Hitec have announced the signing of Germany’s Thilo Tödtmann to their team. The 1/10th nitro on-road ace will use Hitec’s Lynx 4S radio system from now on and he has the following to say:
I tried the Lynx 4S at the ENS event in Ettlingen where I decided that this will be my new radio. The transmitter has very good ergonomics and it is super fast with its 12 bit transmission.
Source: Hitec [hitecrc.de]
The 1/8th and 1/10th Nordic Championships were held at the Swedish Lidköpings R/C Klubb in the three classes of 1/8th and 1/10th Nitro On-road as well as 1/10th Electric Touring Car and in challenging weather conditions. The 1/8th Nitro On-road class saw Sweden’s Mikael Fransson walking away with the win in the wet 30-minute final. Fellow countrymen Marcus Lindner and Hans Lyxell came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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Having had a recent and unexpectedly dry round at the Halifax track in Yorkshire recently, drivers made their way to the excellent Cotswolds model car club facility at the Kemble air field track in Cirencester last weekend for round 6 of the BRCA 1/10th IC championship. Numbers were slightly down, due to this fixture clashing with other series nationals elsewhere somewhat. However racers of the 200mm touring and 220mm GT class, made progress in setting their cars up on the Saturday for an expected wet race day. Sunday made qualification a difficult procedure and as predicted became a wet affair later on. Most drivers switched from car set up to attempting to solve water ingress issues to their electronics, chassis and engine intakes in the hope to be able to run a challenging 30 minute final. One particular driver, Mark Owen showed once again his good understanding of how to do this and how to drive in these conditions.
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The 2015 EFRA Large Scale Touring Car European Championship was held in Sollenau, Austria. Markus Feldmann (Mecatech) took the TQ after the qualifiers from Bernard Alain Arnaldi (Genius) and Ales Bayer (RS5), who set a new track record in qualifying. The 30 minute main final then saw a close fight for the win with Ales coming out successful less than 3 seconds in front of Bernard. Dario Veseli (Genius) rounded out the podium another 2.3 seconds down.
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The first round of the 2015 Muchmore UK GP Series took place at the Stonehaven circuit in Scotland this past weekend and combines with the series finale at a second round held at the Carlisle track on the 22nd and 23rd of August. In previous years, the Muchmore UK GP has attracted World Champion racers and has always been a launch platform for young RC talent destined for Regional, National and International competitions and it was local club racer Peter Eagles who took a clean sweep in all three of the A-main modified finals to take the round win, followed up by John Simpson in 2nd and Andrew Walters in 3rd.
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The second round of the Italian 1/10th Nitro On-road Nationals was held in Milazzo this past weekend. After the qualifiers Giuseppe Musolino took the TQ but in the finals it was Mario Spiniello who came out successful while Alessio Mazzeo scored the fastest lap in the main event. Davide Stefanizzi came in 2nd, Luda Redaelli rounded out the top 3 result.
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Round four of the Dutch Electric On-road Nationals was held at the RACO2000 track in Utrecht. The weather forecast for Saturday wasn’t very promising, so only a few drivers joined the open practice for testing and track time. In the morning it was dry, but around noon the clouds opened and the practice was washed away by a lot of rain. Most drivers packed their stuff and went home beside three brave guys who ultimately quit around 3 pm when things got even worse with a lot of wind and even more rain. On Sunday thankfully things were a lot different from the day before with nice and sunny weather. After three rounds of qualifying the Touring Modified class had Rob Janssen (Team Magic) taking the TQ from Jetze Reitsma (Spec-R) and Richard Arts (Tamiya). Touring Stock 13.5 saw Sybrand de Boer (Tamiya) coming out fastest from Fokke Groen (Xray) and Rick van den Akker (Xray). Finally in the Formula class Martijn van der Heijden (Xray) took the pole position for the finals from Axel Kleingeld (CRC) and Tim Jansen (Serpent).
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Over the past weekend the Nitro New York State Championship held at the historical Floyd Bennett Field Park in Brooklyn, New York. The atmosphere was great and racing was tight down to the finest tenth of a second. In the 200mm Sedan class it would be Capricorn team driver Chris Tosolini and Serpent team driver Vincent Jackson who would lead the way until Jackson would experience mechanical failures. Hot on their trail would be Xray driver Mike Cruz who would respectively finish second with Rob Bendall, also driving an Xray, would round out the podium.
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