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June 5, 2017

Pan Car Masters 2017 – Report

This past weekend the first annual Pan Car Masters was held at the world renown MRTM Lostallo track in Switzerland. The event was held in the six classes of Pro10 Modified, Pro10 Stock 10.5, Swiss GT 13.5T, Formula 21.5T as well as 1/8th Electric Modified 6S and 1/8th Electric Stock 4S. The weather forecast for the weekend wasn’t the best but the weather proofed to be pretty ok, much to the pleasure of the about 60 drivers from Sweden, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland. The event kicked off with free practice on Friday, followed by reseeding practice on Saturday and the first two of four qualifiers. Rain was on the forecast for Sunday but thankfully the shower came during the night and thanks to nice during the day the track dried up quickly.

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June 5, 2017

Capricorn C03 Evo chassis & side stick weights

Capricorn have introduced a new aluminium main chassis for the C03 Evo 1/10th scale nitro car. It is of an updated design that limits torsional flex for increased traction on high-bite surfaces. It also has machined pockets for the new 8.5g side stick weights and it will also take the forthcoming 12g cylinder weight that can be located in the main layshaft area.

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June 5, 2017

Matsukura leads Infinity 1-2 at CETC in Xiamen

After a busy race day at the 2nd round of the CETC presented by Infinity, which due to rain saw the event shortened from a 2 day event to a single day event, the race was eventually able to come to a successful conclusion. Once again the Infinity duo proved to be a formidable team, successfully taking 1st and 2nd positions in the Infinity Modified class. With places switched between the team mates from the opening round at AMA, Akio Sobue was able to secure the runner up spot thanks to winning the final A-main. Points leader in the Arrowmax Chinese Modified ranking, Nicholas Lee could only take 2nd in the last final, giving him the final step of the podium. Fellow country man Dominic Quek would end the race in fourth place in front of Xray team mate JJ Wang who took fifth.

Continue reading this report here of view the full event coverage here.

June 5, 2017

Bayer & Martin win at 1/10th Buggy Euros Warm-up

The warm-up race for the 1/10th Electric Buggy EFRA European Championships was held this past weekend in Italy. The event kicked off with free practice on Friday while on Saturday more practice rounds and the first three qualifiers were held. Sunday saw more qualifiers and extremely closed stacked finals with only 15-minute breaks between the mains meaning a stressful time for the A-main drivers. In 4WD Buggy it was Xray’s Martin Bayer who made a clean sweep to bring home the win from Yokomo’s Lee Martin in 2nd and Hupo Hönigl (Xray) 3rd.

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June 5, 2017

VBC Racing introduce new Wildfire D09 option parts

VBC Racing have introduced a range of new option parts for the Wildfire D09 electric touring car kit. First up is the Dynamics upper deck that provides refined flex areas and increased hardness compared to the standard part. Also new is the Dynamics rear shock tower that utilises redesigned shock mounting locations for an overall lower centre of gravity and thus quicker vehicle response. Next up are hardened 7075-T6 aluminium front spool outdrives. The lightweight parts are Type III hard anodised for wear, they are suitable for both stock and modified racing and fit all Wildfire front spools. Last but not least are new aluminium spring retainers for VBC’s TBB and TBBS shock systems. Machined from aluminium and offering a lightweight design and gun metal anodised surface, the spring cups are also usable on the standard shock absorbers and they make for precisely fitted shock springs. All parts are available separately to bring older VBC Wildfire D09’s to the latest Dynamics Edition specification.

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June 5, 2017

Micha Widmaier doubles at BAWÜ Cup

Round two of the BAWÜ Cup was held in Fischach over the weekend. SWorkz’ Micha Widmaier would sweep the event by bringing home the wins in both the 1/8th Nitro and E-Buggy classes. Alex and Tobias Nagel (both TLR) would round out the Nitro podium while Morris Voldenauer (HB Racing) and Kevin Meschenmoser (Tekno) came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the E-Buggy class.

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June 5, 2017

Riccardo Berton teams up with Muchmore

Italian Muchmore Racing distributors Mikimodel have announced the signing of Riccardo Berton to the Muchmore Italy team. The Kyosho driver will use Muchmore products in his 1/8th and 1/10th off-road vehicles this season with Mikimodel and Muchmore Racing looking forward to some great results.

Source: Mikimodel [mikimodel.net]

June 5, 2017

Tessmann, Lutz & Maifield win at Manufacturers Cup

The Manufacturers Cup was held at A-Main Hobbies’ Silver Dollar Raceway this past weekend. The event used Reedy-style heads-up racing to determine the winners in the three Pro classes with Xray’s Ty Tessmann bringing home the winning honours in the premier 1/8th Pro Buggy class from Mugen’s Ryan Maifield and Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz.

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