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January 14, 2020

RSD X20 standard carbon top deck & bulkhead braces

Reflex Racing have introduced more option parts for the Serpent X20 mid motor touring car. First up is a 2.0mm upper deck cut from standard carbon fibre. The top deck offers different flex characteristics than RSD’s Quasi carbon fibre deck, as it flexes similar to the 1.5mm Quasi deck side to side, but is stiffer fore and aft, giving the car a little more forward bite. The top deck is designed to increases response, gear selection range and belt clearance while being more durable than stock version and it comes with a matte surface finish to differentiate.

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January 13, 2020

Louth RCCC Schumacher Winter Series Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the 2019/20 Schumacher Winter Series presented by the Louth Radio Control Car Club took place over the past weekend. In Touring 13.5T Mitch Fiddling would set the initial pace in the early rounds before a fatal incident would end his day. Chris Lovely would pick up the mantle and take the further three rounds of qualifying with his Xray T4’20. Lisa Keen would find the pace with her Serpent, Alex Brocklebank would fit his Schumacher Mi7 into 3rd. Joseph Cocking debuting his new Yokomo BD10 would sit in 4th, ahead of Callum Chapman with his mid motor converted Xray, Jay Kay would show consistency with his Yokomo, Andrew Twigger would debut well with his Xray making the A-final.

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January 13, 2020

John Ermen wins at Indoor 2020 Saint Brieuc

The Saint Brieuc Mini Bolides club hosted the Indoor 2020 Saint Brieuc race this past weekend. The event was held in 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road as well as an 1/8th electric classes and in 1/8th IC Track it was John Ermen (ARC) with the overall TQ some 0.9 seconds in front of Richard Volta (Mugen). The 30-minute saw John opening a gap from the get go and by the second fuel stop, he already was in the lead by about half a lap. However shortly after the second stop John faced some mechanical issues which reduced his lead and after two unplanned stops he lost more than one lap on the lead car. In the second half of the race Ermen was able to up his pace again and to un-lap himself, chasing down the leader. Ultimately John was able to regain the lead with Richard Volta having to settle for 2nd overall, a lap behind. Rick Vrielijnck (Infinity) came in 3rd, another lap down.

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January 13, 2020

Carten M210 series front bumper

Carten RC have announced the release of their new large foam front bumper for the M210 series of MTC chassis. The most voluminous yet, the bumper is ideal for touring car body shells with a longer front overhang, doing away with the need to use additional foam pieces to bolster up the body in order to prevent vibrations and improve the aerodynamic efficiency. The touring bumper adds to the already existing sedan medium and hatchback small front foam bumpers.

Source: Carten [carten-rc.com]

January 13, 2020

Vincent K. wins at 1/8th GT GQ Cup

The TRC track in Hong Kong played host to the 1/8th scale GT GQ Cup this past weekend. When the dust had settled it was the Hong Nor trio of Vincent K., Ka Wah and Cheung Kwok Wai who took the top 3 honours after the 40-minute A-main final.

Source: Hong Nor [hongnor-racing.com]

January 13, 2020

Xray Racing Series Germany Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the Xray Racing Series Germany was held in Leipzig recently. The event saw the running of several electric on-road classes and in Touring FWD it was Stefan Schulz with the overall win from Sven Muller in 2nd and Michael Klaus in 3rd.

Touring Stock saw Stefan Schulz walking away with the win from Tim Schulte in 2nd and Michael Zierold in 3rd while in the Touring 17.5T class Peter Stein took the day’s win from Julius Stein on the runner-up spot as Mirko Schulze completed the top 3 results.

The Formula class had Andreas Beier taking the win from Enrico Hahn 2nd and Sebastian Keller in 3rd.

Lastly in the 1/12th scale pan car class Dirk Brauer took the win from Philipp Lischke 2nd and Christopher Bergholz 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 13, 2020

T-Works roll out new MTX7 optionals

Coming from T-Works and made for the Mugen MTX7 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road kit are several new option parts. First up is a titanium turnbuckle set machined from high-quality 64 grade titanium. The 7-piece kit includes all camber, toe and servo link turnbuckles as well as a suitable wrench for the smaller links. Also new is a 32-piece precision ball bearing set that includes metal and rubber shielded ball races that ensure great protection against dirt thanks to the outer rubber seals while the inner metal shields ensure low natural drag. The range is rounded out by 128-piece titanium and 162-piece gold-colour steel screw sets.

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January 13, 2020

Rheinard & Murray crowned 1/12th scale World Champs

The 2020 IFMAR 1/12th scale World Championship were held in Milton Keynes, UK, attracting nearly 60 entries for the LMP Modified and 60 entires for the LMP Stock class. The event was held on a purpose-built track within the large Centre:MK shopping mall, ensuring a good exposure of the sport to potential new racers. Free practice of the Modified class was lead by Alexander Hagberg while Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa took the seeding practice. Michal Orlowski then snatched the overall TQ, winning four of the six qualifiers from single round TQ, Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa. Olly Jefferies came in 3rd with a steady performance as single round TQ and former 1/12th scale World Champ, Marc Rheinard put his car in 4th overall. A-main 1 then saw Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa taking the win with a 1-second margin from Marc as Ollie Payne came in 3rd, another second behind. TQ Michal lacked a bit of speed and had to settle for 5th.

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