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January 6, 2017

Akiyama takes open qualifier at DHI ahead of Hagberg

Team Yokomo protege Naoki Akiyama opened qualifying at the 16th running of the DHI Cup with a TQ run, the Japanese driver setting the pace ahead of Xray’s Alexander Hagberg. Benefiting from a difficult qualifier for reigning champion and practice Top seed Ronald Volker, Akiyama was over 6/10ths faster than Hagberg with Freddy Sudhoff completing the Top 3 a further half a second off. For Volker, who twice rolled his Yokomo over the 5-minutes, Q1 would leave him with a P6 behind former team-mate Yannic Prumper and a much improved from practice Viljami Kutvonen.

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January 6, 2017

Neumann & Rheinard take one TQ a piece in opening 2WD qualifiers

Joern Neumann and Marc Rheinard registered one TQ each in the opening two rounds of 2WD qualifying at the DHI Cup presented by LRP. In the opening qualifier it was Marc Rheinard who kicked off the 2017 season with a TQ run heading home Neumann and his own Yokomo team-mate Frederik Hovgaard. In the second of the 4 scheduled qualifiers, which brought Day 1 of the offroad action at the Danish classic to a close, the result would be reversed with Neumann getting the better of Rheinard with a faster time to hold the provisional overnight TQ on the tie-break. Behind the two Germans, Finnish Team Associated driver Karri Salmela would compete the Top 3 ahead of a much improved David Ronnefalk and top seed Michal Orlowski, the pair having got together in Q1 and ended up 17th and 13th fastest respectively.

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January 6, 2017

110% Racing Screw Glue thread locker

110% Racing’s Screw Glue is a specially formulated thread locker for the use on all metal surfaces including titanium, steel and aluminium. It is highly recommended especially for all nitro vehicles where the engine vibrations can loosen fastener during use, but it also comes in handy in electric classes to secure all metal-in-metal screw joints. The thread locker comes in a handy bottle and it is available now.

Source: 110% Racing [race110.com]

January 6, 2017

5 time 4WD champion Neumann tops DHI Cup seeding

Joern Neumann set the pace in 4WD seeding at the DHI Cup presented by LRP. The unbeaten 4WD Champion of the Danish event, who is going for a sixth consecutive title this weekend in Odense, topped the times with an improved run in the second of the two rounds of controlled practice. Behind the Serpent driver, 2WD top seed Michal Orlowski would post the second fastest time with his CP1 when he set the early pace and Neumann was P4. While Neumann’s advantage was 2/10th, the gap between Orlowski and third fastest David Ronnefalk was much closer with only 3/100ths separating the Schumacher and HB Racing stars. With Yokomo’s Marc Rheinard P4, Finnish driver Samppa Orhanen would make it five different manufacturers at the top of the seeding times taking his Associated to the fifth fastest time. One noticeable absence this year is that of factory Xray team, with 2016 podium finisher & World Champion Bruno Coelho and 2015 podium finish Martin Bayer both opting to not make the trip this year.

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January 6, 2017

Volker from team-mate Akiyama in DHI Cup seeding

Ronald Volker has topped seeding practice at the DHI Cup presented by LRP in Denmark. The reigning champion was fastest from his Yokomo team-mate Naoki Akiyama being the only driver to run 3-laps in 38-seconds. Fastest by almost 3/10ths from Akiyama, Volker would set his quickest time in the final practice with Akiyama having topped the times in the first of the two runs. Also improving his time in the second run, Alexander Hagberg would complete the Top 3 followed by his Xray team-mate Jan Ratheisky. While 2016 podium finisher Viljami Kutvonen would struggle to only the 10th fastest time, Awesomatix team-mate Freddy Sudhoff would round out the Top 5 times ahead of the VBC of Yannic Prumper.

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January 6, 2017

Tekno aluminium shock caps & shock standoffs

Tekno RC have announced the release of two new products for their line of 1/8th and 1/10th vehicles. First up are black anodised aluminium shock caps made from 7075 material. They allow the use of any build style – emulsion/vented/standard – in order to fine-tune the damping characteristics to any track surface. The included left and right side shock caps allow the cap screw to face toward the inside of the vehicle and the bleeder hole to face the rear, away from incoming dirt and dust. The package includes one left and one right side shock cap, two emulsion O-rings, two emulsion cap screws and two small cap screw O-rings. The O-rings are also available separately as spares.

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January 6, 2017

Arrowmax black/golden aluminium pinion holder

Coming from Arrowmax is a new aluminium pinion holder in their signature black and golden honeycomb design. CNC-machined from high-quality aluminium and coming with an anodised black and golden finish, the pinion holder takes up to 28 pinions. The rack is usable with 15t to 42T 48 pitch or 21T to 48T 64 pitch gears and it is available from now on.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

January 6, 2017

Davide Ongaro joins AKA through to 2018

AKA have announced the addition of young Davide Ongaro to their team. The newly-signed Team Associated driver will use AKA rubber in in 1/8th and 1/10th scale campaign that will span through to 2018. Davide’s first race for his new sponsorship package will be at this weekend’s The Italian Job race in Padova, Italy.

Source: AKA Europe [racing-experience.fr]