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February 17, 2020

Michele Manzo wins at Swiss Indoor Championship

Round 4 of the Swiss Indoor Championship was hosted by the Mini Racing Chiasso club this past weekend. The event was held in a total of seven electric on-road classes and in Touring Modified it was Awesomatix driver, Michele Manzo with the overall TQ after winning three of the four qualifying rounds. The triple A-mains again saw Michele leading the way and with wins in all legs he took the overall from Antonino Mangiaracina (Awesomatix) in 2nd while Philipp Huber came in 3rd from best-of-the-rest, Khounmy Bui in 4th.

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February 17, 2020

Berg doubles at TMK Raceway Open Club Champs

The TMK Raceway of Tomelilla, Sweden held their Open Club Championship this past weekend in 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. The control tyre was a 45 shore foam for the front and a 35 foam for the rear, a setup that gained some popularity lately as it makes for fun and competitive racing on EOS carpet that already took some beating. The qualifying in both classes was lead by HB Racing’s Hampus Berg and the young man also lead the opening 2WD A-main until he hit a curb, 2-wheeled and flipped his buggy, putting him dead last. Ultimately he was able to recover to 2nd again following one of his best drives ever witnessed. A2 and A3 then were business as usual as Hampus lead the way to take the win in 2WD from Victor Gunnarsson (HB Racing) in 2nd and Oscar Berg (HB Racing), Hampus’ little brother, in 3rd. Over in 4WD Hampus took wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall from Joel Rosengren (Team Associated) in 2nd and Peter Blomgren (Xray) in 3rd.

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February 17, 2020

Rêve D high-grade carbon fibre effect wrap

Coming from Rêve D is their new high-grade carbon fibre effect wrap. The super real carbon fibre resembling wrap not only looks like real carbon fibre but it also offers a certain texture to further add to the appearance. Printed on a very flexible material the wrap is easily applied even on curved surfaces with additional flexibility available using a hairdryer to pre-warm the sticker. The wrap is ideally used on wings, body panels and mirrors of drift cars but also comes in handy to wrap transponders, receiver and servo cases to make for that ultra-stealthy appearance. The 230x300mm sheet will hit stores very soon.

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February 17, 2020

Serpent adjustable GT clutch set

Serpent have announced the release of their new SRX8GT clutch set. Using knowledge learnt from their heritage in 1/8th IC Track racing, a single adjustable centre spring eliminates the need for having multiple styles of springs in different specifications at hand, whilst ensuring great durability and reliability. In addition and to change the engagement point, simply add or reduce the pre-tension using the adjusting nut. Included in the kit is an ultra lightweight vented aluminium clutch bell including quality NSK bearings.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 17, 2020

Mauritian EP On-road Championship Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Mauritian Electric On-road Championship took place this past weekend at the RLMC RC track in Touring 10.5T Boosted and 1/8th Rallygame classes. In 1/10th Touring 10.5T Boosted it was Jovanni Appasamy with the win from Vansh Anjaheb on the runner-up spot. Danen Conjamalay ended the day on the 3 spot.

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February 17, 2020

Rasmussen TQs & wins at Danish On-road Champs Rd4

Round 4 of the Danish Electric On-road Championship was hosted by the Birkerød Radio Control Club this past weekend, attracting nearly 80 entries. In the Formula class, that sees an increase in popularity again, it was Jesper Rasmussen with the overall TQ from Ole Strandlyst in 2nd. In the triple A-mains Jesper again excelled and following wins in all three legs he brought home the overall from Kim Nielsen in 2nd and Ole Strandlyst in 3rd.

Image: Jesper Rasmussen

February 17, 2020

Cole Tollard doubles at 2020 Motorama

The 2020 Motorama event took place in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania this past weekend, attracting some of the fastest 1/8th off-road and dirt oval racers of the region. On the 1/8th dirt track it was Cole Tollard with the overall TQs in Expert Buggy and Expert and Cole would also bring home the overall victories in both categories, with 1-2-1 finishes in the triple 5-minute Expert Buggy A-mains while he wrapped up the Expert Truggy win already after the second A-main, allowing him to sit out A3. In Expert Buggy Ethan MacKanick And Paul Cicarello would round out the top 3 result while in Expert Truggy it was Adam Johnson and Anthony Mazzara who would round out the top 3.

Image: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

February 16, 2020

Karri Salmela wins at FinTrack Tour Rd3

Round 3 of the FinTrack Tour was held in Äänekoski, Finland this past weekend. The event saw the running of Touring Modified, Touring Pro Stock and Touring Stock classes and in Touring Modified, that attracted over 30 entries alone, it was Karri Salmela (Awesomatix) with the overall TQ from Pekko Iivonen (Schumacher) in 2nd. The triple A-mains then saw a clean sweep of Karri, who took wins in all three A-mains for the overall from Georgy Chmigal (Awesomatix) in 2nd. Pekko Iivonen came in 3rd to round out the top 3 from Kalle Lehto 4th and Kim Elfström in 5th.

Image: Karri Salmela