Last weekend saw the final round of the Austria 1/8th scale nitro on-road championships run at the Mac Amstetten track. Motonica team driver Nejc Mihelic had a splendid weekend by taking the TQ for the 45 minute final which he then dominated till the end to take the win. With the victory at the final round he also took the overall Austrian national championship title.
Source: Motonica [motonica.com]
EMR Factory have released their new hard anodised laser engraved 64 pitch pinion sets. Designed specifically for stock on-road racing, each set includes 7 lightweight pinions. They are available in 40T to 46T, 47T to 53T, and 54T to 60T sets and come laser-etched for easy identification.
Source: EMR Factory [emrfactory.com]
Xray’s Jan Popic recently took the Austrian Electric Touring Car Junior Championship title after finishing in 10th place overall. Some missed races due to other commitments prevented him from achieving a better overall result but nevertheless he became the best junior of the 2014 season.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The organisers of the ICC have confirmed that the event will return in 2015. Building on the success of last year’s event, which saw the UK’s Kyle Branson narrowly beating top German drivers Freddy Sudhoff and Yannic Prumper, the event will return across the weekend of the 20th to 22nd February 2015. The format will remain largely unchanged for 2015, being held at the same location in Essex, South-East England, and organised by the world-famous EWS Team and RC media personality Oli Meggitt. There has been a slight tweak to the classes for 2015 – the Open Modified and HPI Vintage Challenge classes return, but the Stock and Pro Stock classes have been combined into the new Super Stock class – for 13.5T motors with zero timing (“blinky”) speed controllers. More details and sign-up for the event can be found here.
After a thrilling end of season race in Aigle, Switzerland Team Shepherd was able to claim the top 4 places in the overall point standings of the 1/8th Electric On-road class with 26 drivers participating in total. Before the last races 11 and 12 of the MC-Best Cup, Stefan Scheidegger was leading the category by a small margin over André Krebs and Oliver Mülhauser, followed by Martin Messerli in 4th all using the Shepherd Velox V8.
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New from Revolution Design Racing Products come the Ultra Turnbuckle Wrenches for the toe and camber links of many 1/12th to 1/8th scale cars, buggies and trucks. They are constructed from RDRP’s renown black anodised aluminium and high-quality spring steel and they allow for swift and effortless suspension geometry adjustment thanks to their clever design. The compact yet sturdy tool tip makes turnbuckle adjustment even in tight surrounding a breeze while the specially shaped handle gives perfect tool control. Laser-etched markings and colour coded aluminium rings not only look cool but they also help with easy identification of the wrenches that are available as 3mm, 4mm and 5mm variant.
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Japanese company GForce introduce an aluminium setup system for 1/10th touring cars as well as a range of gauges for droop and ride height measurement. Starting with the setup system, it is designed to precisely measure camber and toe settings as well as the castor value. All parts are made from high-quality aluminium and knurled nuts allow for easy assembly and disassembly without additional tools being needed and the clear polycarbonate toe plate has cutouts to make way for long body posts. The setup system is available in black and blue colour and it comes in a zipped bag for easy storage and transportation.
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After five races on different tracks all over Holland, the national Dutch Touring Car outdoor championship in both the Modified and Stock class would be decided in the 6th and final race. Qualifying started on a dry track on Sunday with Mitchel van Es seeming to be the man to beat in the Modified category. Unfortunately he made a small mistake on the last lap of the first qualifier loosing the TQ to Rob Jansen. In the Stock class Robert Krens posted a clean TQ run with a gap of a couple of seconds in front of Sybrand de Boer and Jitse Miedema.
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