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May 14, 2018

Coelho extends ETS lead with Andernach win

Bruno Coelho has extended his points lead in the Yokomo Euro Touring Series, the Xray driver today becoming the first double winner of Season #11. With the fourth round marking the ETS’ return to Motodrom Andernach in German, rain forecast for Sunday led to the decision to condense the event to run over two days. Initially it looked like Coelho’s first time to the tight technical track was going go give his rivals the opportunity to reduce his lead as he struggled to find a set-up for the layout. Come qualifying however things changed with him TQ’ing the opening qualifying on Saturday but it was Q2 in the evening that ultimately decided the event. On a TQ run, in what would be the rocket round, Naoto Matsukura touched the curbing on the last lap which was enough for the Infinity driver to hand Coelho the TQ by 5/100th of a second. This all but decided the TQ, Matsukura starting today’s action by topping Q3 the time that was no match to the Q2 pace of the night before while Viktor Wilck claimed the final qualifier. In the opening final, Matsukura clearly had the quicker car but he couldn’t find a way pass until a late mistake by Coelho made him open the door. With both drivers making mistakes in A2 they finished as they started, meaning A3 wold decide it. Again Matsukura pressured the reigning champion who jumped the curbing in the centre chicane which was his queue to take the lead but both cars touched, with Wilck coming out the main benefactor and taking the A3 win. For Coelho luck was again on his side as his A2 win was the faster, giving him the overall win ahead of Matsukura while Marc Rheinard completed the podium ahead of Wilck.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

May 14, 2018

Callum Niblett wins at Slough SRS round

The second round of the UK SRS Championship was held at the Slough track over the weekend. Sunny weather made for a nice day of racing and at the end of the 20-minutes Nitro Buggy final it was Callum Niblett with the win with his Agama. Kevin Brunsden came on a fine 2nd place with his SWorkz buggy and Mike Daniel finished in 3rd with his TLR.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

May 14, 2018

Burak Kilic wins Father’s Day race

The 2018 Father’s Day race was held at the MC Schwedt track this past weekend. The event kicked off on Thursday’s Ascension Day and the following Friday with practice while Saturday was used for four rounds of qualifying of which two counted. Sunday was finals day and in the 30-minute long Nitro Buggy A-main it was Agama’s Burak Kilic with the win from Berkan Kilic (Agama) in 2nd. Johannes Klett (Mugen) would round out the top 3 podium result.

Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the report.

May 14, 2018

Dennis Weihert wins at German Nats qualifier

The first round of the central region qualifiers for the German 1/8th IC Track Nationals took place this weekend at the Wiesbadener Minicar Club. In qualifying Oliver Mack would claim the TQ in impressive style. First setting a new track record in Q2 he then managed to go even faster in Q4. With rain on the forecast causing the final to be reduced to 20-minutes, Oli was pulling away from the field but he stopped at the 12-minutes mark due to an engine failure. Dennis Weihert, who qualified 5th, was able to take over the lead and from there he never looked back to take the win.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

May 14, 2018

Davide Ongaro sweeps Delta Plastic Race

Last weekend’s Delta Plastic Race was organised by Enjoy Drive and hosted by the Delvi Modellismo track near Rome in Italy. The event attracted the country’s fastest 1/8th off-road drivers as well as guests from abroad and in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro with the win from Tekno RC’s Alex Zanchettin in 2nd. Mugen’s Marco Natale rounded out the top 3 podium result. Over in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was again Team Associated young gun Davide Ongaro with the win as TLR’s Renaud Savoya in 2nd and Tekno RC’s Alex Zanchettin in 3rd completed the podium.

View the E-Buggy podium here

May 14, 2018

Exotek roll out new XB4 & XB2 option parts

Exotek have introduced new option parts for the Xray XB4, XB2 and XT2 kits. First up is the Flite 72T centre spool set for stock class racing with the XB4 4WD buggy. The ultra lightweight centre spool set greatly reduces the rotating mass of the drivetrain for that extra boost in 13.5T and 17.5T spec racing. The Exotek spool set weighs 18g with the spur gear and the included coated hard steel outdrive cups. The machined 72T POM spur gear is included and bolts on to the lightweight alloy spool. The set is intended for non-boosted stock classes only and it is also compatible with 48 pitch Kimbrough-style spur gear.

View more details & images here

May 14, 2018

VBC Racing Ghost18 aluminium chassis

Coming from VBC Racing and made for the Ghost18 club-level touring car is an aluminium main chassis plate. The part is machined from aircraft-grade 7075 alloy and offers less torsional flex compared to the standard carbon fibre chassis for improved handling, faster response and more traction in high grip carpet or asphalt conditions.

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May 13, 2018

Alexander Hagberg joins BR1 team

During this weekend’s Euro Touring Series fourth round in Andernach, Germany, Bruno RC, the brand of multi-class talent and round 4 winner, Bruno Coelho, has announced the signing of former IFMAR World Champion, Alexander Hagberg to the BR1 team. Alexander will be using Bruno RC’s BR1 brand servos in his Xray rides from now on and he had the following to say:

It was a natural move for me to join the BR1 brand. I know that Bruno’s objective with the brand is very professional, and it will also further improve our team work, as we will work from the exact same platform. My initial impression after testing the servo was very positive. The steering feel is very natural, with good response, as a result of the low CG integrated mount, which also saves a lot of weight – something that is very important mainly due to the new weight limit rules of the ETS. The BR1 servo is definitely the best servo for our T4 platform, as it’s designed with this car in mind. I am looking forward to using this and other BR1 products in the future!

Source: Bruno RC [brunorc.com]