Team Muso announce the soon release of their World GT tyres for 1/10th pan cars. They come pre-mounted on black 6-spoke rims and are precision trued to a diameter of 57mm both front and rear. The foam used is the same as the Team Muso 1/12th compounds with dedicated carpet and asphalt types available. The design of the rims allows the use on nearly all World GT and Pro10 chassis.
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The seventh and final round of the Belgian touring car nationals took place at the outdoor track of the Mrcz in Zwevegem. The track itself was an improvised affair in the parking lot of the club, it proofed to be very technical but also fast. The grip was very low and everyone was searching for the right setup on Saturday’s practice. In the Efra class it was Olivier Bultynck who took TQ in front of Manuel Henriet, both split by only 0.3 sec. Those two were very fast and everyone was convinced that the win would be for one of them but everything is possible in the finals. Nick Joosens was third on the grid and Thomas Stockman was fourth on his hometrack.
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SkyRC introduce the RacingStar tyre warmer for 1/10th on-road cars. The microcomputer controlled unit allows the independent heating of all four tyres in a temperature range of 20°C to 80°C in order to extract the maximum performance from the tyres right from the start. Housed in a red anodised aluminium case the tyre warmer offers a back-lit display, four LEDs and eight beep tones to monitor and control the settings. The unit is designed to fit on top of the recently announced eFuel 17A power supply and can also be powered by a 3S LiPo battery allowing to take it to the starting grid when needed. Included in the set are the RSTW control unit, front and rear tyre warmers and a DC input cable.
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The final round of the first RaceWorks Elite Racing series took place at the RaceWorks Arena’s on-road circuit in Singapore. The overall winner of both the driver’s and team championships would be crowned at this event after a 9-month long season. Sitting in pole position for the series win was Team Tamiya SG’s Alvin Koh, who held a slender 3.5 point lead over PY Tang from Team Xray Singapore. Team Tamiya SG was also primed to take the overall team title. In qualifying, Team Xray Singapore’s PY Tang would come out on top, with Team Tamiya SG’s Nicholas Lee in second spot. Continuing the late season form was Team Yokomo Singapore’s Alan Leung. Alvin Koh was only able to qualify in 4th.
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The past weekend Martin Hofer managed to TQ and win the 3rd round of the Conrad backed German Touring Master Series. Founded by Uwe Rheinard, the man behind the ETS series, the collaboration with Conrad aims at bringing the ETS flair down to a more local audience. Therefore the series consists of 5 races spread across Germany. Round 3 hosted by the MAC Burgdorf, the club that pulled off the last minute event that was the 2010 worlds, attracted a good number of top level racers despite a very tight racing schedule for most in September. Martin TQed both ProStock and Modified class and managed to pull off perfect finals by taking a comfortable win in both categories. Round 4 is to end the outdoor season at the beautiful facility of the MSC Höckendorf on 21st/22nd of September.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
This year’s German 1/10th nitro 200mm nationals took place at the famous Ettlingen track. In the main final Xray’s Dirk Wischnewski claimed the win some 2.9 seconds in front of pole sitter Erik Dankel (Capricorn). Thilo Tödtmann (Xray) who had Patrick Nähr (Shepherd) in tow finished two laps down and secured himself the remaining podium spot.
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Tamiya’s Viktor Wilck has won his fourth Swedish national title by winning at this year’s Swedish electric touring car nationals. The vice championship went to Xray’s Alexander Hagberg with Jonas Andersson completing the podium.
Source: Andersson Wilck [wilckandersson.com]
Competition in the second season of the RaceWorks Singapore Onroad Championship Series culminated in the season finale last Sunday. Featuring three classes, the ORCA SuperStock class (13.5T boosted), ORCA Spec class (17.5T blinky) and the Open 1/12 PanCar class, the season finale saw some 50 participants sign up to enjoy a day of racing action. In the ORCA SuperStock class, Daryl Thong, who was the series leader coming into this round, looked good in practice. In the first round of qualifying, however, a radio glitch resulted in a head-on crash into the wall at the end of the straight which snapped his chassis in two. Daryl was able to save his season by miraculously re-building his car on a new chassis within some 50 minutes, taking to the track just minutes before the start of Q2. With some impressive work, Daryl put in a TQ run despite not having setup the car as he simply ran out of time. With his car all set-up, Daryl was able to win all three legs of the final to win this round, his fourth race win of the season, and with it the overall series title. Alan Pang finished overall 2nd, while Colin Tong was overall 3rd.
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