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June 4, 2018

Caroli & Laubscher win at SA 12th Nats Rd3

The third round of the 2018 South-African ORE 1/12th National Championship series was held at the Welkom RC Arena. In the 1/12 Modified class and after missing round 2 due to his host responsibilities at the pre-worlds, local Xray driver Antonio Caroli showed good early pace during practice with Marius van Niekerk, Shaun Schutte, Willie du Plooy and Wayne Joelson also running good fast laps. Ultimately it was Antonio Caroli who managed to secure TQ with Marius van Niekerk and Willie du Plooy starting from 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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June 4, 2018

Mibosport Summer Race – Report

The Mibosport Summer Race was held this past weekend in Blansko with 43 entries for the four classes of Touring Modified, Stock LRP, Formula, Hobby and a Nitro class. The Touring Modified class was held in a Reedy-style system. During all six rounds it was a battle for the overall victory between Michal Bok, Radek Flek and Matěj Šulc. In the end Michal Bok was able to take the day’s win with Matěj and Radek in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

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June 4, 2018

Jeffrey Rietveld wins at Dutch IC Track Nats Rd3

The third round of the Dutch IC Track National Championship was held at the MAC Heemstede track this past weekend. In the premier NK class it was Jeffrey Rietveld with the TQ after the qualifiers from Joey Sorber 2nd and Arie Manten 3rd. In the 30-minute main final Jeffrey was able to conserve his qualifying performance as he took a dominant win some four laps in front of Arie Manten in 2nd and Martin Zevenhoven in 3rd. Over in the slightly slower Nomac Cup it was Stanley Bauer with the win from Alex Everling 2nd and Ad Arents 3rd.

Image: Jeffrey Rietveld

June 4, 2018

T-Works titanium downstop screws

T-Works have introduced new downstop screw sets for a range of vehicles. The hardware is available in M3x8mm, M4x8mm and M4x10mm dimensions with the M3 screws featuring a 1.5mm hex section while the M4 screws utilise 2.0mm hex tools. The precision machined screws feature a round head for precise droop setting adjustment with the shape ensuring the chassis is not getting damaged and they are available in 4-piece packages.

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June 4, 2018

Ales Bayer wins Czech Large Scale Nats Rd3

The third round of the Czech Large Scale On-road Nationals was hosted by the ARC Slavkov club last Saturday. The weekend featured round 3 on Saturday with round 4 being held on Sunday. Ales Bayer was in control of things on Saturday as he took a pretty dominant TQ with a lap margin from Petr Rovny. In the 30-minute main final it was again Ales who excelled as he took the win some three laps in front of Petr Rovny, as Miroslav Jurenka came in 3rd, another two laps down.

Image: Ales Bayer

June 4, 2018

Andrew Shapland wins at Pro10 Winter Series

The first round of the Australian Pro Amps Hobbywing Pro10 Winter Series was held at England Park Raceway this past weekend. The TQ went to Jeff Hamon with 18 laps 5:14.376 as well as a new lap record of 16.359 but after the A-mains it was Andrew Shapland on the 1st spot from Clayton Hughes 2nd. Top qualifier, Jeff Hamon had to settle for 3rd overall. The second round will be held on the 30th of June.

Source: Pro10 Australia [facebook.com]

June 4, 2018

Scorpion to power the OneTen series

The organisers of the 2018/19 OneTen Series presented by Infinity are extremely pleased to announce Scorpion Power System as the official supplier of handout motors for the Stock class. This highly competitive class will be run with identical 13.5T motors from this well respected Hong Kong based brand, joining other well known race series around the World such as the ETS to run the famous gold and black power plants. The OneTen series kicks off on in Shanghai at RCI V2 on October 6-7 before going to Hong Kong in December for round 2, then on to Guangzhou in January for round 3 and ending back in Hong Kong in March. Scorpion handout motors will be available at each event with each entrant to the Stock class receiving one with their first entry.

More information, along with details on how to enter, can be found here.

June 4, 2018

Völker & Mächler win at TOS Apeldoorn

Round 5 of the Tonisport Onroad Series West Division was held at the Dutch Apeldoorn track over the weekend. The race attracted many racer from all over Europe and also overseas that tried to get some laps under their belts in preparation for the Dutch round of the 2017/18 ETS that will be held at the AMCA track later this month. In the premier Touring Modified it was the Yokomo duo of Ronald Völker and Christopher Krapp out in front with the two dominating the practice rounds, qualifiers and finals. After the qualifiers Ronald would obtain the TQ spot from Christopher 2nd and Xray’s Alexander Hagberg, who also took a round TQ, in 3rd. The finals then were a done deal for the Yokomo guys that snatched the 1-2 spots ultimately as Alexander Hagberg retained his qualifying position to round out the top 3.

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