The 3rd round of the Austrian 1/8th off-road championship was held in Waidhofen. Martin Wollanka took TQ and also the pole position after the semifinals. In the main Martin was on a mission again, taking the win 3 laps ahead of Maximilian Hauenschild. Werner Spannbruckner completed the top 3 result.
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Oli Meggitt and the Essex Winter Series team have announced that they will be taking their style of racing event to the next level, by holding an outdoor race meeting later this Summer. The Essex Summer Series will be a one-off meeting, to be held on the weekend of the 13th and 14th September 2014 at the Brooklands Raceway, near Ashford, Kent, in the South East of the UK. Classes for the event will be Open Modified, and the debut in the UK of a new Super Stock class – 13.5 “Blinky” zero timing – which is already extremely popular across Europe, Asia and the United States. Any BRCA approved 13.5 turn motor can be used, with any zero-timing “blinky” speed controller and a maximum gear ratio of 4.0. Controlled tyres for both classes will be the popular Sorex 32 RY. Entries will open shortly here. You can also check out the EWS Events Facebook page for regular updates and to ask any questions here. If there are any international drivers interested in competing, you can contact Oli Meggitt (oli.meggitt@gmail.com) for more information and help with travel plans.
The German 1/8th Nitro and Electric Truggy nationals was held last weekend. In the nitro class young TLR driver Burak Kilic took the win in the 40 minute final while Max Heydenreich came in 2nd some 2 laps down. Marcel Paul completed the podium in 3rd position.
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HPI introduce this bronze wheel set for the revitalised Micro RS4 1/18 scale cars. Containing three pairs of front wheels and three pairs of rear wheels the set offers three different rim designs of mesh, flat 5-spoke and flat 6-spoke wheels. They are usable on all Micro RS4 models and are ideal to give the car a new look instantly.
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Spec-R introduce a set of double joint driveshafts for the Xray T4 and the Spec-R R1, S1 and S2 kits. The driveshafts are made from high quality spring steel, they feature strong retaining clips for the cross pins and include a set of narrow inner ball bearings.
Source: Spec-R [spec-r.com]
This past weekend the 4th round of the Dutch 1/8th scale nationals was hosted by the friendly people of the Model Auto Race Genk club in Belgium. The weekend was characterised by the weather. Saturday’s practice was pretty much washed away by the rain with only two dry hours at the very end of the practice. Sunday started dry, but after the 3 qualifying rounds it started to rain again.
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The 4th round of the French 200mm nitro on-road championship was held at the Lentilly track near Lyon. In the National class, it was Maxime Legay who took the TQ position in front of Philippe Martineau and Stephane Campourcy while in the Elite class, Leo Arnold had a tremendous third qualifying round to take the overall TQ. Basile Concialdi came in 2nd and Quentin Leroux held the 3rd spot.
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Muchmore Racing introduce their Perfect 0.5mm step 1/10th off-road ride height gauge. Made from aluminium and coming black anodised and laser-engraved, the tool allows to precisely measure ride height values of 15mm to 25mm in 0.5mm increments. The white height markings on the top and side of the gauge help with visibility when measuring on whatever part of the chassis.
Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]
