New from Tuning Haus are a range of machined and anodised aluminium inserts that replace the plastic units found in most F1 kits. The wide variety of options provide accurate ride height adjustments on tarmac and carpet using most any brand of foam or rubber tire. The offsets are etched for easy identification, even in crowded parts boxes and come in pairs.
Source: Tuning Haus [tuninghaus.com]
Following the success of the past 4 years of the Charity Race organised by Team La Gang and ToniSport at the permanent RC Landia carpet track in Scandiano, the event is back for a 5th year from the 6th to the 8th of December. Born from an idea between Team La Gang and Marc and Toni Rheinard, the event went ahead with a big effort from the organisers along with the support of a whole host of top international drivers and factory teams. Last year thanks to a big auction that they do before the final they raised more than €8,000 which was donated to the department of pediatrics hospital in Scandiano in the form of equipment purchased directly from Team La Gang so they are sure that their money will used in the way that we want. Limited to 120 drivers due to the limited pit space this year, thanks to ToniSport, they will have Marc Rheinard, Viktor Wilck, Ronald Volker, Yannic Prumper and Sandro Kuriger in attendance while thanks to Team Xray they will have Alexander Hagberg, Martin Hudy, Francesco Martini, Alessio Menicucci, Marek Cerny, Niklas Johansson and Marco Kaufmann. Also attending the best drivers from all over Italy such as Alessandro Brunelli, Ciaccheri Alessandro, Vignolini Gabriele and Torregiani Luca for a weekend of fun, charity, good food and racing. For anyone interested in attending, feel free to contact Toni Rheinard (info@tonisport.de) or Davide Sillingardi (silla@treskafamily.com).
The past weekend was the Hara Jet Cup ACO Opening Race hosted by Jet Hobby & ACO Racing Circuit in Hong Kong. Atsushi Hara, multi-class IFMAR World Champion was the main attraction during the weekend, not only because he is a World Champion, but also the first time he has raced with the Schumacher Mi5. Subject of great speculation over recent months Hara is currently the most talked about Pro RC driver. Hara TQ’ed and won both the Touring car classes with Stick King taking a great second also driving a Schumacher car. In the F1 class Stick also took the TQ and win from Hiro Nakatani and Michael Lau 3rd with a 6-wheel F1 car.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Team Durango have released a first proper teaser photo of their forthcoming DETC410 4WD electric touring car kit. The vehicle is in development for some time now and already proved its performance during this year’s BRCA nationals in the hands of Elliott Harper. Team Durango have yet to release the full features and specifications list but looking at the teaser image the car will likely feature all-aluminium bulkheads, aluminium suspension mounts with inserts for the suspension geometry, the shocks are of standard length and you can also spot aluminium driveshafts, wheel hex adapters and a low-profile motor mount. There is no definite release date yet but it is understood that the kit is ready to hit the stores very soon.
Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]
The final round of the South African national electric on-road championship was hosted by the MMCRC club in the South of Johannesburg. It all came down to the final race to decide who was going to be the next electric on-road champion. Low traction on Saturday made it very difficult for those who had their cars ready to go on Friday and a lot of the drivers struggled to get their cars around the dusty surface. In 13.5T it was Antonio Caroli who pulled an “arrive and drive” move to take the overall TQ. The 17.5T TQ belonged to Ashley Hurley, in 1/12th it was the local boy Shaun Schutte who TQ’d and in the main event, touring modified, Jason Hillcoat dominated once again.
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The recent Titan Cup 2013 saw the running of an 1/8th nitro on-road, GT and 200mm class with all earnings being donated to the victims of typhoon Yolanda which recently ravaged the Visayas region. In the 1/8 class Serpent drivers Clemen Pancho and Rico Mendoza constantly swapped positions during the final until both ran into mechanical problems making way for Ricky Tangan (Serpent) who then went on to win the race in front of Rico Mendoza and Edward Sio.
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Speed Passion have announced the addition of talented Polish driver Michal Orlowski to their factory team. Having already used the company’s products for a number of years as a privateer and he will now receive full factory support for his upcoming off-road and on-road campaigns. This is what Michal has to say about the deal:
I have used Speed Passion motors and speed controller for a long time. I knew that the Speed Passion products are reliable, and I am fast on the track using them. It is an honour for me to join the Speed Passion Factory Team. The same team where Marc Rheinard, Lee Martin, and other great names were racing with before me! I am looking forward to see the great results at great races with my Team Durango cars powered by Speed Passion electronics in the future.
Source: Speed Passion [speedpassion.net]
Yokomo have introduced the next evolution of their 2013 ETS and EFRA Euros winning BD7 touring car kit. Based on the current kit the 2014 edition will only feature slight revisions of the highly successful design. Part of the new package is a redesigned motor mount for a more centralised motor position and the ability to use larger pinion gears for Stock class racing. Also new are hard anodised aluminium threaded shock bodies. The kit will become available as the standard blue colour scheme chassis and also as a limited edition Black Series kit with black anodised aluminium parts. Yokomo’s Ronald Völker and Yukijiro Umino are set to race the new car at this weekend’s 4th round of the Asia Onroad Championship at the Yatabe Arena with the kits hitting stores around Christmas.
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