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October 24, 2017

Indonesian EP On-road Championship finale – Report

The final round of the Indonesian Electric On-road National Championship was held at East Speedway, Jakarta. The race attracted a total of 45 participants who battled for the national title. In the Touring Modified class it was Muhammad Izzah who secured the pole position after TQing Q2 and Q3 while Q1 belonged to Arya Seta. Bowie Ginting started from 2nd on the grid with Arya, Chandra Yosef and Christian Mamesah completed the top 5. The main final then was won by a calm Izzah who withstood high pressure to secure the overall win from Bowie and Christian.

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October 24, 2017

Xray X1 2018 1/10th Formula car kit

Xray have introduced the 2018 variant of their EFRA European Championship and ETS winning X1 formula car kit. The vehicle is based on the 2017 variant and features some subtle updates compared to the previous car. First up and most visible is an all-new chassis design with the ’18 main plate being 24mm narrower compared to the ’17 car in order to eliminate chassis scrub in high speed corners and when running on high-bite surfaces.

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October 24, 2017

XRS Slovenia Warm-up race – Report

The Genius Ring in Medeuzza played host for the XRS Slovenia Warm-up race this past weekend. Drivers from five different countries gathered and took the opportunity to get some laps under their belt in preparation for the upcoming season finale. In the Touring Modified class it was Andrea Ghilotti with the TQ and he also won the A-main to leave behind Sascha Klug on the runner-up spot and 3rd placed Florian Luyer, who rounded out the top 3 podium result.

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October 24, 2017

Arrowmax Asia Race Cup 2017 Hong Kong Rd1 – Report

Twin RC Speedway played host to round 1 of the Arrowmax Asia Race Cup Hong Kong. With most of the local stars attending the podium spots were hotly contested and only one TQ driver would successfully convert his pole position into an overall victory. In the Touring Modified class veteran racers, PC Boy and Stick King made for a great show. With PC Boy drawing the first blood and taking the TQ honour after the five rounds of qualifying, the final was a tight affair and would go down to the last leg before the winner would be declared.

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October 24, 2017

Nicolas Lee sweeps 2017 TIPS Championship

The 2017 Tamiya-Infinity-PRCA-Singapore Championship was held this past weekend. The event was held in the four classes of Touring Modified, Touring Boosted, Truck and Tamiya Mini and it attracted drivers from Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Sweden as well as local talent. The race was held on a pretty big nitro track and despite its size it made for some close racing. In the Touring Modified class it was Nicholas Lee who took the opening qualifier by 0.076 seconds from Akio Sobue and Nicholas also walked away with the TQ in the third qualifier, ahead of Akio Sobue and Naoto Matsukura, putting him in a good position for the overall TQ.

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October 24, 2017

Gerhard Kandelhart defends Austrian Championship title

Last weekend the last final round of the Austrian 1/10th 200mm Championship was held at the SFMAV track in Nußdorf. Despite the good weather forecast, on Saturday afternoon the track was still partly wet from overnight rain. The conditions made it very difficult to get a faultless run in and it was Gerhard Kandelhart who excelled in these conditions as he took all four qualifiers on home soil. Leonardo Varga secured the P2 spot for the final in front of Franz Engel, both having their problems with the track conditions.

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October 24, 2017

IGT8 GTe 1/8th electric GT kit

Coming from IGT8 is the GTe 1/8th electric GT chassis kit. Based on the successful IGT8 GT 2017 platform, the electric car has an optimised battery, motor and ESC layout to improve handling and corner speed. The car features a sturdy aluminium chassis, front and rear aluminium chassis braces, lightweight carbon fibre shock towers and centre bulkhead plate, as well as a sliding motor mount, a spacious composite battery compartment with hook & loop straps and also a large front bumper with carbon fibre body post brace. The kit accepts popular 1/8th GT bodies and it is available now.

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October 23, 2017

Capricorn C803 EP 1/8th electric on-road kit

Capricorn from Italy have announced the soon release of the C803 EP 1/8th electric on-road kit. Based on the C803 nitro car with whom it shares all suspension parts and geometry, the electric-powered kit was developed for the use with dual 2S shorty-style LiPo batteries. The car will become available as kit only and without electronics from end of October.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]