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August 26, 2014

Nicholas Lee TQ’s & wins at Indonesian Merdeka Race

Nicholas Lee TQ's & wins at Indonesian Merdeka Race

The annual Indonesian Merdeka Race was held at the JITC Senayan track in Jakarta, Indonesia. The race, that is run to celebrate the Indonesian Independence day, attracted a total of 140 entries from Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and Sweden who competed in the primary class of 13.5T boosted touring car, a class that attracted some 70 drivers alone. After five rounds of qualifying Nicholas Lee took the TQ spot in the 13.5T boosted class from Bowie Ginting and Trin Nunggai who completed the top 3.

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August 26, 2014

Muchmore UK GP Series championship final – Report

The 2014 Muchmore UK GP Series overall championship concluded this weekend with the Carlisle club hosting the final round of this long established series which started in July with the Stonehaven circuit hosted the first round. As well as the Modified and 13.5T Pro-Stock classes, two classes that have proved successful in introducing younger club drivers to the regional and national circuit were also being raced, these being a Spec motor class and a Mini class.

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August 26, 2014

TRR-Racestuff 10R5.1 235mm conversion kit

German company TRR-Racestuff soon have a 235mm conversion kit for the Team Associated 10R5.1 World GT car available. The kit will extend the overall width to 214mm in the front and 235mm in the rear and it features several improvements compared to the standard kit. First up is a reinforced power pod with additional alloy blocks to allow the use of 2S LiPo packs. Also new are mounting positions for side shock absorbers or the standard damper tubes. Additional body mount positions round out the conversion kit. Included in the set are new upper and lower power pod plates, a motor mount brace, power pod height adjustment shims, side wings and a front suspension plate with all parts being made from high quality 2.5mm carbon fibre. Also included are 5mm aluminium rear power pod supports. The conversion kit will become available by the end of August with an Extended Version including a redesigned main chassis, a lower pod plate and VIP VLink kit being planned also.

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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.

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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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