbuckles and hardware.

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