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September 17, 2018

Hoppe & Kröger win at German 1/8th IC Track Nats

This past weekend the German 1/8th IC Track Nationals were held at the Minidrom Ettlingen track in the South of the country. The crowd saw an exciting Class 1 final as it was a close battle for the victory between Lars Hoppe and Oliver Mack from the beginning of the race. Due to different fuel and tyre strategies the lead swapped numerous time during the final. Lars opted to change only the outside tyres at the third pitstop while Oliver changed all four tyres about mid-race. Before the final round of pitstops Oliver took over the lead with fresher tyres but Lars stayed behind closely. Lars entered the pits for his last stop first and a super fast pitstop of Thilo Tödtmann put some pressure on team Mack. A few laps later Oliver had his last pitstop and he returned to the track just behind Lars. For the final laps the distance was only a few meters but Lars put his head down and crossed the finishing line in first position to take his maiden German Championship title with Oliver Mack coming in 2nd and Merlin Depta rounding out the podium. In the Class 2 it was young David Kröger with a great drive in the final after winning the semi-final with a gap of four laps over the rest of the field. A small mistake in the first lap of the main final dropped him to the last position but for the rest of the race he showed a flawless performance. A few minutes before the end of the race David took over the lead and never looked back to take the German Championship title Class 2 as well as the Junior Champion title.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

September 17, 2018

Xray Racing Series Australia – Report

The Xray Racing Series Australia was held at Williamtown recently with this being the second attempt of the race due to the first date being rained out. Touring Modified would see Jeffrey Mackie take the TQ from John Puse and Lionel Saunders. A1 would see close clean racing between all drivers with Jeff taking the win by four seconds from John with Ed a further seven seconds back. A2 would again see good clean racing on the smallish and tight track. With Jeff again taking the win by five seconds from John with Ed two seconds back. A3 would see John taking the win by ten seconds from Lionel with Jeffrey only 0.4s away so overall it was Jeffery from John and Lionel.

Continue reading the report here

September 16, 2018

Arena 12 1/12th scale pan car wheels

Coming from Czech company Arena 12 are new 1/12th scale pan car wheels in a unique turbine design. Designed using the latest CAD software and CFG calculations, the shape of the wheels offers a host of advantages such as improved downforce, greater mechanical grip, higher stability at top speed and also reduced centrifugal forces. The turbine-shaped spokes will also add to the overall cooling as a side effect. The wheels are available in two hardnesses – soft, which is ideal for beginners and club racing, while the hard rims offer improved traction and lower roll resistance. The directional wheels are available pre-trued using an universal rubber compound.

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September 14, 2018

Sudhoff leads at European Reedy Race after Day 1

Running alongside the opening round of the Euro Offroad Series at the Nurburgring, at the end Day 1 of the first ever Reedy European Touring Car Race of Champions it is Freddy Sudhoff who leads the way. The Awesomatix driver had a strong four races, winning three and ending off the day with second place behind Robert Pietsch to lead the points from the Infinity of Yannic Prumper who registered one win and three second places. Master of the original Reedy Race, taking his 7th title earlier this year at the legendary Tamiya track in the US, Marc Rheinard ends the first day sitting third, four points back on Sudhoff. Together with Sudhoff and Rheinard, the only other multiple race winner of the day around the car track, the layout of which has tried to emulate the Tamiya track, is Mugen’s Robert Pietsch who sits 5th behind team-mate Viljami Kutvonen. With a Reedy Race also for Pro Stock, Max Machler made it a great day for Awesomatix taking two wins to lead the points from team-mate Olivier Bultynck and the team’s newest signing Christian Donath.

September 13, 2018

Mikael Fransson takes 1/8th Rd4 in Sweden

Last weekend round 4 of the Swedish Nitro On-road Championships were held at Staffanstorps Raceway. In the 1/8th class it was Mikael Fransson who set the pace and took the top qualifier spot, while Oliver Olsson lined up 2nd and Stefan Andersson 3rd. At the start of the 45-minute final Serpent racer Mikael Fransson jumped straight into the lead and held that position to the end of the race. Oliver Olsson, driving a Mugen, missed the start having called a 10 minute time delay managed to work his way back from last position to finish in 2nd place 3 laps behind the winner with Shepherd driver Stefan Andersson finishing in 3rd place.

Thanks to Mikael Olsson for the update.

September 13, 2018

Yokomo YD-2 brake discs and callipers set

Yokomo have released this new brake discs and callipers set for the YD-2. The brake discs themselves will include an integrated hexagonal hub to be able to mount the wheels and there will be 3 hub thickness, 5.5mm, 6.5mm and 8.0mm which will are all included so that you can adjust the track width and scrub radius freely. The brake callipers, which can be mounted to new front and rear knuckles, are gunmetal colour to better represent the realistic look and finish of a real car. The set comes with new plastic steering knuckles and rear hub carriers in order to be able to install the callipers, which will be shaped to match our latest spec settings. The new steering knuckles are set for the optimum trail and kingpin angle which where referenced from the dynamics of a real drift car so steering response is improved while increasing the looks while counter steering. The steering stopper and tie rod mounting positions are also updated to the latest specifications, and the operation when increasing the steering angle also becomes smoother. The rear hub carriers are designed with new upper arm attachment positions and this new positioning allows an increase in the range of setting the roll centre and the camber change to the rear, making it possible to positively utilise the roll especially when at a low grip surface such as P tile. By keeping more of the contact area when the chassis rolls by raising the upper arm attachment position this will ensure more stable grip in the lateral direction, for more aggressive drifting.

View the complete set here

September 12, 2018

Muchmore Fleta Pro V2 1S ESC

New from Muchmore is their 1S Fleta Pro V2 ESC. As the name suggests this speedo is suitable for use with 1S batteries and therefore aimed at 1/12th scale use. Made using a full aluminium case for better heat dissipation and therefore able to have higher current, its internal switch makes the wiring simpler as it removes the need for an external switch. A very small footprint (30.5 x 36.5 x 16.5mm) allows more options for its placement thus making balancing your car easier.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

September 12, 2018

Mon-Tech Racer precut body for Xray

New from Mon-Tech comes the precut version of their World Championship winning Racer body. As used by Bruno Coelho and Alexander Hagberg in South Africa, Mon-Tech now have the Racer body available for the Xray platform with the cutting and drilling already done. It is available in two versions, for carpet and asphalt, the difference being the body position.

Source: Mon-Tech [mon-techracing.net]