The 1st Annual Full Throttle Championships were hosted by Banana Raceway in Richardson, Texas. The Touring Modified class was won by current ROAR Carpet National Champion, Chris Adams, who took the opening two A-mains while Christian Tabush came out fastest the third, handing him the overall runner-up spot. Kyle Klingfurth, who had a mixed A-mains with an 8th, 4th and 2nd place, rounded out the podium in third.
The recent German Electric On-road Nationals saw Maximilian Stähle walking away with the Junior Stock class title. The Modified class Senior title went to veteran race Uwe Reimers while the Stock class Senior title was taken by Bernhard Böhm.
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The 8th Annual Ready to Run Raceway Summer Challenge Trophy Race and Enduro was hosted by the Ready to Run Raceway club in scenic Vancouver, Canada. The track was just five minutes away from the Vancouver International Airport making it very accessible out of town participants looking for fun, close and exciting racing. As pre-entries came in, the Summer Challenge was shaping up to be the largest outdoor on-road event in Canada of 2016, and those entries did not disappoint as RRR set a new high in 2016. A special element to this event is the amount of track time for all racers. Saturday was open practice for Electric and Nitro followed by three rounds of qualifying, additional practice and single mains for all Electric and Nitro classes with just one bump spot per main.
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The recent Zolder Race in Belgium saw Kristof Dehert walking away with the win in the four 6-minute 2WD A-main events. Starting from the 2 spot, Kristof was able to secure one win and two second places to finish the day on the top spot from Nik Weyers and Tom Buekers in second and third respectively. In the 4WD class, Eric Michiels took the win from Gunther Lambrechts and Patrick Lievens.
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Modify have introduced their new Superior 64 pitch aluminium pinion gears. Machined from aircraft-grade 7075 aluminium and coming hard-anodised for wear the pinions are available in 25T to 50T sizes. Included is also a 3mm mounting grub screw.
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The organisers of the Essex Winter Series have announced details of their 2016/17 championship. The series, now in its sixth year, is recognised as one of the most popular on-road championships not only in the UK, but across Europe too. Following a successful fifth season, the organisers have made a few tweaks and changes to the programme and rules. The series will continue to feature classes for Modified and Super Stock (13.5 Blinky/Zero Timing) Touring Cars. The first major change will see the series now utilising controlled tyres from Sweep Racing. The tyres will be specific to EWS, and feature the EWS logo on the wheel and they will be available very soon, in the UK via CML Distribution. The organisers will also be investing in new carpet, switching to the popular “ETS” style carpet and with it the track expands to a massive 24×34 metres, one of the largest carpet tracks in the world. The series will consist of five rounds again, and be concluded with the EWS International, previously known as the International Carpet Challenge, which will take place after the end of the regular championship. Entries for the series open on 1st September 2016, and the series is expected to fill up quickly. More details and all dates can be found on the series’ website here and also on Facebook here.
The seventh round of the Czech Open series was held on the technical Kolin track. The weekend started off with free practice on Friday followed by the qualifiers on Saturday and with overnight rain making the track more grippy it was clear that the opening qualifier would be decisive. The overall TQ then went to Xray’s Martin Bayer who posted the fastest times in all rounds from Jiri Mara (Serpent) in second and Kaja Novotny in third. Xray young guns Milan Mudra and Max Gotzl came in fourth and fifth.
Coming from Hiro Seiko is the new Power Cable 13AWG wire with translucent silicone coating. Available in 60cm coils the wire is made of 1274 pure copper strands for very low resistance and an ultra-soft feel. The pre-tinned wire also makes for very easy soldering and it is available now.
