The opening round of the 2018 ERCE Open Championship was held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands with 15 racers attending in the 17.5T Touring class. Jari van de Wal took the TQ after the qualifiers and in the finals he was hotly chased by Mark Tullemans in A1 and A2, but ultimately it was Jari who hold the upper hand to take the win from Mark Tullemans 2nd and Dave Lunenburg 3rd.
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Coming from Flash Point R/C is a new tuned exhaust system for O.S. based off-road engines. The EFRA 2146 pipe features a durable chrome finish and a sturdy, forward-facing welded pressure nipple and the complete exhaust system includes the EFRA 2146 pipe, FP50 manifold, exhaust gasket, and springs.
Source: Flash Point [flashpointrc.com]
Coming from Arrowmax is their new “S” size car stand for 1/10th touring and 1/12th scale pan cars. It is based on the car stand that was introduced for the Beijing ISTC Worlds but has been redesigned to be lower and more compact to make for effortless transportation and to use less pit space. The item is constructed from machined aluminium side frames and an upper carbon fibre plate while additional foam pads protect both the carbon upper deck and the chassis bottom.
T-Works have introduced a titanium turnbuckle set for the Xray NT1 2018 kit. The set includes a total of five 64 grade titanium links to replace the standard spring steel items for a lower weight and different looks. Also includes is a 4mm turnbuckle wrench.
Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]
With the two carpet races on this year’s Yokomo Euro Touring Series leaving Marc Rheinard and Bruno Coelho sharing the lead in the points table, the championship moves to Spain this weekend (13-15 April) for Europe’s first major international outdoor race of 2018. With the large Asoger track having made a popular debut on the ETS calendar 12-months ago, it was to be Coelho who would go down as the first winner in Madrid enroute to the successful defence of his championship title. Like last season, the Xray driver again starts off the switch to asphalt at the top of the points but this time he shares it with Rheinard. The Infinity driver won the season opener in Austria ahead of Coelho with the duo swapping positions at Round 2 and now they each want to leave Spain with a second win and break clear of their rivals.
Coming from PSM and made for the Team Associated B6.1 2WD buggy is an O-ring retained battery positioning system. The assembly, that is also usable on the B6, consists of two carbon fibre brackets that securely grab the shorty pack while two O-rings ensure the battery stays in place even when the going gets tough while also allowing for super-fast battery swaps. The battery can be mounted in a forward or rearward position and due to having very little influence on chassis twist, the system is recommended for 17.5T stock classes as the higher speeds of modified motors can make the buggy a bit twitchy due to increased chassis flex.
T-Pro have announced the soon release of their rubber-only 1/8th buggy tyres. Coming in sets of four tyres including inserts and a cleaning set, the tyres will become available in all treads and compounds and they fit most of today’s standard 1/8th scale buggy rims.
Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]
The warm-up race for the 2018 IFMAR Electric On-road World Championships will be held on the weekend of the 29th of April at the Welkom RC Arena in Welkom, South Africa. It is a joint event with round 2 of the SARDA Nationals and the race also marks the opening of the new asphalt indoor facility. Scotty Ernst has been confirmed as race control and the announcer at this event with ten professional and International drivers attending the warm-up. The owner and host Antonio Caroli is working day and night to prepare the facility to ensure that a memorable event is presented with the track’ most important features are complete such as main building, asphalt track and drivers stand, toilets and showers, bar area, on site hobby shop and the kitchen and bar area. The purposely built pit tables will be installed next week and then all other cosmetics and final touches done over the next few months.
