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December 3, 2018

Winyard & Williams win at RC Racing Europe GP

This past weekend the RC Racing Europe GP took place at the Sheffield RC Racing club in England. The event attracted a strong field of Touring and GT12 racers to the Yorkshire based track. The race featured a new larger track, control tyres and full scrutineering checks. The race format also included some seeding round to make sure everything was fair for all racers. After seeding it was Chris Lovely who was leading the way the Touring Blinky, closely followed by team mate Nathan Winyard and local racer Rickey Lee. GT12 also looked close between David Underwood, Chris Parrot and Gareth Williams. Underwood managed to take the seeding honours on the final round. The Tamiya support class was producing great entertainment from with the off with John Yarnall showing the fastest pace.

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December 3, 2018

Ryan Cavalieri sweeps Team Associated Top Gun Shootout

The 2018 Team Associated Top Gun Shootout was held at SDRC Raceway in San Diego, California this past weekend, attracting many of the fast locals. The premier 2WD Open Buggy class saw Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri taking the win from Jake Mayo and Broc Champlin (both Team Associated) in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Over in the 4WD Mod Buggy class it was again Ryan Cavalieri with the win, steering what is understood to be a prototype of the forthcoming B64.1 buggy. Ron Devoll came in 2nd and Jake Mayo rounded out an all-AE top 3 podium.

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December 3, 2018

Tesla 5.5mm nut driver

Coming from the Tesla brand is a metric 5.5mm nut driver. The tool features a lightweight knurled aluminium handle with black anodising and machined, silver-colour details. The tool tip is hardened for wear, ensuring exceptional durability.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

December 3, 2018

Hitec X2 Black dual output AC charger

Hitec Japan have introduced their forthcoming X2 Black dual output AC charger. Offering two independent 100W charge outputs for 1S to 6S LiXX batteries the AC-powered charger is decked out with a reverse LCD that offers improved visibility even outdoors while touch buttons allow for easy navigation through the menu options. Built-in fan units and a highly efficient heatsink are keeping the charger cool and the firmware offers features such as Bluetooth smartphone connection, real-time cell monitoring, and scan-to-go function for easy and secure battery charging. The charger measures 127x115x71mm, it weighs in at 561g and is good for up to 15A charge current.

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December 3, 2018

Yeah Racing YD2 graphite spur gear cover

Yeah Racing have introduced a graphite spur gear cover for the Yokomo YD2 series of RWD drift cars. The carbon fibre plate ensures an evenly mounted spur gear for less noise and greater drivetrain efficiency while also adding to the overall appearance. The plate is good for the use with 48 pitch gears larger than 83T and it also fits Overdose spur gear mounts.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

December 3, 2018

Gunnarson & Berg win at Winter Cup Rd2

The second round of the Swedish Winter Cup was held at the Klippan RC Club this past weekend. Jesper Rasmussen was the man to beat in the 2WD Modified Buggy qualifying as he made a clean sweep after the triple qualifiers, leaving behind Victor Gunnarsson in 2nd and Hampus Berg in 3rd. In the 4WD Modified Buggy class it was Hampus Berg with the TQ from David Hassel and Alexander Landen.

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December 3, 2018

Sobue & Rathiesky complete the double double

Akio Sobue put in a dominant performance in what was mostly a precessional race in the Sweep Modified class at TRC this afternoon. Never really challenged, the Japanese driver was able to pull clear of the chasing pack early on and build up a substantial lead by the end. Behind, Nicholas Lee had what can be described a lonely race in 2nd. While Jin Sawada and a very fast starting Jan Ratheisky, starting in 8th, had a good battle for 4th. That battle would become for 3rd as just ahead Andy Moore had a big moment coming onto the main straight and stuffed it into the wall on the main straight but somehow only lost 2 positions and was able to bring it home in 5th. Jin could stay in front of the German to take the final step on the podium with Jan finishing in 4th.

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December 3, 2018

Wynen & van Helmond successful at IIOC Rd2

The second round of the 2018/19 International Indoor Off-road Cup was held at Model Indoor Oss in the Netherlands this past weekend. The race was held in 2WD Modified Buggy and 4WD Modified Buggy classes and in 2WD Mod Buggy it was Thibault Jacqueloot (Team Associated) with the TQ after the qualifiers as Jens Becker (Xray) and Wesley van Helmond (Schumacher) came in 2nd and 3rd respectively. After the triple A-mains however it was Wouter Wynen (Team Associated) who would hold the upper hand with 1-2-3 finishes as Jens Becker, scoring two 3rd place finished in A1 and A2 as well as the win in A3 had to settle for 2nd overall, tie on points with Wesley van Helmond.

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