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June 23, 2014

Jan Ratheisky wins at Northern Germany regionals

The 2nd round of the Northern Germany electric touring car regionals was run at the MAC Hamburg track. In the 13.5T blinky stock class Xray’s Jan Ratheisky took TQ from ARC’s Hendrik Heitsch and Kevin Sparbier. In the opening A-main Jan was able to bring home a 5 second win over team mate Daniel Horn who started 4th on the grid. The 2nd A-final then saw Jan cutting a curb in the first lap letting him drop back to 8th position but after pushing hard Jan was able to take the 2nd place only 0.03 seconds behind Henrik. The deciding final saw Jan taking another win after Henrik made a big mistake around mid-race. Jan held of Daniel and Kevin for the win in A3 to take the day’s win in front of Henrik Heitsch and Daniel Horn.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 22, 2014

BRCA 1/8th on-road nationals Rd4 – Report

The 4th round of the 2014 BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Championship was held at the Adur circuit to the South of London. This track this the smallest on the current calendar and in relation to Formula One, this is like being at Monaco since the true potential of a current 1/8th scale car is never realised to its maximum. With all the championship contenders present except for Bancroft who was preparing for the ENS, the competition up front would be close. Mark Green was present and alongside him was Joaquin Desota from the USA who is in England on business. Desota is well known since his father operates Serpent America and is a regular top finalist in his country so he comes with a big reputation and should challenge the current drivers but he would have to start in heat 1 due to having no ranking points.

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June 22, 2014

MD Racing MD Mini 10 M-class car

Spanish company MD Racing, who are currently working to finalise their MDT15 touring car, announced their next project in the form of the MD Mini 10 M-class touring car. The vehicle will sport dimensions comparable to Tamyia’s poplar M-chassis and it features a front-mid motor layout, dual drive belts and it is designed around the use of saddle or shorty LiPo battery packs. It is understood that the car can be run in 4WD, front wheel drive or rear wheel drive configurations and with different wheelbase settings and first prototype may hit the light of the day shortly after the MDT15’s official introduction at the final round of the 2013/14 ETS series at the Hudy Arena in 2 weeks time.

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June 20, 2014

Austrian electric on-road nationals Rd2 – Report

The 2nd round of the Austrian electric on-road nationals was held in Laa a.d. Thaya, Lower Austria. Actually this was the first counted event this year, as the opening round had to be cancelled due to bad weather conditions. Overall 39 drivers signed in for the Touring Car Modified, Touring Car Stock and Formula 1 classes. Good weather conditions and a nice but difficult track layout made for tight racing in the qualification and final rounds.

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June 20, 2014

Reedy 2100mAh LiPo RX/TX battery pack

Team Associated introduce the new Reedy 2100mAh LiPo battery pack for receiver and transmitter applications. Measuring 86.5×30.5×16.5mm the pack mimics the dimensions of a NiMH straight pack and it is usable as receiver battery pack in nitro on-road and off-road cars as well as to power transmitters that accept 2S 7.4V batteries.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

June 20, 2014

RB Ielasi Tuned on-road engine range

French company RB introduce three new Ielasi Tuned nitro on-road engines. First up is the CXR SLS9 Circuit super long stroke 9-port .21 engine for 1/8th on-road. The engine is hand-machined by the Italian World Champion and it offers improved fuel flow thanks to tuned sleeve ports and crankshaft diagrams, improving the internal fluid-dynamics to obtain the maximum possible performance. The engines are hand tuned/assembled and checked one by one.

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June 20, 2014

Mizan wins 200mm class at Malaysian nationals Rd3

Mizan wins 200mm class at Malaysian nationals Rd4

The 3rd round of the Malaysian nitro on-road national championship took place at the MPJBT track in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. A total of over 40 racers in the 200mm touring car class competed for championship points. Right after the start of the 45 minute final Shepherd racer Mizan, who qualified 2nd, took over the lead although he had to conserve his tyres as he did not plan to do a tyre change. His strategy paid off and he crossed the finishing line after 179 laps in first position, one lap ahead of Azri Amri with Amirul Shafiq completing the podium another 8 laps down. Thanks to the round win Mizan has now also taken over the lead in the MNC overall standings.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 20, 2014

Christophe Pethoud wins Swiss 1/8th champs Rd3

The 3rd round of the Swiss 1/8th nitro on-road championship was run at the famous Lostallo track. The qualifiers where held in sunny and hot conditions making for some tight racing. As usual on the fast track fuel consumption was critical and some drivers, like Christophe Pethoud, had to refuel in the final lap. After qualifying Remy Hasler (Mugen/Picco) took TQ followed by Claudio Pasquin (Xray/Picco) and Renato Ali (Mugen/Picco).

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