The first round of the South Swedish Cup for electric touring cars was held in Gothenburg. The quite small and narrow track was very technical and left loads of room for mistakes and driving errors. After 3 rounds of qualifying with the best round to count Markus Hellquist (Xray) managed to secure the first spot on the grid, ahead of fellow Xray driver Karl Ullenius in second and David Hassel in third.
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The 2013 Australian National titles were held in the Adelaide hills, at the Littlehampton track in South Australia. The race had a lot lower numbers than usual, as some drivers went to the AOC in Japan, and some chose not to come, but none the less the racing was great for those that attended. Massive rain on Friday washed away the track’s sugar treatment and the race director decided not to renew the traction enhancer as the weather forecast promised more rain during the weekend. Saturday again was washed away and only three out of the four qualifiers could be run. Antoni Cartti swept the touring car modified class qualifiers by taking six out of the six rounds. In 17.5T boosted stock Scott Kilford also took six out of the six rounds putting his car in pole position. In the modified class finals Antoni was able to win the first two A-mains in order to grab the 2013 Australian National title adding to his two previous 1/12th victories. In the boosted stock class Scott won A-mains #2 and #3 for a clean sweep of Xray’s latest T4 car.
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FX Engines introduce two new exhaust pipes as well as a range of turbo glow plugs. Starting with the pipes, available soon are the high RPM EFRA 2100 and high torque EFRA 2108 pipe, both come with a hard-chrome plating for a long life and laser-etched homologation numbers for easy identification. The multi-camber pipes come without manifold but FX Engines will also offer suitable short, medium and long variants soon. Made not only for the FX engine range but all other turbo engines are the new X3 to X8 turbo-style glow plugs. The come in several heat grades for low (X3) up to high temperatures (X8).
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Team Associated introduce the new Reedy pro silicone wire and low-profile bullet-type connectors. Starting with the wire, it was developed to be lightweight and highly flexible while offering efficient current flow at the same time. The thin silicone insulation is yet sturdy enough to withstand the rigours of racing and the wire is available as 1 meter long 12AWG/4mm, 14AWG/3mm and 16AWG/2.7mm variant in any colour you want – as long as it is black. Also new are 14mm long low-profile bullet-type connectors. Coming in a standard 4mm and also new-type 5mm variant the flat top plugs are pre-shaped for easy soldering. They are silver-plated for a low resistance connection and the will become available as pair or 10-piece pack. Last but not least in the line of new electric accessories is a set of coloured shrink tube for motors and speed controllers. The kit contains three pieces each of black, red, blue, orange, and yellow shrink tubing.
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Xray now have different thickness front anti-roll bar wires for the NT1 200mm nitro touring car available. They are manufactured from a special spring steel and ideal for small and technical tracks. Laser-engraved thickness markings help with easy identification of the swaybars that come in a 2.2mm, 2.4mm, 2.6mm and 2.8mm variant.
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Fenix Racing introduce new rear links for the Suzu-ka formula 1 conversion kit. The parts are machined from a hybrid CSC material to make for a more reactive spring feeling compared to the standard carbon fibre material making for improved control over the rear end.
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The final round of the Asian Onroad Championship produced by Scotty Ernst took place this past weekend at the historic Yatabe Arena. Yatabe know as the most historic venue in all of RC racing were welcome host to the final round. A total of 161 entries joined in the AOC from 12 different countries around the world and that made for a very international feel to the final round. 4 World Champions were in attendance: Andy Moore, Hayato Matsuzaki, Naoto Matsukura and Meen Vejrak and they all helped make this event exciting. The event saw the running of the standard AOC classes which include Stock Touring, Super Stock Touring, Modified Touring Formula 1 and FWD but including popular local classes in the form of 1/12 Stock, Modified and GT as well as Formula 1 foam.
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After a one month break the second round of the Mibosport Cup 2013/14 was held in Hrotovice last weekend. A total of 128 drivers signed up for the event with 70 drivers attending in the on-road and 58 in the off-road classes. The touring car modified class was quite a balanced affair. Kuba Šimurda (Xray) took TQ with Radek Flek (Yokomo) sitting only 6/10th behind him. Young Polish driver, Michal Orlowski (Team Durango) came in third. All of the three A-finals then had exactly the same scenario, Kuba Šimurda had brilliant starts and was facing the pressure of Radek Flek and Michal Orlowski in every leg. In the end, he was only controlling his rivals behind him and won all three A-finals. Radek Flek scored two second places handing him the overall second place followed by Michal Orlowski.
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