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August 28, 2018

Rob Janssen takes Dutch Touring Stock title

The fifth round of the Dutch Electric On-road Nationals was held in Utrecht recently. With two TQ runs Rob Janssen (Team Magic) would secure the pole position for the Touring Stock A-mains in front of Infinity’s Jitse Miedema. A1 was pretty much smooth sailing for Rob, however with the sun coming out for A2, things changed a bit on favour of Jitse who was hot on the heels of Rob for the entire main, however Rob brought home the win in A2 also, taking the day’s win and with it the overall title. Jitse Miedema came in 2nd, in front of ARC’s Frank Baggen.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

August 28, 2018

Tamiya Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Yaris WRC TT-02 kit

The latest body shell variant of Tamiya’s popular TT-02 entry-level 4WD touring car is the Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Yaris WRC. The shaft-driven chassis sports a longitudinal layout with the battery on the left and the motor on the right, giving great stability. In addition, it features identical left and right suspension arms and uprights for ease of assembly, plus easy-to-maintain gearboxes. It is a highly adaptable chassis, as it offers two different wheelbases, two ground clearance settings and two tread set-ups in addition to a range of ten possible gear ratios. It is not short on looks either, with brake disc-shaped wheel hubs and stylish front bumper supports. Gun metal colour dish wheels and tread-pattern tyres make for a racy finish. The kit comes including a detailed Yaris WRC body shell and a huge decal sheet.

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August 28, 2018

Ultimate Racing 8500mAh & 7000mAh LiHV batteries

Modelix Racing have introduced the new Ultimate Racing 8500mAh and 7000mAh LiHV battery packs. The standard-size batteries are built using high-quality silicon graphene cells for a low internal resistance and exceptional power supply in both modified and stock racing classes. The 8500mAh variant is 25mm tall and weighs in at 305g while the 7000mAh low-profile battery is 22mm high, weighing in at 278g. Both utilise a protective hardcases and high-current 5mm connectors.

View the 7000mAh pack here

August 28, 2018

RC-Lemans Series finale – Report

The final round of the RC-Lemans Series was held at the EVMC Velp track in The Netherlands. The season finale also was the warm-up for the forthcoming 29th German National Championships what will be held at the same track. Like last year the title decision would be made only at the final round with Kai and Tim Altmann battling it out for the overall in the fast LMP1 class. Over in LMP2 Stock Rainer Schad, with three wins, was in the best position for the overall. However local hero Mathijs Hermens and 2015 Champion Sascha Lennartz were still in the mix, making things entertaining.

Continue reading the report here

August 28, 2018

Joaquin Desoto Jr. wins at Great Lakes Challenge

The 2018 Great Lakes Challenge was hosted by the Toledo One Eights Racers in Northwood, Ohio last weekend. In the 1/8th Open 4WD A-main it was Serpent’s Ralph Burch with the overall TQ, however in the 30-minutes A-main event it was Serpent teammate, Joaquin Desoto Jr. with the win, a lap in front of Xray’s Mike Swauger. Capricorn’s Paolo Morganti came in 3rd, some eights seconds down on Mike. Scott Kimbrow and Lon Burling made up the top 5 while top qualifiers, Ralph Burch had to settle for 6th overall. Over in the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Sedan class it was DJ Apolaro with the TQ and win. DJ brought home the win with a 7-seconds margin from Mike Swauger while Ralph Burch rounded out the top 3 results. Diatta Collymore and Jeremiah Ward followed in 4th and 5th respectively.

Image: Joaquin Desoto Jr.

August 27, 2018

BRCA Touring Car Series Rd5 – Report

The final race in the BRCA Touring Car Series was a very wet and windy affair but despite the poor weather the Bedworth club put on a great event that was very well received by the strong 100 car entry. In the lead up to the last national of 2018 Olly Jefferies had dominated testing in the Modified class and despite a lack of traction in round one which saw him down the order the Xray driver went on to take TQ and in doing so setting an impressive record of taking TQ at every UK national this season and in 2017. Lining up behind Jefferies on this occasion was his team mate Alex Hagberg with Elliott Harper 3rd for Schumacher.

Continue reading the report here

August 27, 2018

Urban Touring Series Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the Urban Touring Series was run this past weekend under scorching conditions at the rooftop circuit at the Singapore-based Urban PlaySpace. A smaller than usual field took to the start, but, with all the championship contenders in attendance, a highly competitive race was assured. In Saturday’s practice, it was PY Tang, Sean Lee and Dominic Quek that set the pace for the rest. Come race day, it was the same trio leading the way in qualifying. In Q1, PY Tang (ARC) drew first blood in the battle on new tyres, TQ-ing the round by almost 3 secs over Dominic Quek (Xray). PY would repeat in Q2, but by a significantly smaller margin of just 0.7s over Dominic. In Q3, Dominic finally managed to TQ – by 0.3s over PY – a qualifying round. In the final round of qualifying, it was the orange-white car of Dominic again who TQ-ed by a 0.5s margin. With two of the four qualifying rounds counting, PY would secure overall TQ by virtue of his faster Q1 time. Dominic would have to settle for a P2 start in the A-main, with Sean Lee (TRF) starting P3.

Continue reading the report here

August 27, 2018

SMJ 1/10th GP car 2-speed & clutch springs

SMJ have introduced new 2-speed transmission and clutch springs for 1/10th nitro on-road cars. The 2-speed springs come in soft specification while the clutch spring is a super soft variant – ideal for sport class engines such as the lightly tuned O.S. Max 12TG. The springs are available separately and they fit most of today’s 1/10th scale 200mm nitro on-road kits.

View the clutch spring here