Round five of the Xray Winter Series Greece was held at the FRT track in the three classes of Touring Modified, Pan Car and Formula. In the Touring Modified category the qualifiers were dominated by the battle between Batas and Georgiadis (both Xray) with the better end for Georgiadis who took the overall TQ from Batas with Diamadis rounding out an Xray top3 lock-out.
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Team Titan have introduced the new Blitz GT2 body shell for 1/8th GT chassis using a wheelbase between 323mm to 328mm. The GT2 body is designed to provide more steering than the previous GT shell, utilising a redesigned rear boot lid that increases air flow to the wing for more stability without losing top end speed from excess drag. The rear of the body features three wing support towers, with included large diameter plastic wing screws, to ensure a lightweight yet durable wing mounting. The body comes clear, with window mask, wing mounting hardware, sticker sheet and two wings to help tailor the required down force.
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Muchmore have introduced a lightweight aluminium motor cooling fan mount for 40mm units. Cut from high-quality aluminium and coming black anodised and laser-etched the mount features an inner cut out to route the fan connection wire to in order to make for neat and clean wiring. The mount simply attaches to the motor by clipping it on and it is designed exclusively for the use with 40mm fans.
The recent Mile High Indoor Championship marked the unofficial end of the 2015/16 indoor season in the US and it saw TQ holder Mario Ficco walking away with the win from team mate Brian Wynn in the Formula class. In the growing World GT-R rubber tyre category, Brian Wynn would secure the pole position for the A-main that he went on to win in style. Elsewhere in the hotly contested 1/12th 13.5T class, veteran racer Mitch Witteman laid down some impressive TQ runs and he also took the win in the A-main final in a group of fast, sponsored, top level drivers.
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Reflex Racing have new option parts for the Team Associated TC7 and TC6.2 touring cars available. First up is an alloy chassis for the TC7 that was custom designed around the latest AE Platform to maximum performance especially on the new CRC and ETS black carpets. The chassis moves the flex points away from the centre of the chassis and towards the bulkheads for more rotation, steering and stability which translates into faster lap times and a more consistent car that is also easier on tyres over a full run. The chassis is now also narrower, allowing for lower ride heights and less rubbing on the newer CRC Carpet which calls for higher ride heights. The 81mm wide chassis is cut from 7075-T6 ThyssenKrupp aluminium alloy, it includes carbon fibre battery brackets and mounting hardware.
The final round of the Danish electric on-road nationals was held at the Viborg RC Racing club on a purpose-built track with a super high-speed layout. In the Touring class Mike Gosvig TQ’d all qualifiers despite having a crash in Q1, to take the overall TQ in front of Frederik Broløs and Soren Boy Holst.
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Made for most of today’s electric touring cars are T-Works’ new bulkhead anti-tweak blocks. The machined aluminium alignment tools help to build straight and tweak-free bulkhead and chassis assemblies and they are compatible with Xray, Yokomo, HB/HPI, Tamiya, VBC Racing, CSO, Team C, Serpent and ARC touring cars. The blocks are available in red, orange and black colour, they feature machined edges and are laser-etched for easy recognition of the bulkhead distance.
The opening round of the Internationclub series was held at the Morac Graz club in Austria. The event attracted racers from Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Austria and it was held in several on-road classes. In 1/10th 200mm Michal Abrahamek (Xray/O.S.) took the TQ and he went on to win the main final in pretty dominant fashion from the Sonic-powered Shepherd of Gergö Lehner. Igor Liptak (Xray/FX) rounded out the podium result in third.
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