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July 8, 2019

Yoshii doubles at DieHard RC Summer Turf Series Rd3

Round 3 of the DieHard RC Summer Turf Series was held in Snohomish, Washington this past weekend. Yokomo’s Harley Yoshii displayed a dominating performing, bringing home the wins in both 2WD Modified Buggy and 4WD Modified Buggy. The Team Associated duo of Weylin Rose and Ryan Reavis came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the 2WD class while the 4WD Mod Buggy podium was completed by Team Associated’s Ryan Reavis and Kody Knudtson.

View the 4WD Mod Buggy podium here

July 8, 2019

Asian Onroad Championship Rd3 – Report

The Australia round of the 2019 Asian Onroad Championship was hosted by the South Eastern Radio Controlled Car Club in Melbourne this past weekend. The race attracted 250+ entries, the largest AOC event to date. The purpose-built track was laid out in a gym hall and classes offered at round 3 of the championship included the AOC’s usual mix of Modified and Stock 1/10th and 1/12th scale classes. In Modified Touring it was Alexander Hagberg and last year’s champion Jan Ratheisky who battled it out for the win. In the end it was Alex who would hold the upper hand thanks to getting through traffic better. Hagberg captured the overall win with Ratheisky 2nd and Dominic Quek rounding out the top 3.

Continue reading the report here

July 7, 2019

Michal Orlowski sweeps Kampenhout GP

The annual Kampenhout GP was held this weekend, attracting some of Europe’s fastest electric buggy drivers to compete on the iconic Belgian astro turf track. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski with the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the A-mains, leaving behind Schumacher teammate, Jörn Neumann in 2nd and up and coming Marcus Kaerup (Team Associated) in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

July 7, 2019

Dario Balestri takes EFRA 1/8th IC Track title

The 2019 EFRA 1/8th IC Track European Championships were held in Montbonnot-Saint-Martin, France this past weekend. In the EC-A category it was Infinity’s Dario Balestri with the overall TQ, after winning two of the five qualifying rounds from Shepherd’s Simon Kurzbuch, who also scored to round TQ as Carmine Raiola (Infinity) came in 3rd, winning a single qualifier. The Super Pole race then went in Simon’s favour who took the win to start from 2nd into the 45-minute A-main encounter with Simon being able to build up pressure on his rival Dario right from the start. The lead changed several times and the fair duel between the permanent rivals lasted until the very last lap. After 45 minutes Dario won by just a few car lengths in front of Simon making this European Championship final one of the most exciting ones. In 3rd it was Infinity’s Jilles Groskamp with the final podium spot, coming from 10th on the grid.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

July 5, 2019

Phat Bodies Electra 1/12th LMP body shell

Phat Bodies from the UK have introduced their all-new Electra 1/12th scale LMP pan car body shell. A new approach to 12th scale LMP aerodynamics, with styling cues from the futuristic Formula E class cars, has seen Phat Bodies develop a new style of bodyshell with high downforce yet maintain very low drag to establish a body shell with superb feel and exceptional balance at any speed on any type of corner. The body is designed within global bodyshell dimensions, to comply with EFRA and ROAR rules, and it is BRCA approved. It comes made of crystal clear Lexan polycarbonate ready for painting and it includes stickers, pre-cut vinyl window and light masks and also overspray film.

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July 5, 2019

PR Racing V3FM-R Evo & SB401-R lightweight bodies

PR Racing have introduced new lightweight body shells for the V3FM-R Evo 2WD and SB401-R 4WD buggies. Moulded from high-quality 0.5mm Lexan polycarbonate material the shells are substantially lighter than their standard counter parts for an overall lower centre of gravity and thus less body roll and swifter cornering in high grip track conditions. The bodies come clear, including window masks and decal sheets.

View the SB401-R body here

July 5, 2019

Team Bomber HQ king pin friction oil

Coming from Team Bomber is the new HQ king pin friction oil developed in cooperation with ZeroRacing. Ideal for the undamped front suspensions of 1/12th and 1/10th scale pan and formula cars the friction oil provides a certain amount of damping when applied in the spring and lower pivot ball area. Available as colour-coded soft and medium thickness variants damping can be adjust using the different viscosities and also different amounts of the fluid. The oils are available separately or as combo package.

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July 5, 2019

X-Grip Premium Graphene 7.4V 6000mAh battery pack

Italian X-Grip distributors Mikimodel have announced the release of the Premium Graphene series 7.4V 6000mAh LiPo battery pack. Built from highest quality 150C cells the pack is considered to be the most powerful of X-Grip’s competition battery line and it measures a low profile 137x45x22mm for a lower overall centre of gravity.

Source: Mikimodel [mikimodel.net]