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August 7, 2018

BRCA Clubman’s Championship Rd5 – Report

Last weekend drivers headed to the South coast for round 5 of the BRCA Clubman’s Championship at the Eastbourne Model Car Club. Over the last year, the club has put a lot of work in and extended the track, which has greatly increased it in both size and lap times. The weather was perfect sunshine and it lasted all weekend. This would probe a real test for both drivers and equipment with ever changing track conditions catching a few drivers out. The club had a near full entry for race day and most of those drivers were practicing on Saturday with seven timed runs for all classes in heat order. The usual three classes were running, 17.5 Blinky, 13.5 Open and Formula who run alongside the Clubman’s Championship but are competing for the National Title.

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August 6, 2018

Think RC MTC1.e drivetrain & chassis conversion kits

Think RC have announced the release of two conversion kits for the Mugen Seiki MTC1 touring car. The first kit is a 38T pulley conversion to improve the drivetrain efficiency of the car. It’s well known that bigger drive pulleys helps to increase the drivetrain efficiency, by reducing the tension the belts can run under without experiencing skipping. For stock classes this is especially important, as it helps to improve top speed. Longer front and rear belts are also provided to work with the larger pulleys. The kit also includes 1mm bulkhead spacers to lift the diffs, which offers improved corner speed over the kit positions. Finally, 1mm lower shock towers are also included. The lower height maintains current shock positions, and have been revised to provide the required clearance for the 38T pulleys. The rear tower also has an update shape for improved stiffness, providing more on-power stability.

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August 6, 2018

Arrowmax Cup Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Arrowmax Cup was held at the AMA indoor track in Guangzhou, China, this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Wong Wing Cheung with the TQ and win from Zhong Qin Xuan on the runner-up spot. Xiao Bao would round out the top 3 results.

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August 6, 2018

2018/19 Schumacher GP Series – Announcement

The 2018/19 Schumacher GP Series is a 3-race series that will be held at the MB Raceway in Leeds, UK and will cater for GT12 and Touring classes. GT12 and Touring 13.5T Blinky will run to BRCA rules, however the GT12 class will run on Contact Green Stripe and the touring class on Sorex XG-28RK control tyres. The dates are all on Saturdays, September 29th, December 29th (Christmas), April 20th (Easter) so not to clash with any Sunday racing. There will be a 100 driver limit, initially 70 GT12 and 30 touring. More information and sign-up can be found here.

August 6, 2018

PR Racing SB401 Type R – Teaser image

PR Racing have released a first of what is expected to be their forthcoming SB401 Type R 1/10th 4WD buggy. The vehicle will add to PR Racing’s line of Type R competition kits and is understood to come with a range of high-performance features right out of the box. Full information will become available in time for the release.

Source: PR Racing [pr-rc.com]

August 6, 2018

Pablo Fernandez wins at Spanish regionals Rd4

The fourth round of the 2018 Castilla y León 1/8th Off-Road Nitro Buggy Regional Champs was hosted by the Pical Club in Valladolid, Spain. Xray’s Pablo Fernández took the 2nd place overall in the qualifiers, however he was able to up his performance in the 45-minutes long main final to bring hime the win in front of young Daniel Pariente (Mugen) as Team Associated’s David Benito rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 6, 2018

Callan wins at BRCA 10th Juniors & Veterans meeting

The Bury Metro track was host to this year’s BRCA 1/10th Off-road Juniors & Veterans meeting this past weekend. In the Under 16 4WD Championship it was Josh Holdsworth with the TQ after the qualifiers, however it was 2nd place qualifier, Edward Callan with the overall win after the triple A-main legs as Josh had to settle for 2nd. Jamie Hall was able to conserve his qualifying performance to take 3rd overall.

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August 6, 2018

Philip Sting wins at Mid German IC Track Nats Rd5

Round 5 of the Mid German Regional IC Track Championships took place at the Minidrom Ettlingen over the weekend. In the premier 1/8th On-road class 1 and qualifying 4th for the 30-minute A-main, Infinity’s Dennis Weihert only needed to finish on the podium to lift the overall title. With temperatures up to 35 Degrees Celsius Dennis played a safe strategy and he was rewarded with a 2nd place on the finish line behind Serpent’s Philip Sting and in front of Serpent driver Jörg Wäldle. Dennis’ latest result together with a win and a 2nd place at the previous rounds awarded him with the overall title.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]