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April 23, 2018

Malopolska Grand Prix finale – Report

The final round of the Malopolska Grand Prix was held in Cracow recently. The event was held on ETS black carpet and over the season the series attracted driver from Poland, the Czech Republic and even France to compete in the several electric on-road classes such as Pro Stock 13.5T, Spec 17.5T, Formula 21.5T, 1/12th Pan Car 6.5T, GT 17.5T Boost, Kadet/Rookie 21.5T and E-14 Rally. In the Pro Stock 13.5T class it was Arkadiusz Smyk (Tamiya) with the TQ and win from Jakub Kłapacz (Team Magic) 2nd and Marek Cisek (Team Associated) 3rd. Maciej Gałecki, Zbigniew Chełmiński and Piotr Szałapak would round out the top 6 results. Overall wit was Jakub Kłapacz with the title from Marek Cisek 2nd and Maciej Gałecki (Tamiya) 3rd.

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April 23, 2018

Belgian Electric On-road Nationals Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Belgian FBA Electric On-road Nationals took place over the weekend at the MRCG club in Genk. The fast and flowing track is located in a motorsport heaven with a karting and a motocross track in the near neighbourhood. Practice was held on Saturday with the warm and sunny weather making for lots of action on the track. Unfortunately some drivers opted to not start due to not liking the grip provided by the new Voltante spec tyres. In the premier Touring Modified class speeds of over 110km/h were achieved, whoever the traction available was ideal for the swift cars and so some drivers opted to use different motor windings for the race in order to cope with the conditions. No one was in doubt that Olivier Bultynck (Awesomatix) would claim the pole position, however former European EFRA Stock champion, Rémi Callens (Team Magic), came quite close during his second run. In the end, he had to settle for 2nd in front of Mitchell Van Es (Awesomatix), Thomas Stockman (Xray) and Florian Joos (Xray). Q3 was not run by most drivers because of a torrential rain that flooded the track. Before the finals, the track was dry, but the grip levels were a bit lower than before.

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April 23, 2018

Fran Miño wins at Galician Electric On-road Champs Rd1

The opening round of the Galician Electric Track Championship was held at the challenging track in Orense this past weekend. Dirt and bumps took the best of the drivers and in Touring Modified it was ARC driver Fran Miño who made the best out of the conditions to snatch the TQ from David Fagil (Serpent) and Andres Gonzalez (Infinity). In the opening A-main it was Andres with the win following as Fran ran into issues while in turn it was Fran with the win in A2 as Andres had a mishap. In the decisive A3 it was again Fran with the win as Andres had more issues and ultimately had to settle for 2nd behind Fran. David Coten (Infinity) would round out the top 3 result. Over in Formula it was Fran Miño (Xray) with the TQ and win.

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April 23, 2018

T-Works MP9 TKI3/4 aluminium & brass A-arm mounts

Coming from T-Works and made for the Kyosho MP9 TKI3 and TKI4 buggies are aluminium or brass lower suspension mounts. The items come as FF, FR, RF high or RF low mounts and are machined from either lightweight aluminium or heavy brass all of which help to fine-tune the weight distribution of the buggy. A black surface coating reduces wear and silver (alloy) or gold-colour (brass) machined edges add a certain bling to the parts.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

April 23, 2018

Bittydesign 2018 Company & Factory T-shirts

Italian company Bittydesign have introduced their new 2018 T-shirts that come in the “Factory” and “Company” designs. All use high-quality cotton material and are precisely printed for high-class appearance. All shirts are available in S to XXL sizes with the Factory design coming in black and heater grey as the Company shirt is available in black exclusively.

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April 23, 2018

Duchet TQs & wins at French EP On-road Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the French Electric On-road Nationals was held in Manspach this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Alexandre Duchet with the TQ from Loic Jasmin and Thomas Vigneron. The opening A-main then saw Loic Jasmin walking away with the win as Alexandre scored a DNF, however with wins in A2 and A3 Xray driver Duchet secured himself the overall win from Awesomatix’s Loic Jasmin 2nd and Xray’s Alex Laurent 3rd.

Image: Alexandre Duchet

April 23, 2018

Carsten Keller wins at 2018 Anglühen race

The 2018 Anglühen race was hosted by the NitroManiacs club in Mönchengladbach, Germany, this past weekend. The event was held in a Nitro Buggy and a Nitro Truggy class and in Buggy it was Mugen’s Carsten Keller with the TQ from Marcel Guske 2nd and Christian Hahlen 3rd. In the 45-minute main final it was again Mugen driver Carsten who was in control of things, taking the day’s win some two laps in front of TLR’s Nick Lorenz as Mugen’s Christian Hahlen completed the top 3 podium result.

Image: Spielzeugautorennfahrer

April 23, 2018

Merlin Depta wins at North German IC track regionals

The opening round of the North German Nitro On-road regionals, qualifying races for the German Nationals, was held at the Munster track this past weekend. Beautiful weather made for excellent racing conditions and in 1/8th IC Track it was Serpent’s Merlin Depta with the win some three laps in front of Shepherd’s Lars Hoppe. Lars had a near perfect weekend until he suffered car problems that cost him about one and a half minutes in the A-main, however he was able to bring home the runner-up spot from Shepherd teammate, Andreas Giesa in 3rd.

Image: Lars Hoppe