Robert Batlle (Mugen) has taken the win at the Rd3 round of the IBR Champions League race in Italy. Alex Zanchettin (TLR) and Federico Ruggeri (Kyosho) completed the podium for a Novarossi 1-2-3. Fabrizio Teghesi (Kyosho) and Davide Ongaro (TLR) came in 4th and 5th respectively.
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Sweep introduce the STC-4 190mm touring car bodyshell. Designed to meet Global Body Spec rules the TC shell is meant to offer exceptional balance, increased front and rear downforce and maximised corner speed. It will become available as 0.8mm regular weight and 0.65mm lightweight version with both including a 1mm rear wing and mounting hardware.
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After three days of racing Viljami Kutvonen and Marek Cerny are the new Modified and Open Stock class LRP Touring Car Masters champions. In the Masters class Awesomatix’ Viljami Kutvonen took an early win by coming in 1st in A1 and A2 allowing him to sit out the final A-main. The final leg was then won by 4-times TCM champion Ronald Völker (Yokomo) while Ronald’s Yokomo teammate Yannic Prümper completed the top 3 result.
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The 2014 Canadian Onroad Nationals took place last weekend in Southern Ontario. In the Touring Car Modified class Xray’s Paul Lemieux took the TQ honours from Keven Hebert (Team Associated) and Andrew Hardman (Yokomo). In the finals Keven took the win from Mike Haynes (Team Associated) and Andrew Hardman. The result was then blueprinted in the Touring Car SuperStock class where Keven led wire to wire to take the victory, again from Haynes and Hardman.
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Vampire Racing introduce their new line of highly flexible “flat-type” sensor wires. Made from tough yet easy-to-bend wire the sensor harnesses make for tidy wiring and the highly flexible design reduces unwanted tweak when used in pan cars. The wires come in seven different length including 50mm, 75mm, 100mm, 125mm, 150mm, 175mm and 200mm, ideal for all applications from 1/8th to 1/12th scale.
Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]
Round 7 of the non-profit Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series was held in the mountain town of Kamloops, British Columbia. The Thompson Valley R/C Race Club hosted a great event, with 7 WCICS classes, plus F1, and as the second last round of the season, the all-important championship points on the line. In the Awesomatix sponsored Touring Car Modified class all three Western Canadian Provinces were represented. On the top spot, British Columbia’s Awesomatix sponsored Blake Bell took the TQ and win, in second was WCICS President, privateer Josh Carter from Alberta, and in Third from Saskatchewan was Xray sponsored Ryan Rice. Full results and podium pics can be found on the official WCICS website. For the next race the WCICS travels back across the Mountain passes to the oil country of Calgary, Alberta for the finals on March 28-30th.
Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]
In complete contrast to 12-months ago, when he didn’t even make the A-Main line-up, Dakotah Phend has become the first driver to be crowned champion at the 28th running of the Pro-Line Cactus Classic. Having won A1, the Team Losi Racing young star backed it up with another win in A2 over local hero & multiple champion Ryan Maifield to secure the prestigious 2WD Buggy title, his first big win at America’s longest running offroad event.
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This weekend’s LRP Touring Car Masters saw Xray’s Marek Cerny taking the win in the 10.5T Open Stock class. Marek Cerny found a blistering pace for the very last and deciding qualifier to take overall TQ in front of Oliver Franke (Awesomatix) and fellow Xray driver Jan Ratheisky in 3rd. Marek then went on to take a convincing win in A1 in front of Jan Ratheisky (Xray). In A2 however, Marek was slow off the line due to motor cogging, which handed the win to Franke. Marek made a strong comeback to win A3 and to take the overall win. Marek benefited from a coming together between Franke and Ratheisky. Oliver Franke finished second while Jan Ratheisky completed the podium. Steffen Leinburger (Awesomatix) and Bernhard Bopp (Yokomo) completed the top 5.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
