Fancy descriptions and buzz words are not required when describing Reedy’s 6500mAh 65C competition LiPo battery, the specifications speak for themselves. If you are a 1:12 or World GT racer, this battery produces power and capacity that is second to none.
One week ago the final of the Alpen-Cup, a racing series based in Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland, was held at the fast track of the MRT Rosenheim club. Among the 65 participants was Shepherd driver Maxi Vogl, showing good performance all weekend. In qualifying he managed to secure a direct-qualifier spot placing 3rd behind Christian Wimberger and Felix Heyse. At the start of the final Wimberger made a mistake and crashed at the end of the straight. Heyse and Vogl took over the lead and increased the gap on the rest of the field. The lead changed many times due to a different pit strategy but at the middle of the race Heyse made a mistake and slipped into the grass. His mechanic Robert Pietsch had to put him back on the track allowing Vogl to increase his lead to 2 laps which he kept until the checkered flag. Heyse finished 2nd in front of Shasa Lackner who completed the podium.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The JMRCA Japanese 1/12th scale Nationals were held last weekend at the Yatabe Arena on their indoor on road asphalt track which has been covered with carpet. In qualifying it was reigning Japanese and 2-time World Champion Naoto Matsukura, driving for Yokomo that took the top qualifier spot ahead of Corally driver Hideo Kitizawa in 2nd and Daisuke Sakamoto driving the new Kyosho car in 3rd. In the finals it was Naoto that took the win the first two mains to secure the victory ahead of his team mate Murai Masayuki who won the final leg, with Kitizawa taking 3rd overall. In the stock class Naoki Watanabe won for Speedmerchant in front of Corally driver Murai Kazuma and Gou Matsumoto in 3rd with his Associated.
Russian company Awesomatix have announced that they have begun shipping the revolutionary A700 1/10th EP touring car chassis. The car, which we have covered previously, has proven itself on the track with multiple pole positions and a win at the final round of the Euro Touring Series as well as making the final at this year’s European Championships. The cars will be first delivered based on pre orders before becoming generally available.
Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]
Mibo Sport with support from Yokomo, have announced their new winter race series. The series will take place in the Czech Republic, in the popular city of Hrotovice, where previously the ETS and European Indoor Championships have been held. This season Hrotovice is proud to host the EOS as well. The event will take place indoors, in a hall that has enough space for 2 separate tracks, on-road and off-road. The on-road track will be 30x20m in size, and the off-road track will be 30x16m. Race categories will be: Touring Car Open (only LRP CPX tires allowed), 4wd buggy and 2wd buggy (open tires). The series consists of 7 races, from which the best results from 5 races will count towards the overall standing. All races will be held on a single day, always on a Saturday. Free practice will be allowed from 18:00 on the Friday prior to the day of the event. Round 5 will see European Champion and Yokomo team driver Ronald Volker make a special appearance. At the end of the race series, overall winners will be awarded a Yokomo chassis kit. Kits will also be raffled to all participants. Team driver Michal Bok will be on hand at the events to provide any help. Complete details can be found here.
The Swedish cup consists of 6 races with the best 3 results counting plus the result from the final race. Since it was 60 points for a win in the final race instead of the normal 50 at the previous races it was an open affair for many of the top drivers. After the nitro smoke had cleared from the final race of the season it was Markus Hellquist who stood on top of the podium in the 1/10 200mm class for the Örebro Race finale and with this result was the overall winner of Swedish Cup. Mikael Fransson ended up in second place overall and Per-Ola Hård claimed third place. All drivers competing for the same club Wäxjö MS, and also running the same cars, the Serpent 733. In the 1/8th class Bengt Andersson took overall cup win with Marcus Lindner in second and Niklas Johansson in third place.
Xray have announced the impending arrival of the all new 1/12th scale chassis, the X12. Giving no details in a teaser statement on Twitter, the Slovakian company simply stated “The all-new Xray 1/12 platform coming soon. Good bye XII…welcome X12.” We will keep you posted as we get more updates.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 8th Round of the Championship was hosted by the Cotswold Club situated within the Cotswold airport complex. The weather forecast was for a wet Saturday and a dry Sunday, but this turned out to be the opposite which had all the drivers frantically adding wet setups to their cars and changing to damp tires. Every driver decided a banker time was required since due to the open nature of the track surroundings and no wind would result in the track taking a long time to dry out, if at all. In first round of qualifying, it was the top 5 who pulled out a good lead. Kyle Branson then broke away with Tim Wood chasing hard. Neil Diver who was on a charge had engine trouble and Andy North / Richard Hicklin made errors which resulted in slower times and no place in the top final at present. Round 2 was similar conditions to round 1 but times were generally slower but Neil Diver did improve to guarantee a final position.
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