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September 26, 2019

Awesomatix tease A800MMX mid motor touring car

Awesomatix have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming new A800MMX mid motor touring car. No official details are available yet but it is understood that the car will be a mid-motor-only offering, rather than a conversion kit as the company’s current top-of-the-foodchain kit that has to be build using the standard rear motor car and the mid motor conversion. Full detail will become available in time for the release which is scheduled for November.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

September 26, 2019

Thurston & Paton win at BRCA 1/8th Circuit finale

The final round of the BRCA 1/8th Circuit Series took place at the Wombwell Circuit near Barnsley with damp weather conditions. Alex Thurston had a great debut for his new chassis sponsors Capricorn, taking the TQ and win in the nitro class from Mugen drivers Andy Hastings and Sam Snell. In the Electric class again Capricorn dominated as Jamie Paton took the win from Rob Scott and 3rd was Shepherd driver Robert Stevenson.

View the Electric class podium here

September 25, 2019

Xray T4 2020 electric touring car – Coming soon

Xray have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming all-new T4 2020 electric touring car kit. According to Xray the car will be a complete redesign with spy shots of prototype cars suggesting a move to the now-popular mid motor/mid spur gear design and possibly also newly designed, longer A-arms. Full details will become available in time for the release.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 25, 2019

Paolo Morganti takes ROAR 200mm Sedan title

Last weekend’s 2019 ROAR Nitro On-Road Nationals, held at the One Eighth Racers of Toledo, saw Serpent’s Ralph Burch taking the overall TQ in the 200mm Sedan class, however it was Paolo Morganti (Capricorn) who would be crowned National Champion after the 30-minute A-main final. Qualifying in 2nd Paolo would bring home the win after battling with Ralph for the lead for a good part of the race. The latter would score an unfortunate DNF after about 23 minutes, allowing Paolo to take the lead and bring home the win a lap in front of Shepherd’s Ted Hammer as Serpent’s Jeremiah Ward came in 3rd, some 15 seconds behind Ted.

Source: RC Target [rctarget.com]

September 24, 2019

RC Maker GeoCarbon universal battery clamp set

RC Maker have introduced their new GeoCarbon universal battery clamp set designed for the use on nearly any touring car using the pivoting clamp style method for securing the battery. Styled in RC Maker’s signature GeoCarbon look, the parts bring an appealing aesthetic to the car. Constructed from 3mm carbon fibre, they are lightweight but also very strong and they are finished with a countersink for that dialled low profile appearance. The clamps include an O-ring for each side, which are recommended to sit under the clamps, on-top of the post.

View more images here

September 24, 2019

Arrowmax Cup HK Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Arrowmax Cup HK was held at the PYC track in Hong Kong last weekend. The event was held in Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T Stock, FWD and Formula classes and in Touring Modified it was Yokomo’s Kendrick Fong who checked out in leg 1 and 2 of the A-main to take an early overall win while Small Fung and Simon Yeung (Xray/ZeroTribe) fought for the remaining podium spots. Ultimately it was Small Fung with the runner-up spot from Simon Yeung in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

September 24, 2019

Naoto Matsukura wins at International Nitro Grand Prix

The RCMC Singapore club held the Infinity International Nitro Grand Prix last weekend, attracting some of the World’s fastest nitro on-road drivers. The event was held in 1/8th and 1/5th scale classes and saw Infinity’s Jesse Davis taking the overall TQ from Infinity teammate, Naoto Matsukura in 2nd. The 45-minute main final then was a pretty close affair with Naoto taking the win by less than a second from veteran racer, Infinity’s Alberto Picco while Rick Vrielijnck (Infinity) came in 3rd, some nine laps down, to round out the podium result in 3rd.

Image: Alberto Picco

September 24, 2019

Hächler & Scherer win at Swiss IC Track Nats Rd5

The fifth and final round of the Swiss IC Track Nationals was held at the challenging MRC Langenthal track last weekend. In the premier 1/8th IC Track class it was Shepherd’s Simon Kurzbuch with a clean sweep after the qualifiers to take the overall TQ from ARC’s Silvio Hächler. In the 45-minute A-main however it was Silvio who turned the page, taking the win with a 1-lap margin from Simon Kurzbuch while Xray’s Mattia Pesenti came in 3rd to round out the podium. Overall in the Championship his 2nd place finish was enough for Simon Kurzbuch to bring home the overall title from Xray’s Luca Martinelli in 2nd and Mattia Pesenti, who attended only four races, in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here