The SLR Ingolstadt club in the South of Germany played host to the national HPI-Challenge Superlauf this past weekend. In the Touring Stock class it was Christian Donath who would sweep the qualifiers, taking an undefeated TQ from Jill Bartsch and Manuel Wagner. After the triple A-mains it was again the trio of Christian from Jill and Manuel.
Race Opt have released a couple of prototype images of their forthcoming MTS T3 4WD electric touring car kit. The car is based on a conventional carbon fibre double deck chassis constructions, however it uses sheet-type carbon fibre A-arms front and rear as well as blade-type anti-roll bars as they were common in 1/8th and 1/10th IC Track racing. Other features will include low-profile aluminium shock absorbers, a carbon fibre upper deck with integrated flex control system as well as a floating battery positioning system. Full details will become available in time for the release.
The annual IBR Padova Winter Cup was held this past weekend at the iconic Italian indoor off-road track in Carrara San Giorgio. The 3-day event was dominated by the Italian domestic drivers, however in the 45-minute Nitro Buggy A-main things turned and it was Germany’s Burak Kilic (Agama) with the win with his prototype 319 buggy in front of Max Hesse’s HoBao as Berkan Kilic rounded out the top 3, also driving an Agama 319 prototype. Over in the E-Buggy class it was again Burak who would hold the upper hand to take the win.
Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the update.
The Greek IC Track Cup was held at the Patra track recently. Lampros Tsiklitiras (Serpent) took the 4 spot after the 1/10th 200mm qualifiers, however after a flawless run in the main final and a perfect tyre strategy he was able to take the win by one lap in front of Vasilis Lykaris (Shepherd) in 2nd and Nikos Karampelas (Shepherd) in 3rd.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The finale of the 2018 season of the Urban Touring Series was held this past weekend. With the last round having taken place more than two months ago in August, anticipation was high as Singapore’s top racers were keen to lock horns for the final showdown. This round was also special in that the race would concurrently serve as the Singapore National Championship event in the Touring Car Stock and also the Formula classes. Two titles were therefore up for grab in this one event. The weather had been gloomy all week leading up to the weekend. The Urban track crew was nonetheless tireless in their effort to prep the track daily after the rain to ensure maximum practice time for everyone. Come the race weekend, the weather cleared up, and everyone was able to enjoy almost uninterrupted Saturday practice and Sunday race day.
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The opening round of the Best Dawn Series was held at EN Hobbies/Sparks RC Raceway in Columbus, Ohio this past weekend. TLR’s Tyler Jones was in control of the 2WD Mod and 4WD Mod Buggy action all weekend, taking the TQ and win in 2WD Mod in front of Yokomo’s JP Richards and HB Racing’s Spencer Heckert. The 4WD Mod Buggy class was TQ’d by JP Richards, however in the single 7-minute A-main it was Tyler Jones with another win as Spencer Heckert and JP Richards rounded out the top 3 results.
Coming soon from Fantom Racing are their new Icon Pro Modified and Pro Spec electric brushless motors. The heart of the motors are the patented design stator and patent pending tuning pins with the two features promising greatly improved performance in terms of torque and RPM. The stator provides maximum torque and RPM while the tuning pins eliminate the need for stator screws while allowing to fine-tune RPM vs. torque. The motor is available in the most coming modified and stock windings and it is widely factory-tuneable in terms of rotors, bearings and other options.
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Xpress have introduced their new multi-functional parts tray. Constructed from black and red anodised aluminium as well as high-quality carbon fibre the tray offers four pockets for small parts as well as two larger openings to hold differentials during building, setup and maintenance. Also included are 2mm, 4mm and 5mm sections to hold banana-style connectors during soldering.
