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July 19, 2016

Texas Electric On-Road Series Rd4 – Report

The final round of the Texas Electric On-Road Series was held in San Antonio, Texas this past Sunday. 55 entries were present between five classes for the fourth round of the series. Conditions were extremely hot under the Texas sun. The track was large and flowing with two tricky chicanes that would catch many drivers out through the day and the asphalt surface provided for medium-high traction. Qualifying points from the driver’s best two out of three qualifying rounds would be used to setup the main. There was two bump-ups from each lower main. After more technical tracks in the previous three rounds, the Touring Modified drivers were finally able to open up their powerful motors around the large track. Qualifying would be close between Chris Adams and Chris Kemper; Adams edging Kemper out and earning the TQ on pace. The conditions during the main would prove to be tricky as the low setting sun created glares and long shadows on different corners; causing the drivers to make some minor mistakes. Adams was able to build a 5 second lead through the race over Kemper. Guillaume Herve made his way up to the third step of the podium.

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July 19, 2016

Active BD7 & YD-4 adjustable rear suspension mounts

Active Hobby Products have introduced adjustable rear suspension mounts for the Yokomo BD7 and YD-4 on-road cars. The RF mount is of a multi-piece design, utilising an inner solid block to which split outer suspension pin hangers attach. Different thickness alloy shims allow to adjust the toe-in angle in a range of 0 to -3 degree with a 48.7mm RR hanger and from -2 to -5 degree with a 51.7mm RR hanger. The adjustable RF suspension mount sets are available in four different colours including black, blue, red or silver. As for the needed RR parts, Active Hobby Products have introduced two new suspension mounts machined from heavy brass material. They are available separately in a 48.7mm variant, weighing in at 16.4g and as a 51.7mm version, weighing in at 17.2g. The parts come with a black surface and sport laser-etched markings for easy identification.

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July 18, 2016

WRC Pro2 LM16 1/10th pan car bodyshell

Italian company WRC has introduced the new Pro2 bodyshell for the LM16 1/10th pan car. Offering a different front fender and nose section as well as an updated side pod design comrade to the original Pro1 body the shell offers slightly different handling characteristics. It is usable on the LM16 pan car and other 190mm pan car kits.

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July 18, 2016

California Touring Series Rd5 – Report

Round five of the California Touring Series was held this past weekend. The “Rehab” again attracted a good amount racers including local talent and internationally experienced drivers and in the Touring Modified division, it was Team Yokomo driver Eric Albano who had TQ set early in Q1 followed closely by Brandon Clements’ Awesomatix and Team Associated driver Randy Caster in P3 with a 100th of second separating the two. Team Associated ace driver Rick Hohwart had some bad luck in Q1 with a strong finish in Q2 but puts him on P4 for the show. With traction decreasing by the mains, racers made sure to adjust car setups to gain maximum performance. From start to finish Albano finishes first place with Hohwart closing the gap on the leader but not able to capitalize as time ran out with Caster securing third. The CTS finale, the “Judgement Day” is coming up on August 7th at Warm Springs Raceway in Fremont, California.

Source: CTS [facebook.com]

July 18, 2016

Gollner & Haider win at Austrian EP On-road Nats Rd4

Round four of the Austrian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the SFMAV track in Salzburg. The Touring Modified class qualifying saw a close fight for the pole position between Patrick Gollner, Dominic Vogl and Helmut Fraunschuh with the better end for Patrick who took the overall TQ from Dominic. In the Touring Stock class Nico Haider was pretty much unstoppable, taking the overall TQ by winning all qualifiers with Björn Moser and Christian Völker in second and third.

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July 18, 2016

Paolo Bottignol wins Trofeo ATL Abrasivi

The inaugural Trofeo ATL Abrasivi was held at Rivoli Racing near Verona, Italy. The Formula-only race attracted both local drivers and also racers from abroad to race in a friendly atmosphere which was further helped by perfect weather conditions. Paolo Bottignol grabbed the overall TQ thanks to winning two qualifying rounds with Dutch driver Jitse Miedema coming in second. Close behind it was Simone Brocca who rounded out the top 3 result.

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July 18, 2016

Luca Magnocavallo crowned Italian Formula class champ

The fast and demanding Collari track in Cassino, Italy played host to the Italian AMSCI 1/10th Electric Formula Championship this past weekend. The race format was double 15 minute A-mains with a mandatory pit stop and the weather was extremely hot, making for a real test for men and machines. Yokomo driver Luca Magnocavallo would come out fastest after the two A-mains from Yokomo teammate Antonio Capuano with Xray driver Alessandro Manciocchi completing the top 3 result.

Source: Fenix [fenix-racing.com]

July 18, 2016

Robin D’Hondt claims European 1/8th on-road title

Robin D'Hondt claims European 1/8th on-road title

The 2016 EFRA 1/8th Nitro On-road European Championship was held in in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The event was highly affected by the unsteady European weather this Summer but the 45 minute main event would be held in good racing conditions. The pole position holder, Shepherd’s Simon Kurzbuch, showed an impressive pace over the week and in the main final he looked to be in control of things with Robin D’Hondt appearing to be the only driver able to keep up with Simon’s speed. But disaster struck for Simon as technical issues put a halt to his title chase, allowing Robin to take over the lead and never looking back. Behind the Belgian driver a 3-car train was in a fight for the runner-up spot, formed by ARC driver Toni Gruber, Daniele Ielasi (WRC) and Simon Kurzbuch. At the end Robin would bring home the win a lap ahead of the battling Toni Gruber and Daniele Ielasi who completed the podium separated by only about two tenth of a second.

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