Last weekend saw the Polish 1:10 Electric Buggy championship organized by Polish Model Car Federation take place in Warsaw. The biggest off-road event in the season in Poland attracted more than 40 drivers in both 2WD and 4WD classes. The 2 days event was organized in a comfortable format for the drivers and mechanics with half a day 2WD and half a day 4WD which allowed many drivers to race in both classes.
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Some new items from Schumacher with the release of this new Ackerman mod for the Cat SX3 that allows more outer wheel lock compared to a standard set up. Consequently it gives a more positive feel to the steering input allowing faster potential lap times. For the Cougar SV2 there is the new cab forward body, giving a more aggressive steering feel to the mid motored buggy. Supplied pre-cut with window masks and Schumacher decals. Finally there is this excellent rubber pit mat with Schumacher Logo. Measuring 750mm x 500mm this extremely flexible pit mat is a must for your pit tables featuring indented compartments to keep your tools and parts from rolling away.
The schedule for the sixth season of the Euro Touring Series has been finalised with the exciting news that the Hudy Racing Arena in Slovakia will open its doors to its first international race meeting by hosting the season finale of the world famous electric touring car championship next Summer. The official test track of reigning ETS Pro-Stock Champions Xray, Round 6 of the upcoming season is scheduled as an outdoor event but should the local weather give rain for the July 19-21st date the state of the art facility can quickly switch to an indoor event ensuring racers who make the trip to the historical city of Trenčín will still get to race no matter what the weather. The other big announcement for the new season is that Modified champions Yokomo will continue as title sponsor for a third consecutive season with the series to continue to be officially known as the Yokomo Euro Touring Series.
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Xray release this XB9 factory pre-assembled brake pad set for consistent and precise braking. High-precision, ultra-efficient steel brake pads are CNC-machined and precision ground on both sides for an ultra-smooth surface finish to guarantee maximum braking efficiency. Brake pad backing plates are heat-treated for maximum lifespan. Special high-grip brake pad material is specially bonded to backing plates for high resistance to generated heat build-up. Sold in a set of 4.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Team Shepherd have introduced the latest optional part for the Velox V8. The CNC-machined rear aluminium driveshafts are more than 50% lighter than the standard ones and help to increase the acceleration due to less rotating mass in the drive train. Manufactured from premium German 7075 T6 aluminium they are hard coated for extra durability and wear resistance and are available now.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
With racers all home from FEMCA in Pattaya things settled back in to the Southern Super League round 4 this weekend in Johor Bahru Malaysia. Once again David Aw and Sunny Wong delivered a new layout for the racers. Many spent Saturday settling in to the new track and finding the fast lines and places to pass. The track designers had made this a challenge with plenty of tight sections that really challenged the buggies and drivers. With 120 drivers entered, qualifying would be 3 rounds of 7 minutes with the best run to count. Finals would revert to standard IFMAR Christmas tree with everyone progressing through a semi to the main.
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Associated have released some new parts for their 1/8th range of cars starting with this optional gear set. This new ring and pinion gear set provides an optional gear ratio that smooths out power delivery of both 1:8 gas and electric vehicles. Each vehicle type requires two sets and the new final drive ratio introduced by the optional gear set requires a change in your gearing. Also to simplify and streamline the kit-building process, Team Associated’s new universal differential outdrive is designed to replace previous outdrives for the RC8 and SC8 line of vehicles. Suitable for RC8, RC8.2, RC8.2e, RC8T, SC8 and SC8.2e kits and RTRs.
The 2WD modified & stock Off-Road German Championships took place last weekend. In 2WD modified Absima TeamC team driver Oliver Scholz showed excellent performance throughout the entire race weekend with his TeamC TC02C 2WD buggy. After 5 rounds of qualifying Oliver set the TQ pace and would start the A Finals from the number 1 spot. With a perfect start to finish run in A Final leg 1 Oliver also could wrap up the title in Leg 2. In Leg 2 he lost his position on the first lap but impressively closed the gap to the race leader Joern Neumann whom he passed half way through the race and went on to extend the lead to win by 5 seconds ahead of Joern and wrap up the overall title.
Source: TeamC [teamcracing.net]
