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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

April 27, 2015

D’Hondt & Sanza win at Belgian Nitro On-road opener

D'Hondt & Sanza win at Belgian Nitro On-road opener

This past Sunday the first round of the Belgian 1/8th and 1/10th Nitro On-road Championship was held at the track of Bierset. The qualifiers and finals were run in difficult track conditions due to rain in the morning and early afternoon. In the 1/8th class Robin D’Hondt took the pole with his new BMT. He confirmed his good performance in the dry final where he found himself in last position at first, following a crash in the first corner. With smooth but fast driving Robin moved his way up into the lead again before the first pit stop and he then maintained a high pace to take the win. Local young talent Augustin Mejor (Mugen), in his first year in the 1/8th class, demonstrated his skills and ended the main final in 2nd position. Hugues Yerna (Capricorn) completed the podium in 3rd.

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April 25, 2015

Kyosho Syncro EX-6 Mini-Z radio system

Kyosho America have announced first details on their all-new Syncro EX-6 Mini-Z radio system. The newest and most advanced radio ever built for use with the Mini-Z cars from Kyosho is based on the EX-2 radio system just introduced by KO Propo. It takes advantage of the “KIY” (Kustomize It Yourself) system that allows modular expansion and modification of the radio system, and it has a new ultra-fast hybrid mode that is faster than any system currently available. The Syncro EX-6 features a high level of adjustability via precision digital settings that remain stored in the radio’s memory. Most of the settings are adjusted via the two-position LCD display, which can display data in line with the radio for more conventional viewing, or it can be rotated to a transverse position, which makes it easier to view settings and data from the side of the radio.

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April 24, 2015

Hideo Kitazawa joins Trinity A-team

Trinity have announced the signing of 4-time Japan National On-road Champion Hideo Kitazawa to their A-team. Hideo is a veteran 1/12th scale racer and engineer at Futaba where he designed the 4PX, 4PK and 4PL.

Source: Trinity [trinityrc.com]

April 24, 2015

Zen wide & narrow Formula front wings

Zen have new front wings for 1/10th Formula cars available. First up is the wide type with a width of 170mm, suitable for more modern Formula cars while the narrow type offers a width of 130mm which makes them especially useful for 1980’s and 1990’s cars. Both are designed for low-nose bodyshells and the simple design and pre-drilled 2.6mm mounting holes allow the use of add-on polycarbonate wings. Both the wide and narrow wings are available in black or white colour.

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