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July 2, 2015

Spanish 200mm Nitro On-road Nationals Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Spanish 200mm Nitro On-road Nationals was hosted by the Autet Club track in Almussafes, home of last year’s EC-A 1/10th 200mm European Championship A. The qualifying was dominated by young talent Ruben Olivares with his Novarossi-powered Shepherd as won four of the five qualifying rounds to take the TQ. The 2nd spot went to former Spanish Champion Jonnhy Pastor (Mugen/Novarossi) followed by Victor Pelaez (Serpent/Tesla) and Sergi Franch (KM/Novarossi). Nacho Lopez, who made the ENS final in Aigen and who grabbed the TQs at the two previous National rounds, struggled in qualifying due to a broken pipe and thus a lack of power.

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July 2, 2015

Dutch 200mm Nitro On-road Nationals Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Dutch 200mm Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Baanbrekers track in Rucphen, home of last year’s 40+ European Championship. Weather predictions for the weekend were good and apart from a few rain drops it stayed dry all of the time with the track being in perfect condition which was reflected by the very quick times set in qualifying. The Dutch Nationals are run with mandatory Novarossi Sturm engines and Hipex low noise pipes and despite this being a somewhat “budget” solution it is a very powerful package as the times set were only a couple of tenth off of the current track record. In qualifying the battle for the four direct qualifier spots was very close, Daan Jacobs took the TQ with his Serpent followed by Pedro Rombouts (Xray). The 3 spot would be taken by John Bruins (Capricorn) with Serpent driver Julius Kolff only 0.13 seconds behind in 4th. Milan Holthuis would miss the direct final entry by only 4 tenths. Overall this was the closest qualification this year.

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July 2, 2015

Teamsaxo GT-300W 1/12th pan car bodyshell

Teamsaxo have introduced their latest 1/12th scale pan car bodyshell, the GT-300W. It features a low-slung design to provide exceptional handling characteristics with a focus on the new shape front fenders that will increase steering response while the rear end’s shape will increase stability at high speeds. The body is available in a 0.6mm variant first with a lightweight 0.5mm variant coming at a later date.

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July 1, 2015

Big Fat Turkey Race – Report

One of the largest outdoor asphalt races in the USA, Big Fat Turkey Race went off in Camarillo, CA at the Roadrunners R/C Club. This marked the 9th annual running of the confusingly-named event, which used to be held on Thanksgiving weekend, hence the name. Racers from all over California and neighbouring states made up a field covering a wide range of classes. The track layout was fast and flowing which made for great racing under the SoCal sunshine all weekend long. An interesting twist to the race format saw the use of qual-points with no drops, meaning it was imperative for racers to complete all three qualifiers, cars intact. In the top class, Open TC, Randy Caster was the driver to beat all weekend. He drove to TQ in 2 of the three rounds of qualifying to secure the top spot on the grid, and then went on to sweep the first two legs of the A-Main to take the overall title. Steve Weiss and Jovan Madriaga came in 2nd and 3rd. Touring Car Superstock saw local favourite Oliver Clipper dominate the class, taking TQ and the first 2 A-mains as well.

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July 1, 2015

Max Power small & lightweight nitro fuel filter

New from Max Power comes a small and lightweight fuel filter for nitro engines. Made from aluminium and offering a bi-colour 2-piece design the filter is easy to disassemble for cleaning purposes while the low-profile design makes it easy to fit it into the fuel line even in crowded surroundings.

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July 1, 2015

Milanowicz wins at Polish Nats qualifier Rd4

The fourth qualification round for the Polish Electric On-road Championships was held in Jelcz-Laskowice this past weekend. Saturday started with dry weather and five rounds of qualifying with the triple finals would be run on Sunday after a delay due to overnight rain. In the finals of the Formula class it was Michal Milanowicz who came out successful by winning A1 and A2, coming from the 2 spot on the grid. Krystian Sobala finished the day in 2nd while Jan Ruman rounded out the podium result.

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July 1, 2015

Yokomo linear & progressive drift springs

Available soon from Yokomo is a new line of linear and progressive spring for drift cars. Coming in long 32mm specification the series will include five linear and four progressive soft to hard springs that help to fine-tune the suspension setting to your liking. To set the proper ride height Yokomo’s D-064 spring cups are needed with these springs.

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July 1, 2015

Arrowmax V2 Honeycomb setup boards

Arrowmax have introduced their V2 Honeycomb setup boards for 1/12th to 1/8th scale cars. Substantially lighter and 2mm thinner compared to the original ones the redesigned boards also feature an eye catching hollow carbon fibre Arrowmax logo and they are available as 470x290x7mm variant for 1/12th and 1/10th scale cars and as a larger 470x370x8mm board for 1/10th to 1/8th scale cars.

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