Radtec have introduced the progressive shock system sets for the Xray T4 and Yokomo B7-2016. Making use of a common design the sets include 7075-T6 aluminium inserts for the shock bodies as well as plain pistons made from POM material. The part’s design makes for a progressive damping feeling which can be beneficial especially on outdoor asphalt tracks with specific sets being available for the Xray and Yokomo cars.
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Round four of the French 200mm National Championship was held in sunny weather conditions and hot temperatures. Going into the penultimate round, Quentin Leroux and Basile Concialdi both were in the position to grab the overall win early with a second place being good enough for Quentin to take the title. The qualifiers were run in a best of three consecutive laps mode and the opening qualifier went to Basile with a 52.65s in front of Quentin with a 52.95s. Following some setup changes Quentin was able to better his time to a 51.92s, also setting a new track record with a 17.31s. Q3 then held no improvements as a slower track allowed Quentin to grab the overall TQ from Basile who was followed by Nicolas Bougnoteau and Michael Derderian.
Round four of the Swiss Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Langenthal track. In the 1/10th 200mm main final Xray’s Maurice Lüscher walked away with the win from Raphael Wicki (Xray) and Traugott Schär (Xray) in second and third respectively. Kevin Lehnherr (Xray) and Dominik Mucnjak (Shepherd) completed the top 5 result.
The 2016 Hot Race Cup will be held at the Riccione track in Italy on the weekend of the 31st of July. The race will be held in the five classes of Touring Car Modified, Touring Car Pro Stock 13.5T, Formula, PanCar 1/10 and then new promotional class Cinquone 299 with the best Italian drivers as well as international making an appearance. The Touring Modified class will see a special race format with the B-main drivers having a hot lap race as a last change bump-up into the A-main. In addition to the race the event will see the famous beach party on Saturday evening with a DJ set, free drinks and many more. For more information on the event feel free to check Hot Race Tyres Facebook page here.
The German MC Ettlingen club hosted its first ever electric race in 40 years of club history this past weekend. The event attracted a good amount of racers from France, Switzerland, Austria and Germany to race in the four classes of Pro10 Modified and Stock, as part of the RC Lemans South series, as well as 1/8th Electric On-road Modified and Stock. In 1/8th Modified it was nitro specialist Patrick Nähr who secured TQs in all three qualifiers while also setting an unofficial new track record of 12.5s during Saturday’s practice. Oliver Mühlhauser and Adrian Burren completed the top 3 result.
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The fast open layout of the Halifax track hosted round three of this season’s BRCA Touring Car national series and after three rounds the Modified class has now seen three different winners. This weekend it was Xray’s Olly Jefferies who took the spoils taking TQ and the overall victory in tricky constantly changing weather conditions. Right up to the last final drivers had to be on their toes, two minutes in to the last Modified A-final the rain came and with all drivers on slicks it was one of the slowest finals held at Halifax for a long time, but Jefferies kept it on the tarmac to take the win over the Team Associated of Chris Grainger and Schumacher’s Elliott Harper, with each of these drivers taking a round win so far the series now really opens up with two rounds still to go.
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The fifth round of the BRCA National series took place at the Cotswold Model Car Club, returning to this track for the second time this season. Run alongside the Nitro classes, the race would see nice weather and as the 1/8 electric drivers are now figuring out their electronics packages, they’re edging closer and closer to the ultimate pace of the .21 engine nitro cars, all though it is clear to see that the electric cars have huge amounts of torque, the 4S battery limit is making the cars a little slower down the main straight. New comer Alex Thurston was setting the pace and it was looking somewhat ominous for the drivers behind him as he had such a pace advantage. Sunday morning headed into the qualifying which was dry and most drivers managed to get good clean runs in every round. After four rounds of qualifying the Electric A-final would line up as follows:
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Round five and round six of the Swiss Racing Cup were recently held at the Sitterdorf track. In the 1/10th 200mm class, Patrick Fankhauser (Xray) qualified on the 4 spot during Saturday’s round five, but winning the semifinals allowed him to grab the pole position for the A-main that then saw Patrick being under pressure of TQ holder Philipp Buehler (Xray). Positions swapped due to a small mistake by Patrick but swift refuelling by his dad got him back into the lead that he would hold onto until the end to take the day’s win from Philipp Buehler with Michael Schäfer (Xray) completing the top 3 result.
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