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February 3, 2016

HFCC Indoor Racing Series Rd2 – Report

Following a successful opening round, the HFCC racing club of The Hague, the Netherlands, recently hosted the second round of the HFCC Indoor Racing Series. As with the previous round, Saturday was devoted to track building and practice while the actual race took place on Sunday. In the Touring 17.5T Stock class the battle for the TQ was on between Sybrand de Boer, Daniël Jansma and Steven Koiter with Sybrand holding the upper hand, placing his car on the pole position for the finals.

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February 3, 2016

Flash Point tire glue, fuel line & 3mm alloy washers

Flash Point R/C have introduced a range of accessories such as tire glue, fuel line and 3mm countersunk aluminium washers. Starting with the tire glue, the chemical was specially formulated for RC applications, it is super thin and fast drying. Included comes a fine application tip as well as a needle cap to keep the bottle neck from clogging. Also new is the premium fuel line that can be used on all nitro-powered vehicles. It is made from the highest quality silicone, making it ideal for racing and bashing alike. The semi-transparent tube comes in packs of 4 ft. (120cm). Last but not least come the 3mm countersunk washers made from blue anodised aluminium. They are made to give your RC car a custom look.

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February 3, 2016

BMT sign Rick Vrielijnck for 2016

BMT have announced the signing of Dutch frontrunner Rick Vrielijnck to their team for the 2016 season. The 9-times Dutch national champion and multiple EC-A, World Championship and ENS finalist plans to attend at all major 1/8th on-road events, such as the national champion, the ENS and the Euros. Rick had the following to say about the deal:

I am very Happy to join BMT and would like to thank Pasquale Iuliucci for this opportunity. Together we will focus on getting the most out of the current 984 chassis and develop it further during the season. I also would like to thank team Shepherd for their support last year.

Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]

February 2, 2016

JJ Wang teams up with LRP

LRP have announced the signing of JJ Wang to their factory team. The young Chinese-American top driver will strengthen LRPs on-road team for the upcoming season and beyond, with a special focus on the IFMAR Electric On-road World Championships in China. JJ will use LRP’s line of brushless motors, speed controllers and LiPo batteries to power his rides and this is what he had to say about the deal:

I would first like to thank Rick and Sean at Reedy for their support in the past two years. After taking a year to decide what’s next for me in terms of complete power package, I am very excited about my future with LRP and very thankful to Jürgen and Ales for giving me the opportunity to join a great team. I look forward to seeing everyone at the track.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

February 2, 2016

Bowie Ginting doubles at Nissan Cup

The first annual Nissan Cup was held at the Bandung Progresif track with a total of 116 entries for the 2-day event. In the premier Open Brushless class Bowie Ginting took the TQ from Muhammad Izzah who finished his best round within 1 second of Bowie’s time. Suwardi Suliandy rounded out the top 3 result. The Touring 13.5T non boost class again had Bowie coming out fastest after the qualifiers with Phoa Pinghong on the 2 spot and Muhammad Izzah in 3rd.

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February 2, 2016

Peter Miko wins at RCProf Challenge Rd4

Round 4 of the Hungarian RCProf Challenge was held at the RCArena indoor carpet track in Budapest. In the Touring Stock 13.5T class Peter Miko secured the TQ position in the qualifiers and even the opening A-main brought a convincing tone-to-tone victory for him. In the second leg though the 2nd place driver crashed into him during a close fight for the lead, costing both several positions. After the incident the new leader built a big gap and it was impossible for Peter to get back to the first position in that final. The third final, in a blue print of A1, was again an easy start-finish victory for Peter, so he was able to walk away with the day’s win from Simon Ciudan and Zsolt Kalnay.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 2, 2016

Protoform WCICS Rd5 – Report

The Protoform Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series held round 5, considered by most to be the Crown Jewel of the series, at Victoria’s Speed Weekend on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The reputation of the series and this event continues to grow; and this year drivers from across Western Canada, and from Quebec, Texas, Colorado, California and Washington came to race. The result: the highest registrations so far in WCICS’s 25th season, and setting an all-time record Touring Car, WGT and 1/12th Modified turnouts. The WCICS Live site also continued to amaze with new developments such as a Live Texting feature sending every racer their individual heats directly to their phone, Live Streaming, and Live Scoring, streaming the RD’s screen directly to the racer’s mobile.

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February 2, 2016

Vigor RC carbon fibre tweak rod

Vigor RC have introduced a carbon fibre tweak rod designed especially for the Yokomo BD7-2016 car. The rod features two milled-out openings to make way for the spur gear and to allow for access of top deck screw in front of the motor mount. The rod helps to easily and conveniently remove any chassis tweak even when using large diameter spur gears on the low profile chassis of the BD7-2016.

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