The SLR Ingolstadt club in the South of Germany played host to the national HPI-Challenge Superlauf this past weekend. In the Touring Stock class it was Christian Donath who would sweep the qualifiers, taking an undefeated TQ from Jill Bartsch and Manuel Wagner. After the triple A-mains it was again the trio of Christian from Jill and Manuel.
Race Opt have released a couple of prototype images of their forthcoming MTS T3 4WD electric touring car kit. The car is based on a conventional carbon fibre double deck chassis constructions, however it uses sheet-type carbon fibre A-arms front and rear as well as blade-type anti-roll bars as they were common in 1/8th and 1/10th IC Track racing. Other features will include low-profile aluminium shock absorbers, a carbon fibre upper deck with integrated flex control system as well as a floating battery positioning system. Full details will become available in time for the release.
The Greek IC Track Cup was held at the Patra track recently. Lampros Tsiklitiras (Serpent) took the 4 spot after the 1/10th 200mm qualifiers, however after a flawless run in the main final and a perfect tyre strategy he was able to take the win by one lap in front of Vasilis Lykaris (Shepherd) in 2nd and Nikos Karampelas (Shepherd) in 3rd.
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The finale of the 2018 season of the Urban Touring Series was held this past weekend. With the last round having taken place more than two months ago in August, anticipation was high as Singapore’s top racers were keen to lock horns for the final showdown. This round was also special in that the race would concurrently serve as the Singapore National Championship event in the Touring Car Stock and also the Formula classes. Two titles were therefore up for grab in this one event. The weather had been gloomy all week leading up to the weekend. The Urban track crew was nonetheless tireless in their effort to prep the track daily after the rain to ensure maximum practice time for everyone. Come the race weekend, the weather cleared up, and everyone was able to enjoy almost uninterrupted Saturday practice and Sunday race day.
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Coming soon from Fantom Racing are their new Icon Pro Modified and Pro Spec electric brushless motors. The heart of the motors are the patented design stator and patent pending tuning pins with the two features promising greatly improved performance in terms of torque and RPM. The stator provides maximum torque and RPM while the tuning pins eliminate the need for stator screws while allowing to fine-tune RPM vs. torque. The motor is available in the most coming modified and stock windings and it is widely factory-tuneable in terms of rotors, bearings and other options.
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The final round of the 2018 Xray Racing Series Alpe Adria was held at the Tolmin track in Slovenia with entries from Austria, Croatia, Italy and Slovenia. The race was held in Touring Stock 13.5T XRS, Formula, 1/8th IC Track as well as 1/8th GT classes. In 1/10th Touring it was Alojzij Osvald who took the day’s win in front of Zeljko Selman. Patrik Pozgaj rounded out the all-Xray top 3.
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Team Silverback have introduced two new LiPo battery packs for Tamiya’s Dancing Rider trike. Available as 3000mAh high-capacity or 2500mAh high-performance pack, the batteries come pre-wired with a T-type battery connector. The 3000mAh pack measures 57.5×31.5x31mm at a weight of 111g while the 2500mAh battery measures 66×29.5×29.5mm at a weight of 119g.
The opening round of the HIT Series was held in Holesov, Czech Republic last weekend. The event was held in several electric off-road classes and in Touring Modified it was Matej Sulc who lead the way from Kuba Simurda and Karel Kratochvil. The finals didn’t change anything as Matej won all three finals for the win in front of Kuba Simurda and Karel Kratochvil.
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