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April 28, 2015

GForce Super Extreme high RPM stock motors

GForce introduce the Super Extreme brushless stock racing motor line. Coming as 13.5T, 17.5T and 21.5T variant the motors offer a newly designed T6 aluminium can with improved airflow for better heat dissipation and a more constant performance during a run. The motors are of a high-RPM design, the make use of sintered neodymium 12.3mm rotors, heavy duty solder tabs and allow for timing adjustment via the dual sensor port endbell.

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April 28, 2015

Dutch Electric On-road Championship Rd1 – Report

Last weekend the first round of the Dutch Electric On-road Championship was hosted by the RC Hotwheels club in Deventer on a small and technical track made especially for electric cars. The weather forecast did not look very good for the weekend and on Saturday the track was wet the whole day but that did not stop some of the drivers to test different bits and pieces. In 2015 the championship sees the running of Touring Car Modified and 13.5T Blinky Stock classes along a supporting Formula category that will be run if at least five drivers sign up. Back to the race, on Sunday morning the track was still wet due to overnight rain and some of the drivers helped to get most of the puddles out of the way to allow the qualifiers to get underway. Round one and two were still very wet but round 3 offered decent conditions although it was still declared a wet race.

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April 28, 2015

Dionys Stadler joins Xray Factory Team

Xray have announced the signing of young and talented Dionys Stadler to their World Factory Team. The multiple German Junior Champion will focus on electric and nitro on-road racing and participate at national and international events such as the German Nationals, the ETS and ENS. Dionys has the following to say about the deal:

I am very happy to be able to drive for one of the best RC car teams. The chance to join the Xray factory team is a fantastic opportunity which I could not miss. Products and support from Xray are of the highest quality and this is very important to be able to achieve the top results. I am proud to be part of the team and I will do my best to provide the best possible to achieve best results. I want thanks everyone at Xray and Hudy family for this excellent opportunity and the trust in me.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 27, 2015

Dutch 1/10th Nitro On-road Championship – Report

The Mach Heemsteede played host for the opening round of the Dutch 1/10th Nitro On-road Championship with the weather forecast being everything but perfect for the first race of the season. Thankfully the 1/10th scale IC class is growing again as some very fast 1/10 Electric Touring Car racers made the move to nitro to get the excitement of a 30 minutes final. New for the 2015 season is a controlled tyre system, that was introduced to complement the stock Novarossi engine and low noise Hipex exhaust system rule. Light rain in the morning made that all heats were declared wet as the controlled Capricorn 37/40 shore tyres where not working yet. However the 3rd round of heats, run on a drying track, gave a surprise as electric racer John Bruins was on pole followed by a newcomer to the class, Jarno Holtman. On the 3 spot it was previous Dutch Champion Daan Jacobs, after having a sabbatical from RC cars and on 4th was another local electric racer in the form of Glenn Hogervorst.

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April 27, 2015

Gunter & Jackson win Stock classes at BTCC Rd1

Last weekend’s Schumacher BTCC season opener at the awesome Cotswolds track on Kemble Airfield not only saw the running of the ultra-fast Touring Car Modified class but also 13.5T Boosted and 17.5T Blinky classes. Run on Sorex 32 control tyres, the race saw a maximum entry of 130 drivers for the first serious race on the UK calendar. Around 80 keen drivers took up the opportunity of practice on the Saturday getting their cars dialled in for the race on Sunday. Sundays temperatures were a little on the cool side with drivers struggling a little for traction in the early practice run after the overnight rain. In the biggest 13.5T Boosted class Chris Gunter was top of the time sheets in qualifying ahead of current BRCA Champ Zak Finlay and new signing James Hart. The final saw an easy flag to flag victory for Chris with Ben Putt and Jimmy Maddison taking 2nd and 3rd after an intense battle between the pair.

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April 27, 2015

Olly Jefferies wins at Schumacher BTCC opener

Round one of the Schumacher BTCC was held at the fast flowing Cotswold track. With a full entry of a 130 drivers the BTCC is the most popular series of the year and used by some as the pre-national warm-up as the series uses the same tracks usually two or three weeks before each national. In the Modified class Olly Jefferies took fastest time in all four of the qualifying rounds to line up on pole from Chris Grainger and Elliott Harper and in the final he took a lights to flag victory and was never challenged by the chasing pack.

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April 27, 2015

Arnold & Soulignac win at French TC Champs Rd2

The second round of the French Electric Touring Car Championship was held in Evry near Paris. In the Modified class Leo Arnold took the win coming from the 2 spot on the grid. Loic Jasmin and TQ Lucas Urbain ended the race in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the 10.5T Stock class Yoann Bukowski put his car on pole position but some incidents during the rainy finals let him drop to 4th place overall. Up front Arnaud Soulignac took the win from Pierre Delorme and Patrice Carpano.

Source: HRC [hrcdistribution.com]

April 27, 2015

Vogl wins at Austrian Electric On-road Nationals Rd1

The first round of the Austrian Electric On-road Nationals saw Dominic Vogl pretty much dominating the Touring Car Modified class and so he took the TQ and the pole position for the A-main in front of Patrick Gollner and Thomas Pumpler. The final result then again saw Dominic on top with Patrick and Thomas rounding out the top 3 result.

Image: Dominic Vogl