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February 10, 2015

Akio Sobue wins at 2015 Speed King Tour Rd1

The Kazuki Endo presented Speed King Tour 2015 started at the Rajiten Nagoya indoor tarmac track this past weekend in the two electric touring car categories of Modified and Stock with more than 50 drivers in attendance. Last year’s Speed King Akio Sobue shows great speed right from the start of the qualifying and he took the TQ in the Modified class with his Tamiya TRF419. ARC driver Yusuke Goto placed his car 2nd on the grid and 2014 1/12th Electric On-road National Champion Hayato Ishioka came in 3rd with his VBC D07.

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February 10, 2015

JJ Wang continues with Arrowmax

Arrowmax RC has announced that JJ Wang, one of their very first sponsored drivers in the history of the brand, will continue to use Arrowmax tools and accessories for the 2015 season. JJ has the following to say:

Arrowmax has given me the tools to be successful during the past 3 years and I am really excited to continue with such a great brand with great products.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

February 9, 2015

Xray X1 graphite front brace

Made for the use in high traction conditions is this graphite front brace for the Xray X1 formula car. Cut from 2.5mm carbon fibre sheet and coming with mounting hardware the brace makes for a less aggressive steering feeling on grippy surfaces as it stiffens up the front end assembly by connecting the lower wishbones.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 9, 2015

Volker & Prumper complete ETS podium

Ronald Volker and Yannic Prumper completed the podium at Round 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany after the Yokomo pairing claimed a 1-2 finish in the 3rd A-main. With Marc Rheinard wrapping up his first ETS win on carpet in 5-years with a second win of the weekend in A2 and sitting out A3, the closing race of the record breaking event would see Volker lead an uneventful race from start to finish. Behind him Prumper, despite making early attempts to pass his team-mate would run the entire race in second despite coming under pressure from a much improved Alexander Hagberg in the closing laps. Winner of the event last year, Hagberg would be classified 4th overall followed by Viktor Wilck and Christopher Krapp, all drivers having started the leg with a chance of a podium finish.

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February 9, 2015

Flavio Elias joins Hot Race Tires

Hot Race Tyres has announced the signing of top South American driver Flavio Elias to their team. Flavio was instantly impressed by the performance of the tyres and he will use them in his upcoming campaign that will include races such as the national and South American Championship as well as the Winternats and other events.

Source: Hot Race Tires [hotracetyres.com]

February 9, 2015

Teamsaxo aluminium touring car setup wheels

New from Teamsaxo are aluminium setup wheel for 1/10th touring cars. Coming CNC-machined from aluminium, in blue or black anodising and with laser-etched markings the alloy wheels come in handy when making adjustments to the car’s suspension geometry as they offer a lot more precision than the plastic wheels of pre-glued rubber or foam racing wheels which leads to an improved accuracy of camber and toe settings.

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February 9, 2015

Josh Cyrul triples at Snowbird Nationals

During the recent Snowbird Nationals electric on-road legend Josh Cyrul took the TQ honours in the 1/12th 17.5 Stock class with a blistering 54/8:03. He then took maximum advantage of his TQ and led the 1st lap of the super close class where any mistake can cost several positions. Luckily, Josh had a flawless run, taking the A-main win wire to wire.

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February 8, 2015

Rheinard ends 5-year ETS carpet win drought in Germany

Marc Rheinard took a significant victory at Round 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany today, the win marking the Tamiya driver’s first ETS win on carpet in 5-years. The last indoor win for the championship’s most winning driver came in Warsaw, Poland, in 2010, the year the 4-time World Champion claimed his one and only ETS title. Having taken an unchallenged A1 win last night at the Muelheim-Kaerlich event, Rheinard secured his 13th ETS victory by cruising to another easy win over reigning champion Ronald Volker in A2.

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