Dave Arnold has won the 1/12 Modified class at the recent ROAR Paved On-Road Nationals. The On-Point, Trinity and Speed Passion team driver TQ’ed every qualifying round and also won the single A main in front of Chris Mackenzie and RJ Evans.
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KO Propo introduce the left hand grip unit for the EX-1 KIY radio. The left handed grip unit will now allow lefty’s to build their own KIY system. The same features offered in the right handed version are also offered in the left handed version, like 3D trigger and movement of the trigger position to accommodate your hand size. Also available are standard and large size grips in grey or green colour.
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Xceed RC introduce a special trimming tool for 1/8th and 1/10th scale on-road rims. Designed to remove material from the inner part of the wheel, the result is a more flexible rim that generates more grip. The tool sports a specially shaped and adjustable cutting part to become useable with a wide variety of wheels. Both an 1/8th and 1/10th scale variant are available.
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Team Orion introduce their Carbon Pro XS 95mm shorty LiPo battery pack. Build from 90C cells the hardcase battery pack is ideal for the new breed of 2WD off-road vehicles as well as all on-road cars that benefit from a short and lightweight battery pack.
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]
Reedy introduce two new LiPo battery packs out of their WolfPack line of batteries. Starting with the 3800mAh 25C shorty pack, the 94mm long hardcase battery weights 207g, is 2C chargeable and comes with 4mm bullet type connectors. The second new pack is a 4800mAh 25C saddle pack. It also is 2C chargeable and both packs are aimed at the cost oriented club racer.
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Much More Racing introduce the Impact FD series 4400mAh 70C LiPo battery pack. The 96mm ‘shorty’ pack weights 200g and is ideal for all 2WD applications and helps to put weight were it is needed. The hard case pack incorporates 4mm bullet type connectors and a 2mm balancer port and is available soon.
Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.net]
The 6th and final round of the Dutch 1/8th nitro on-road nationals was held at the small and tricky track of the MBC de Sluis in Gouda. A total of 45 drivers attended and together with the sunny weather this made for a fantastic final of the 2012 season. In the NK class the battle for the Dutch championship was between the two Xray drivers John Ermen and RickV with the latter having a small points advantage. During qualifying Jon showed a fantastic pace and took TQ with RickV only making the 4th fastest time. Belgium drivers Robin d’Hondt and Steven Cuypers took second and third on the grid and it looked like John would be unbeatable this weekend. But at the start of the main final John made a mistake putting him back in 10th place while Robin taking the lead closely followed by Steven and Rick. During the tire change Rick lost some time and fell back having to battle with John for the 3rd place while Steven and Robin were battling for the win. At the end Steven won the race just 0.8 seconds ahead of Robin giving RickV the national championship title.
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Last weekend saw the Polish electric on-road championships in Warsaw organized by the Polish Model Car Federation. The biggest race in the season attract over 60 drivers form Poland and Lithuania. The weather for the practice day was unusual as the drivers saw themselves faced with high humidity but now rain at all. This made the sugar that was used as traction enhancer sticking to the tires letting the cars behave like drift cars after two or three minutes on the track. This made for a hard time for both drivers and mechanics and lead to different TQs in all qualifying rounds. In the modified class the overall TQ went to Tamiya driver Michal Orlowski in front of Blazej Orlowski (Xray), and Mateusz Ogonowski (Yokomo). In ProStock the pole position was secured by Bartek Zambrzycki in front of Pawel Staszewski (Tamiya) and Wojtek Rozwadowski (Tamiya). Come Sunday the weather showed a much brighter side with low humidity and therefore predictable track conditions. In Modified class all three final runs went to Michal Orlowski. This secured Michal the championship title with Piotr Okonski in second (both Tamiya) and Mateusz Ogonowski (Yokomo) in third place. In ProStock the unexpected winner was Blazej Chlodzinski (Tamiya), who started from the 6th on grid and worked his way up. The second place went to Pawel Staszewski (Tamiya) with Wojtek Rozwadowski (Tamiya) the third.
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