The Japanese JMRCA 1/12th scale National Championships were held at the world-famous Yatabe Arena this past weekend. Run in Modified and Stock classes it was Yokomo’s Toto Ebukuro with the overall win in the Modified category from Toshi Yanagisawa with the vice-championship. Destiny’s Kazuki Yamashita would come in 3rd to round out the podium.
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Round 2 of the ACI Sport Italian IC Track Championship was held at the Mini Autodromo Jody Scheckter track in Fiorano last weekend. In the 1/8th IC Track class it was Infinity’s Alberto Picco with the win from TQ holder, ARC’s Jonathan Gandin in 2nd. Shepherd’s Marco Vanni came in 3rd to round out the podium. In 1/10th 200mm Touring it was Infinity’s Francesco Tironi with the TQ and win from Francesco Pierella (Capricorn) in 2nd and Giuseppe Occhipinti (Serpent) in 3rd.
Following a small 7-weeks break the RC-Lemans Series held round 2 of their 2019 season at the Belgian Genk track last weekend. With rain at the opening round things would change dramatically as sunny and hot weather was pleasing the drivers. Round 2 attracted new drivers for the LMP2 class and both the fast LMP1 and stock LMP2 class would be held with nearly full A and B mains which added to the great racing action. Thomas Stenger, reigning German 1/12th Stock champion, took the overall TQ with a new lap and track record in LMP2 and in front of reigning LMP2 champ, Rainer Schad. Mathijs Hermens came in 3rd from Michel van der Velden and Michael Holla. Over in LMP1 it was Kai Altmann with wins in all three qualifiers for the overall TQ from Tobias Weist in 2nd. Round 1 winner, Timo Schad came in 3rd to round out the qualifying top 3. Reigning LMP1 champion Tim Altmann came in 4th after only making the B-main at the opening round. Andreas Dick would complete the top 5 for now.
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Coming from T-Works is a universal 34mm 4-shoe clutch set for 1/8th buggy, truggy and GT kits. It contains a machined aluminium 34mm diameter flywheel, alloy clutch shoes as well as 4-piece sets of 0.9mm and 1.0mm clutch springs to fine-tune the clutch’s behaviour. Also included are the clutch nut, drive cone and clutch screws. All parts are also available separately for spares or repair.
Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]
C-Pub from France have announced the release of their new body shell stickers for 1/8th and 1/10th scale on-road bodies. The stickers are professionally printed on ultra-light liner material and they are fuel-proof without the need for a clear protection layer, making them very light weight with a set of 1/8th scale body stickers weighing in at only about 8g. In addition the stickers are very thin, allowing easy wrapping around contours and curves. The stickers allow to create colourful body shell designs in minutes and they comply with ETS body colour rules. The stickers are also very easy to apply as the glue allows to shift the decals around and it only cures once the stickers are in place and pressed on. In addition to the readily available designs C-Pub also offers custom designs.
View a decorated 1/8th scale body here
The second round of this year’s Marka Racing Trophy was held at the La Valletta track in Varese, Italy. In Touring Stock 13.5 Luca Pelagotti (Schumacher) had to fend off the attacks of Nik Di Palma (Awesomatix) in the opening A-main final. Fascinating and with great sportsmanship it was Pelagotti with the 2nd place as Di Palma was able to pass him ultimately. In the second final Pelagotti managed to maintain the 1st position until the end while behind him it was Davide Gianuzzi (Awesomatix) who recovered from the 4th starting position. The third final saw a masterpiece of Gianuzzi, who started very well to gain one position after another until he got close to Pelagotti and ultimately got past. When the dust had settled Gianuzzi took the overall win from Pelagotti in 2nd and Di Palma in 3rd position.
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Round 4 of the French 1/10th 200mm Nationals was held at the Model Club Thionvillois this past weekend. In the Elite category it was Xray’s Leo Arnold with the overall TQ and win as Capricorn’s Quentin Leroux came in 2nd, only two seconds behind Leo. Kevin Rasquin (Capricorn) would complete the top 3 result a lap down.
Image: Leo Arnold
The Zoodiac GT body shell for 190mm touring cars is ZooRacing’s latest high performance 1/10th scale on-road body shell and the brand’s first go on the popular GT market. The goal was to create a stylish yet efficient body with advanced aerodynamics while still offering a somewhat scale look to ensure the body meets all current GT/USGT class rules. The lid features a low-slung silhouette to which sports sculptured fender sections that give plenty of room even for larger GT class tyres while the low-profile front hood section optimises the airflow around the fenders and towards the huge windscreen. The latter is designed to offer a slight cab forward design for best possible airflow towards the rear trunk section and rear wing. Going towards the rear of the body, the newly designed side pods not only add to the overall structure of the shell, they also add visual impact and help to balance the overall downforce by offering a slight upwards sweep. The somewhat simple rear trunk lid design helps with undisturbed airflow towards the rear wing, that was designed to meet all GT class rules. The wing is moulded with two cut lines, a standard 10mm section and a taller “outlaw” marking for increased downforce.
