The MCRT Aschaffenburg club played host to last weekend’s opening round of the Xray Racing Series Germany. The event started off with free practice on Saturday with Sunday being the race day. The Touring Modified class only attracted a handful of drivers with Dirk Gündra obtaining the pole position after the qualifiers and also the race win after the triple A-mains.
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Last weekend the opening round of the Tonisport Onroad Series took place at the VfR Rüsselsheim club in Germany. In the Formula class Shepherd’s Thilo Tödtmann dominated all heats he would also bring home the day’s win after two error-free finals. Joining him on the podium was Nils Heimlich also running a Shepherd car in 2nd, while Ulf Bohlender (Team Associated) had to settle for 3rd overall.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Vigor RC have introduced a range of carbon fibre parts for the Xray T4 2018 touring car kit. Available now are a 2.25mm and 2.0mm carbon fibre main chassis as well as 2.0mm and 1.6mm top decks, with the thinner chassis and top deck being best suited for low grip conditions. Also available are 3.0mm carbon fibre front and rear shock towers. All parts are CNC-machined from high-quality carbon fibre.
Italian company Capricorn has announced the addition of UK on-road frontrunner, Neal King to their team. Neal will be using Capricorn’s LAB C803 1/8th nitro on-road kit powered by One engines and had the following to say about the deal:
I would like to thank Patrizio for the opportunity to join the Capricorn team. I look forward to racing the Capricorn Lab C803 Evo with the “One” engines in in 2018.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
Xtreme Aerodynamics have introduced their all-new Gunner 1/10th 190mm touring car body shell. Developed for both indoor and outdoor conditions, the new body offers improved downforce without compromising corner speed or slowing down the rotation of the car. The body debuted last weekend, taking a 2nd in the competitive 13.5T class at the Italian UISP Indoor Nationals in the hand of Federico Barbieri.
Coming from Mugen are two new shock springs for the MTC1 electric touring car. Available very soon are the 1.58 linear, that is slightly harder than the kit springs, and the 1.46P progressive spring. The springs come in pairs, they sport a black surface coating for wear and laser-engraved markings for easy identification.
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The famous Mini Autodromo Jody Scheckter in Fiorano, Italy played host for fourth round of CRNS Championship, one of the last races in Italy before the winter break. In the Open 1/8th Nitro category it was Alberto Tedeschi who took home the win after a error-free drive. Following him on the podium was Emanuele Comoglio with Claudio Codazzi completing the podium another lap down.
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Xray have introduced new, lowered front suspension mounts for the T4 touring car. Machined from high-quality 7075 aluminium and coming orange anodised the mounts lower the hinge pins by 0.5mm compared to the kit parts for a higher roll centre setting and thus increased steering and traction in low to medium traction conditions. The 1-piece suspension hangers use the original composite suspension pin inserts and they are available separately.
