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August 26, 2014

Tamiya Championships Series Finals – Report

The Tamiya Championship Series Finals have concluded at Tamiya America’s world class racing facility in Aliso Viejo, California. The event spanned two days of racing action this past weekend. This year’s finals celebrated 20 years of on-road racing as it was the 20th anniversary of the Tamiya America promotional racing series. There are 8 new champions, four of which will be moving on to the Tamiya World Championships in Shizuoka Japan in November before the Thanksgiving Holiday. The four Champions that will be moving on to Tamiya World Championships are Nathan Weir in the GT-1 class, Craig Hammon in Formula One, Julian Wong in GT-2, and Danny Egger for the M-chassis class.

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August 25, 2014

Frank Baggen wins 1/8th at 40+ EFRA Euros

Last week’s EFRA 40+ Nitro On-Road European Championships in the Netherlands not only saw the running of the 1/10th 200mm class but also 1/8th scale racing. At the end of the 45 minute final the top 3 drivers were all in the same lap, making for a very close finish. In the first part of the final it looked like Jack Ermen would have the chance to grab the win but a broken rear belt ended his title ambitions. His issues made way for Frank Baggen and Remy Hasler with Frank keeping it together to wrap up the European Championship title despite being attacked hard by Hasler. At the end Baggen finished some 5 seconds in front of Arie Manten with Remy Hasler coming in 3rd only 1 second down on Manten.

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August 25, 2014

Frank Andersen takes 40+ 200mm Euro title

The 2014 40+ Nitro On-Road European Championships were held last week at the M.A.C. de Baanbrekers club in Rucphen, NL. Most of the qualification heats were run in dry conditions, with Traugott Schär taking the TQ honours in the 200mm class after six rounds. The semi finals on Saturday then became a wet affair which led to several of the top drivers failing to bump up into the main final. Thankfully after the lunch break the track dried up so the final would be run in dry conditions. Taking the lead after a few minutes, Frank Andersen held on to the lead crossing the finish line in first place after 45 minutes with a comfortable 3 lap margin on Bernd Hasselbring. Martin Schöffel completed the all-Xray podium.

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August 25, 2014

Michal Orlowski wins Junior European TC title

During last weekend’s EFRA European Electric Touring Car Championships Team Durango’s Michal Orlowski took the Junior title with his Speed Passion powered DETC410. A 16th place overall in the Modified class allowed him to leave his competitors behind.

Thanks to Maciej Orlowski for sending the photo.

August 25, 2014

Sweep GBS measurement tool & camber gauge

Sweep Designwork introduce two new tools for 1/10th touring cars. First up is the Global Body Spec measurement tool that allows to build and check touring cars shells with BRCA and ISTC rules in mind. The tool measure to check the overall body height, wing chord and side plate dimensions, as well as the rear bumper cutline. Also incorporated is a metric ruler. The second new tool is a quick check camber gauge with a range of 1 degree up to 2.5 degree in 0.5 degree increments. Both tools are made from CNC-machined black colour acrylic with white easy-to-read markings.

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August 25, 2014

Radtec BD7 ultra lightweight shock spring retainers

Radtec have a new aluminium option part for the Yokomo BD7 touring car available in the form of ultra lightweight shock spring retainers. At a weight of 0.5g per piece the parts are 30 percent lighter than the stock retainers, they are made from 7075-T6 aluminium and come with blue or black anodising to make them suitable for both the standard and black edition chassis.

Source: Radtec [radtec-rc.com]

August 25, 2014

Völker & Cerny take Electric Touring Euro titles

The 2014 EFRA Electric Touring Car Championships were held this past weekend in Alcobendas, Spain. Xray’s Bruno Coelho took a surprise TQ in the Modified class, beating World Champions such as Marc Rheinard and Jilles Groskamp. Bruno then looked like he would be able to wrap up the Euro title but a capacitor failure in the 2nd final prevented him to fight for the win and he had to settle for 2nd place, allowing Ronald Völker (Yokomo) to wrap up another EFRA championship.

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August 25, 2014

German Electric Touring Car Nationals – Report

This year’s German Electric Touring Car Nationals took place at the MSC Braunschweig track in Northern Germany in the three classes of Modified, 13.5T Sport Stock and 17.5T Hobby Stock. The weather made for challenging conditions in the practice heats but the qualifying and finals would be held in dry conditions. In the Modified class it was Ronald Völker who would take the 2014 championship honours from Marc Rheinard and Marc Fischer. Stefan Heisterkamp took the 40+ title while Tim Kohmann grabbed the title for the best youngster in the Modified class.

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