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August 26, 2015

Mario Rigert wins at Swiss Touring Car Nationals Rd4

Round four of the Swiss Electric Touring Car Nationals was held at the very fast Aigle track. The event started dry on Saturday, but on Sunday morning the weather had changed and two qualification rounds were raced under wet conditions and it was Mario Rigert who made the best of the conditions by taking the TQ spot in front of Daniel James in 2nd and Raphael Wicki in 3rd. All three finals would then be held under dry conditions and they saw a clean sweep for Mario Rigert. The remaining podium spots went to Mario’s team mates Raphael Wicki and Daniel James in second and third respectively.

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August 26, 2015

KM H-K1 small diameter belt tensioner bearings

KM have a new option part for the H-K1 Meen Version 200mm nitro touring car available in the form of small diameter belt tensioner bearings. The flanged ball races measure 5x10x4mm and they reduce the drivetrain’s resistance and improve smoothness especially when used in combination with the #HK387B centre drive belt.

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August 26, 2015

South-African ORE national champs Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the 2015 South-African ORE national championship moved to the Welkom RC Club. The indoor asphalt track greeted the drivers with great traction and a technical but fast layout for the event that saw special guest Alexander Hagberg made his way to South Africa to compete and show his skills in the Modified Touring and 1/12th scale Modified classes. With Alexander in the field and hosting a RC workshop, the rest of the South African drivers really pushed hard and went faster all weekend. Alexander once again showed is skills and pace as a professional driver and dominated the event from practise through qualifying and into the A-finals. The battle for the podium was really hot in the Touring Modified class with Deon Gove managing to take the runner up spot from Anderton Smith.

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August 26, 2015

Jake Mayo & Rudy Rico win at JBRL Electric Series Rd6

Round six of the 2015 Jimmy Babcock Racing League Electric Series as held at Controlled Chaos Raceway in Palmdale, CA this past weekend. As usual the event attracted a nice mix of nationally experienced driver and local talent and in the premier class of 2WD Modified Buggy Jake Mayo took the day’s win from David Jenson in second and Carlos Quilez in third.

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August 26, 2015

Jirka Vysin takes Czech 200mm title at final round

The final round of the Czech 200mm nitro on-road national championship was held at the long and technical Svitavy track. A good tyre and fuel stop strategy would be needed on this track in order to fight for the podium. At the end Michal Abrahamek (Xray), coming from the 3 spot, would take the win in the main final with a single stop for tyres while other drivers opted to stay on the same set. Two laps down Xray team mate Jirka Vysin came in second to take the overall championship title. Ondrej Kulhanek rounded out an all-Xray podium in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 26, 2015

Dutch Electric On-road Nationals Rd5 – Report

Round five of the Dutch electric on-road nationals was held in the North of the Netherlands at the Real80 track in Groningen. Beside the usual Touring Car Modified and Stock as well as Formula classes the event also saw the running of a supporting Club class. Saturday’s practice sessions were run in perfect weather conditions and many drivers made use of the opportunity to adapt their cars to the bumpy track surface. The nice weather also held up for Sunday and the schedule with three rounds of qualifying and triple mains could go ahead a planned. In the Modified class Rob Janssen (Team Magic) took the TQ from Mitchell van Es (Yokomo) and Bram Lagerwey (Xray) while in the Stock class Sybrand de Boer, Vincent Koers and Fokke Groen made for an Xray 1-2-3 after the qualifiers.

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August 26, 2015

Team Associated CVA axle shim set

Team Associated have introduced a CVA axle shim set for the use with the B5M, T5M, and SC5M. These shims allow to run maximum droop and keep the dogbones securely in place when using the #91608 Factory Team aluminium +4 arm mount. Included in the set are two inner and two outer shims.

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August 25, 2015

Xceed aluminium wing mounts & hardware

Xceed have new aluminium touring car and buggy wing mounts as well as several alloy hardware parts available. Starting with the wing mounts, the aluminium parts come as dual screw touring car and single screw buggy variant with both improving the wing support for optimised aerodynamics and better durability while adding visual impact at the same time. The CNC-machined buttons come in orange or gun metal anodising and they sport laser-etched markings. Also new is a line of conical M3 washers and M4 lock-nuts in black, blue and orange anodising that can be used in a range of applications.

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