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January 23, 2017

Völker & Asendorf dominate 2017 GP3F

The 2017 edition of the Grand Prix des 3 Frontieres was hosted by the MRC Longwy club over the weekend. The event usually attracts some of the fastest european drivers and this year’s edition did again not disappoint. In the premier Touring Modified category it was the Yokomo duo of Ronald Völker and Christopher Krapp that set the pace with Ronald making a clean sweep to take the TQ from Christopher while Marc Rheinard came in third in front of Yannic Prümper (VBC) and Marco Kaufmann (Xray).

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January 23, 2017

2017 Pan Car Masters – Announcement

The 2017 Pan Car Masters and 1/8th Electric Track GP will be held from the 2nd to 4th of June at the world-famous Lostallo track in Switzerland. Classes run are 235mm Pro10 Modified, 235mm Pro10 Stock, Swiss GT 200mm, Formula 21.5 as well as 1/8th Electric On-road Modified and Stock. Sign-up for the event is available here and more information about the event, rules and a hotel list are available here.

January 23, 2017

Ginting & Seta successful at Indonesian On-road opener

The opening round of the Indonesian Nitro Onroad National Championships was held at the SIS track in Jakarta. The weather was hot and sunny, making for good racing conditions for the 44 drivers that attended in the 1/10th GP, 1/10th GP Sportsman and 1/8th GT classes. The organisers had opted to suger-prep the track, making for massive traction for all classes. In 1/10th GP it was Bowie Ginting who took a convincing TQ after the qualifiers, some five seconds clear of team mate Arya Seta.

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January 23, 2017

Osvald & Popic win at Steier Cup Rd3

The third round of the Steier Cup was recently held in Maribor, Slovenia. In the Touring Car class it was Alojzij Osvald who took a convincing TQ in front of Patrik Požgaj and Jan Pernarčič. In the finals Alojzij took wins in all legs to grab the overall win from Patrik Požgaj and Viktor Bolšec.

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January 20, 2017

Intellect 2017 Spec LiHV battery packs

UK Intellect distributors Schumacher have introduced the 2017 range of LiHV batteries. The new Silicon-Graphene series offers improved cycle time when charged at 1C rates and they can be charged at higher C rating, with less risk of damage to the pack. The LiHV technology has the ability to be charged to 4.35V per cell, but they can also be charged to the standard 4.2V if required. The batteries are built to meed BRCA, EFRA and ROAR rules and they are available in a range of specifications including a 4200mAh shorty (24.8mm/186g), a 5000mAh shorty (24.9mm/211g), a 6000mAh shorty (25.0mm/222g), a 3600mAh LCG shorty (18.7mm/150g), a 8200mAh 1S shorty (18.5mm/152g), a 5200mAh LCG standard size pack (22.1mm/248g), a 6000mAh LCG standard size pack (22.0mm/272g), a 8400mAh standard size pack (24.9mm/333g), as well as a 6000mAh saddle pack (24.8mm/276g) and a 6000mAh 4S stick (543g).

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

January 20, 2017

Estonian Onroad Racing Series Rd4 – Report

Round four of the Estonian Onroad Racing Series was held last weekend in Tallinn, Estonia. Seven rounds of Reedy Race style heats made for exciting racing and in the end Karl Kasekamp (Team Durango) would take the win in the 1/10th Stock class from Risto Haug (Xray) and Henri Nurmela (Yokomo). Reimo Kosk (Awesomatix) and Raivo Laak (3Racing) completed the top 5 result. In the Formula class Rainer Ressar (Xray) took the overall win from Reimo Kosk (Yokomo) and Kaley Lukk (Yokomo) while the GT12 category was won by Henri Nurmela (Schumacher) from Hans Mötshärg (Schumacher).

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January 20, 2017

XRS Slovenia Rd2 – Report

Round two of the Xray Racing Series Slovenia was held at the newly resurfaced track in Maribor. The new layout in combination with the proven ETS carpet made for close racing and in the Formula category it was Damir Cindrić to take the TQ after three round of qualifying in front of Matevž Furlan and Sašo Kramljak. The Touring Stock class had Jan Popič coming out fastest from Rok Rudl and Viktor Bolšec while in the fastest class of the weekend, 1/12th scale, Alojzij Osvald took the top qualifying honours from Herfried Pucher and Nejc Mihelič.

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January 20, 2017

Serpent welcome Walter Diaz

Serpent have announced the return of Walter Diaz to their US on-road team. After a stint with Capricorn Walter will run Serpent’s gas and electric on-road cars at events throughout the country and he has the following to say: