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July 10, 2018

Diatta Collymore wins at King of Cali Race

This past weekend Speedworld Raceway & Hobby located in Roseville California, hosted the annual King Of Cali race that had drivers from all over California dish it out in their respected classes for both Nitro and Electric On-Road in order to fight for the title and the crown. In the competitive Nitro Touring class and after qualifying it was Bryce Butterfield with the TQ from Diatta Collymore in 2nd. The main started out with some pretty close racing between Diatta and Bryce and after a mistake in the deadly chicane from Bryce, Diatta was eventually able to bring it home and take the crown while setting overall fast lap. Bryce would end the race on the 2 spot while Chet Miller had to settle for 3rd overall.

Thanks to Diatta Collymore for the report.

July 10, 2018

French 1/8th IC Track Nats Rd4 – Report

This past weekend the fourth round of the French 1/8th IC Track Nationals took place at the ARCA16 club in Angoulême in the centre of France. Great weather with temperatures close to 35°C in the shade, and a very fast and demanding track awaited the drivers. In the National class, it was Simon Bergoin with the TQ followed by Faisal Affejee. In the Elite class, it was Stef Bouche who took the TQ honours just ahead of Arnaud Mathieu, after a very tight qualifying between the first 8 drivers.

Continue reading the report here

July 10, 2018

AOC 2018 Australia – Report

Round 3 of the AOC 2018 season was held in Melbourne, Australia on a temporary carpet track that was being set up at the Gloria Pyke Netball Complex located in the Dandenong suburb of the city. The event was run together with the South Eastern Radio Controlled Car Club and the large 38x20m track with a fun and technical layout got praised from the drivers. The Modifed Touring class wasn’t business as usual for Jan Ratheisky for the triple A-Mains. He had pulled off some of the fastest runs of his Modified Touring career to TQ ahead of a couple of former world champions. At the start of the A1 main, Ratheisky wasn’t going to have it easy. With Alexander Hagberg in tow, the racing stayed pretty close all race long as the two pulled ahead of the field and through back markers, Ratheisky was able to edge out Hagberg by 1 second.

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July 10, 2018

Yeah Racing TA06/M07/XV01 gear differential

Coming from Yeah Racing and made for Tamiya’s TA06, M07 and XV01 series of kits is a competition-grade gear differential. The set includes 50T and 52T gears and the respective diff cases with the overall design ensuring good sealing and thus reduced maintenance and service time. Also included in the kit are steel outdrives for low wear and exceptional durability as well as composite internal gears, a composite cross shaft and a diff locker.

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July 10, 2018

Frederic Santos wins Portuguese EP On-road Nats Rd4

The fourth round of this year’s Portuguese Electric On-road National Championship was held at the ARMAIA club this past weekend. In the sole Touring Stock class it was Hugo Miguel with the TQ from Nuno Duraes and Frederic Santos. In the triple A-main events Frederic Santos (Xray) would come out on top in A1 and A2 for the overall win as Nuno Duraes (Mugen) scored 3-2-1 finished for the overall runner-up spot. Hugo Miguel (Serpent) had to settle for 3rd overall, rounding out the podium results.

Image: Nuno Duraes

July 10, 2018

2018 Arrowmax Cup Rd1 – Report

The popular Arrowmax Cup returned to the AMA track in Guangzhou, China, last weekend for the opening round of the series. The event was held in Touring Modified, Touring Stock and 21.5T Formula classes and in Touring Mod it was Lo Man Hau with the TQ and win from Fung Chiu Chi 2nd and Siu Bo 3rd. The 13.5T Stock class was TQ’d and won by Ali in front of Jiu Jiu Chan 2nd and Moon in 3rd while the 21.5T Formula class win went to Ho Hai Ben from La Ka Wing and Lo Man in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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July 10, 2018

ArndtCraft MTC-1 Carbon X-treme front bumper brace

ArndtCraft have introduced their new Carbon X-treme front bumper brace for the Mugen MTC-1 touring car. The simple and elegant carbon brace provides protection in front end collisions, from the addition of a support point of contact. Proven to increase durability and body folding under impact it is also designed for minimal weight while maintaining necessary rigidity. The part is CNC machined and designed from 2mm US spec carbon fibre and can be used in conjunction with the factory carbon body post support and utilising factory bumper hardware.

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July 10, 2018

John Bruins wins at Dutch EP On-road Nats Rd4

The popular Heemstede track in the Netherlands played host to round 4 of the Dutch Electric On-road Nationals this past weekend. In the Touring Stock class it was John Bruins who set the pace to take the pole position for the A-mains in front of Rob Janssen and Tjitte Miedema. After the A-mains it was again John who held the upper hand with Rob Janssen, who had a difficult A1, managing to stay on the 2 spot in front of Max Hordijk. Florian Joos and Tjitte Miedema would round out the top 5 results.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]