The first round of the Portuguese National Championship was held at Figueira da Foz track in Maiorca in the centre of Portugal. The event saw Fábio Torres Ramos taking the TQ spot, setting the fastest lap and winning the main final one lap in front of the 2nd placed driver Nuno Duraes with Hugo Trindade completing the podium another three laps down.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Coming from Capricorn and made for the TE-03 electric touring car is the EXF aluminium chassis. The chassis shares its design with the V4 chassis that comes with the Power Light Kit and it allows for the use of the new bulkheads brackets and both the slim and the standard motor mount enabling multiple flex options.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
TQ Wire have introduced the 2S trans/rec charge cable, an adapter that allows to charge 2S LiXX transmitter and receiver batteries through their balancer port. Fitting XH balancer plug equipped LiPo, LiIon and LiFe batteries, the adapter attaches to the battery’s balancer port while on the input side any 2S balancer charge harness with 5mm and 2mm bullet-type connectors can be used.
Coming from Team Associated and made for the RC10F6 formula car are white tyre decals. Printed on rubberised, high-strength, adhesive-backed material, these decals give tyres a finished and scale look. They are sold in individual sheets featuring enough decals for two complete sets of tyres.
AMain have introduced the new ProTek R/C 321B Samurai V2 off-load 3-port competition buggy engine. It features a short-stroke design, turbo head, rear ceramic bearing and easy-to-tune LRT carburettor. The V2 has been updated to provide better fuel mileage and smoother acceleration with the power plant benefiting from a new, efficient composite carburettor that when race-tuned will yield fuel mileage up to 14 minutes per tank of fuel. The new carburettor also helps smooth out throttle response for more precise control. The Japanese-made, limited production run engine is available now.
The Golden Week Off-road Championship, one of the longest running events in Japan, took place at the Yatabe Arena with Yokomo’s Ryan Maifield attending as a special guest. Ultimately Ryan would sweep the race, taking the wins in both the 2WD and 4WD classes from the Kyosho duo of Yusuke Sugiura in 2nd and Juriya Kajiwara 3rd in 2WD while the 4WD podium was rounded out by Yokomo’s Kaito Kodera and Kai Kikuchi.
View the 2WD and 4WD podiums here
Coming from JConcepts is the 1988 Chevy Silverado monster truck body shell. The 1988 styling is very clean, updated, refined and did not display the boxy looks from the early 80’s. The fleetside design is spot-on featuring slight curvature to the main shape, new headlights, grille treatment and form-fitting wheel wells. The slight flare to the tyre openings give just a little wrinkle to the bed-sides and front fenders to accommodate different sized tyres for maximum versatility. The JConcepts body includes a decal sheet that makes detailing out the headlights, taillights and grille a breeze while window mask allows the user to quickly get the body into paint. Also included is a Racerback which fits the ’88 perfectly to recreate trucks all the way into the early 1990’s. The standard cab body has an 11″ wheelbase and fits retro and race monster trucks as a drop-on giving the all important clearance and functionality.
Round 1 of the Turkish On-road Championship was held at the Efmod Track in İzmir. Unlike last year the weather was nice all weekend and in the Electric Touring Prostock class it was Mustafa Alp who took the TQ after winning three of the five qualifiers. In the finals Mustafa came out fastest in A1 and A2 to take the overall win early, leaving Ahmet Kasap and young Poyraz Serezlioğlu in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
