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May 22, 2013

Contact J compound 1/12th circuit tyres

Contact RC Tyres have announced a new range of 1/12th Circuit tyres known as ‘J compound’. Over the last 12 months contact drivers have been testing a lot of different rubber types and are now happy to provide this ready for sale. The new rubber is especially good on high traction conditions where the track is especially grooved in. The tyre will react with less aggression than their original 1/12th compounds, which are good for lower traction conditions and can be easily identified with the new gun metal wheel colour.

Source: Contact [racing-cars.com]

May 22, 2013

KM Racing H-K1 Meen V fuel tank upgrade

KM Racing H-K1 Meen V fuel tank

KM Racing have released this upgraded fuel tank for their H-K1 World Champion Meen Version chassis. The new tank sports a new spring for the lid as well as a new o-ring and internal filter. Also new for the tank is a plastic insert to adjust the tanks internal capacity.

View the tank insert here

May 21, 2013

P.Y. Tang wins Johor Indoor Carpet Masters

The Johor Indoor Carpet Master 2013 was held recently at Pontian, a small town in the south western Peninsula of Malaysia an this report come from P.Y. Tang. ‘Organized by Mr. Ken Ng, a local resident and Xray driver, the event was very successful attracting over 80 entries with many fast drivers attending from the Peninsula Malaysia, East Malaysia and Singapore. Open Brushless 13.5T took center stage as two other classes 1:12 Pan and 1:10 FF was cancelled. The carpet track was newly prepared in a school’s open-air multi-purpose hall on Thursday and the layout was very technical which was similar to the 2012 LRP TCM. No practice was allowed until Friday, with 2 control practice and 4 qualifying rounds on Saturday, followed by 1 more qualifying round and 3 finals on Sunday. As asphalt races are more common in this region, the JICM carpet race attracted many drivers and was a must-go event.

Continue reading the report here

May 21, 2013

Mario Rigert wins Rd1 of Swiss TC Nationals

The first round of the Swiss Nationals was held on the very nice race track in Schaffhausen. The drivers had to deal with unpredictable weather conditions over the whole weekend. After two dry and two wet qualifying rounds, it was Mario Rigert who secured pole position in modified class in front of Michele Manzo and Florian Hauser. All three finals which could be raced under dry conditions saw a start to finish victory for Mario Rigert. Second and third place overall went to Fabian Widmer and Florian Hauser.

View the final results here

May 20, 2013

Full Throttle Raceway to host 2014 ISTC Worlds

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Having originally passed on their chance to host the IFMAR Worlds next year due to being unable to find a suitable venue willing to host the championships, ROAR got a second chance and has today announced that Full Throttle Raceway in Kissimmee, Florida will host the 2014 ISTC Worlds.

ROAR would like to first thank IFMAR for allowing us to make a second go at hosting the 2014 Electric On Road World Championships. In doing so they have made it possible for ROAR to keep this event in the ROAR Bloc for 2014. We would also like to Thank all of the racers and track operators for their support in bringing this event back. We had but a short window in which to get potential bids in and it was a very tough choice for the Ex comm as all the Facilities where equally capable in holding this prestigious event however we could only pick one. With that being said we would like to congratulate Full Throttle Raceway in beautiful Kissimmee Florida as the host track for the 2014 Electric On Road Worlds. Stay tuned for more updates on this event.

Source: ROAR [roarracing.com]

May 19, 2013

Rheinard wins Dutch ETS

Marc Rheinard has claimed his first ETS victory for 12-months, the German taking his third consecutive Apeldoorn win which is where the 3-time former World Champion last stood on the top step of the podium. Dominating the second leg of the A-Main ahead of team-mate Viktor Wilck, who didn’t mount the much anticipated challenge, the win maintains Tamiya’s 100% winning record at the Dutch track, which has now hosted the race 4-times. Behind the Tamiya 1-2, Team Yokomo’s Ronald Volker completed the Top 3 with the defending champion and Wilck now set to battle it out for what could be a crucial second place in terms of the championship standings with two rounds still remaining.

View our complete event coverage here.

May 19, 2013

Exotek F104v2 flex chassis & options

Exotek Racing introduce three new option parts for Tamyia’s F104v2 formula chassis in the form of a flex chassis, TRF shock mount and adjustable arm mount plates. Starting with the chassis set, the slightly thinner plate is designed to increase the overall grip both front and rear and helps to reduce traction roll tendencies making it ideal for rubber tire classes. The chassis also updates the side links to an angled geometry to increase rear pod traction and to reduce link binding when the rear pod is articulated. The plate retains the stock location holes for added tuning. Added to the chassis is a 3rd position battery stop location allow a small ESC to be mounted in back, a shorty pack in the middle and the receiver at the front which is ideal for asphalt racing. Included in the set is a new design 2.5mm thick rear pod plate. The plate adds 2 slots for better side link performance. The set includes a 1mm front wing spacer for added wing clearance. The second new part is the lightweight carbon fiber TRF shock mount plate for the v2 chassis. The part allows hassle free mounting of the damper for perfect rear pod droop and perfect centered ball end position and offers two mounting positions for the small F104v2 and the optional TRF damper. Last but not least comes the carbon fiber inner mount plate for the Exotek adjustable arm set. It replaces the heavier Tamiya alloy mount and scrubs 6g of weight.

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May 19, 2013

Easy A1 win for Rheinard

Tamiya’s Marc Rheinard took an easy win in the opening A-Main at the fourth round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in the Netherlands, getting the race pretty much handed to him when team-mate Viktor Wilck spun out from his No.2 starting position on the sound of the start tone. Setting the fastest lap of the race, in the end the German who has won the last the previous two ETS encounters at the Apeldoorn track eventually took a comfortable win by over two seconds from Ronald Volker with Serpent’s Marc Fischer completing the Top 3.

View our complete event coverage here.