The French MCCD Dammartin club hosted their annual Christmas race near Paris this past weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Yokomo’s Julien Formentin with the win from Team Associated’s Julien Parnot. The latter won the opening A-main but Formentin would hold the upper hand for the overall. Kevin Seysen would complete the top 3 podium result for Yokomo.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
Coming from Vigor is a new narrow carbon fibre top deck for the Yokomo BD9 touring car. CNC-machined from high-quality carbon fibre the top deck is 9mm wide, making for softer flex characteristics than the standard item, which comes in handy especially in lower grip track surfaces. The upper deck is available in 1.6mm and 2.0mm thickness to further widen the range of possible chassis flex settings.
Source: Vigor [vigorrc.com]
Schumacher have announced the release of several new carbon fibre reinforced option parts for the Cougar KC/KD and CAT L1 models. All are made of carbon fibre reinforced composite material as a direct replacement for the standard kit parts. Available are Cougar KC and KD front wishbones that are 4.8g lighter than kit wishbones while the Cat L1 specific items include 5.8g lighter front arms, 6.5g lighter rear arms as well as a 2g lighter front bumper. The parts are giving a lower overall weight and more precise feeling in high-grip track conditions.
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The Swiss Indoor Championship was held in Pfäffikon this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Serpent’s Dionys Stadler with a clean sweep, taking the TQ, win and fastest lap in the process. Yokomo’s Michele Manzo had to settle for 2nd overall in front of Mugen’s Simon Kurzbuch in 3rd. Marco Kaufmann and Oliver Krähemann ended the race in 4th and 5th respectively.
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The French Modelisme XtremeRace club held its traditional Christmas race this past weekend with some of the country’s fastest 1/10th off-road drivers in attendance. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Armand Lantheaume with the TQ and win from Noha Benmohamed in 2nd. In the 4WD class it was Patrick Jr Auvinet from Arnaud Matohanza and Armand Lantheaume.
The Arrowmax Cup 2018 finals and China Open Nationals were a joint event that was held this past weekend at the Amazing Indoor Arena in Guangzhou, China. More than 100 drivers attended in the Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Formula categories. In the Touring Modified class Xray’s Gary Huang was the top seed after the controlled practice with Yokomo driver Nicholas Lee and Serpent driver “Rocket” Jack Zhang coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the Stock class Mugen driver Yan Cheung from Hong Kong took the 1st spot while Serpent driver “Stick King” Wai Yin Fung was the top seed of the Formula class.
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The Ledbury track recently held round 3 of its Answer RC Winter Series. Only 29 drivers attended but it was a quality field, with Team Associated drivers Mike Lewis, Matt Lewis and Jon Howells in attendance. National A finalist Mike Lewis took all four qualifying rounds to take the overall TQ, the HB Racing E-buggy of Chris Lovell was 2nd, with AE drivers Jon Howells 3rd and Mike Lewis 4th. On to the main event, Mike and Jon were having a great battle for the lead and pulling away from the field until Jon made a few small errors being enough for Mike to get away. Chris, having a bad start held 3rd up until the 20th lap until he was passed by a very quick Matt Lewis. Ultimately it was Mike Lewis with the win from Jon Howells and Matt Lewis, making it an AE 1-2-3.
Source: BRCA [brca.org]
The North Gwangju RC Raceway held a championship race this past weekend, attracting both racers from Europe and hosting South Korea. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Team Associated driver, Kouki Kato with the overall win, courtesy of winning A1 and A3 while A2 winner, Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski, came in 2nd overall. The two left behind Yokomo’s Lee Martin in 3rd as Kyosho’s Kotah Akimoto had to settle for 4th overall. Yokomo’s Paul Crompton rounded out the top 5.
