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January 29, 2018

Quek wins 2018 Urban Touring Series season opener

The opening round of the 2018 Urban Touring Series was held this past weekend in downtown Singapore. A strong turnout of local racers, including numerous new racers, was further boosted by the presence of Infinity’s 5-time World Champion, Naoto Matsukura, who gamely took on the challenge of running the 17.5T blinky class which the series features. In qualifying, 2017 series champ, Dominic Quek (Xray), managed to hold-off Naoto by 0.5 seconds to take the TQ in round 1 of qualifying. In qualifying round 2, however, another fast local and former TITC champion, PY Tang (ARC) would find additional pace to challenge Dominic and Naoto. After trading places throughout the 5-minute run, Dominic managed to take his second TQ round by 0.3 seconds, and with that secure overall TQ for the day. With a second 2nd place in Q3, PY Tang would qualify 2nd overall, ahead of Naoto in 3rd.

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January 29, 2018

JConcepts re-release the T4.3 Finnisher body

JConcepts is bringing back the Finnisher style stadium truck body shell for the T4.3 Qualifier Series vehicle by Team Associated. The body has been updated to include pre-dimpled locations for the body mounts and the the slight cab forward, raked windshield and aggressive stance highlight a performance oriented core. A revised front hood scoop allows plenty of clearance for the unique geometry while smoothing out the front down force area. Front chin spoiler, headlight and grill protect the front-end from unwanted up-drafts during flight while the supplied decals stand-out like an 18 wheeler. The body comes clear, including window masks and decal sheet and it fits the T4.3 and T4.1 trucks but, from what is understood, not the T4.2 due to the truck’s different front suspension setup.

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January 29, 2018

Muchmore Fleta ZX8 low cogging torque 1/8th BL motor

Muchmore have introduced their new Fleta ZX8 low cogging torque 1/8th scale electric brushless motor. It features an all-aluminium heatsink design case with Flow-Max technology for lower operation temperatures as well as high RPM super low-friction ball bearings for increased performance and improved efficiency. Other features include adjustable timing in a 0 to 10 degrees range, dual sensor access ports for convenient wiring as well as a 4-pole, 8-magnet staggered pole rotor for smooth throttle control. The motor measures 69mm x 42.5mm and it comes in a 1900kV variant.

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January 29, 2018

Martin Bayer joins Sunpadow

Sunpadow have announced the signing of another European big gun in the form of Xray’s Martin Bayer. The former IFMAR European and EOS Champion as well as multiple IFMAR Worlds finalist will be using Sunpadow batteries from now on and this is what he has to say about the deal:

I am very happy to be a part of Sunpadow team. From 2018, I will be using Sunpadow high quality batteries to compete at the highest level. I will be assisting, testing and promoting Sunpadow products. I am confident and will work hard towards achieving our goals together.

Source: Sunpadow [arc-chn.com]

January 29, 2018

ORCA Generation 4 Graphene LiHV battery packs

ORCA have introduced their new Generation 4 Graphene LiHV high-voltage Lithium-Polymer battery packs for a range of competition applications. Available are a 8500mAh standard size pack, two 6300mAh and 5500mAh standard length low centre of gravity batteries, as well as a 5400mAh shorty and a 8500mAh 1S pan car pack. All 2S packs feature through-type cases so they can be accessed from either side or stacked for multi-pack applications and the batteries are built using ORCA’s 4th generation Graphene cells for improved performance and exceptional durability.

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January 28, 2018

Orlowski wins opening 4WD A-Main

Michal Orlowski has won the opening A-Main of 4WD at Euro Offroad Series in Daun. Starting from second on the grid the Schumacher driver went to the front following a mistake from Top Qualifier Bruno Coelho in the final 2-minutes of the race. Holding a comfortable 1-second advantage over Orlowski, entering the wall section Coelho’s Xray would get stuck in the corner allowing the Schumacher driver to go through and come out with a 1-second advantage. Coelho would try to chase down the Pole but made a number of mistakes in the process allowing Orlowski to cross the finish line 1.5-second clear. In a distant third Lee Martin would complete the Top 3, team-mate Marc Rheinard, who started ahead of him, dropping down the order after an error on the opening lap eventually finishing 10th.

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January 28, 2018

Coelho 4WD Top Qualifier at EOS Daun

Bruno Coelho is Top Qualifier for the second round of the Euro Offroad Series in Germany, the Xray driver return to his dominant 4WD form after a difficult 2WD race at the new Sporthotel & Resort Grafenwald venue. Winner of the season from the TQ, the reigning champion clinch his 12th EOS career TQ when he made it three from three in the third round of qualifying with Michal Orlowski once again his closest rival. Topping the fourth & final qualifier, Orlowski will start second with Marc Rheinard making it three different manufacturers at the front of the grid ahead of his Yokomo team-mate Lee Martin with Hupo Honigl completing the top half of the grid.

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January 27, 2018

Coelho back in business as 4WD qualifying gets underway

After a disastrous result in 2WD, coming into the weekend as points leader but finishing up 10th, Bruno Coelho is back in business as Round 2 of the Euro Offroad Series switched to 4WD with the Xray driver taking the opening qualifier. Second fastest in seeding the reigning champion would top the times from Lee Martin and Hupo Honigl with a number of drivers hitting problems in the first of the four qualifiers. Having just secured his first EOS win earlier in the evening, Neil Cragg was on a TQ pace in the second fastest heat when he took a corner off his car. At the start of the top heat, Marc Rheinard never left the line due to a dead speedo, while David Ronnefalk suffered a thermal shut down and Michal Orlowski lost drive with a minute to go while in the mix for the TQ.

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