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May 28, 2014

On the Grapevine – Austria

Grapevine Austria

Over the last month my work commute became a bit regular, well regular in terms of the destination country as I made three consecutive trips to Austria. The first of these was for the season finale of the Euro Offroad Series which thanks to a change to the weekend schedule would turn out to be the first time in the championships’ 11 races that on a Sunday evening as I did my final wrap up that I made the comment ‘I enjoyed that’. From there it was ETS action that brought me back to Austria, this time to a small town called Mattsee. In my time as Events Editor of Red RC I have got to meet many great people around the world but on that weekend I would get to meet someone who a few years ago as a huge motoring fan I would never have expected to meet let alone be invited to have dinner with. While appreciative of its picturesque countryside and enjoying every second of driving on its twisty mountain roads my Austrian ‘tour’ would unfortunately end on a very damp note as the rain did everything in its power to try and prevent the running of the second round of the new Euro Nitro Series.

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May 28, 2014

RSD TC6.2 RSD7 carbon fibre chassis

Available now from Reflex Racing is the RSD7 carbon fibre chassis for the Team Associated TC6.2 touring car. The shape of the chassis has been engineered so that the car can roll and pitch more naturally, increasing the traction and the steering of the TC6.2, which translates into more corner speed and stability. This is further assisted by the reduced width of only 85mm that has been chosen to promote more roll in the corners as well as allow to run a lower ride height when necessary. On top of that the battery position is pushed further back to increase corner entry steering. Other features include mounting holes for an optional and soon available motor mount and drilled holes underneath the front bellcranks allow easy access to the inverted bellcrank screws. Optional keyed-in carbon fibre battery holders are available separately.

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May 28, 2014

Kwon Chan-woo takes win at Sweep Challenge Rd2

The 2nd round of the Korean Sweep Challenge was held at the Milyang indoor asphalt track. TOP Racing’s Kwon Chan-woo took the TQ and win in the Touring Car Modified class over the Awesomatix duo of Jeong Gu-Gil and Ahn Joung-hyeon for a back-to-back TOP Racing victory in this racing series.

Source: T.O.P. [top-racing.jp]

May 28, 2014

LAMAC Open 2014 – Announcement

The Lavanttaler Modell Auto Club in Austria is celebrating their 30 year anniversary with the LAMAC Open race on the weekend of the 29th of June. The event is open for 1/10th electric, 1/10th touring, 1/8th track and 1/8th GT/Rally cars with the club focussing on a fun race and tech talk. To make for a special atmosphere, two qualifying rounds will be held on Saturday night under floodlight. More information about the event can be found here and race entries can be made using MyRCM or via email.

May 28, 2014

Exotek SRX2 direct spur mount

Exotek Racing introduce this direct spur mount for Serpent’s SRX2 series of buggies. Designed for the use in stock motor classes and oval racing, the spur mount eliminates the slipper assembly in order to make for a lighter drivetrain which improves acceleration and lowers the running temperatures of the motor. The hub assembly weights in at only 5.8g, which is almost the half of the stock slipper assembly and the design allows for easy switching between the gear hub an the stock slipper assembly when conditions call for it.

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May 28, 2014

Hagberg & Luhur win at Singapore Open

The 2014 Singapore Open was held at the beautiful and newly resurfaced East Coast PA track in Singapore. Some 60 entries in three different classes battled for the wins. In 1/10th 200mm it was Singapore’s Nicholas Lee who managed to take the TQ, just in front of Alexander Hagberg in 2nd place. Both driver were a lot faster than the competition and it looked like the two would battle it out for the win on Sunday. Unfortunately, Nicholas hit mechanical problems in his semifinal and did not proceed to the final. Alexander had better luck and managed to win the semi B to take the pole position for the main final.

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May 28, 2014

Sanwa SRG aluminium servo case

German Sanwa distributor LRP introduce an aluminium upper and lower servo case for the Sanwa SRG servo. Included in the set, that greatly increases the strength and stability of the servo, are CNC-machined and gun metal anodised aluminium cases, four screws and two rubber seals to replace the standard plastic parts on the SRG servo. Although not official stated it is understood that the aluminium case is only usable with the standard size SRG-CZ but not the low-profile SRG-BL or -BLS.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

May 28, 2014

Deniz Aksüt wins at Turkish buggy offroad series Rd1

The first round of the Turkish 1/8th buggy offroad series was held at the Snappy Raceway in Istanbul over the weekend. In the E-buggy class, run on Saturday, Serpent’s Deniz Aksüt dominated the proceedings by taking the TQ, win and fastest lap. For Sunday’s nitro buggy race Deniz was able to conserve his performance as he again took the TQ, the win and the fastest lap in the 45 minute final.

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