Muchmore have introduced their new lightweight Factory setup board for 1/8th scale vehicles. Measuring 400x500mm the board is only 12mm thick, making for a low weight of 177g. The board is made from hardwood and the hard plastic surface with Muchmore graphics allows for easy cleaning from dirt and other residue.
Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]
The Schumacher BTCC round 2 visited the Adur track on the south coast this last weekend. Practice on Saturday saw the drivers getting their cars tuned in to the unique coastal circuit, a little disruption from the weather but by the end of the day most were getting up to speed. Sunday dawned bright but extremely windy which caused quite a lot of problems, luckily the weather from Saturday stayed away and the track was dry all day. In the premier Modified class Elliott Harper (Schumacher) was on top form all day. Elliott was edging out his usual rivals Olly Jefferies (Xray) and Chris Grainger (Team Associated), taking four out of the five qualifying rounds. Elliott took a flag to flag victory in the final in the tricky windy conditions.
Contineu reading the report here
The Nordic Nitro On-road Championships were held this weekend at the Eskilstuna track in Sweden. The race also doubled as the warm-up for the EFRA 1/8th Track Euros later in July and thus the event attracted drivers from six countries but unfortunately the weather would play a major factor during the weekend. The 1/8th main final was a 3-horse race for the win with Mikael Fransson being the fastest driver in qualifying, from Roland Ström and Markus Hellquist. Tricky conditions laid the ground for a very exciting race with the lead swapping several times and in the end Markus Hellquist was the one to finish first and to bring home the victory. Mikael Fransson finished in second and since Roland Ström was not able to finish the race, Italian driver of Marco Vanni rounded up the podium in third.
Muchmore have introduced two new 7.4V LiPo receiver battery packs. First up is the flat-type variant that measures 85x29x19mm. It weighs in at 90g and is made using high-capacity 2500mAh cells. It comes pre-wired with a 90mm 20AWG silicone wire with JR-style connector and XH balancer plug. Also new is the 2000mAh hump pack, measuring 54.5×31.5x32mm and weighing in at 91.5g. It comes with a 85mm receiver wire. Both packs are housed in shrink-wrapped soft cases for protection.
Coming from Italian company WRC and made for the GTX 1/8th nitro on-road car are intermediate step aluminium body mounts. Machined from aluminium and coming with a high-gloss finish the mounts offer in-between steps for the body height adjustments that are accessible by simply turning the mounts by 90 degree and using the second, lower row of body clip holes. This design makes for finer body height adjustments without the need for additional mounts or parts.
Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]
Italian company Picco has introduced two new nitro engine mufflers. First up is the EFRA 2133 off-road variant with exceptional low-RRM torque and the muffler is know to give improved bottom end power compared to its sister EFRA 2099 exhaust. Also new is the EFRA 2120 Performance on-road exhaust. Made from a special aluminium alloy that improved the overall performance the muffler comes with an engraved “Performance” to make for easy identification.
View the other new exhaust here
The second round of the Czech Nitro On-road Nationals was held in Slavkov, Czech Republic over the weekend. In the 1/8th class, Tono Sloboda (Xray) brought the win from second placed Jiri Rybak (Xray) and third placed Miroslav Jurenka (Shepherd). The 1/10th 200mm class was won by Michal Abrahamek (Xray) who went for soft tyres and a conservative fuel strategy in the final. His efforts would pay out as he took the win some three laps ahead of Alexander Ockajak with Jiří Král completing an all-Xray podium.
View the 200mm Touring podium here
The recent third round of the French Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Ampuis track with 77 entries for the four classes of Touring Modified, Touring 10.5T, Touring 13.5T and Formula 21.5T. Saturday started out with hot and dry weather and in Touring 10.5T is was Pierre Delorme who set the pace with Alexandre Duchet hot on his heels. As predicted the weather turned to the worst on Sunday and so the remaining qualifiers were held in wet conditions. The opening two A-mains of the 10.5T class then saw Pierre taking pretty easy wins in front of brother Jean, who started from the 7 spot and had pretty good runs. In the final A-main, on a drying track, things became complicated in terms of tyre choice with Jean making the right decision to run Volante tyres and he was able to bring home the win with a tight gap on Alexandre. Overall Pierre came out successful in the main from Jean and Alexandre in second and third respectively.
