The first round of the Portuguese National Championship was held at Figueira da Foz track in Maiorca in the centre of Portugal. The event saw Fábio Torres Ramos taking the TQ spot, setting the fastest lap and winning the main final one lap in front of the 2nd placed driver Nuno Duraes with Hugo Trindade completing the podium another three laps down.
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Coming from Capricorn and made for the TE-03 electric touring car is the EXF aluminium chassis. The chassis shares its design with the V4 chassis that comes with the Power Light Kit and it allows for the use of the new bulkheads brackets and both the slim and the standard motor mount enabling multiple flex options.
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Coming from Team Associated and made for the RC10F6 formula car are white tyre decals. Printed on rubberised, high-strength, adhesive-backed material, these decals give tyres a finished and scale look. They are sold in individual sheets featuring enough decals for two complete sets of tyres.
Round 1 of the Turkish On-road Championship was held at the Efmod Track in İzmir. Unlike last year the weather was nice all weekend and in the Electric Touring Prostock class it was Mustafa Alp who took the TQ after winning three of the five qualifiers. In the finals Mustafa came out fastest in A1 and A2 to take the overall win early, leaving Ahmet Kasap and young Poyraz Serezlioğlu in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
The second round of the 2017 South-African ORE national championship was held at the newly-built Gear Raceway in Ballito. The outdoor asphalt track offered a mixed layout with medium traction with the grass infield took many victims during the weekend. It was evident from the start that local driver and owner, Deon Gove was the man to beat while Jason Hillcoat, Ashley Hurley and Hein Kotze also were pretty fast during the pre-national practise weekend.
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Capricorn team driver Federico Barbieri took another convincing TQ and win in the Touring 10.5 Stock class at the first round of the LRP-Associated Summer Championship held on the La Valletta track. Winning all three rounds of qualifying, he managed to transform his pole position into a win in A1, finishing 2.2 seconds ahead of Gianluca Beggio’s Xray, while in A2 he DNF due to a technical problem. Federico then managed to keep his cool and went on to win again ahead of Beggio with a lead of 3.2 seconds. The final’s podium would be completed by Gianluca Beggio (Xray) and Ruggero Zanusso (Team Associated).
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WRC Racing from Italy have introduced their GTX 1.3 1/8th nitro on-road kit. Based on the previous GTX the 2017 version has received some subtle updates such as an aerodynamically shaped front bumper, a new floating radio plate system and a redesigned fuel tank, the latter making for a lowered overall centre of gravity. Also part of the 1.3 package is a new rear diffusor for improved rear end protection and downforce.
Coming from Highest is the new DLP650 “X” orange low-profile digital servo. The high-voltage compatible servo features a black all-aluminium case with orange edge details, it utilises an all-metal geartrain, 25T servo spline and it comes including an aluminium servo arm and a 170mm all-black receiver wire.
