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August 6, 2019

Pawel Staszewski TQs & wins at Polish On-road Nats

The Polish On-road Nationals were held in Nowy Sacz last weekend in several electric and nitro on-road classes. In Touring Spec 13.5T it was Pawel Staszewski with a clean sweep after the qualifiers, taking all four rounds for the overall TQ and pole position. Jakub Klapacz came in 2nd from Lukasz Mach in 3rd. The finals then again were pretty much smooth sailing for Pawel who took wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall victory while 4th place qualifier, Krystian Kopacki snatched the runner-up spot from Jakub Klapacz who rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

August 6, 2019

Tamiya TB-05 aluminium centre driveshafts

Coming from Tamiya and made for the shaft-driven TB-05 touring car are two aluminium centre driveshaft kits. First up is a set for front motor converted cars that include 42mm and 90mm centre shafts while the rear motor specific kit includes a single 133mm centre shaft. All are made of high-quality aluminium with the blue anodising improving wear resistance and looks. Included with the driveshafts come steel gearbox input shafts and and all needed hardware. Using the shafts over the original dogbone construction will reduce weight and slop for greatly increased drivetrain efficiency. Both sets will become available by end of September.

View the rear motor driveshaft kit here

August 5, 2019

Tim Wood wins BRCA 1/8th IC Track Nationals Rd7

Brooklands circuit in Kent hosted round 7 of the BRCA 1/8th IC Track Championship this past weekend. Weather conditions were favourable with no rain and Saturday saw a number of new and younger drivers attending which was great to see. The main final saw a battle between Mark Green, Tim Wood and David Spashett. Tim and Mark had a good battle up front whilst Dave was picking his way up the order after starting from 11th after a time delay. Wood passed Mark to take the lead early on, and at the chequered flag the result was 1st and fastest lap for Tim Wood, 2nd Mark Green, and 3rd David Spashett. The next race is the Halifax British Open later this month.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

August 5, 2019

Belgian Electric On-road Nationals Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Belgian Electric On-road nationals was held at the fast and flowing track of the MAC De Baanbrekers club in Rucphen this past weekend. Most drivers already arrived on Saturday for the open practices and in the Touring Stock class, Vincent Van Gansen was just 0.2 seconds shy of the track record whereas both Olivier Bultynck and Florian Joos slightly improved Florian’s 13.950 track record so Sunday’s racing promised to be exciting. Q1 of Touring Modified was a bit of a bombshell when Florian Joos smashed the track record to an astonishing 13.775 and the first 22 lapper in the history of the track. His new Xray prototype car seemed to be ideally suited for the track. Newly crowned European Stock Champion, Olivier Bultynck wasn’t far off with his Awesomatix as he too scored an amazingly fast 13.869 lap time. With new tyres, his pace over 5 minutes was a bit slower though. Mitchell Van Es, who was running his older electronics and batteries wasn’t far off, but couldn’t quite keep up on this power hungry track.

Continue reading the report here

August 5, 2019

Hudy FWD pre-cut slick tyre set

Coming from Hudy and made for the growing front wheel drive 1/10th touring car class is a 4-piece set of pre-glued tyres. They feature a semi-slick tread for good traction and side bite and they come pre-glued on black multi-spoke rims, offering cook looks. The directional tyres include suitable inserts and they are usable for both asphalt and carpet racing.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

August 5, 2019

Jeff Hamon takes double Queensland State Champs title

The 2019 Queensland State Championships were held at England Park Model Raceway in Brisbane, Australia last weekend. Jeff Hamon took the overall TQ in the 1/8th IC Track class from Steven Jovanovic in 2nd. After the half hour long A-main it was again Jeff who came out on top, taking the Queensland State title in front of Steven on the runner-up spot and Andrew Gillespie in 3rd.

Continue reading here

August 5, 2019

Serpent 1/8th on-road Nickel-coated V2 clutch bell

Serpent have announced the immediate release of their new Nickel-coated aluminium V2 clutch bell for the Centax range of clutches of all Serpent 1/8 IC models. Reducing rotating mass means a significant increase in performance, and the new clutch bell is not only super light weight but also durable at the same time. The bell is recommended to be used with both the yellow and black optional clutch shoes for best performance.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 5, 2019

Riedmann TQs & wins at Austrian EP On-road Nats Rd5

The fifth round of the Austrian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the LAMAC track in Carinthia this past weekend. Held in Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Pro10S classes, it was Robin Riedmann with a clean sweep in the Touring Stock qualifiers, taking all four qualifying rounds for the overall TQ from Philipp Stadler in 2nd and Phillip Neudinger in 3rd. The triple A-mains then again saw Robin on top of the timing sheets, and with wins in all mains he secured the overall win from Philipp Stadler in 2nd and Phillip Neudinger in 3rd, making it an all-Awesomatix podium.

Image: ÖFMAV [oefmav.at]