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May 30, 2017

Norwegian 24h race – Report

The annual Norwegian 24h Touring Car race was recently held in Lørenskog, Norway. The race format sees teams of a minimum of three drivers battle it out on the track for 24 hours straight using 13.5T blinky powered touring cars. The race is run on spec tyres, with up to three sets being allowed and using a single car – with a spare car for wet conditions. Right from the start Team ARC, with ETS star Helge Johannesen as their fontrunner, and Team Kvinesdal, with the reigning Norwegian Champion would pull away from the field. After a short drizzle and utilising the wet cars, Team Kvinesdal had a good lead after the first hours.

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May 30, 2017

Alexandre Duchet wins at French EP On-road Nationals

Round 3 of the French Electric On-road Nationals was held in Clermont Ferrand over the weekend. In the Touring Modified class Alexandre Duchet would walk away with the win after coming out on top in A1 and A2 and following mishaps of Loic Jasmin. Cyril N’diaye would end the day on the 2nd place, Lucas Urbain obtained the 3rd spot on the podium and Loic Jasmin had to settle for 4th overall.

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May 30, 2017

Danish Nitro On-road Nationals Rd1 – Report

Round 1 of the Danish Nitro On-road National Championship was held at the Naestved track in perfect weather conditions. In the premier 1/8th on-road class it was Martin N.O. Hansen who took the day’s win from Rasmus B. Nielsen in 2nd and Martin Dyrland 3rd. Bo Nielsen and Henrik Christensen would round out the top 5 result.

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May 30, 2017

Adam Drake wins E-Buggy class at JBRL Nitro Series Rd2

Round 2 of the JBRL Nitro Series was held this past weekend at Fear Farm R/C Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona. Mugen’s Adam Drake made a clean sweep in the 1/8th E-Buggy qualifiers, taking the overall TQ in front of the Tekno RC duo of Dean Rock and Damien Coleman. In the 10-minute main final Adam was again the dominating driver as he took the win a lap in front of Dean Rock while Damien Coleman had to settle for 3rd another lap down.

Image: JBRL [jimmybabcock.com]

May 30, 2017

Serpent Lex-IS v2 pre-painted & pre-cut body shells

Made for Serpent’s Eryx 411 and 411 RTR touring cars are the company’s new pre-cut and pre-painted Lex-IS v2 body shells. Made from high-quality polycarbonate the EFR 4030 homologated bodies are available in orange, red, blue and green pre-painted versions and they include rear wing and light/grill decals. The bodies are also available in lightweight semi-painted and clear variants for those who seek the ultimate in weight-saving.

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May 30, 2017

Mikkelsen wins at Norwegian Nitro Touring Series Rd1

The opening round of the Norwegian Nitro Touring Series was hosted by the Lier MBK club and held at the Hverven Raceway in Oslo. In the 45-minute 200mm Nitro Touring A-main Anders Mikkelsen, coming from P2 and Trygve Bull, coming from the 8 spot on the grid, would swap the lead several times until Trygve eventually suffered engine issues and had to retire in lap 138. Back in the lead Anders kept things easy until the checkered flag to cross the finishing line in 1st position with Anders Roine and Brede Isaksen rounding out the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 30, 2017

Roche Rapide F1 aluminium front body post mount

Coming from Roche and made for the Rapide F1 formula car kit is an aluminium front body post mount. Compatible with most formula front wings the mount separated the front body post from the wing, keeping it at the exact same place even when swapping the front wing for a different type. This allows to use the body with multiple wings without having to worry about the body’s position on the chassis. The alloy mount is cut from high-quality material, it comes red or black anodised and including mounting hardware.

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May 30, 2017

Bayer & Novotny win at Czech 1/10th off-road Nats Rd2

The second round of the Czech Electric Off-road Nationals was held in Janovice over the weekend. The super low traction conditions made things interesting especially in the 2WD classes and after the qualifying it was Xray’s Martin Bayer who swept the 2WD Buggy class by winning all qualifying rounds ahead of team mates Novotny, Gotzl, Bidovsky, Miksovsky and Mudra. The 4WD qualifiers were pretty much a blueprint of the 2WD class with Martin taking the overall TQ from Novotny, Miksovsky, Bidovsky, Gotzl and Mudra while the Stadium Truck class was TQ’d by Kaja Novotny.

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