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June 7, 2018

Green & Nutting win at British Open

Round four of the BRCA 1/8 Circuit Nationals took place down in Kent at the Brookland circuit in a joint meeting with the 1/10 section, around 80 drivers were competing which made for a good atmosphere. The Brookland circuit layout is made up of big straights and hairpins with a chicane in the middle meaning horsepower and good fuel consumption is very important. For this year the circuit was partly resurfaced and much better than the previous years although still quite unforgiving if you touched the high kerbs. Temperatures were high with sunshine throughout the weekend, qualifying used the round by round system for this event with Mark Green (Serpent) taking pole position having found an engine to do five minutes without a fuel stop, ahead of Alex Thurston (Serpent), Tim Wood (Shepherd), Andy Hastings (Shepherd) and John Carr (Shepherd). For the 30-minute final many of the key front runners had technical issues allowing Mark to win by three laps from John Carr and Neal King (Capricorn).

View the Electric top 3 results here

June 7, 2018

WRC GTX aluminium servo saver

WRC Racing have introduced a new adjustable aluminium servo saver for the GTX 1/8th on-road car. It utilises a 7075-T6 aluminium servo saver body that comes hard anodised for wear while the included three carbon fibre Ackermann levers allow for a total of nine different steering Ackermann settings. The servo saver is sold as a complete kit including mounting hardware.

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June 7, 2018

XRS South-East Asia Philippines – Report

The Philippines-based Bacolod Ceres Speedway recently played host to round one of the Xray Racing Series South East Asia. Racers from all over the country attended the race that was held in 13.5T and 17.5T Touring classes. Rain delayed the start, however that also meant racers would avoid the hot asphalt conditions, equalling faster lap times and even closer qualifiers. In the 13.5 class, Taka Yuichiro would take commanding 1st place finishes while Paolo Rojas would take 2nd and Gabby Vargas would take 3rd. In the 3rd round, Paolo Rojas would lead the qualifier over Taka but a small error would eventually cost him the position and awarded the overall TQ to Taka, after having taking 1st in three of the four qualifiers. In the last qualifying heat, Gabby Vargas would make a few set up changes to edge out Paolo Rojas which would prove sufficient to place him in 2nd on the grid over Paolo who finished 2nd in each heat.

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June 7, 2018

Reedy roll out new Wolfpack LiPo battery packs

Coming from Reedy’s Wolfpack intermediate-level series of battery packs are three new offerings. First up is the 2100mAh 30C HV pack with dimensions of 87.2×32.2×18.4mm. The hardcase battery weighs in at 96g and utilises 3.5mm sockets. The second new battery is a 1600mAh offering built from 30C standard voltage cells. The softcase pack measures 88.0×29.9×16.5mm, it weighs in at 87g and comes pre-soldered with a T-plug connector and JST XH balancer port. The two above batteries are ideal especially for small-scale vehicles while the third new pack, the Pro SB 2100mAh 20C 4S battery is the ideal power source for starter boxes. The softcase pack offers a small footprint and a light weight, making it easier to transport and handle starter box. The battery measures 106.5×34.1×26.5mm and it weighs in at 210g.

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June 6, 2018

2018/19 Xray Racing Series UK – Announcement

For the 2018/19 season of the XRS UK the popular series is going to have some improvements including a change of a venue. The races will be held on a large 30x16m indoor ETS carpet track with a large pitting area and in a heated, centrally located location. Saturday is race day and the series kicks off on the 13th of October at the Newbury RCC in Newbury, UK. More information can be found here.

June 6, 2018

Reedy HV 30mm motor cooling can

Coming from Reedy is their new high-voltage compatible 30mm motor cooling fan. It comes with a handy 195mm extension and is simple to install by plugging directly into the receiver where it operates off BEC voltage. Because it has HV capability, it can also be soldered directly to ESC battery terminals to achieve 24000 RPM and maximum cooling. Installing in the vehicle is as easy as double-sided tape or fitting it to a fan mount or heat sink.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

June 6, 2018

RC Lemans Series Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the 2018 RC Lemans Series was held in Düren, Germany recently. The track recently underwent some refurbishment with new track barriers fitted and in time for the event the club also laid down a fresh coat of sugar water to up the traction. Saturday kicked off with the practice rounds in beautiful weather and after a couple of runs the traction came up really nicely, making for low lap times and smiling faces all around. Sunday race day again started off in sunny weather, however there was a chance of rain in the afternoon. In the Modified LMP1 class it was a 4-horse battled for the overall TQ between Timo Schad, Tim and Kai Altmann as well as Reinder Wilms and after three rounds of intense qualifying it was Timo on pole followed by Kai, Reinder and Tim.

Continue reading the report here

June 6, 2018

Lehmann wins at West German IC Track regionals Rd2

The second round of the West German IC Track regionals was held at the Dormagen track last weekend. In the premier 1/8th class it was class newcomer, Benjamin Lehmann with a popular win. Already during the qualifiers he showed a good pace while also being the only driver to pull 20 laps in five minutes without having to refuel. Christian Wurst came in 2nd ahead of Frank Schewiola. In the final, Benjamin decided to change only the rear right tyre at the first fuel stop, while the competitor decided to change all four tyres about mid-race. It was clear early on that the race should be decided in the final minutes. Thanks to faultless driving, Benjamin was able to bring home the win followed by Christian Wurst only three seconds behind and Daniel Toenessen completing the podium a lap down.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]