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April 7, 2016

All equal as ETS resumes at new Austrian venue

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With the opening two races producing different winners and those drivers now sharing the lead at the top of the Volante Modified class standings, the Yokomo Euro Touring Series resumes this weekend after a six week break. Round 3 will present somewhat of a neutral ground for the resumption of the championship battle as the ETS makes its first visit to Wels, Austria. Taking over the date previously filled by the Euro Offroad Series at the Modellbau Wels hobby show, this year over 20,000 vistors will be treated to seeing the World’s best touring car drivers battle it out for glory. The final indoor race of the ETS’ ninth season, Tamiya’s Marc Rheinard and Xray’s Bruno Coelho will be looking to wrap up the first half of the season with a points advantage over their rival.

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April 7, 2016

Alvez & Salvagno win at Brazilian On-road opener

The opening round of the Brazilian On-road Championships was held at the Mini Autodromo do Tamboril in Recife. In the 1/10th 200mm Race class Shepherd racer Rafael Alvez would take the win from Leandro Campos (Mugen) and Flavio Elias (Capricorn) while in the Sport class Marcio Salvagno (Shepherd) came out fastest in the final from the Capricorn duo of Rafael Vieira and Otavio Neto in second and third respectively.

Thanks to Eduardo Dulac for the report.

April 7, 2016

Kai-Oliver Guttschau teams up with Shepherd

Shepherd have announced the signing of former Tamiya European and Vice-World Champion, Kai-Oliver Guttschau to their team. After taking a break from the hobby for a couple of years, Kai-O jumped back into action at the Mülheim-Kährlich round of the ETS where Shepherd showed the first pre-production prototypes of the Velox F1. The forthcoming round of the ETS in Austria will be Kai-O’s first official race with the Velox F1 and additionally the former 1/10th Nitro German Vice-Champion plans to pilot Shepherd’s Velox V10 200mm car at selected events. Kai-O had the following to say about the deal:

Finally we came together and I’m sure that the cooperation with the guys from Team Shepherd will be outstanding. The quality and the performance of the Velox F1 is very impressive and I’m looking forward to attend some exciting races.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

April 7, 2016

Tamiya M-05 Ver.II R chassis kit

Coming from Tamiya is the refined, race-spec version of the popular M-05 Ver.II Pro chassis. The M-05 chassis, which was released in 2009, has been a favourite platform for M-chassis club racers for years and the Version 2 tweaks the proven car with enhancements that take advantage of new battery technologies as well as tried and true suspension adjustments used in many of Tamiya’s touring car platforms. Furthermore, the M-05 Ver.II R kit features a number of upgrades, to improve balance and lower the chassis’ centre of gravity, including dedicated M-Chassis double-cardan drive shafts, plus a number of option parts such as TRF short aluminium dampers. Numerous aluminium parts in the kit also have a cool black anodised finish to make the R-Spec version stand out.

View a list of the features and options included here

April 7, 2016

Muchmore Factory Team on-road setup board

Muchmore have introduced the Factory Team lightweight setup board 3 for 1/10th and 1/12th scale cars. Measuring 420x320mm the hardwood board is only 12mm thin for a reduced overall weight of just 114g and it sports a white and blue sticker for visual impact and an easy to clean surface.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

April 6, 2016

Sweep EXP Evo-R 36 chosen for Reedy TC ROC

The Reedy Race have announced that the Sweep EXP Evo-R 36 (EXP36RPP) has been chosen as the spec tire for the 2016 Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions. Lead test driver Rick Hohwart shared his thoughts about Evo-R 36: “On the recently resurfaced and now fully cured Tamiya America racetrack, the Evo-R 36 is capable of record lap times with consistent performance from run to run and throughout the day. These qualities make the EVO-R 36 the natural choice for the Reedy Race.” Remember that each paid entry includes one set of marked and numbered Sweep EXP Evo-R 36 tires. Drivers will be allowed to purchase an additional three sets of marked and numbered tires for use as they please for qualifying and triple main events. There is no limit to the number of tires a driver may purchase for practice, but tires used during controlled practice seeding rounds must be marked tires purchased at the event.

Source: Reedy Race [reedyrace.com]

April 6, 2016

Robert Pietsch joins Xtreme Aerodynamics

Xtreme Aerodynamics are delighted to announce the signing of former World and European Champion Robert Pietsch. The Mugen on-road designer will run the Xtreme line of bodies in both the 1/10th 200mm class and in the 1/8th class and will also have a key role in the design and development of new products.

Source: Xtreme [xtremeaerodynamics.com]

April 6, 2016

Nejc Mihelič wins TopRC Track Masters Rd1

The first round of TopRC Track Masters 2016 was held in Cervignano, Italy in dry and nice weather all weekend. Nejc Mihelič took the TQ in the 1/8th nitro on-road class following by Jernej Vuga and Herfried Pucher. In the main A final we saw different tyre and pitting strategies among the favourites. Mihelic made an early mistake and had a coming together with another driver, which allowed Vuga to lead by a few seconds over Mihelic and Pucher. Pucher’s strategy to refuel one more time and only change the outside tires came to an end when he had a coming together with another driver. Mihelic did a very fast full tyre change meaning he had to come back from a full lap and a few seconds while Vuga took the risk with no tyre change. Mihelic’s strategy paid off in the last minute by overtaking Vuga. It was Nejc Mihelič (ARC/Picco) who took the win and the best lap of the weekend, closely followed by Vuga and Stefano Restivo.

Thanks to Nejc Mihelič for the report.