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April 16, 2016

JJ Wang dominates AOC season opener

With a very strong performance in A2, LRP driver JJ Wang has taken overall victory at the opening round of the AOC held at RCI V2 in Shanghai. In a straight up battle with Ronald Volker the local ace took a decisive win over the German, ending the Yokomo driver’s 100% winning record at the AOC. Jan Ratheisky improved upon his A1 finish by taking 3rd place after another incident involving Naoto Matsukura, this time with Jilles Groskamp, allowed him to get through. Naoto would recover from 6th to 4th after a very late incident between the Dutch driver and local driver Rocket Zhang.

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April 16, 2016

WRC Racing F-One/LM16 titanium rear axle

Coming from Italian company WRC is a titanium rear axle for the F-One and LM16 1/10th scale pan cars. True running and light of weight yet very rigid the axle is a direct replacement for the stock part on WRC’s formula and endurance pan car kits.

Source: WRC Racing [wrc-racing.com]

April 16, 2016

JJ Wang takes easy A1 in Shanghai

Local ace JJ Wang has taken a clear win in the first Modified A-main at RCI V2 in Shanghai, taking the hole shot and never being challenged, also helped by an early incident between Ronald Volker and Naoto Matsukura that allowed him to build an early gap. The beneficiary of the incident was Jilles Groskamp, who managed to sneak passed the carnage and up into 2nd. A mid race pass on 4th place finisher Jan Ratheisky gave Chinese legend Motor King the 3rd position.

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April 16, 2016

Protoform WCICS Rd8 – Report

The Protoform Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series round 8 finals brought racing excitement to Canada’s beleaguered Oil capital, Calgary, and was met by the largest turnout ever for a carpet race in Alberta. Hosted by CarCar it was a great Finals race weekend. As usual, CarCar’s long time track director Jim created a layout that perfectly balanced driving skills in the tight sections, with multiple passing opportunities. In the Touring Modified class TQ, Xray’s Blake Bell would lead from the tone for the first 5 laps, when an infield touch would drop him to 2nd, and Team Associated’s Peter Toszer would take the lead. A pattern that would repeat several times during this great race, with Team Awesomatix’ Wayne Mah joining the party in the second half. The last 10 laps were nose to tail, some of the best racing all weekend, with Toszer/Bell/Mah coming across the line just a second apart.

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April 16, 2016

Wang takes rocket round to TQ AOC

JJ Wang is top qualifier in Shanghai having topped the final round in qualifying in what were quicker track conditions as heavy rain outside lowered the track temperature and increased humidity. The only driver to manage a 31 lap run all weekend, he also set a new fastest lap on his way to the top spot. Ronald Volker will start 2nd, having also improved his time despite a heavy hit against the barriers early in the race tweaked his car. Naoto Matsukura takes 3rd with a solid run that saw him break into the 9 second lap times, leap frogging a disappointed Jilles Groskamp who also made a mistake and will now start from fourth on the grid.

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April 15, 2016

Yeah Racing 30mm 3D aluminium fan protectors

Yeah Racing have introduced a range of 3D aluminium fan protectors for motors and speed controllers. Coming in a total of four designs the fan guards offer a raised inner portion to create a 3D effect and they help protecting the delicate fan blades from becoming damaged by larger objects. Each of the four protectors is available in black, blue, orange, pink, purple or red colour with silver chamfered edges making for more visual impact.

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April 15, 2016

Ronald Volker tops Q1 at AOC Shanghai

Ronald Volker has taken the opening qualifying round at RCI V2 in Shanghai, the German waiting until the last lap to take the top spot from practice pace setter JJ Wang. While JJ held the top spot from the start and even set his fastest lap of the event, a late mistake by the Chinese-American youngster meant he would have to settle for 2nd. The 3rd spot would go to Jilles Groskamp who would again set the second fastest lap time but some small mistakes lost him time to his rivals.

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April 15, 2016

Absima pre-mounted 1/10th drift tyres

Absima have introduced a new range of drift tyres for 1/10th scale vehicles. Coming pre-glued on 5, 9 or 10-spoke rims, in a range of colours as well as with two different tyre treads the wheels make every drift car stand out both on the track and in the work shop. All tyres come on 12mm hex adapter rims and in a standard off-set.

View the other wheel sets here