The Coup de France race was held in Evry over the weekend, attracting some of the country’s fastest nitro on-road drivers. Ini the 1/10th 200mm class it was Kevin Rasquin with the TQ from Basile Concialdi in 2nd. In the 45-minute A-main it was Basile who would hold the upper hand, bringing home the win by three laps in front of Kevin. Clement Bioy would round out the top 3 result another three laps down.
Image: Basile Concialdi
The third and final round of the Indonesian 1/10th Electric On-road National Championship was held at East RC Speedway this past weekend. Weather was great all day and in the primary Touring Modified class it was points standing leader Bowie Ginting who looked the TQ spot after the qualifiers. Arya Seta started from the 2nd spot while Christian Mamesah had to settle for 3rd after the qualifiers. After the triple A-mains the top 3 order would remain the same as Bowie went on to win A1 and A3 for the overall as Arya came out on top in A2 to secure himself the 2nd overall position. With this result Bowie took the overall championship as Chandra Yosef snatched the vice-championship.
Hobbywing have introduced two new titanium-bonded rotors for the V10 G3 series of brushless motors. The characteristic of the rotors will provide a smoother pickup acceleration without sacrificing top speed. This will help to tune motors especially to lower grip asphalt and carpet conditions as it aids car control out of tight corners. Available variants are a 5-12.5 and 5-12.3 that come individually marked for easy identification.
View the 5-12.3 rotor rotor here
Round 1 of the 2018/19 Winter Points Series was held at P&T Hobbies in Indiana. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was JP Richards with the TQ and win from Galen McCreary on the 2 spot. The podium was rounded out by RC legend Brian Dunbar who recently came back out of retirement.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
The TSAR track near Toulouse played host to last weekend’s final round of the French 1/8th Nitro Buggy Championship. The race for the overall TQ was a very entertaining one with three different top qualifiers in four rounds. Ultimately it was TLR’s Renaud Savoya with the overall and he would also start from pole position into the 45-minute A-main event. In the opening lap however Renaud made a mistake, leaving Team Associated’s Tom Robin as well as Xray’s Yannick and Jerome Aigoin battling for the lead. Savoya eventually recovered to take the top spot again only to run in mechanical issues in the later stages of the race that cost him a lap. From there he suffered with pace which allowed Tom Robin to take the lead in the closing stages and to take the win from Jerome and Yannick. Renaud ended the race on the 4 spot which was enough for him to take the overall championship title.
Source: Circus RC [circusrc.com]
Coming from Kyosho and made for the Ultimate RB7 2WD buggy is a new lightweight body shell. Offering the same design as the standard kit shell, the lightweight variant is pulled from 0.6mm thin high-quality polycarbonate, making it 8g lighter than standard. Using the body will lower the overall centre of gravity which comes in handy especially on high grip surfaces where more crisp cornering can be achieved.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]
The 9th edition of the annual Charity Race will be held at the RC Landia carpet track in Scandiano, Italy on the weekend of the 24th and 25th of November. The 2018 edition will see the running of Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Formula and 1/12th Pan Car classes and beside the fastest Italian electric on-road racers, European Pro drivers such as Marc Rheinard, Alexander Hagberg, Ronald Völker, and Marco Kaufman will make an appearance. Due to the limited pit space the entries are capped off at 120 drivers with the first Pro drivers having already signed up. This year’s race will be held on a brand new ETS carpet using Volante ETS tyres for the touring and formula classes. Like the years before, the organisers Team La Gang will hold a charity lottery for the good cause. Registration for the race will start on the 15th of October at 20 p.m. CET on MyRCM and for more information feel free to email Toni Rheinard (info@tonisport.de) or Davide Sillingardi (sillarcmail@gmail.com) or visit the club’s website here.
ORCA have announced the signing of Dutch on-road frontrunner, Jilles Groskamp to their factory team. The former IFMAR Electric Touring World Champion and long-time Team Orion factory driver will use ORCA brushless motors, speed controllers and batteries from now on while also helping with the development of future products. The Thailand-based joins another spearhead of the electric touring car scene, Akio Sobue, who signed with ORCA in July.
Source: ORCA [orcarc.com]
