Round 4 of the RCManicas Championship was held recently at the Argos track in Greece. Pre-event favorite Kiriazis (Xray) took a convincing win in the Touring Modified class from Xray teammate Nikolakopoulos in 2nd. Tamiya racer Vasilopoulos came in 3rd in front of the two local heros Diamadis and Kidis (both Xray). In the Formula class Kidis lead an all-Xray top 4 with Diamadis, Maricholas and Tsiosis in tow.
French brand Rusti Design have introduced their new chassis protector decals. Sporting flashy Rusti Design graphics the pre-cut decals are available in eight different colour variants and for a huge range of brands and cars – including on-road, off-road and some vintage kits. Using the protractor skins will ensure a longer chassis plate life in abrasive track conditions and cooler looks when the car is upside down.
Coming from Muchmore is their new 4.0mm hard chrome turnbuckle wrench II. The tool features a hard chrome-plated tip that ensures a long life and low stress to all parts involved while the engraved, black-coated handle makes for easy identification. The wrench has a total length of 54mm, making it compact and easy to carry.
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The 2017 FEMCA 1/8th Off-road Championships took place at the MORBC track in Perth, Australia, host of the 2018 Worlds. More than 100 drivers attended the event and it was Australia’s Kyle McBride (Team Associated/Novarossi) who took the overall TQ courtesy of winning three of the six qualifiers. In the 60-minute Kyle was able to preserve his qualifying performance to take the title in front of Shane Kelly (TLR/Reds Racing) in 2nd place and Shin Adachi (Serpent/O.S.) in 3rd.
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The final round of the 2017 BL-Cup was held at the Mach-One track in Helmond, The Netherlands. Overnight rain had soaked the track already and a one hour rain shower during Sunday morning’s controlled practice made things even worse, which caused smaller or bigger problems for pretty much every driver. The qualifiers were run on a very wet circuit, in some spots the astroturf was even floated with water, but Wesley Wiertz managed to keep his car on the track to the qualifiers from Dick Doorn and Oscar Koot.
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The final round of the Huge Challenge and the 2017 BIRC were held at Huge RC Circuit in Bangkok, Thailand this past weekend. Classes run included several electric and nitro on-road classes that were run on the extremely high-bite asphalt track. In the Touring Modified class, Jilles Groskamp took the TQ in front of Naoto Matsukura and Charlee Phutiyothin. Jilles would then take the win in the first two finals to claim the victory from team mates Andy Moore and Naoto Matsukura. Chavit Sirigupta and Purisek J. completed the top 5 results.
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The opening round of the Czech Rebels Race series was held in Prague-Třebešín with over 65 drivers attending in six on-road categories that included Touring Open, Touring Stock and 1/12th scale 6.5T zero boost classes. Attracting the most drivers was the Touring Open class with 30 sign-ups. The race for the win was on between TQ Petr Grof (Yokomo), Michal Blahovský (Xray) and Matěj Šulc (Xray). Ultimately it was Petr with the win in all three A-mains from Matěj, who scored 2-2-2 finishes. Michal would round out the podium result in 3rd.
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New from RC Maker is a simplified ride height gauge for touring cars with longer platforms. Outdoor racing with carbon chassis can lead to excessive chassis wear in the exact spots which drivers measure the ride height from. The increased 20mm length of the platforms allows the gauge to reach a more inner, unworn part of the chassis. This gives a much more accurate reading on the ride height, noting the difference between measurements can be from 0.2mm – 1mm depending on how worn the chassis is. The gauge of six platforms ranging from 5mm to 6mm in 0.2mm increments suits all racing conditions with fine tunability. It features a lightweight 7075 aluminium construction with black anodising and white laser etched numbers and logo.
