The final round of the Slovakian National Nitro On-road Championship was held at the Hudy Racing Arena. The main final of the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class saw some nice battles between Xray teammates Igor Liptak and Oliver Havranek with Igor ultimately holding the upper hand to take the day’s win from Oliver while Michal Abrahamek (Xray) had to settle for third following a bit of a tough ride.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 2016/17 BRCA GT Nationals got under way last weekend at a new addition to the calendar, the event was hosted by Barley Mow RC Car Club in Birtley just outside Newcastle. Like last year the the event was split into two days with GT10 and F1 on Saturday and GT12 on Sunday. The club laid a great track for the weekends action, praised by many drivers over the weekend, it had a good mix of corners from fast and flowing to tight and technical. Onto the racing, Saturday started with the GT10 class. It was Andy Murray who set the pace. He was closely followed by young Ollie Payne driving the Roche P10. As the day progressed grip levels improved and the times got better and better. Andy Murray would continue to top the results board being the fastest in all four rounds of qualifying. Ollie Payne challenged Andy in all the rounds but just lacked a little consistency, he would line up second, followed by Mark Christopher with his Xray, Craig Nutting was in the fourth spot with his Roche less than two tenths from third. Bob Hill completing the top 5 with his CRC.
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ARC have announced the soon release of the R11 2017 kit. The latest edition of the company’s popular electric touring car will utilise the drivetrain and suspension components of the current kit, with small refinements being made to further improve the performance and handling of the car. More information and images of the actual car will become available in time for the release.
Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]
Alongside the running of the 1:8 Offroad World Championships in Las Vegas this week, the World governing body IFMAR has been holding its AGM. Along with confirming what has been widely known for some time that Perth, Australia, will be the venue for the next 1:8 Offroad Worlds in 2-years time, more interesting developments from the meeting relate to the next Electric Onroad Worlds and the 1:12th scale class. With the recent running of electric’s longest running class attracting another small entry as it did 2-years earlier in the United States, IFMAR are hoping to make the event more viable by introducing a number of changes including controlled tyres, a blinky mode 13.5 Spec Class as well as a Formula class, although the latter is stated as being ‘under investigation’ and subject to a ‘POSTAL Vote’.
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Jared Tebo fuelled his way to the honour of 1:8 Offroad World Championship Top Qualifier after taking the penultimate round of qualifying in Las Vegas. Having TQ’d the first of yesterday’s two Day 2 qualifiers, the Kyosho driver again kicked off the final day of qualifying with another TQ run thanks to going the full 10-minutes without stopping for fuel. With two P2 finishes also to his credit he wraps up the overall TQ that counts the best 4 of 6 with one round remaining. Behind Tebo, last night’s Q4 pace setter David Ronnefalk posted second for the round with the gap just 1.4-seconds despite the HB Racing driver stopping for fuel. Running in the same heat as Ronnefalk, team-mate Ty Tessmann would complete the Top 3. Former World Champion Cody King would be the only other driver to manage a 17-lap run on the increasingly difficult track as he showed further improvement in his package. Justing missing out on 17-laps, Davide Ongaro would get a P5 ahead of overnight TQ holder Elliott Boots.
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Horizon Hobby have introduced the upgraded ECX line of 1/10th 2WD off-road RTR vehicles. The 2WD trucks, equipped with adjustable oil-filled shock absorbers, tough gearboxes with adjustable slipper clutch and gear differential as well as nylon composite chassis and long-travel suspension come with a new Dynamite 1800mAh LiPo battery and 800mA LiPo balance charger. The kits are rounded out by a Spektrum STX FHSS 2.4GHz radio system, 15T brushed motor, water-proof electronics and pre-painted bodyshells. Available are the Circuit stadium, Torment SC and Ruckus monster truck.
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Fenix Racing have introduced the 235mm Pro10 variant of their popular 1/10th formula gear differential kit. Compared to a standard ball differential the gear diff will improve traction on high-bite surfaces significantly. Available in two versions, with a 77T 48 pitch and a 92T 64 pitch main gear, the diff fits most of today’s 235mm pan cars and it is shortly also available as a 1/12th scale variant.
Source: Fenix Racing [fenix-racing.com]
David Ronnefalk finally came good in the fourth round of qualifying at the 1:8 Offroad World Championships when the HB Racing driver ended Day 2 of qualifying with his first TQ run. The Swede, who had a difficult first day of qualifying leading to him being critical of the watering of the track, would go fastest as the sun set at RC Tracks of Las Vegas topping the round by 4-seconds over Q3 pace setter Jared Tebo. As in the previous qualifier, Dakotah Phend would again complete the Top 3 with reigning champion Ty Tessmann next up. For yesterday’s pace setter Elliott Boots, today’s second qualifier would be a slight improvement on his earlier run as he posted a P5 time ahead of Kyosho/Reds Racing team-mate Cody King.
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