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July 2, 2019

Yokomo YD-2 limited edition purple anodised alloy parts

Yokomo have announced the soon release of purple anodised aluminium optionals for the YD-2 RWD drift car. The range includes items such adjustable H rear and A front arms as well as suspension mounts with inserts, from upper arms as well as a front bumper brace. All parts are machined from high-quality aluminium with the lower arm sets also including mounting hardware and setup optionals. The purple anodised parts are a limited edition run and they will hit stores very soon.

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July 2, 2019

2019 XRS UK GP – Announcement

The 2019 XRS UK GP will be held on the 20th and 21st of July at the Cotswold Model Car Club in several electric and nitro classes. The event will see the running of Electric Touring Modified, 13.5T Boosted, Formula as well as FWD 17.5T classes besides 1/8th IC Track and a 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring racing. Registration is now open and more details can soon be found here.

July 2, 2019

RC-Lemans Series Rd3 – Report

The MCC Rhein Ahr club near Koblenz, Germany played host to round 3 of this year’s RC-Lemans Series this past weekend. The back-to-back race with round 2 saw Tim Altmann and Rainer Schad coming back in form with the two reigning champions taking the respective overall TQ’s in the LMP1 Modified and LMP2 Stock classes. In Modified Tim’s brother Kai came in 2nd from Timo Schad, Tobias Weist and Reinder Wilms. Over in Stock it was Kai Asmer, Sascha Lennartz, Jörn Bauer and Mathijs Hermens who were only separated by tenths of a second after the qualifiers, setting the stage for exciting A-main finals. In the fast LMP1 class it was Tim who dominated the show, however he was hotly contested by Timo who found a way past Kai at the start of A1. Mid-race Timo took profit of Tim who lost a bit of time while lapping backmarkers, however, shortly after Tim was back on top again. After a mishap of Timo it was Tobias who was promoted into 2nd place, while Tim up front was up and away and he would bring home the win in A1 from Tobias 2nd and Andreas Dick 3rd – the latter recovering from his P6 qualifying position.

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July 1, 2019

JJ Wang doubles at KO Propo Grand Prix

Steel City Raceway of Fontana, California played host to the 2019 KO Propo Grand Prix this past weekend. Held in various fuel and electric classes it was Mugen’s JJ Wang with the overall TQ and also the win in the 1/8th Open IC Track category. Veteran racer, Mike Swauger (Xray) came in 2nd, some two laps down on JJ as Infinity driver Christian Lopez rounded out the top 3, only a second behind Mike.

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July 1, 2019

Coelho wins ETS Netherlands

Bruno Coelho has won ETS Netherlands for the second year in succession, the Xray driver taking maximum points at the Apeldoorn track to move a step closer to retaining his Modified title for the fourth season straight. Securing the TQ, he claimed his third victory of the season with a win over Christopher Krapp in A2, the Yokomo driver looking for a time like he might force things to go to A3 after getting by Freddy Sudhoff in the opening laps. At the end however Coelho, as in A1 last night, was able to maintain a save advantage at the front crossing the line 7/10th in front of Krapp with Sudhoff a further 1-second back, the Top 3 having quickly broke away from of the rest of the 11 car field with Yannic Prümper finishing a distant 4th.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

July 1, 2019

Morganti & Krägefski win at GT International Race

The 1/8th GT International Race was held at the MRC Leipzig track in Germany this past weekend. In the shaft-driven GTS class it was Gimar driver, Thilo Tödtmann with the overall TQ from teammate, David Loppini on the 2 spot as Xray’s Martin Bayer and Juraj Hudy rounded out the top 4 results. The final then saw US racer Paolo Morganti (IGT8) taking the win in the 45-minute main final from Thilo on the 2 spot, some two laps down. Thilo had the hole shot at the start of the main, however he would later have a small mishap when he hit a back marker and flipped his car on the roof. However he was able to bring home the runner-up spot in front of David Loppini as Martin Bayer and Juraj Hudy came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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June 30, 2019

Xpress XM1 239mm WB conversion kit

Coming from Xpress and made for the XM1 and XM1S M-class touring cars is a 239mm wheelbase chassis conversion kit. Designed for high speed tracks or in situations where stability is required, the long wheelbase conversion will help gain more stability by having a car less willing to rotate in the corners. The result is an easier to drive car that is also good on very high grip carpet. The kit includes new upper and lower carbon fibre decks as well as longer belts.

Source: Xpress [rc-xpress.com]

June 28, 2019

Coelho takes opening qualifier at ETS

Bruno Coelho has taken the opening round of qualifying at Round 5 of the ETS in the Netherlands, the Xray driver fastest from the dominant force in practice Freddy Sudhoff. Starting behind the top seed after team-mate & No. 2 seed Alexander Hagberg opted to sit out Q1, Coelho was able to take advantage of mistakes from both Sudhoff and his Awesomatix team-mate Lucas Urbain to take a slightly surprise TQ run given Sudhoff’s advantage in practice. Having seeded 8th, Ronald Volker was to complete the Top 3 ahead of Yokomo team-mates Christopher Krapp and Nicholas Lee with Urbain rounding out the Top 6 from Jilles Groskamp.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.