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June 26, 2017

BRCA Touring Car Series Rd3 – Report

Mixed weather conditions was the challenge for drivers at round three of the BRCA Touring Car Series, held at the Stafford track, with rain disrupting most of the morning’s qualifying runs and with Saturday’s practice held in the dry sunshine, this left drivers with little track data going into the meeting. Modified class championship leader, Olly Jefferies saw off a strong challenge in qualifying to take TQ with his Xray ahead of Chris Grainger’s Team Associated with Alex Gardner getting his best run at a UK national lining up third for VBC.

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June 26, 2017

Radtec BD8 0 degree alloy C-hubs & 41.1mm drive shafts

Coming from Radtec and made for the Yokomo BD8 touring car are a 0 degree C-hub set and a pair of 41.1mm steel double joint drive shafts. Starting with the C-hubs, the parts are machined from high-quality aluminium and they are a direct fit on the ARS rear suspension. Due to using alloy over composite material the overall stiffness and stability is greatly improved which results in increased traction and better drivability on high-traction surfaces. The hubs come black anodised and with silver edge details for looks. Also new is a set of 41.1mm front Premium spring steel drive shafts. They are of a double joint design, use lightweight centre couplers and they are a direct replacement for the stock parts.

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June 25, 2017

Kurzbuch & Gruber TQ at EFRA GP Series Rd2

Day two of round 2 of the EFRA GP Series in Lostallo, Switzerland again saw very warm weather with more than 30 degree Celsius and high humidity. The day saw five rounds of qualifying of which three counted and in 1/8th nitro on-road it was Simon Kurzbuch who excelled and who took a pretty dominant overall TQ. Following the qualifying the Superpole races were on with Lamberto Collari, Toni Gruber, Robin D’hondt and Kyle Branson battling for the second direct qualifying spot. Unfortunately Toni had mechanical issues and wasn’t able to take part is the Superpole race while Robin and Lamberto both were in the mix. Ultimately Collari would prevail, taking the runner-up spot with a 20.334 from D’hondt with a 20.363.

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June 24, 2017

EFRA GP Series Rd2 – Practice update

The MRTM Lostallo track in Switzerland plays host to round 2 of the EFRA GP this weekend. Former home of three IFMAR World Championships as well as some EFRA Euros, the huge and fuel consuming track sets the stage for some competitive racing with 47 drivers attending in the 1/8th and 1/10th nitro classes. To the demeaning track conditions add high temperatures of about 34 degree Celsius which results in pretty high traction and in the 1/8th class it was Simon Kurzbuch (Shepherd/Novarossi) who set the early practice pace with a 1:00:150 for his best three consecutive laps. Some 0.429s down, Lamberto Collari (Infinity/O.S. M.Collari) is the only other driver to pull three laps with in the 1:00:00 range. Elsewhere in the 1/10th Touring class it is Germany’s Toni Gruber (WRC/Novarossi) who looks to be the man to beat so far with a 1:02:265.

Source: EFRA [efra.ws]

June 24, 2017

Vigor RC BD8 0 degree aluminium C-hub

Coming from Vigor RC and made for the Yokomo BD8 touring car is an aluminium 0 degree rear C-hub. The hub is machined from high-quality 7075 alloy, it weighs in at only 4.9g and is made to replace the composite part of the RTC system, resulting in improved precision and more traction. The C-hubs come in pairs and use a grub screw to hold the suspension pins which further adds to the overall precision.

Source: Vigor RC [vigorrc.com]

June 23, 2017

Trion V2 modified brushless motors

Japanese brand Trion have introduced their new V2 series 540-size sensored electric brushless motor. The power plant is of a new design that revolves around a high-airflow can with huge cooling openings around the front section while machined openings in the stator area further increase the airflow in this area. This leads to a much cooler motor towards the end of a run and thus reduced fading and more stable performance. An updated stator further adds to the overall performance with increased torque and reduced heat build-up. The motor is rounded out by a new rotor and available from now on in a 5.0T touring and a 6.5T off-road variant with additional 4.5T to 8.5T variants coming later in July.

Source: Trion [team-trion.jp]

June 23, 2017

F.T. Line Atomic .21 Fantini-tuned nitro on-road engine

F.T. Line’s Atomic .21 nitro on-road engine is now also available in a hand-tuned version. The work was carried out by famous engine turner Max Fantini with the power plant having received a hand-tuned, crankshaft, crankcase and also a tuned piston and sleeve, all resulting in increased power and optimised mileage. The Max Fantini-tuned engine is available now.

Source: F.T. Line [ftlineteam.com]

June 23, 2017

Kiriazis & Diamadis win at RCManiacs Argos race Rd1

The Argos track in Greece played host to round 1 of the RCManiacs series. The Wednesday evening event attracted racers from Athens, Patra and Argos to compete on the new high-traction track and in the Touring Modified class it was Diamadis who took the TQ after a close fight with Kiriazis. All three finals were then won by Kiriazis with Diamadis coming in 2nd and Kidi 3rd, making it an Xray 1-2-3.

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