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October 10, 2016

Fenix Racing STX 2015 aluminium chassis & link plates

Fenix Racing have introduced an aluminium main chassis plate for the WRC STX 2015 touring car. Machined from 2mm 7075-T6 material and coming black anodised the chassis makes for improved stiffness and thus optimised performance especially on medium to high-bite surfaces. The chassis is of a fully symmetrical design with pockets for the motor and under the rear battery area while a slight herringbone design optimises the flex characteristics. Also coming for the STX are aluminium suspension link plates. The parts are made from 2mm alloy and they sport the same black and silver finish as the chassis.

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October 10, 2016

Simon Kurzbuch confirmed for Guankou Sunpadow GP

The organisers of the forthcoming Guankou Sunpadow RC Car Grand Prix have announced the confirmation of Simon Kurzbuch for the event. The 2015 IFMAR 1/8th On-road World Champion and 2014 ENS title holder will compete in the event’s competitive 1/8th scale class.

October 10, 2016

Belgium On-road Indoor season opener – Report

The opening race of the Belgium indoor on-road season was held at the Beerse sports centre near Antwerp on a purpose-built 40x20m track. Classes run were Touring Modified, Touring 10.5T blinky, Touring 17.5T blinky as well as a 21.5T Formula and a silver can beginners class. Practice would start on Saturday afternoon with the triple qualifiers and finals would be held on Sunday. In the Modified class, Thomas Stockman showed his class by placing his Yokomo on pole despite missing the practice on Saturday. Mitchell Van Es was in close contention while Florian Joos, Stefan Rommens and Athan De Witte qualified in fourth and fifth respectively.

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October 10, 2016

Quentin Leroux wins French Cup

The French Cup was held on the tight and technical SENS track in cold but dry weather conditions. After qualifying Quentin Leroux took the lead with an average of 16.965s over over three consecutive laps followed by Basile Concialdi and Jean-Baptiste Geneau who were about 0.1s slower. Overall the qualifying was very tight with only 0.2 seconds separating the second to ninth place. In the semi-final Quentin confirmed his performance by finishing first, a lap ahead of second placed Renaud Monin. In the main final Quentin Leroux kept the lead and widened the gap gradually over its competitors and a great battle was on for second and third between Michael Derderian and Basile Concialdi with Basile’s car stalling before the finish line. Following the French Championship title Quentin Leroux now also brought home the French Cup title.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

October 10, 2016

MRC Speed Weekend – Report

This past weekend the MRC Speed Weekend was hosted by the Model Racing Club Vianen. Th first large indoor race of the season was held on a purpose-built track in a sports hall in Vianen near Utrecht, The Netherlands and it saw the running of the three classes of Touring 10.5T Blinky, Touring 17.5T using red Trackstar motors, and Formula 21.5T. The track was laid out using ETS carpet and the opening day saw free practice followed by controlled practice. In Touring 10.5 Robert Krens (Schumacher) would win the reseeding, based on three consecutive laps, from Eric Bresser (Xray)  and Michel Peterse (Xray). Touring 17.5 had Wesley van Dijken (Xray) coming out on top from Rob Janssen (Team Magic) and Ronald Arts (Team Magic) while in the Formula class it was Jitse Miedema (Xray) who came out on top in front of Ruud Knoester (Xray) and Michel van der Velden (Xray).

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October 10, 2016

Modify clamping motor fan mount

Japanese company Modify have introduced a clamping motor fan mount. Machined from high-quality 7075 aluminium and coming in black or shiny orange, the mount is usable with 30mm and 40mm fan units. The mounts are of a strong yet lightweight design and they are usable with most touring cars.

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October 8, 2016

Midwest Series Rd6/ROAR Region 5 Champs – Report

The nitro season in the U.S. is drawing to an end and the Tri-State Radio Controlled Auto Racers hosted a dual event at their facility located at the Hamilton County fairgrounds, in Cincinnati Ohio. The race was the season finale for the 2016 Midwest Series as well as the 2016 ROAR Region 5 Championship. The fall temperatures were cool and the track would prove to be in prime condition for the final event of the six race series. Going into the event, Lon Burling had already locked down the series championship in 1/10 Sedan as well as Tom Esposito in 1/10 Sedan Masters and Jason Conley in 1/8 Open. The 1/8 Masters title was locked in a dead heat between long time nitro veteran and seven time MWS Champion Rick Davis and Dwight Smith.

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October 8, 2016

T-Works X12’17 turnbuckles & screw sets

T-Works X12'17 turnbuckles & screw sets

Coming from T-Works and made for Xray’s new X12’17 1/12th scale pan car are a range of turnbuckle and screw sets. Starting with the turnbuckles, the steering links are available as hybrid titanium and alloy set and also as 64-grade pure titanium set. The parts replace the standard kit turnbuckles and they also include the upper camber link spanners and suitable 4mm turnbuckle wrenches. Also new are four screw sets including a 64-grade titanium UFO head set, an orange anodised 7075-T6 aluminium set, a mixed standard head titanium and alloy set and also a gold-plated steel screw kit.

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