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February 15, 2017

FinTrack Tour Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Finnish Touring Car Nationals took place just outside of the southwestern city of Kouvola. Nearly 100 entries were on hand for the two-day event that featured Touring Car and Formula classes. In the Pro Stock 13.5 class Kalle Lehto, Kim Elfstrom and Vesa Yli were battling closely for the top spots. Previous round winner Kalle Lehto eventually earned the TQ position, followed closely by Kim in second with Vesa earning a second-row start in fourth. In the finals, Kalle took advantage of his pole position start to win in all three legs. Kim finished a close second with Vesa moving up a spot to finish third. With three rounds completed and one remaining, the 2017 Pro Stock championship comes down to a showdown between Kalle and Vesa – the dominant drivers in the class over the last two years.

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February 15, 2017

Avid X12 titanium ball studs & pivot balls

Avid have introduced three kits of titanium ball studs and pivot balls for the Xray X12 1/12th scale pan car kit. Machined from billet 6AI-4V titanium the parts are about 40 percent lighter than the standard steel balls without sacrificing strength and they utilise a 2mm Allen head for easy installation and removal. Available is a full 14-piece conversion kit including ten 4.2×6.5mm ball studs and four 5.8mm pivot balls as well as a 10-piece and 2-piece 4.2×6.5mm ball stud kit.

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February 14, 2017

Associated TC7.1 PSD shock system & CF bumper brace

Team Associated have introduced two new option parts for the TC7.1 touring car in the form of the Factory Team PSD shock system and a carbon fibre bumper brace. Starting with the PSD Position Sensitive Damping shock system, using the parts makes for a progressive damping that is determined by the piston’s position in the shock body. The more the shock is compressed, the more damping, giving the shocks a plusher feel. The secret lies in the tapered slots in the sleeves. As the piston passes through the narrower slot openings, more pack is achieved. Designed for the use on asphalt tracks with the TC7.1’s small shock bodies the set includes a pair of aluminium sleeves and plain shock pistons. Also new is a woven graphite bumper brace for the TC7.1 A direct replacement for the standard composite part, the carbon fibre brace improves overall stability, durability and it makes for improved visual impact.

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February 14, 2017

Energy Fuel powers Leo Arnold for 2017

Pepe Group have announced the signing of French talent, Leo Arnold to the Energy Fuel team. The former ENS A-main finalist and French Champion will use the complete range of Energy Fuel products in his 2017 on-road campaign.

Source: Pepe Group [pepegroup.net]

February 14, 2017

HRC Racing 11.1V 4400mAh hardcase LiPo battery pack

Coming from HRC Racing is a 11.1V 3S 4400mAh hardcase LiPo battery pack. Offering standard 2S dimensions of 135x45x25mm the battery is usable in all vehicles that take 2S packs but the additional cell makes for a significant boost in performance. The battery is ideal for short course and monster trucks with limited battery compartment size, it comes made from high-quality 50C cells and sports a Deans-compatible T-plug connector.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

February 14, 2017

Austrian Indoor Nationals – Report

The Austrian town of Mistelbach near Vienna played host to the Austrian Indoor Nationals. The event was held in a total of five electric on-road classes and it attracted some of the country’s fastest drivers. In the premier class of Touring Modified Patrick Gollner would take a dominant overall TQ after coming out fastest in four of the five qualifiers and he would also sweep the A-mains by winning all three legs. Sascha Klug would take the runner-up spot after some nice racing with Patrick while Christian Fraunschuh completed the top 3 result.

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February 14, 2017

Hiro Seiko Roche pan car titanium & alloy screw kits

Coming from Hiro Seiko and made for Roche’s latest 1/10th and 1/12th pan car kits are several optional screw kits. Available for the P10W, P12 2017 and F1 2016 are all-titanium or mixed titanium and aluminium screw kits with the alloy fasteners coming in a rich red anodising to match with Roche’s aluminium option parts. The screw kits help to reduce the overall weight, with the mixed sets being even lighter than the full-titanium ones, while both also add visual impact.

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February 13, 2017

Harper & Finlay secure EWS titles

The fifth and final round of the Essex Winter Series took place this weekend. With a new scoring system in place this year, the results of this event would be crucial to decide the champions. The Modified Touring title fight was a straight battle between Elliott Harper, winner of the first three events, and Olly Jefferies, who took the win at round 4. Olly got proceedings and his Hobbywing debut off to the best start, topping the opening qualifier with his Xray, ahead of Elliott and the Team Associated trio of Matthew White, Chris Grainger and Alan Bickerstaff. Q2 moved Elliott to the top with his LRP-powered Schumacher setting the fastest time, Olly second and Alan third. Elliott topped the third round, ahead of Olly, Chris, Matthew and Yokomo youngster Harley Eldridge. The final qualifier saw a titanic battle to decide pole position, with the two contenders never separated by more than a few tenths of a second. Elliott snatched the win, and with it the pole position, by just one tenth of a second in front of Olly. This moved Elliott one step closer to the title, giving him a five-point lead ahead of the single leg A-final.

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