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October 20, 2015

Jesse Davis wins maiden 1/8th IC Track national title

The 1/8th Australian IC On-Road Titles were recently held at the Lilydale track, just outside of Melbourne in Victoria. Jesse Davis set the fastest time in the opening of the six rounds of 10 minute qualifying with a 41/10:04.273, from Jeff Hamon and Steven Jovanovic, both with 40 laps. No one was able to match Davis’ in Q2 but Jovanovic came close with a 41/10:10.075 in Q3 and then Hamon even closer with a 41/10:05.277 in Q4. In the final round of qualifying, Davis improved his time with 41/10:00.496 to cement the TQ position into the 45 minute main final. Unfortunately, the rain started to fall before the race commenced and with no end in sight, the decision was made to abandon the race and base the final results off qualifying, therefore giving Jesse Davis his first ever 1/8th Australian IC On-Road Title and some added confidence leading up to the World Championships in Brazil. Hamon had to settle for second with Jovanovic third.

Thanks to Leigh Dytor for the report.

October 19, 2015

ROAR announce 2016 calendar dates & tracks

ROAR have announced the dates and tracks for their National Championships for 2016. Prolevel RC of St. Louis, MO will play host to the Carpet On-Road Nationals from the 3rd to 6th of March. The 1/8th Fuel Off-Road Nationals will be run from the 9th to the 12th of June at the Thornhill Racing Circuit, Hutto, TX, while the 1/8th Electric and 4WD SCT Off-Road Nationals will be run at Stateline RC, Raceway, Fremont, IN from July 21st through to the 24th. HobbyTown USA Hobbyplex in Omaha, NE will play host to the 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals from August 11th to 14th while the Electric Paved On-road Nationals will be held at Valkaria RC in Valkaria, FL. Last but not least come the Fuel On-road Nationals on October 20th to 23rd at Homestead RC Raceway in Miami, FL.

October 19, 2015

Alpe Adria Masters 2015 – Report

The Alpe Adria Masters 2015 recently concluded with the third and final round held at the LAMAC track in Austria. The very technical but smooth track layout attracted some 60 drivers despite a less-than-pleasant weather forecast for Saturday. In the 1/8th Nitro On-road class local driver Herfried Pucher (ARC/Picco) took the win from Nejc Mihelic (ARC/Picco) and Jernej Vuga Stendler (Xray/Reds Racing). As for the overall result, the third place at the final round of the three race series handed Jernej the win from Nejc on the runner-up spot. Roland Riegler (Capricorn/Picco) would round out the top 3 result.

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October 19, 2015

Capricorn TE03 Active Toe System

The latest company to introduce a (re)active rear toe system for their electric touring cars is Capricorn from Italy. Coming as a set for the LAB TE02 Evo and the TE03 the system allows to adjust the toe angle change of the rear suspension in different parts of the corner to allow for better rear stability or improved rotation and less understeer. The amount of toe change is adjustable using different amounts of shims under the inner and outer ball studs and the set included a redesigned motor and layshaft mount, new rear A-arms, alloy C-hubs and delrin bushings as well as a complete arrangement of mounting hardware. All parts are also available separately.

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October 19, 2015

Azri Amri TQs & wins at MNC Rd5

Round five of the Malaysia National Championship was held at a semi-permanent indoor track in Ipoh State Bt Gajah, Malaysia. The unknown track made for a level playing field and attracted a total of 75 racers to attend in several electric on-road classes including Touring Modified, 13.5T Boosted and 13.5T Blinky. Finally in the Modified class Azri Amri (Xray) took the TQ and win from Shanrin (Yokomo) and Wong Kok Wai (Awesomatix). Azahr and Michael Lim would round out the top 5 result.

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October 19, 2015

RSD Roche P12 floating servo conversion chassis

Reflex Racing have introduced the floating servo conversion chassis for the Roche P12 1/12th scale pan car. The conversion kit maintains the stock geometry of the P12, while adding optional holes to install longer Xray side links as well as Reflex Racing’s popular floating servo mount. On top of that the chassis is made from 2.5mm quasi isotropic carbon fibre, so it is more rigid than the kit version for more consistency in high-bite conditions.

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October 19, 2015

RC Lemans Series Rd7 – Report

The 2015 RC Lemans Series concluded this past weekend with the 7th and and final round hosted by the EVMC Velp club. Following the cancellation of the previous round 6 the title decision in the Stock class would take place at the final event. Due to the predicted weather and some entry cancellations the driver field unfortunately was pretty small with only one group each for the Modified and Stock classes. The qualifying then started out dry but with the day progressing things got more and more wet and unpleasant and with the FTD counting the opening qualifier was the fastest for most of the drivers. In the Modified class newly crowned German champion Tim Altmann would grab the TQ spot in front of Reinder Wilms and Sven Stoffels. The top 5 was completed by Peter Plümacher and Christian Fischer.

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October 16, 2015

Thomas Desmaries wins at French On-road Cup

The French 1/8th On-road Cup was recently held at the Limoges track with some of the country’s fastest drivers in attendance. The main final at first saw the battle for the lead between Adrien Bertin and class rookie Leo Arnold but the latter would make some mistakes in the opening stages, allowing Adrien to open a gap on the field. Around the 20 minute mark, with Adrien out in front by around 9 seconds, Leo ran into tyre problems, allowing Thomas Desmaries to first close the gap and then also to pass Leo. With some five minutes to go Adrien had to pull out of the race with problems on his car and this promoted Thomas into the lead that he would keep until the checkered flag. Leo finished the main just two seconds short on Thomas with Stephane Riccobono rounding out the top 3 result.

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