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November 19, 2015

Dutch Formula & 1/12th Winter Race Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Dutch Indoor Winter Formula and 1/12th Series was held at the The Border indoor track. 15 drivers attended in the Formula class while the 1/12th category attracted only seven racers. After the triple 7 minute qualifiers of the Formula category, that uses ETS rules with the addition of Shimizu tyres, Michel v.d. Velde (Xray) set the early pace, putting at least one lap on the second place driver. Michel then would also easily take the win in the double 10 minute finals to grab the overall victory from Nick Anneveld (Xray) and Dennis v. Lammeren (Xray) while setting a new track record of 9.967s in the progress.

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November 19, 2015

2015 SARDA Electric On-road Nationals – Report

The South African On-Road Electric National Championship recently concluded and in Touring Modified Jason Hillcoat (Xray) managed to defend his 2013 and 2014 titles with consistent performance in the season making it three in a row with his teammate Deon Gove (Xray) achieving the vice-championship title. Antonio Caroli (Xray) would grab the final podium spot from Anderton Smith (Yokomo) in fourth.

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November 19, 2015

WCICS Rd2 – Report

The Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series round 2 was held among the beautiful wine country of Penticton, British Columbia. Hosted by the PRCC Club, this race just keeps on growing. After doubling last year, they were again up an astounding 50 percent, due in large part to the amazing creativity of the organizers. This year, every racer received a WCICS 25th Anniversary pit towel, personalized with their name. In addition, as the race weekend fell on WCICS President Josh Carter’s birthday, this club surprised him with a beautiful cake, and an entire gymnasium of RC racers singing Happy Birthday. On the racing side of things in the Modified Touring class National Champion, Xray driver Blake Bell drove his T4 from pole to checkered without looking back. But he was never alone, with Orca’s Keith Yu close behind in 2nd, and Awesomatix’s Korgae Scales in third, the three crossing the line just a few seconds apart, with almost exactly the same fast lap times.

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November 19, 2015

Tamiya Kakegawa Circuit gets a renewal

Tamiya’s iconic Kakegawa Circuit is celebrating its 20 anniversary next year and while the original circuit, that once was the largest permanent track in the world, is still in pretty good shape the track will get a major make-over to turn it from an outdoor track into an all-weather indoor facility. Two huge tents will keep the elements away from both the track and the pits and beside the waterproofing the track itself will also see a revision with a new layout and more. The completion of the construction work is planned for May 2016 and we really look forward seeing the result.

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November 18, 2015

Kyosho Plazma Ra 2.0 1/12th scale kit

Coming this November is Kyosho’s Plazma Ra 2.0 1/12th scale pan car kit. Building on the 2011 Plazma Ra kit the 2.0 variant features some subtle design revisions to make it easier to adapt the car to a range of track conditions from slippery up to high-grip thanks to a widely adjustable centre shock and the ability to run both a crank-type or direct steering assembly. A new king-pin strut system of the front suspension allows for easier and more precise camber, caster and track width adjustments and also simplified maintenance. Grooves in the chassis allow to run the 1S LiPo back in a forward or rear position and the centred motor position delivers optimal left-to-right balance. The kit is rounded out by a high-torque ball differential with thrust bearing and 4mm adjustment nut.

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November 18, 2015

Marc Valero wins Spanish Campeonato Pro10 title

The Spanish Campeonato Pro10 Series recently concluded with the seventh and final race of the season. The growing series is run all over the north-east of Spain in cities such as Barcelona, Rubi, Cerdanyola and Santa Oliva and finally it was Marc Valero who took a deserved title by winning all seven rounds to take the 2015 title from runner-up Sergio Lacuesta. Jaume Creus in third would round out the championship podium.

Source: Coches RC [cochesrc.com]

November 17, 2015

Danish Electric On-road Nationals Rd2 – Report

Round two of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals were held in Faxe on a purpose-built track. In the Touring Car class Mike Gosvig (Xray) dominated the qualifiers by winning all three rounds with a margin of four to eight seconds on the second place driver. Behind Mike, Frederik Brolos (Yokomo) and Soren Boy (VBC) had a good battle for the runner-up spot with Frederik taking three second place finishes while Soren ended the qualifiers in third. Young Xray driver Patrick Danielsen grabbed the 4 spot on the grid.

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November 16, 2015

Team Orion Ultra chemistry shorty LiPo battery

Team Orion have introduced their Ultra chemistry shorty LiPo battery pack. Suitable for a range of applications the pack is built from high-performance 450mmAh 100C cells with a special chemistry and construction making for improved punch and extreme power output. This allows to use the battery in power-hungry classes such as 4WD Modified off-road and it comes housed in a carbon-look hardcase, utilising standard 4mm gold-plated connectors.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]