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March 16, 2016

Philipp Walleser wins at MRC Winter Series Rd5

The fifth and final round of the MRC Winter Series was held in Longwy, France over the weekend. As usual the 10.5T Touring Stock class was the most popular, attracting over 40 drivers. Philipp Walleser would be on a mission as he not only took the TQ and the pole position for the finals but he would also come out successful in the triple A-mains to grab the overall win while scoring the fastest lap of the class in the progress. Behind him, Dirk Rischard and Jan Bickendorf completed the podium result in second and third respectively. Another driver to set the TQ, grab the win and score the fastest lap was young Julian Garbi in the Rookie class. He would leave Dryss Faivre and Raphael Brassart behind in second and third respectively.

View the Rookie class podium here

March 16, 2016

GForce drift tyre remover tool

Coming from GForce is a tyre remover tool for drift car wheels. Constructed from aluminium the tool allows to easily press out 50mm to 56mm rims of 57mm to 63mm pre-mounted wheel sets to reuse either the rims or the tyres. Do extract the rims the wheels are placed in the lower cup and with the upper stamp the rim is forced out of the tyre without harming any of the parts involved. The press is available in blue or black anodising from end of March.

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March 16, 2016

Framega Fenix YR-10 aluminium castor plate

Coming from Italian company Framega and made in cooperation with Fenix Racing is an aluminium castor plate for the Yokomo YR-10 formula car. The plate is cut from high quality 2mm 7075-T6 aluminium, it comes black anodised and allows for five different castor settings. The adjustments are easily accessible by undoing three screws and shifting the plate forth or back.

Source: Framega [framega.com]

March 15, 2016

Bittydesign Type-6C 1/10th Formula bodyshell

Italian company Bittydesign have introduced their all-new Type-6C 1/10th scale bodyshell for formula cars. Offering a realistic yet performance oriented design the body is meant to have a neutral handling, exceptional overall downforce and its rear section makes for optimised airflow towards the rear wing while allowing room for the motor and motor pod at the same time. The body comes moulded from lightweight 0.75mm Lexan material, it includes a white colour driver helmet, a pre-cut decal sheet and it fits most of today’s formula chassis and low front wings.

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March 15, 2016

Markus Hellquist doubles at Swedish Open Champs

Markus Hellquist doubles at Swedish Open Champs
Last weekend’s Swedish Open Championships in Åtvidaberg not only saw the running of the 1/12th Stock class but also Touring Modified and Stock, 1/12th Modified and Formula racing. Markus Hellquist, in best Jan Ratheisky fashion, attended in the three classes of Touring Modified, Formula and 1/12th Modified and he would also TQ all three categories although at first he struggled to get into grips in the 1/12th class. In the Touring Modified A-mains Markus then made a clean sweep by coming out fastest in A1 and A2 to grab the overall title with one leg to spare. Jonas Andersson would come in second, Niclas Nilsson ended the day in third.

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March 15, 2016

Peter Bohman takes Swedish Open Champs title

The Swedish Open Championships were held this past weekend in Åtvidaberg in several electric on-road classes. In 1/12th Stock Peter Bohmann took the TQ with the fastest time in the qualifiers from Magnus Hedlund and Per Carlsson. The triple A-mains then were a mixed affair for the top guys as the small track made passing difficult and the back markers would play a significant role also. The opening A-main had Magnus Hedlund coming out successful with Peter Bohman ending in second only a second shy of Magnus. Marcus Andersson finished A1 in third. The second A-main then was an equally tight affair but this time the TQ holder came out fastest from Magnus in second and Per Carlsson in third. In the third and decisive main things got further mixed up with Per taking the win from Magnus and Peter. When the dust settled Peter grabbed the overall win although being tie on points with Magnus but the better tie-breaker handed him the 2016 1/12th Stock title.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 15, 2016

Kevin Zwahlen wins at DMTCC Challenge Rd4

The fourth and final round of the Swiss DMTCC Challenge was held in Court over the weekend and it saw Kevin Zwahlen (HB) taking the TQ from the Team Magic duo of Arthur Brulé and Christophe Plancherel. After the four A-main legs the top 3 order would not change with Keving taking a commanding win from Arthur and Christophe in second and third respectively.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

March 15, 2016

2016 SARDA National Championship Rd1 – Report

The first round of the 2016 South-African ORE National Championship was held at the Krugersdorp Model Racers club. Free practise started on Thursday but Summer rains only allowed for a couple of hours practise on Thursday and Friday. The rain stayed away for the weekend and a full racing schedule could be managed. The weather challenged the drivers with a little variation in traction due to temperature differences but the track was in great shape and the drivers pushed hard and raced fast. The opening round also marked the introduction of new Nationals rules that see less classes with now only Touring Modified, Touring Pro Stock 13.5T Blinky, 1/12th Modified, Formula and 13.5T FWD being run.

Continue reading the report here