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July 8, 2019

Dutch EP On-road Nats Rd4 win for Florian Joos

The fourth round of the Dutch Electric On-road Nationals was held at the fast and flowing track of the MAC De Baanbrekers club in Rucphen. Saturday was open for free practice, and it was clear right from the start that the race would be a battle between the Awesomatix cars of current championship leader Sidney Blokker, Thomas Buijze and Govert Verbeke and the Xrays of Rick Van den Akker and Florian Joos. Probably thanks to the IFMAR 2020 Worlds, that will be held at MACH Heemstede, the Touring Modified class saw a healthy 14-cars entry. As he is not a regular Dutch nationals participant, Florian Joos had to start in the first of the groups while the title protagonists were seeded in the second and faster group.

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July 8, 2019

Asian Onroad Championship Rd3 – Report

The Australia round of the 2019 Asian Onroad Championship was hosted by the South Eastern Radio Controlled Car Club in Melbourne this past weekend. The race attracted 250+ entries, the largest AOC event to date. The purpose-built track was laid out in a gym hall and classes offered at round 3 of the championship included the AOC’s usual mix of Modified and Stock 1/10th and 1/12th scale classes. In Modified Touring it was Alexander Hagberg and last year’s champion Jan Ratheisky who battled it out for the win. In the end it was Alex who would hold the upper hand thanks to getting through traffic better. Hagberg captured the overall win with Ratheisky 2nd and Dominic Quek rounding out the top 3.

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July 7, 2019

Dario Balestri takes EFRA 1/8th IC Track title

The 2019 EFRA 1/8th IC Track European Championships were held in Montbonnot-Saint-Martin, France this past weekend. In the EC-A category it was Infinity’s Dario Balestri with the overall TQ, after winning two of the five qualifying rounds from Shepherd’s Simon Kurzbuch, who also scored to round TQ as Carmine Raiola (Infinity) came in 3rd, winning a single qualifier. The Super Pole race then went in Simon’s favour who took the win to start from 2nd into the 45-minute A-main encounter with Simon being able to build up pressure on his rival Dario right from the start. The lead changed several times and the fair duel between the permanent rivals lasted until the very last lap. After 45 minutes Dario won by just a few car lengths in front of Simon making this European Championship final one of the most exciting ones. In 3rd it was Infinity’s Jilles Groskamp with the final podium spot, coming from 10th on the grid.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

July 5, 2019

Phat Bodies Electra 1/12th LMP body shell

Phat Bodies from the UK have introduced their all-new Electra 1/12th scale LMP pan car body shell. A new approach to 12th scale LMP aerodynamics, with styling cues from the futuristic Formula E class cars, has seen Phat Bodies develop a new style of bodyshell with high downforce yet maintain very low drag to establish a body shell with superb feel and exceptional balance at any speed on any type of corner. The body is designed within global bodyshell dimensions, to comply with EFRA and ROAR rules, and it is BRCA approved. It comes made of crystal clear Lexan polycarbonate ready for painting and it includes stickers, pre-cut vinyl window and light masks and also overspray film.

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July 5, 2019

Team Bomber HQ king pin friction oil

Coming from Team Bomber is the new HQ king pin friction oil developed in cooperation with ZeroRacing. Ideal for the undamped front suspensions of 1/12th and 1/10th scale pan and formula cars the friction oil provides a certain amount of damping when applied in the spring and lower pivot ball area. Available as colour-coded soft and medium thickness variants damping can be adjust using the different viscosities and also different amounts of the fluid. The oils are available separately or as combo package.

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July 5, 2019

X-Grip Premium Graphene 7.4V 6000mAh battery pack

Italian X-Grip distributors Mikimodel have announced the release of the Premium Graphene series 7.4V 6000mAh LiPo battery pack. Built from highest quality 150C cells the pack is considered to be the most powerful of X-Grip’s competition battery line and it measures a low profile 137x45x22mm for a lower overall centre of gravity.

Source: Mikimodel [mikimodel.net]

July 5, 2019

GForce Diff Digitizer

GForce have announced the release of their Diff Digitizer differential hardness checker. The device features a 5-digit display to monitor diff hardness and it its equipped with a 7mm outdrive, ideal for most 1/10th scale vehicles. The tool can be used to check the hardness of gear differentials but it is also helpful to break in or pre-heat diffs prior to hitting the track. Included in the set comes a Micro USB wire for easy charging using any USB charger or output.

Source: GForce [gforce-hobby.jp]

July 5, 2019

BMT 016GT Evo rear end conversion kit

Italian brand BMT have introduced their new Evo rear end conversion kit for the 016GT 1/8th GT car. The set does away with the standard pivot ball upper arm in favour of a system similar to 1/8th on-road kits, using a separate turnbuckle. The new geometry will make for increased dynamic caster values and thus smoother cornering mid corner, improved steering and less front tyre wear. The assembly is also lighter which optimises the car’s weight balance. The set includes the updated rear hubs, upper links as well as bulkhead covers and adjustable carbon fibre upper link mounts.

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