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June 13, 2017

Kurzbuch & Lüscher win Rd3 of Swiss Nats

Last weekend the 3rd round of the Swiss nationals took place under summer conditions at the AMCS track in Schaffhausen. Already in practise the drivers noticed the high tyre wear and that the right strategy would be important for the finals. In the 1/8th scale class it was Simon Kurzbuch (Shepherd/Novarossi) winning 3 out of 4 qualifying rounds to take the TQ for the main final. Silvio Hächler (ARC/OS) won the super pole to join his friend and rival at the front of the starting grid by outpacing Jürg Nydegger (Shepherd/OS) by fractions of a second. In the main final Simon showed another great performance. Only during the tyre changes Silvio could take over the lead for some laps. In the closing stage Silvio suffered a flame-out so Simon took it easy for the final laps and crossed the finishing line in first position followed by Silvio Hächler with Luca Martinelli taking the final podium spot.

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June 13, 2017

Willert dominates Class 2 at Mid-German Nats Rd2

The second round of the Mid-German nationals was held at the MSC Kirchheim track. Shepherd driver Christian Willert was the man to beat in the 1/8 class 2 group which was the biggest class with 26 participants. In qualifying he was fastest to take the TQ lining up at the front of the grid for the main final. As in qualifying the first 4 drivers directly advance to the main final also his Shepherd colleague Markus Friedrich claimed a spot for the final in 4th position.
The main final was a clearr-cut affair for Christian as he was leading unchallenged from the start to the checkered flag. He crossed the finishing line 5 laps in front of Sven Lienhop with Markus Friedrich completing the podium another lap down, both also running a Velox V8 making it a full Shepherd podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 13, 2017

Western German Championship Rd3 report

The fast 310-metre track of Hamm was the arena for round three of the Western German Championship for the 1/8 and 1/10 scale nitro classes. A total of 57 nitro racers made their entry and were welcomed by excellent weather with temperatures up to 30 degrees. Following intensive practice on Saturday, the heat was on to qualify for the German Nationals on Sunday.

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June 13, 2017

Serpent 4X vertical top-deck option

New for the Serpent 4X comes this double vertical top-deck and top-deck stiffeners. The new top-deck is the base for all the new flex options and it consists of two equal shaped vertical oriented 2.5mm carbon fibre plates. The plates are connected to the front and rear suspension with a machined aluminium adaptor plate and unlike flat top-decks, the vertical oriented double top-deck still allows for a lot of linear torsional flex, but basically eliminates any longitudinal tweaking and reduces torsional tweak drastically. It can be run in addition to the kit aluminium centre stiffener. The H-shaped stiffener plate can be removed when the top-deck is used to create more flex in the front and rear section of the car. To stiffen up the assembly further, there are two top-deck stiffeners available which connect the vertical double top-deck to the centre stiffener/motor mount assembly. Both can be used individually, to tune front and rear flex individually.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

June 12, 2017

Schumacher BTCC Rd3 – Report

The Schumacher BTCC series Rd3 moved on to the midlands based Stafford track this weekend. Over the four classes there were some epic battles across the board. In modified the usual suspects Olly Jefferies, Elliott Harper and Chris Grainger were battling it out for top spot in what were tricky conditions for the high powered cars. Super high winds and lower traction after overnight rain made it tough for the competitors. Olly pipped Elliott for overall TQ by less than a second after the tie break of two wins each, Chris Grainger qualified third. In the two legged finals Olly took the wins ahead of Elliott with Zak Smith coming from 4th on the grid up to 3rd overall.

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June 12, 2017

Jokerteam GT12 Championship Rd4 – Report

With track temperatures reaching 57°C degrees during the afternoon’s finals, the drivers who gathered in Bolzano (Italy) for the fourth round of the Jokerteam 2017 GT12 Championship struggled to find the right setup for their cars in order to allow the tires to last the whole 6 minutes of each A-main. With the Championship being at the half-way mark and Mattia Dall’Oca being able to deliver a hat-trick in the previous rounds, bets were on in the pits to see if the Team Schumacher driver was able to make it four in a row.

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June 12, 2017

Dominic Quek takes rd6 of Urban Touring Series

Round 6 of Singapore’s Urban Touring Series saw a bigger than normal turnout this past weekend. With most of the top Singapore drivers participating, Dominic Quek (Xray) was made to work for his 5th win of the season. The morning’s seeding practice saw Leonard Sim (Awesomatix), who finished 2nd in Round 5, state his intentions when he put in the quickest 3-lap run. PY Tang (ARC), making his first appearance of the year in the series, would be seeded 2nd just 0.062 secs behind, while series leader Dominic was seeded 3rd.

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June 9, 2017

Caroli & Laubscher win Rd2 of South African 1/12th Nats

The second round of the 2017 South-African ORE 1/12th national championship series was held at the Welkom RC Arena on Saturday 03 June 2017, host of the WC in 2018. Most of the drivers arrived Friday for some practise and setup and from the practise times set it was clear that the local man Antonio Caroli was the driver to beat in Modified and Francois Laubscher in the 13.5T blinky stock class.

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