The final round of the Spanish 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road championship was held at the Cerdanyola Modelcar track near Barcelona. Qualifying saw European vice-champion Edu F. Escandon taking the TQ honours and setting the fastest lap in front of Juan Hidalgo, with Victor Pelaez and Johny Pastor completing the top 4.
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Martin Bayer has TQ’d a rain effected fourth round of qualifying at the 1:8 Offroad World Championships in Sicily. Starting off the second day of qualifying with his best run securing Xray’s first Top 10 time, the Czech driver topped the second qualifier ahead of Ryan Cavalieri and David Ronnefalk. Starting out as a dry heat with 2-minutes to go the rain that the dark clouds threatened to bring finally arrived continuing for much of the remaining four title contender loaded heat groups. Running earlier in Heat 10, the round starting with Heat 6 of 14, Jeremy Kortz would be one of the big benefactors ending up fourth ahead of other Heat 1 runners Cody King, Dakotah Phend, Christopher Svensson and Darren Bloomfield. Fastest in the opening three qualifiers but having to run on a completely wet track Ty Tessmann, who is in Heat 3, would end up 37th.
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Viper R/C Solutions introduce the authentic epic1Designs Chassis Armor decals with the Viper R/C logo. This sticker provide 21mil thick protection and will reduce friction from contact the chassis has with the track. With peel & stick & stick & stick Technology, the Chassis Armor can be removed to work on your car and re-applied multiple times with no issues. The 5.5 by 13.5 inch sheet will fit 1/10 touring cars, off road trucks, off road buggies and many 1/8 vehicles and it is available in a black or white variant.
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STRC’s popular LCG low centre of gravity chassis conversion kit for the Traxxas Slash 4×4 now come in three special colours. The conversion makes for improved handling and on-track performance and it is now available as hard anodised chassis and front bulkhead or matching colour anodised chassis and front bulkhead in green or orange colour. The limited edition kits include a 4mm chassis, HD front bulkhead, motor mount with motor can, servo mounts, battery brackets and many more parts.
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The 6th round of the Greek Nitro Series was held at the Fanatix track in the northern suburbs of Athens. In the 200mm nitro class Germany’s Thilo Alexander Tödtmann not only took the TQ after the three 7 minute qualifiers but he also smashed the 1/10th track record on the way to the pole position. In the 45 minute final Thilo immediately opened a 5 seconds gap to 10-times Greek champion John Sotiropoulos and even with a safety pitstop for fuel Thilo grabbed the win almost 2 laps ahead with Nikos Karabelas completing the top 3 result.
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Revolution Design Racing Products introduce the Ultra Step Ride Height/Droop Gauge that is designed to precisely measure the ground clearance of 1/10th and 1/12th scale on-road vehicles as well as the suspension droop of touring car kits. The ground clearance part of the gauge offers an adjustment range of 2mm up to 8mm in 1mm increments while the droop setting can be measured in 0.5mm increments for improved accuracy compared to standard droop gauges. Like the other RDRP Ultra series tools the gauge is constructed from high-quality CNC-machined 7075-T6 aircraft-grade aluminium for durability while white, laser-etched markings help with visibility during setup.
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KM announce the signing of young Takahata Shoki to their factory team. The 19 years old multiple All Japan nationals A-main finalist will run the company’s nitro on-road cars in this upcoming campaign.
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Ryan Maifield came close to toppling Ty Tessmann’s reign over qualifying at the 1:8 Offroad World Championships in Sicily with the American and Canadian separated by the closest gap seen yet at the Naxos World track. With Tessmann having stamped his authority on Day 1 of qualifying, topping Q1 by 7-seconds and ending Q2 with a 5-second advantage, in this morning’s third round the separation was just 3/10ths at the end of the 10-minutes at the end of a round which saw both drivers have issues on leaving the pits after their fuel stops. A slower pace than yesterday, overnight hail making the track’s tiled section lose traction, Lee Martin ran the 3rd fastest time while team-mate & defending champion Robert Batlle had a tough round finishing outside the Top 16.
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