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March 10, 2017

2017 IRCC Airport Race – Announcement

The International R/C Car Championship, otherwise known as the IRCC Airport Race, will take place from the 2nd to 4th of June at the Chubu International Airport in Japan. The unique event will be held on a temporary carpet track in an event hall near the arrivals section. With the airport having a hotel and restaurants, races won’t need to do much travelling and can in fact access the track by foot. The race will see the running of several on-road classes including Touring Stock, FWD, Modified and Stock 1/12th scale, Formula, World GT and more, with racers from the USA, Korea, Macao and other countries being awaited. More information about the event can be found on the official event website here as well on social media here.

March 10, 2017

CWIC Xray Racing Series UK Rd7 – Report

The recent round seven of the CWIC Xray Racing Series UK concluded the 2016/17 series and as with the previous rounds the event had a good turn out of racers. In Super Touring the final round of the series seen some top racers attend to challenge for the win, but in keeping with recent rounds Olly Jefferies topped the podium with back to back final wins. Alex Hagberg came in close to take second and Alex Thurston made up the podium.

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March 10, 2017

Muchmore 5mm LCG Euro connectors

Following the introduction of the 4mm LCG Euro connectors, Muchmore also have a 5mm variant available. With a total length of 15mm the plugs are usable with standard height 25.7mm and also LCG 23mm LiPo battery packs and their low height head ensures neat wiring and unnecessary height build-up for a professional and clean looking wiring job. The connectors are gold-plated for wear and low resistance and they come in sets of two.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

March 9, 2017

AME T-Shox V2 1/10th touring shock absorbers

German AME distributors Ruddog have introduced the new T-Shox V2 1/10th touring car shock absorbers. Completely redesigned AME left no stone untouched inside and out but the design of the shock absorbers remained the same with a through-type shock rod making volume compensators unnecessary. Thanks to the redesign with a better guided shock rod the shocks offer a more consistent and smoother ride. The piston now moves perfectly through the shock body which results in optimised oil flow over the whole dampening movement. The design also results in zero rebound and thus perfectly matched left-right and front-rear shocks. The set included a total of four shocks and it is usable for a range of touring cars including the latest offerings from Yokomo and Xray.

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March 9, 2017

South-African ORE national championship Rd1 – Report

The first round of the 2017 South-African ORE national championship was held at the Welkom RC Arena, host of the 2018 IFMAR ISTC 1/12th World Championships. It is fair to say that the facility has revived RC racing in South Africa and for the first time in many years there were five Touring Modified mains, a full 1/12th Modified main as well as a full main of 1/12th Stock. In Touring Modified and for the first time in many years over 46 entries ensured competitive racing and the drivers had to be at their best to qualify for the A-mains. The battle for the podium was really hot with great runs from Hein Kotze, Anderton Smith, Antonio Caroli and Ashley Hurley. After missing the first qualifying run it was Hein Kotze who put in great runs in Q2, Q3 and Q4 to secure the TQ spot. Youngster Ashley Hurley improved Alexander Hagberg’s 2016 record to 12.7s and showed that he was a force to be reckoned with by qualifying in 2nd with Antonio Caroli 3rd and Anderton Smith in 4th.

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March 9, 2017

Andrea Catanzani wins at Italian GT Champs opener

The opening round of the Italian GT national championship was held at the Il Lombrico track in Milazzo. In the F2 category Andrea Catanzani took the Super Pole after the qualifiers and he would also dominate the 45-minute A-main by coming out some eleven laps in front of second placed Fabio Valente while third placed Mauro Meli ended the day another five laps down in third.

Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]

March 9, 2017

Acuvance Xarvis brushless speed controller

Japanese company Acuvance has introduced the new Xarvis brushless speed controller for 1/10th scale applications. The speedo is housed in a machined all-aluminium case and it features an integrated on/off switch, a separate receiver wire for convenient replacement and an integrated low-profile high-flow heatsink that can be equipped with an optional fan unit. A dedicated port for an optional programming unit and Bluetooth dongle makes programming of the ESC, that offers a blinky mode as well as several turbo and timing as well as Rev-limiting functions, easy. The controller is available in the three colours of black, red and purple.

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March 9, 2017

2017 Speed King Tour Rd1 – Report

Season number five of the Japanese Speed King Tour kicked off at the Rajiten Nagoya indoor tarmac track in the Aichi prefecture. The race format was left the same as in the previous year and classes run would be Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Oval. In the premier Modified category, newly-signed Infinity driver Akio Sobue showed great speed at his home track, taking the TQ after the three qualifying rounds of qualifying and dominating the 7-minutes A-final from start to finish. Yokomo driver Yugo Nagashima had to settle for second and Kazunari Tomita (ARC) finished third.

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