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Coming from Samix and made for the Element RC Enduro trail truck is a brass driveshaft cap set. Included are two thin and two thick driveshaft caps that add a total weight of 17g to some of the lower parts of the chassis, which results in improved climbing performance. In addition the caps ensure greater drivetrain durability while adding visual impact. The parts come as 4-piece set and they feature a black surface coating and gold-coloured Samix logos.

Source: Samix [rcsamix.com]

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Brooklands circuit in Kent hosted round 7 of the BRCA 1/8th IC Track Championship this past weekend. Weather conditions were favourable with no rain and Saturday saw a number of new and younger drivers attending which was great to see. The main final saw a battle between Mark Green, Tim Wood and David Spashett. Tim and Mark had a good battle up front whilst Dave was picking his way up the order after starting from 11th after a time delay. Wood passed Mark to take the lead early on, and at the chequered flag the result was 1st and fastest lap for Tim Wood, 2nd Mark Green, and 3rd David Spashett. The next race is the Halifax British Open later this month.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

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The fourth round of the Belgian Electric On-road nationals was held at the fast and flowing track of the MAC De Baanbrekers club in Rucphen this past weekend. Most drivers already arrived on Saturday for the open practices and in the Touring Stock class, Vincent Van Gansen was just 0.2 seconds shy of the track record whereas both Olivier Bultynck and Florian Joos slightly improved Florian’s 13.950 track record so Sunday’s racing promised to be exciting. Q1 of Touring Modified was a bit of a bombshell when Florian Joos smashed the track record to an astonishing 13.775 and the first 22 lapper in the history of the track. His new Xray prototype car seemed to be ideally suited for the track. Newly crowned European Stock Champion, Olivier Bultynck wasn’t far off with his Awesomatix as he too scored an amazingly fast 13.869 lap time. With new tyres, his pace over 5 minutes was a bit slower though. Mitchell Van Es, who was running his older electronics and batteries wasn’t far off, but couldn’t quite keep up on this power hungry track.

The other qualifiers were more or less the same story, except for Q3 when a setup change didn’t work for Florian and he decided to pull off after three laps and save his tyres. Florian Joos took the overall TQ, followed by Olivier Bultynck, Mitchell Van Es, a very strong Liam Van de Wouwer (ARC) and local hero Eddie Rombouts.

The finals would prove to be a nail biting affair because of the tyre tactics. Olivier decided to use his three runs old tyres to start A1 with. Florian made a last minute call to switch to old tyres as well whereas the rest of the field started on new rubber. When the buzzer went off, Florian’s car slid into the grass, probably because of the short tyre prep time. Olivier powered his Awesomatix into the lead and never looked back. He was followed by Mitchell and Liam. Both Eddie and Dimitri let Florian by as he tried to make up his 2.5 seconds deficit. Liam Van de Wouwer drove a magnificent race in his ARC mid car, but he lacked a bit corner entry steering. There was nothing he could do to keep Florian behind him. Olivier cruised to an easy victory and saved his tires in the process. This allowed Mitchell to finish within 1.5 seconds off Olivier with Florian, Liam and the former Belgian 200mm champion Dimitri de Baeker in 5th place.

The tyre strategy game continued for A2. In order to maintain his chances for overall victory, Florian used his new set of tyres whereas Olivier decided to start on his now four run old Volante tyres. This time Florian started perfectly whereas Olivier struggled a bit to keep Mitchell on the newer rubber behind him at the start. Mitchell pushed his Awesomatix hard, but had to yield after about eight laps. In the back, Dimitri passed Eddie for P5 and Liam again did everything to keep within striking distance of Mitchell. At the front, Florian took it easy, didn’t accelerate hard and let off the throttle early in order to save his tiyres. Olivier pushed his car to the limit and came within 3 seconds of Florian.

A3 would thus decide the overall result. Olivier had both the mental and on-track advantage with his new tyres. Unfortunately there was a lot of confusion at the start. One of the back markers made a false start, but the race directors only intervened after four or five laps. The drivers decided not to enter the pits for a restart and continued the race. On his newer rubber Olli managed to take the lead on the first corner and left Florian trailing in his slipstream. Mitchell again took P3, but had to retire his car with faulty electronics after only 17 laps. Liam also suffered from electronic gremlins and had to settle for P5 with Eddie Rombouts (Xray) and Dimitri de Baeker (Xray) both in front of him. At the front, a great battle went on between Olli and Florian. Florian seemed to be able to really push his one run old tyres to the limit, while Olli struggled for grip on new rubber. After a couple of tries, Florian placed his car on the inside line when Olli ran a bit wide at the 90 degree corner preceding the start/finish line. Florian took the lead and went on to win A3 and the event.
The overall ranking was Florian Joos (Xray), Olivier Bultynck (Awesomatix), Mitchell van Es (Awesomatix), Liam Van de Wouwer (ARC) and Dimitri De Baeker (Xray).

The Belgian Stock nats have been a battle between the Xrays of Vincent Van Gansen and Giovanni Moguez with Vincent holding the upper hand so far. At the fast Rucphen track, Peter Degrande (Awesomatix) and Stefan Rommens (Yokomo) always are dangerous outsiders to recon with. This time they were joined by former ETS A-main finisher Nicolas Delisé and French Stock front runner Manuel Wagner. Manu and Nicolas had to start from the slower 2nd group, but they did so in style by setting the fastest times of their groups, Manu 3 seconds faster then Nicolas. When Vincent started his qualifier, it was clear however he would be the man to beat. His third lap was an 15.853, a new Touring Stock track record for Rucphen. He dully continued to set the fastest FTD of the track with a 19 in 508. Giovanni did everything he could, but only managed a P2.

Q2 seemed to be a blue print of Q1 with Vincent pushing hard right from the start. Twi laps before the end of his run, his car started to accelerate erratically. Giovanni smelled that Vincent had a problem and drove the wheels off his car. He missed the TQ by only 0.02 with Manu a further 0.4 behind. This result meant that Vincent now had the overall TQ and that he could sit out Q3. Because the other racers weren’t sure of their grid positions, they had to run the last qualifier and thus handing Vincent an even greater advantage, so the top 5 after the qualifying was Vincent Van Gansen, Giovanni Moguez (Xray), Manu Wagner (Xray), Nicolas Delisé (Xray) and Peter Degrande (Awesomatix).

Vincent’s tyre strategy paid dividends and he dully won A1 by nearly 4 seconds over Giovanni Moguez. Manu Wagner was the biggest victim of a first corner pile-up and he had to retire his car. Nicolas Delisé inherited P3 and he kept it until the finish. He was followed by Peter Degrande and a very strong Stefan Rommens (Yokomo).

A2 started as a thriller. Giovanni took a brilliant start and jumped in the lead on the first corner. Vincent gave Giovanni enough room as both these drivers have huge respect for each other. Vincent chased Gio down and kept in his slipstream for the following three laps. Giovanni then made a rare error and rolled his car on a kerb. This promoted Manu in P2 and set Giovanni back to P8. Gio started to claw his way back to the front and set fastest lap after fastest lap, his pace only hampered when passing backmarkers. He finished in Manu’s slipstream while Vincent took a great and deserved victory. Nicolas Delisé and Peter Degrande finished in P4 and P5 respectively.

As Vincent sat out A3, Giovanni easily won this last final and set his personal best laptime of the finals. Giovanni was handed an easy victory when on lap two several cars touched. Stefan Rommens handily avoided the wreckage and finished the final in P2. The battle for P3 was a great one, with Peter Degrande finally winning it from Xavier Debroye (Xray) and Manu Wagner, all finishing withing .6 of a second. The final ranking was Vincent Van Gansen, Giovanni Moguez (Xray), Peter Degrande (Awesomatix), Stefan Rommens (Yokomo) and Nicolas Delisé (Xray). Just like Peter, Manu Wagner had 7 points, but he finished in P6.

Just like in most other series, the Formula class is a bit down in popularity recently. Young Liam Van de Wouwer proved however that it still is a fun and competitive class to race in as he put his Xray on pole. Liam not only had good fastest lap pace, but also a very good pace over the full seven minutes of racing. For the first time this season, Olli Bultyinck had to settle for P2 on the grid while Niels Meurs (Roche), Kris Vanbleu (Xray) and Ludo Van Hoeydonck (Tamiya) rounded off the top 5. In the finals Olli held the upper hand by fully exploiting his experience and race craft. Liam always managed to keep the lead on lap 1. Olivier however exploited the small openings Liam left to take the lead. Liam always finished within four to five seconds of Olivier which is a great performance in itself. Kris Vanbleu, Niels Meurs and Ludo Van Hoeydonck rounded off the top 5.

The Fun Touring entry level class, run with spec 17.5 motors, seems to gain in popularity in every race. The rather slow but evenly matched motors make the action on the track quite fun. After qualifying, it was clear that Jannick Rommens would be the man to beat in his Yokomo. He left Krist Bultynck trailing by two seconds with Marc Joosens a further second back. David Joos and championship leader Herman Van Gansen rounded off the top 5. Jannick also had quite a walkover in the finals, winning the three of them quite easily. The battle for the remaining podium spots was great to watch between Krist Bultynck and Marc Joosens. Marc benefited from a slightly faster motor while Krist had more corner speed in his Awesomatix. In the end the final ranking was: Jannick Rommens (Yokomo), Krist Bultynck (Awesomatix), Marc Joosens (Yokomo), David Joos (Xray) and Luc Wauters (Xray).

Source: David Joos & FBA [fba-rc.be]

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Round 4 of the Team Associated/Reedy Summer Series was held at the Hobbyplex Raceway in Omaha, Nebraska this past weekend, attracting 145 entries for the 1/10th Off-road Modified and Stock classes. The event attracted some of the region’s fastest drivers and in the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class it was TLR’s Mason Fuller with the overall TQ and also the win in the single 8-minute A-main event, leaving behind Tekno RC’s Jared Tebo in 2nd and TLR’s Tom Rinderknecht in 3rd.

The 4WD Modified Buggy class saw again Mason taking the overall TQ and win as Jared Tebo came in 2nd, some 1.3 seconds behind. A lap down it was Team Assocoated’s Alex Vanderbeek who would round out the podium result.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

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Coming from Hudy and made for the growing front wheel drive 1/10th touring car class is a 4-piece set of pre-glued tyres. They feature a semi-slick tread for good traction and side bite and they come pre-glued on black multi-spoke rims, offering cook looks. The directional tyres include suitable inserts and they are usable for both asphalt and carpet racing.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

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The 2019 Queensland State Championships were held at England Park Model Raceway in Brisbane, Australia last weekend. Jeff Hamon took the overall TQ in the 1/8th IC Track class from Steven Jovanovic in 2nd. After the half hour long A-main it was again Jeff who came out on top, taking the Queensland State title in front of Steven on the runner-up spot and Andrew Gillespie in 3rd.

Over in the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class it was Jesse Davis with the overall TQ, however after the A-main final it was again Jeff with the overall win and his second title that weekend, leaving behind Jesse in 2nd and Andrew Shapland in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

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Round 4 of the Middle Swedish Cup was held at the Eskilstuna track last weekend. Serpent’s Pontus Larsson would take the overall TQ after coming out on top in Q2 and Q3 as Q1 winner, Jessica Palsson would snatch the runner-up spot after the 1/8th Nitro Buggy qualifiers. After the semifinals it was Jessica Palsson with the pole position for the 30-minute A-main event as Elias Johansson came in 2nd and Pontus obtained P3 on the grid after a troublesome semifinal. At the start of the main final the three pulled away from the field and had a long fight for the top, however things would spread a bit as Pontus dropped down the field by the first round of pitstops but he was able to close the gap on Jessica again when his concentration came back by about mid-race. Ultimately however it was Jessica who brought home the win as Pontus was able to secure the runner-up spot despite running out of tyres in the closing stages. A lap down it was Kristian Johansson who would round out the overall top 3 result. With his 2nd place finish Pontus was able to secure himself the Middle Swedish Cup title for 2019.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

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Serpent have announced the immediate release of their new Nickel-coated aluminium V2 clutch bell for the Centax range of clutches of all Serpent 1/8 IC models. Reducing rotating mass means a significant increase in performance, and the new clutch bell is not only super light weight but also durable at the same time. The bell is recommended to be used with both the yellow and black optional clutch shoes for best performance.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

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The fifth round of the Austrian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the LAMAC track in Carinthia this past weekend. Held in Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Pro10S classes, it was Robin Riedmann with a clean sweep in the Touring Stock qualifiers, taking all four qualifying rounds for the overall TQ from Philipp Stadler in 2nd and Phillip Neudinger in 3rd. The triple A-mains then again saw Robin on top of the timing sheets, and with wins in all mains he secured the overall win from Philipp Stadler in 2nd and Phillip Neudinger in 3rd, making it an all-Awesomatix podium.

Image: ÖFMAV [oefmav.at]

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Round 5 of the BRCA 1/10th IC Circuit Nationals was held at the long standing technical and challenging Wombwell circuit in South Yorkshire. Saturday unfortunately followed the poor forecast with heavy showers and torrential rain and of the few drivers who turned up on practice day most spent time securing their gazebos and tents and waterproofing their cars or preparing their “wet car “. However a few brave drivers ventured on to the circuit with minimal success. First thing Sunday morning was grey and cloudy with a damp circuit but not raining. With rain forecast later a decent time in the early heats would be the target. 200mm Touring saw Joe Kerry (Capricorn) keep up his reputation for performance in wet conditions easily taking the FTD. Neil Wallace (Serpent ) qualified in 2nd with Matthieu Dambrine a creditable 3rd.

1/8 GT was very interesting with the Electric car of Paul Bellinger seemingly on rails with the rest of the field chasing. Glyn Beal qualified 2nd with his Nitro 1/8 GT car and Craig Jeacock, another electric 1/8 GT, took 3rd. Mark Green (Serpent) and Glyn Beal (Capricorn) fought it out in the 220mm GT qualifying with Mark taking FTD, Glyn 2nd and Mark Newby (Xray) an impressive 3rd.

Just before the start of the finals the rain returned with constant drizzle. The 200mm Touring A-final say Joe Kerry (Capricorn) lead from the front eventually finishing seven laps in front of 2nd placed Stewart Mcleod (Xray) with Neil Wallace (Serpent) in 3rd , completing the podium.

Torrential rain started falling just as the A-final 1/8th GT final commenced making conditions treacherous. Just getting a car to run was hard enough. Just as in qualifying this proved no obstacle to Paul Bellinger (Serpent) who finished seven laps up on Glyn Beal (IGT8) in 2nd, with Barry Thompson in 3rd.

The A-final of 220mm GT was dominated by the top three qualifiers. Mark Green took the win with Glyn Beal runner-up and a hard earned and well deserved 3rd place for Mark Newby.

Round 6 takes place at the Halifax circuit on the August Bank Holiday as part of the combined British Open meeting with the electric and 1/8th drivers.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

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