The 1/8th and 1/10th Nordic Championships were held at the Swedish Lidköpings R/C Klubb in the three classes of 1/8th and 1/10th Nitro On-road as well as 1/10th Electric Touring Car and in challenging weather conditions. The 1/8th Nitro On-road class saw Sweden’s Mikael Fransson walking away with the win in the wet 30-minute final. Fellow countrymen Marcus Lindner and Hans Lyxell came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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Sweep Racing have introduced the all-new Evo16 multi-spoke rim for 1/8th GT vehicles. Designed to comply with the IFMAR rules the 16-spoke wheel offers a very realistic look, large 5mm venting holes and it is made from race-proven black or white colour ROK resin.
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Having had a recent and unexpectedly dry round at the Halifax track in Yorkshire recently, drivers made their way to the excellent Cotswolds model car club facility at the Kemble air field track in Cirencester last weekend for round 6 of the BRCA 1/10th IC championship. Numbers were slightly down, due to this fixture clashing with other series nationals elsewhere somewhat. However racers of the 200mm touring and 220mm GT class, made progress in setting their cars up on the Saturday for an expected wet race day. Sunday made qualification a difficult procedure and as predicted became a wet affair later on. Most drivers switched from car set up to attempting to solve water ingress issues to their electronics, chassis and engine intakes in the hope to be able to run a challenging 30 minute final. One particular driver, Mark Owen showed once again his good understanding of how to do this and how to drive in these conditions.
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The 2015 EFRA Large Scale Touring Car European Championship was held in Sollenau, Austria. Markus Feldmann (Mecatech) took the TQ after the qualifiers from Bernard Alain Arnaldi (Genius) and Ales Bayer (RS5), who set a new track record in qualifying. The 30 minute main final then saw a close fight for the win with Ales coming out successful less than 3 seconds in front of Bernard. Dario Veseli (Genius) rounded out the podium another 2.3 seconds down.
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Capricorn have new lightweight spring retainers for their range of cars available. Machined from aluminium and sporting excessive milling the parts offer a low weight while being very durable at the same time. The black anodising helps to reduce wear and makes the parts more durable.
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Shepherd have introduced new option parts for the Velox V8 in the form of hard-coated wheel axles that reduce the rotating mass by around 50 percent to improve the acceleration and overall handling of the car. The CNC-machined wheel axles are made from high-quality Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium which offers high strength and durability. A special hard-coating prevents the axles from excessive wear and an additional hole for the CVD pin simply doubles the lifetime. The axles are available separately or as a complete set with CVD driveshafts.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The first round of the 2015 Muchmore UK GP Series took place at the Stonehaven circuit in Scotland this past weekend and combines with the series finale at a second round held at the Carlisle track on the 22nd and 23rd of August. In previous years, the Muchmore UK GP has attracted World Champion racers and has always been a launch platform for young RC talent destined for Regional, National and International competitions and it was local club racer Peter Eagles who took a clean sweep in all three of the A-main modified finals to take the round win, followed up by John Simpson in 2nd and Andrew Walters in 3rd.
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The second round of the Italian 1/10th Nitro On-road Nationals was held in Milazzo this past weekend. After the qualifiers Giuseppe Musolino took the TQ but in the finals it was Mario Spiniello who came out successful while Alessio Mazzeo scored the fastest lap in the main event. Davide Stefanizzi came in 2nd, Luda Redaelli rounded out the top 3 result.
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