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September 11, 2014

Belgian Touring Car nationals final round – Report

The final round of the Belgium Electric Touring Car nationals was held at the MRCZ track in Zwevegem. Unlike the previous outdoor races this season, the drivers were greeted by sunny weather to make for good racing conditions on the very technical and low-grip parking lot track. After three rounds of qualifying in the EFRA class Olivier Bultynck took the TQ spot from local driver Thomas Stockman and Nick Joosens who completed the top 3.

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September 10, 2014

Martini & Puelo win at LRP Challenge Italy

The penultimate round of the Italian LRP Challenge was held at the Parona track last weekend. The one day event saw the running of a Touring Car Modified, 13.5T blinky and 17.5T blinky class and attracted several Italian top drivers. In the Modified class it was Francesco Martini (Xray) who took the win from Marco Gennari (Xray) in 2nd and Andrea Efficace (Yokomo) in 3rd place. The 13.5T class had Marco Puelo (Xray) walking away with the day’s win ahead of Davide Rabitti (Awesomatix) and Umberto Pernice (Xray).

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September 10, 2014

Sonic EFRA #2678 .12 exhaust pipe

Sonic introduce the new EFRA #2678 exhaust pipe for .12 nitro on-road engines. Developed in cooperation with various top-drivers and successfully used by Patrick Schäfer at the Euros A and German championships, the latest Sonic pipe lowers the fuel-consumption for increased runtime while keeping a good balance of bottom end power and maximum RPM. The pipe is EFRA legal and available from now as pipe only or as a complete set including manifold, springs and silicon gasket.

Source: Sonic Engines [sonic-engines.com]

September 10, 2014

Daniele Ielasi wins Italian 1/8th on-road Nationals

Daniele Ielasi wins Italian 1/8th on-road championship

Last weekend saw the running of the 3rd round of the Italian nitro on-road championships at the Milazzo track in Sicily. Daniele Ielasi swiftly showed that he was the man to beat during the weekend by setting fast times from the first practice on. After taking the TQ in the Expert class Daniele then went on the win the race in front of Mirko Salemi and Marco Vanni, handing the former World Champion the national title. In the F1 category Gennaro D’Alterio, starting from 2nd on the grid, took the win 3 laps ahead of Gianluca Querze and Nicolas Delia.

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September 10, 2014

Martini & Puelo win at Italian WRC Contest

The Italian Bientina track played host for the recent WRC Contest with many drivers using the event to prepare for the upcoming round of the Italian championships held at this track in mid-September. In the Touring Car Modified class Francesco Martini took the TQ in the first round and used the remaining qualifiers to test various settings. In the Stock class the race was on between Marco Puelo, Tiziano Borgogni, Roberto Fabiano and Andrea Valerio. At the end Marco Puelo was able to take the TQ for the finals.

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September 10, 2014

WRC F-One ‘014 lower rear pod plate

WRC F-One '014 lower rear pod plate

Italian company WRC Racing introduce a new lower rear pod plate for their F-One ‘014 1/10th formula 1 car kit. Cut from 2.3mm carbon fibre redesigned plate offers improved rigidity to better withstand the rigours of racing.

Source: WRC Racing [wrc-racing.com]

September 10, 2014

HPI Micro RS4 Drift Nissan S13 RTR

HPI Racing soon have a new bodyshell variant for the iconic Micro RS4 1/18th scale chassis available. The Discount Tire/Falken Tire Nissan S13 replicates Dai Yoshihara’s tarmac eating drift machine and the belt-driven 4WD chassis is equipped with solid front and rear axles as well as hard plastic drift tyres. A full set of ball bearings reduced drivetrain losses to a minimum. The car is powered by an HPI 180-size motor, an electronic speed control, and controlled by a waterproof steering servo. A 2.4GHz radio system, wall charger and batteries round out the package.

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September 10, 2014

Zsolt Bajusz wins at Xray Challenge Hungary

During the recent Xray Challenge Hungary, held at the world-famous Hungaroring track, the 1/10 200mm EFRA nitro class was dominated by Zsolt Bajusz. Behind Zsolt there was a nice fight between Hungarian championship leader, Laszlo Kiss-Orban and last year’s nitro Stock class champion, Balazs Bihari. At the end Balazs grabbed the runner-up spot from Laszlo who rounded out the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]