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November 27, 2017

12Track Tour Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the 12Track Tour, the Finnish 1/12th scale national series, took place in Vantaa this past weekend. The event was hosted by Finland’s biggest RC club, Fullspeed RC and it is run in 1/12th 6.5T Blinky Modified and 13.5T Blinky Stock classes. In the Modified class Vesa Yli topped the controlled practice and also TQ’d the first qualifying round, however he had some mishaps in Q3 and was on a wrong tyre strategy in the final qualifier, meaning the overall TQ went to Ari-Pekka Kyykkä from Vesa 2nd, and Panu Vehniainen 3rd. For the finals Vesa made some setup changes and managed put pressure on Ari-Pekka and Vesa took quite an early lead with Ari-Pekka keeping the pressure high, however it was Vesa who brought home the win in the opening A-main.

Continue reading the report here

November 27, 2017

Lennart Skornia succeeds at Euromodell Bremen Fair

Bremen in the north of Germany played host to the Euromodell Fair this past weekend with the event also holding an RC car race. In the Formula class it was Max Wearers with the TQ as Lennart Skornia had to settle for 2nd after the qualifiers. In the mains however it was Lennart who would succeed as the took wins in A1 and A3 to grab the overall from Max in 2nd. Marco Kruse would round out the top 3 podium result.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

November 27, 2017

Daniel Carlsson wins at SSIC Rd2

The second round of the South Swedish Indoor Cup was held this past Saturday in Alvesta, Sweden on a tight track that was a big challenge for all drivers attending. In the Touring Superstock class, which was the biggest this weekend, it was Daniel Carlsson (Team Associated) who took TQ with over a lap to 2nd placed Christian Holmström (Xray) as Andreas Johansson (Serpent) came in 3rd. The finals saw Daniel leading the pack and A-mains to take the win in comfortable style. The mains also saw some great battles for the remaining podium spots with Christian taking the runner-up spot with solid driving while Andreas was battling hard with Per-Ola Hard to round of the podium.

Thanks to Daniel Carlsson for the report.

November 26, 2017

2017 Asia Onroad Championship finale – Report

The 2017 AOC series has come to an end at Japan’s iconic Yatabe Arena this weekend after a great series that spanned five events over the 2017 season. Befitting an awesome finale, the drivers enjoyed high-grip carpet racing with a very deep and competitive field with many coming from all corners of the planet. This event used a double A-main format with the best result between the two mains counted toward an overall winner. Ties were broken by overall laps and best time.

Continue reading the report here

November 26, 2017

T-Works EB410 aluminium centre driveshafts

Coming from T-Works and made for the Tekno EB410 buggy are two aluminium centre driveshafts. Available as 129mm front and 48mm rear variant the tapered shafts offer high strength and a low rotational weight for increased acceleration and braking performance. The shafts come black anodised, with white T-Works logos and they are available as separate items or combo set including both the front and rear dog bone drive shaft.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

November 25, 2017

Speedzone LCG 2S 120C LiPo battery packs

Speedzone have added more diversity to their hardcore LiPo battery line with the release of two LCG battery packs. The first is a 2S 6000mAh 120C pack. It measures 139x47x22.4mm and weighs in at 292g. The second is a 2S 4300mAh 120C shorty pack. Its dimensions are 96x47x22.4mm and the weight is 194g. The low-profile design of both packs allow to further fine tune the handling characteristics of the car and both packs use standard 5mm bullet-type connectors.

View the shorty pack here

November 24, 2017

Hot Race Tyres sign Fabrizio Teghesi

Italian company Hot Race Tyres have announced the signing of Italian frontrunner Fabrizio Teghesi. Fabrizio is well known in the industry for being a hard worker and for this reason Fabrizio will be not only be a new factory driver but was also appointed as Italian team manager. Fabrizio says:

For the 2018 I will be new Italian HotRace team manager and new Factory driver. I will do my best for Nicola and his company.

Read the statement in full here

November 24, 2017

Reds Racing air filter oil

Coming from Reds Racing is their specially-formulated high-quality air filter oil. The specific lube was designed for the use with off-road engines and its blue colour makes soaking air filter foams evenly a breeze. The super tacky, water repellent formula helps to reduce sand and dust influence on the engine while ensuring a high airflow for best possible engine performance.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]