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April 22, 2019

Absima Summer Championship Rd1 – Report

The Absima Summer Championship was opened with brilliant sunshine and brilliant racing at the Coastal Model Car Club this weekend. A bumper entry rolled through the gates to fight it out for the first round. First up it was the touring cars, and after a scare with a breakage in practice Adrian Dew dominated the results by winning all the qualifiers and finals, although there was some great action for the lead with both Jason Scott and Attila Hadji.

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April 22, 2019

Nicolas Bregante wins at Metropolitan Championship Rd3

The third round of the Metropolitan Championship was held at the Hernan Matticoli Circuit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Off-road specialist Nicolas Bregante had one of his few on-road outings and was very fast from the get-go despite missing practice due to work commitments. Counting round TQs in Q2 and Q3 secured him the overall TQ and starting from pole position allowed him to take the wins in the opening two A-mains for the overall. Ezequiel Forgaral ended the day on the runner-up spot and in front of Luciano Capel in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 22, 2019

Urban Touring Series Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the 2019 Urban Touring Series took place this past Sunday at Urban’s rooftop PlaySpace raceway. Despite forecasts of rain, an enthusiastic grid of close to 30 racers turned up to pit themselves against one another in the Touring Car 17.5T Blinky and Formula classes. In the TC Class, it was Nicholas Lee who would take overall TQ by topping Q1 and Q2. Dominic Quek would have to settle for a P2 start in the A-Main. Sean Lee had a great qualifying to snatch P3 from Esmail Apandi who made some uncharacteristic mistakes during his runs. Wee EC and Hasron Robana would take the last two direct spots in the A-main, and would be eventually joined by Sebastian Lee and Chhua Joo Kiah bumping up.

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April 22, 2019

SMJ digital pocket scale & racing weights

Coming from SMJ are their new digital pocket scale and a set of 5g racing weights. Starting with the palm-sized scale, it is capable of weighing items of up to 200g of weight in 0.01g increments. The compact device measures 65x122x21mm, it weighs in at 91g and features a 30-seconds automatic switch-off for power-saving reasons and can measure in g, oz, ct and gn units. The scale is ideal to check the weight of gear differential when filling them with diff fluid, ensuring consistent diff action from re-fill to re-fill.

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April 20, 2019

Menard & Ficco win at Mile High Indoor Champs

Always held around “Tax Day” in the USA, the Mile High Indoor Championship is a great event held in the Denver area. As one of the last big events of the season, the MHIC is known to introduce or promote something a little different. In 21.5 GT12, a new class that is picking up in popularity after making its National debut at the 2019 Snowbirds, saw CRC’s Charlie Menard taking the title. Denver’s Mario Ficco would take a 2nd place from his TQ starting position. Colorado pilot Jim McGee would round out the all-CRC podium.

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April 20, 2019

SMJ P47 200mm gurney flap rear wing

Coming from SMJ and made for Protoform’s IFMAR World Championship wining P47 1/10th 200mm nitro touring car body shell is a gurney flap rear wing. The wing was developed to maximise rear downforce and stability with the overall amount being adjustable by trimming the upper gurney flap part. Moulded from high-quality polycarbonate the wing includes end plates and double sided tape.

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April 20, 2019

Pirani RC 20T & 25T HD clutch pinion gears

Pirani RC have introduced their new 20T and 25T HD clutch pinion gears for all 1/8th on-road cars with ARC or Capricorn clutch bells. Sporting a 0.8 module for higher effienency and a hard-coated surface for wear, the gears will improve the drivetrain’s performance and durability. The 20T 1st gear and 25T 2nd gear pinions are available now.

Source: Pirani RC [piranirc.com]

April 18, 2019

Infinity IF14 Pro-Gear diff set

Infinity has released a newly designed gear differential for their IF14 electric touring car. Offering smoother rotation and higher rear traction in all conditions, the differential shafts are now supported by ball bearings for added stability and consistency during runs. Another feature of the new diff design is that the outdrive cups can now be replaced from the outside without the need to open the diff making maintenance quick and easy.

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