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January 19, 2016

Arnold & Delorme win at French Winter Nats Rd3

Arnold & Delorme win at French Winter Nats

The recent third round of the French Indoor Winter Nationals, held in Thyez, saw Leo Arnold (Xray) taking the TQ in the Touring Modified class while Alexandre Kunkler (Xray) came out fastest in the Touring Stock class. In the Formula category Jérémy Limoges (Xray) placed himself on top of the timing sheets after the qualifiers. The finals of the Modified class then had Leo conserving his qualifying performance by taking the day’s win from his Xray team mates Hugo Ragaut and Jeremy Limoges.

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January 19, 2016

Team Magic E4RS III PU drivebelts

Coming from Team Magic and made for the E4RS III and E4RS III Plus touring car are special heavy duty PU front and rear belts. The reinforced belts offer higher durability, making them ideal for Modified racing where high torque loads can occur. For standard classes Team Magic recommends the standard low-friction parts.

Source: Team Magic [hrcdistribution.com]

January 19, 2016

Guillaume Desbois wins at French Indoor Champs Rd3

The third round of French Indoor Championship was held in Thiez in the East of France. In the Touring 13.5T class Laurent Desperries (Team Magic) grabbed the TQ in front of Guillaume Desbois (Yokomo) and Hai Long Tran (Team Magic). In the final the TQ holder ran into some trouble, allowing Guillaume Desbois to take the day’s win from Laurent while Hai Long rounded out the podium result in third.

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January 19, 2016

Mobers wins at 1/12th Reedy Race of Champions

The inaugural Reedy 1/12 Race of Champions took place in Milton Keynes, UK last weekend. The event was hosted by the British Radio Car Association and was the centrepiece attraction for members of the general public at one of the largest shopping centres in the UK. In addition to the Reedy Race, a Model Motorsport Exhibition was hosted and UK-based RC manufacturers and retailers were present to display, demonstrate and sell their products. The BRCA also set up a small track with GT12 cars to enable the public to sample RC for the first time. A standard format Reedy Invitational modified class featuring more than 20 of the world’s top 1/12th drivers was complimented by an open entry Stock class using 10.5 motors and blinky speed controllers. The Open class of 70 drivers was split into two groups based on practice times, and each group then had its own Reedy format event for the remainder of the weekend.

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January 19, 2016

Cole Ogden wins at the Colonel’s Winter Classic

Cole Ogden wins at the Colonel's Winter Classic

The Colonel’s Winter Classic was held in Savannah, Georgia this past weekend and the event started out pretty wet as Friday’s practice was rained out. Saturday the drivers were greeted by a muddy track that became pretty tacky by the start of the qualifying. Qualifiers were then shortened due to the call of making a 2-day race, into a 1-day race as rain was approaching for Sunday’s main day. The nitro mains would finally come around at 1 am and in Nitro Buggy is was Cole Ogden who would lead the main from start to finish to take the win from Griffin Hanna. Elsewhere in the Nitro Truggy main it would be veteran racer JR Mitch taking the win from runner-up Cole Ogden.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

January 19, 2016

Winterjumps Series Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Finnish Winter Jumps Series was held this past weekend with around 100 drivers from all over Finland in attendance. The qualification of the 2WD Buggy class was a super tight battle between the top 3 drivers and in the end it were Karri Salmela, Samppa Orhanen and Joel Valander who grabbed the top 3 positions for the A-mains. The opening A-main was a pretty crazy affair as at first Karri was able to open a small gap on the field until he got collected by backmarkers. This promoted Joel into the lead in front of Samppa. The two then also got mixed up by slower drivers, costing Joel some concentration, resulting in a coming together between Joel and Samppa. This allowed August Poutiainen to cruise to the win in A1. The second A-main then had Joel taking the win after the top 2 guys crashed and A3 brought the decision for the overall victory with Karri taking the top spot from August and Joel in second and third respectively.

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January 19, 2016

Speedzone Peerless V2 brushless motors

Speedzone have released their second generation Peerless series electric brushless motors. The motors feature higher tolerance and more durable components, which helps facilitate a lower resistance, longer lasting motor. A variety of turns are available and each motor is built to the highest of standards. The motors are bench tested and the lightweight design features upgraded bearings and symmetrical vent openings, which in conjunction with the case and stator structure further reduces motor temperature and maximises efficiency. It also allows for easy stator measurement without disassembly. Spec motors are produced with a short stator and HT rotor while modified motors come with a standard size stator.

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January 19, 2016

Essex Winter Series Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the 2015/16 Essex Winter Series took place this past weekend. With the International Carpet Challenge taking place at the venue in a few weeks time, drivers were not only focussed on improving their own championship points, but also getting some final testing in for the big event. The Modified class had a few notable absentees, as championship leader Olly Jefferies, along with Xray team mate Alexander Hagberg, were on 1/12th duties at the Reedy Race. However, all of the other top UK drivers were in attendance, joined as well by Ride’s own Ludo Leflon, making the trip over from Thailand to support the event.

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