February 19, 2019

DJ Apolaro wins at Florida Nitro Series Rd3

Round 3 of the Florida Nitro Series was held in Fort Myers, Florida last weekend in several 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road classes. In 1/10th 200mm Sedan it was Paolo Morganti with the overall TQ, however in the 30-minute A-main event it was DJ Apolaro who would hold the upper hand. taking the win some 10 laps in front of Paolo as Sean Kong rounded out the top 3 podium result. Over in the GT8 class it was Rino Lino with the TQ and win, taking the victory some 18 laps in front of Howard Stamen while Sebastien Prigue came in 3rd, another six laps down.

View the GT8 podium here

February 19, 2019

2018/19 Essex Winter Series Rd4 – Report

This weekend saw the fourth round of the popular Essex Winter Series take place in the UK. As the penultimate round of the series, some of the championships could be decided, but with the high level of competition across all the classes, it was going to be a tough day for everyone in the points chase. In the Modified class, Olly Jefferies ideally needed a maximum points haul to force a showdown for the final round – but Elliott Harper could clinch the championship with a runner-up score, if Olly failed to take home the maximum points. Elliott put together a good first run, taking the top spot by nearly two-and-a-half seconds from his Xray teammate Alexander Hagberg. Olly set the third best time, just a few tenths back on the Swede, with Kyle Branson in fourth for Capricorn and Matthew White taking fifth with his Associated. Round two saw Alexander move to the top, besting his teammate by three-quarters of a second, as both the Xray drivers pulled out a two-second gap to Olly, who again took third, with Kyle and Matthew in fourth and fifth again as well.

Continue reading the report here

February 18, 2019

Simon Nicholson wins at RCRA ACT State Titles

The 2019 RCRA ACT State Titles were held at the Kambah track this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class Yokomo’s Simon Nicholson took the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the A-mains, taking the title in front of Jeffrey MacKie (ARC) in 2nd and Lionel Saunders (ARC) in 3rd. Ed Clark and John Puse rounded out the top 5 results.

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

February 18, 2019

Louth RCCC Schumacher Winter Series Rd5 – Report

Round five of the Schumacher Winter Series presented by the Louth Radio Control Car Club took place this past weekend. An ever improving number of drivers and record entry would attend this meeting, with 85 drivers taking to the technical layout that the club had laid out, running the four classes of 13.5 Blinky, 17.5 boosted, Gt12 and Tamiya Euro Truck. In 13.5 Blinky the qualifying would be very close for the top spot. Ricky Lee would continue his fine form at Louth by taking the top spot with his Awesomatix. Chris Lovely would follow close behind with his Xray, Andrew Green and Nathan Winyard would leave it late in qualifying to take 3rd and 4th respectively. Mikey Mansell would follow close with his Capricorn, and 17.5 Boosted champion Jason Lovely would show well in the Blinky class in 6th with his Xray, Garry Plant would make up the A-final with his Awesomatix.

Continue reading the report here

February 18, 2019

Viktor Wilck takes Swedish TC Modified title

The Wäxjö MS club played host to the Swedish Electric Onroad Nationals this past weekend. The event was held in 1/10th and 1/12th classes and in 1/10th Touring Modified it was Infinity’s Viktor Wilck with the TQ and also the win, sealing his 10th national championship. Fabian Vernersson came in 2nd as Marcus van Elling (Xray) rounded out the top 3 in front of Team Associated’s Daniel Carlsson and HB Racing’s Elias Johansson. Over in the 13.5T Stock class it was Xray’s Marcus van Elling with the top spot after the qualifiers and he would also sweep the A-mains to take the win in front of Infinity’s Nathan Parker and Team Associated’s Daniel Carlsson.

View the 13.5T podium here

February 18, 2019

Sweep GTR-2 Pro-Compounds 1/8th GT tyre

Coming from Sweep Racing is their new GTR-2 Pro-Compounds tyre for 1/8th GT racing. The smaller outer diameter and rounder shape provided faster initial cornering speeds with the new Pro-Compound rubber ensuring faster lap times and higher durability. The multi-spoke Evo-16 rim, coming in black or white colour, ensures the tyres excel in a variety of conditions and the tyres are available in 40, 45, 50 and 55 shore hardness with the GTR2-45EW16P being the official control tyre for the ANC GT class this year.

View the white rim variant here

February 15, 2019

Capricorn short-type big bore shock shafts

Coming from Capricorn are new shorter shock shafts for the company’s big bore shock absorbers. 2.5mm shorter than the standard shafts the short-type items make for an optimised positioning of the shock pistons, resulting in increased overall traction. In addition the shafts are made of a new material with an updated surface coating making for a smoother finish than TiN-coated shock shafts.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

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