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October 23, 2018

2018 Tyrollean Championship finale – Report

The final round of the 2018 Tyrollean Championship was hosted by the MRC Zillertal last weekend. The event was run on a purpose-built indoor track in the town of Mayrhofen, making for excellent and fair racing conditions. Dionys Stadler would dominate the Touring Modified class from Oliver Krähemann. Thomas Rinner rounded out the top 3 results. Overall in the championship it was Aaron Tursky with the win from Thomas Rinner in 2nd and Lukas Tschabrun 3rd.

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October 23, 2018

2018/19 Essex Winter Series Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the 2018/19 Essex Winter Series took place this weekend. With the series attracting a record number of entries this season, the championship kicked off with a capacity entry. In the Modified class, a number of potential winners had changed teams prior to the start of the series and everyone wanted to get their winter off to the best start possible. Alexander Hagberg added some international flavour to the field, and demonstrated why he is one of the best on-road racers in the world as he opened proceedings with the fastest time in round 1, ahead of his new Xray team-mate Elliott Harper, and defending series champion Olly Jefferies. Alex clearly had his Xray sorted on the new EWS-spec Sweep carpet tyres, and continued his form to top all four rounds of qualifying. The fight for 2nd was between Elliott and Olly, with the advantage eventually falling to the latter as the newly-signed Schumacher driver took the tiebreak after both drivers scored equal points. Behind, the Associated pairing of Alan Bickerstaff (once again supporting the series and traveling from Northern Ireland for each event) and Matthew White locked out 4th and 5th, in front of the now-privateer Stefan Chodzynski. Adding even more international interest to the event, Belgian youngster Florian Joos made the trip over, and was rewarded for his travels with a strong seventh overall after qualifying.

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October 23, 2018

2018/19 Mibosport Cup Rd1 – Report

After six months of asphalt racing during the Summer season, the opening round the competitive 2018/19 Mibosport Cup indoor racing series was held with more than 200 entries last weekend. As usual the race is held in electric on-road and off-road classes with the on-road track remaining without changes. On the other hand the off-road track was slightly modified with new jumps and a banked turn, offering multiple layouts for the season. Racing-wise and in Touring Modified, Zdeno Kunak found himself on the top of the ranking list from early practice on. From there he made a clean sweep as he was able to secure wins in all qualifying round and also in the opening two A-mains. Matej Sulc starting from 3rd on the grid and left behind Kuba Simurda for 3rd. Oliver came in 4th in the tie-breaker with Kuba while Andreas Stiebler rounded out the top 5.

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October 23, 2018

MIP SCX10 II X-Duty centre drive kit 12.3” wheelbase

Coming from MIP is the new X-Duty centre drive kit for 12.3” wheelbase Axial SCX10 II chassis. Made out of high quality, heat treated alloy steel and black oxide coated, the centre drive kit is completely rebuildable and built to last as it replaces the standard plastic driveshafts. Designed for competition crawling or backyard bashing the kit ensures reliable and durable power transfer even with high-power motors or when the going gets tough.

Source: MIP [miponline.com]

October 23, 2018

Tollard & Champlin win at Team Associated Race

The 2018 Team Associated Race, hosted by world-renowned Trackside Hobbies & Raceway, is the Midwest’s premier off-road race that many racers wait all year long for. This year, the popular race saw 330 entries and almost 90 entries in just 17.5 Stock Buggy alone showcasing some amazing talent in all categories. In 2WD Modified and earning the overall TQ after four tough rounds of qualifying was Team Associated’s Cole Tollard. The other young driver that seemed to want it just as much as Cole was AE’s Broc Champlin, as the two future stars battled it out over three intense mains with Cole winning A1 and Broc Champlin taking A2. A3 saw a fantastic race between the top 3 drivers for the entire five minutes. With Cole Tollard being picture perfect in all of A3, Cole crossed the line taking a very well earned win for the hometown crew. Broc put in a valiant charge and showed great speed finishing 2nd with Dustin Evans 3rd overall.

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October 23, 2018

Dynamite Passport P2 AC Plus AC/DC charger

Horizon Hobby have introduced the new Dynamite Passport P2 AC Plus 2 port AC/DC multi-charger. With dual 100W output capability, the device can charge Li-Po batteries in half the time it takes lower wattage/amperage chargers. In addition, owners get the full gamut of charging features, including the ability to charge virtually all battery types that can be monitored using the intuitive LCD display.

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October 23, 2018

Tamiya Cup South Africa finals – Report

The past weekend saw the finals of the Tamiya Cup South Africa held at the TRAP RC Venue in Pretoria. The classes that ran were Stock Touring, Open Stock, FWD, Mini, Formula, Superstock and 4WD GT. Overall and in Stock Touring it was Lehann Janse van Rensburg with the win from Diego De Abreu and Pedro De Abreu.

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October 23, 2018

Rain halts final practice at 1:10 World Championship

Rain halted the final round of practice at the 1:10 200mm World Championship in Florida. A heavy shower stopped proceedings at Homestead RC Raceway half way through what was to be the drivers fourth practice of the second official day of the event. Having also ran 4 rounds of practice yesterday, officially it is Mugen’s Robert Pietsch who has produced the fastest time of practice ahead of reigning World Champion Dominic Greiner and Jesse Davis. With overnight rain washing away traction built up during the International Practice Days and yesterday’s first round of official practice, today’s times were slower. After respraying the track with sugar water this morning it was Greiner who was fastest in the first round from 200mm rookie Naoto Matsukura. The Japanese driver went to the top in the next round ahead of team-mate Tadahiko Sahashi while what was to become the last run of the day for the leading drivers produced an Infinity 1-2-3 led by Lamberto Collari from Matsukura and Sahashi with Greiner fourth. For the day it was Matsukura’s FP6 time that was the fastest of the day registering a 53.890-seconds 3-consecutive lap time compared Pietsch’s 53.668 from the previous day’s rocket round FP4.

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