Xray have announced the forthcoming release of the T4 2018 electric touring car kit. As usual no official details are available beforehand but the full presentation with images and features should surface soon.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Round 5 of the 2017 Belgian SCR Cup was traditionally held on the iconic MBV Kampenhout track. The flawless organisation allowed to run four instead of the usual three qualifiers, giving the drivers more opportunities to improve their lap times, on the very technical and demanding track that requires a good rhythm. The qualifiers started on a wet track but it dried up quickly with the nice and sunny weather making for good but not too high grip levels all day long.
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SMJ have introduced new Turbo-style glow plugs in four different heat ratings for off-road and on-road engines. The P3 is an ultra hot off-road glow plug for low ambient temperatures that provides stable idling, making it ideal for all run-in tasks. Next up is the P4 super hot off-road plug for low ambient temperatures while the RP6 hot on-road and RP7 medium on-road plug are made for low temperatures and all-season weather respectively. The Japan-made plugs are available separately.
Made for the recently introduced E4RS4 electric touring car is the 3D flex system set from Team Magic. Developed for low to medium-bite tracks the system will increase the pitch stiffness of the chassis while still allowing for sufficient torsional flex that is necessary for traction and side bite on lower traction surfaces. Included in the set are a pair of ball cups, pivot balls as well as a turnbuckle and shims.
Exotek have introduced an aluminium front pivot mount for the TLR 22-4 2.0 1/10th 4WD off-road buggy. Machined from 7075 alloy and coming black anodised the part offers a heavy duty design and it prevents costly and time consuming DNFs from failures of the stock plastic pivot mount. The mount is machined out for lightness and it weighs in at only 17.6g. Included are two M3 set screws to lock down the hinge pins.
The final round of the Swiss Nitro On-road National Championship was held at the Sitterdorf track recently. In the 200mm main final it was Maurice Lüscher who lead the proceedings at first but Patrick Fankhauser was able to take over the lead at some point and when Maurice suffered a body damage in the pits it was Patrick who was able to cruise to the win although things got a bit closer towards the end as teammate Traugott Schär was pushing hard. Ultimately it worked out for Patrick as the took the win from Traugott Schär and Michael Schäfer. Overall in the championship Traugott Schär would take the title from Patrick 2nd and Michael 3rd.
Round 2 of the AMSCI Italian 1/10th 200mm National Championships were held in Giardini Naxos, Messina. High temperatures the whole weekend made for a lot of traction and in the Expert class it was Alessio Mazzeo was the man to beat as he took the overall TQ after the qualifiers and also walked away with the win in the 45-minute main final from Mario Spiniello 2nd and Floriana La Rosa 3rd.
BMT have announced the signing of Fabio Boero to their team. The multiple national and European champion will campaign the company’s 016GT 1/8th GT car and he has the following to say about the deal:
I want to thank Schepis model company for these 14 years of support for giving me the chance to win 8 national champ. and European championship. Now is the time for new motivation and I thank Pasquale for this opportunity.
Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]
