The 4th round of the Czech national on-road championship was held at the track in Svitavy. In 1/8th scale Michal Abrahámek won the race in front of Miroslav Jurenka. The podium was completed by David Dohnal. The 1/10th 200mm class win went to Jiri Vyšín who had Xray team mate Michal Abrahamek in tow. Pavel Jansa finished third rounding out the podium.
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Much More introduce this cooling fan mount for 40mm units. It is CNC-machined from aluminium, comes black anodised and is decorated with a Much More logo. Two mounting holes for the fan case make for secure fastening while the mount itself simple slides over the motor case. The mount is handy for all applications where additional cooling is necessary such as electric touring cars and 4WD buggies.
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The 2013 Swedish On-road Nationals was held at the relatively newly built facility of the Lidköping RCK, located towards the South-Western part of Sweden. The track is a fairly big one, with both sweeping and technical parts. The event was unfortunately struck by bad weather, with rain and very cold conditions, already from the start on Friday. The entry count reached 60, divided on three classes: 1/10 nitro on-road, 1/8 on-road, and 1/10 electric touring cars. In the 1/8 category, the race saw a late entry of the star of this year’s Swedish Cup in the 1/10 class, Markus Hellquist. In a controlled and blistering fast performance, he managed to snatch the overall win in front of many experienced 1/8 drivers. He came in in front of Mikael Fransson and Patrick Sahlin.
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Last weekend the Norwegian National Championship was held at Sorlihavna, a track located near Oslo with 64 racers attending. This track is feared by many drivers, because the grip can get crazy and there are many local drivers from the hosting club that are very fast on this track. The weather prediction for the weekend was not good, and the qualification form that was used was round by round with two out of five counting. As predicted on Saturday morning the rain came. It would be crucial to get some points early, since the weather forecast promised a dry Sunday.
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Available soon are two new brushless motor and speed controller combos from Dynamite. Available as 13.5T and 17.5T variant both come with the Dynamite Platinum Sensored speedo that has an adjustable timing and a “blinky” mode, making it ideal for open or spec-class racing. The small footprint of the ESC makes it ideal for crowded touring car chassis, 1/12th pan cars and also off-road buggies. The sensored technology provides efficient, cog-free operation especially under hard acceleration. Both Platinum sensored motors feature adjustable timing, convenient solder tabs and smooth ball bearings for efficient power delivery and long life.
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New from Xray come low-fricton kevlar belts for the T4 electric touring car. They sport a white surface and are designed to reduce friction and thus overall performance by being thinner and more elastic compared to the standard belts. They are available as 513mmx3mm front and 189mmx3mm rear belt.
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Last weekend saw the 6th and final round of the Dutch 1/8th on-road nationals run at the Raco 2000 track. With Robin d’Hondt, RickV and John Ermen heading the ranking the race would also decide the 2013 championship in the NK class. John just needed a top 4 finish to make the championship while RickV would need to win in order to grab the title. In the first qualifying round John showed to be the fastest but RickV, Gunther v. Staey and Robin d’Hondt all were just 1.5 seconds behind him. Finally RickV did set the fastest time with John Ermen 0.4 sec behind him. John, Robin and RickV later made it through the semi finals with John starting from pole in the main final. Directly after the start Robin d’Hondt lost a C-clip on his gearbox and had to retire. In the 7th minute of the 30 minute final John faced some radio problems and fixing took his team three valuable minutes so RickV could cruise to the win. 7 laps down Frank Baggen and Danny Leewis crossed the finish line second and third respectively. John only came in 6th which handed RickV the 2013 Dutch national championship title. John Ermen finished second overall with completing the season in third position.
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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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