The second round of the Italian GT National Championship was held at the Cassino track over the weekend. In the Expert class Francesco Tironi took a convincing win in front of Giuseppe D’Angelo and Loris Luise. In the F2 category young Andrea Catanzani would come out fastest in the main final from another youngster, Antonio Romano, while Mauro Mieli had to settle for 3rd overall.
Coming soon from Xtreme Aerodynamics is the all-new Diablo 1/8th on-road body shell. The completely new body is not part of Xtreme Aerodynamics’ popular R18 family, hence the new name. The lid will hit stores in regular 1mm and lightweight 0.75mm thickness variants and all information and images will become available in time for the release.
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Yokomo have introduced their new Racing Performer 6000mAh LCG LiPo battery pack. Made from high-quality 70C/140C cells the battery offers low internal resistance and thus maximum voltage and punch, making it ideal for both Modified and Stock racing classes. On top of this does the low centre of gravity design make for less chassis rolling in corners which can result in faster lap times.
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The 2017 Nordic Contest was held in Eskilstuna, Sweden over the weekend. The event was also the warm-up race for the EFRA 1/8th Nitro Buggy European Championships later this year and so it attracted most of Europe’s top racers to battle for the winning honours in the 1/8th Nitro and E-Buggy classes. In the Nitro category it was Kyosho’s Elliott Boots who walked away with the silverware after the 45-minute main final, leaving the pole position holder, Sweden’s David Ronnefalk (HB Racing) behind by one lap while Mugen’s Robert Batlle completed the top 3 result another lap down in 3rd. Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo came in 4th, a lap in front of overall top qualifier Davide Ongaro (Team Associated). Oscar Baldo (TLR), Joseph Quagraine (JQRacing), Darren Bloomfield (Agama), Infinity’s Lee Martin, running a HB Racing car, and Tekno RC’s Alex Zanchettin rounded out the top 10 result that saw eight different brands competing in the main final.
Image: Robert Batlle
Round 3 of the 2017 JBRL Electric Series was held at Controlled Chaos Raceway in Palmdale, California this past weekend. In the premier 2WD Open Buggy class HB Racing’s Cody Turner would take the day’s win from Team Associated driver, Jako Mayo in 2nd and Tyler Fenster (Team Associated) on the 3 spot.
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Coming from T-Works is a series of oils and lubricants for a multitude of applications. The range includes a high RPM bearing oil, a high viscosity bearing oil, the Nano Ceramic lubricant as well as the Joint and Cup lube. All come in handy bottles with needle applicators for easy and convenient use of the products.
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The recent second round of the Australian National Series attracted almost 200 entries for the 1/8 Buggy and Truck classes. The 4-day event was held in Melbourne and it started off on Thursday were two rounds of practice and the first round of qualifying was held. The track was very hard packed. Kyle McBride started off by taking both the Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy TQ in the opening qualifier and at the end of day two Kyle managed to smash the field and take the overall TQ in both Buggy and Truck on Friday evening. The finals were run on the weekend and right before the big final it started to rain so Kyle went out on a risky tyre strategy on his truck for the one hour A-main. This turned out to be an excellent choice as halfway through the race more and more rain came, but he had stretched himself out to a few laps’ lead over the whole field. The event organizers decided to cut the race down to 45 minutes due to the track getting dangerous for marshals meaning Kyle would take his first win of the weekend. On Sunday McBride cruised to an easy win in the semi-final to put myself on pole for the long, 1-hour main ahead. He got off to a good start and never looked back to take the win from tone to tone to take the double TQ and double win at the Australian Nationals round 2.
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With the third round of the 2017 Jokerteam GT12 Championship being held after a week of bad weather in northern Italy, many racers turned up with one eye on the sky, expecting weather conditions to be changeable. Thankfully the rain stayed away for Sunday but the track surface gathered lots of sand and water during the days preceding the race, leaving an overall lower traction than previous rounds. Drivers were left scratching their heads during the qualification rounds in order to find the ideal set-up of their GT12 cars. Despite the challenging conditions, Mattia Dall’Oca secured the TQ ahead of Ivan Milesi. The battle for the 3rd spot was a family affair between Alessandro and Roberto Rampini Alessandro coming out on top. In the incident-filled finals, Mattia carried his momentum over to grab an early overall win by taking the opening two A-mains by relatively comfortable margins. Ivan was then able to lock P2 after a fierce battle with Johnny Orsolin who recovered from 5th on the grid. In the overall championship Mattia Dall’Oca is now leading with 450 points from Johnny Orsolin (445 points) in 2nd and Alessandro Giubbilei (438 points) 3rd.
