The fifth and final round of the Austrian Sweep Challenge was held at Trinko Modellsport in Mistelbach this past weekend. The event was held in several electric on-road and a single off-road class. In 13.5T Touring it was Dionys Stadler with a clean sweep after the qualifiers as winning all four rounds secured him the overall TQ from Sascha Klug and Tim Benson. In the Formula class it was David Ehrbar with the TQ from Tim Benson and Christian Schmid.
The fourth and final round of the MRC Longwy Winter Series was held this past weekend. 80 entries made for competitive racing although some familiar faces were absent from the race due to oversea duties. The Touring Modified class saw Loic Jasmin taking the top qualifier honours from Marcel Geiger. In triple A-mains the top 3 order would remain the same as Loic brought home three straight wins from Marcel as Mika Jasmin rounded out the top 3 results both in the mains and overall.
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Muchmore have announced the signing of Germany’s Eric Dankel to their team. The EFRA European 1/10th Nitro Touring vice-champion and double ENS champ will be using Muchmore products in his upcoming nitro and electric campaigns.
Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]
The final rounds of the Finnish 12Track Tour were held this past weekend and it was Destiny’s Vesa Yli with the overall titles in both the 1/12th Modified and 13.5T GT classes. Round 3 was held on Saturday and Vesa would take the TQs and wins in Modified and 13.5T GT as he would on Sunday’s round 4 to seal up the 2017/18 championships. After obtaining the Mod class runner-up spots on Saturday and Sunday, Panu Vehniäinen (Destiny) would snatch the Modified vice-championship as did A-P Kyykkä (Destiny) in 13.5T GT. A-P would also round out the Modified overall top 3 while Jani Hovi (Yokomo) completed the 13.5T GT overall podium.
Following their body cutout kit Helix Designs now introduce a second tool to bring touring car body preparation to the next level. The mini body sander makes the process of clean-up cut lines quick and easy. Not only does the tool assist with straight edges, users can also clean up the wheel wells with the incorporated arced surface. Included is premium 120 grit sandpaper that can be replaced when needed. The tool measures a handy 59x43x23mm and it will become available by mid-March.
Round 2 of CTS3 was once again hosted at 209 Raceway in Stockton, California. In the Modified division it was RC Veteran and Team AE driver David Jun who captured the TQ honours by Top Qualifying over his team mate Randy Caster in Q2 and Q3. From tone to tone Jun’s car showed dominant performance in the main taking the win over Awesomatix driver Brandon Clements and EJ Evans.
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Coming from Capricorn and made for the LAB P12 1/12th scale pan car is the X-hard carbon fibre main chassis. The bottom plate features smaller cutouts and a different shape which results in increased torsional flex compared to the standard chassis and thus improved handling characteristics and higher corner speeds on high to very high bite surfaces.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
JConcepts have introduced the new 1984 Ford F-250 MT body shell for 1/10th solid axle monster trucks. Considered to be the last of the “classic” Ford trucks, the 1984 model screams 80’s style and features a Ford oval placed in the center of the grille. The square body trucks from this generation are just plain mean and with the single cab design, long bed and flat body panels, tradition was an important part to the JConcepts design team. The Ford bloodline runs deep with the hard body lines running horizontally top and bottom which helps to create a rigid panel. The front windshield is large and in charge and offers the scale driver a clear view of the road ahead. The JConcepts manufactured body measures 7.25”/184mm width and built for a 13”/330mm wheelbase truck. The body is carved with traditional rectangle arched wheel wells but can be trimmed larger for jumbo tires such as the Renegades and Firestorms, found on the typical RC monster truck. The set includes a clear body shell, paint mask for all windows and detailed Ford and JConcepts logo decal sheet.
