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Round two of the Italian 1/8th IC Track Nationals was hosted by the RME Cassino this past weekend. In the Expert category main final Michele Romagnoli would hold the upper hand over Marco Vanni on the runner-up spot. Simone Peretti would round out the podium in 3rd. Elsewhere in the F1 class Antonio Di Prisco brought home the win.

Source: Xtreme Aerodynamics [xtremeaerodynamics.com]

Revolution Design Racing Products have introduced their revised Ultra Gripper shock shaft pliers. The R2 version is designed to hold 3.0mm, 3.5mm and 4.0mm shock shafts to make shock building easy and convenient. The tool allows to securely hold the shafts without damaging the surface or even the whole shaft as it can occur when using standard pliers. Like the other Ultra series tools the Ultra Gripper is precision CNC-machined from 7075-T6 aluminium and features a high-quality anodising that improves the surface of the notches for a more secure grip. The grip notches for the shock shafts sport laser-engraved size markings and the tool is usable for most 1/10th and 1/8th scale vehicles. The R2 variant sports an updated design that makes applying pressure even easier, ensuring less stress on the mechanic’s skin while also being available in range of colours including black, orange, red, blue and light blue.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

The annual KO Grand Prix was combined with round 4 of the Schumacher BTCC series at the iconic West London racing centre. There was some exciting racing in hot sunshine, and the Modifed Touring category was won by the Andy Murray, with fast juniors Louis Parker and Adam Southgate taking 2nd and 3rd. Paul Pinkney moved from his normal Modified class to 13.5 Open, and took the win in front of James Hart and Marcus Askell. Billy Fletcher won 13.5 Blinky with Ashley Wiffen 2nd and Dani Young 3rd. Soteris Liasi won 17.5 Blinky, ahead of Malc Hall and Chris Condon. The next round of the series takes us to Halifax on 30th July.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

Sweden’s David Ronnefalk seems to be on a mission these days after wrapping up four national titles within eight days. After scoring wins at the 1/8th Nitro Off-road and 1/8th Electric Nationals, the record national champion also came out on top at last weekend’s 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals, bringing home the win in the 2WD class on Saturday and the 4WD class on Sunday, making it a total of four titles within the last eight days and setting his national title count to 15 overall. Alexander Landen in 2nd and Elias Johansson in 3rd would round out Saturday’s 2WD podium while on Sunday Elias would hold the upper hand over Alexander to take the runner-up spot as Alexander completed the podium.

Image: David Ronnefalk

Round four of the Swiss Electric Off-road Nationals was hosted by the EFAC Hohenems club in changing weather conditions this past weekend. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Patrick Hofer who grabbed the TQ tie on points with Nico Schmid while Adrian Müller obtained the 3 spot after the qualifiers. In the 4WD category it was again Patrick who came out on top of Nico while Michel Buschor would line up in 3rd after the qualifiers. In the 4WD finals, pole position holder Patrick suffered a DNF in A1 but he stroke back in the following two finals to leave Nico behind in 2nd place overall as Michel Buschor rounded out the podium in 3rd. In the 2WD category Nico would hold the upper hand over Patrick who would come out fastest in A1 but with wins in A2 and A3 Nico secured himself the day’s win from Patrick Hofer 2nd and Martin Weidmann 3rd.

Image: Patrick Hofer

The Swedish On-road Championships were held this past weekend in Örebro in changing weather conditions. With rain expected for Friday night all drivers were keen to get as many laps under their belt as possible on practice day. The actual race started on Saturday morning and heavy rain meant only two qualifying rounds would be held with three more scheduled for Sunday. In the Electric Touring class Markus Hellquist set the pace on the wet track with Viktor Wilck coming in 2nd. On Sunday the sun came out again and dry weather meant good racing conditions for the drivers. In Electric Touring, Q3 was won by Viktor on new tyres while Q4 was a pretty close affair on old tyres between Hellqvist and Wilck with the latter still managing the TQ. Q5 on new tyres again went to Viktor who would line up on the pole position for the triple A-mains of which he would win the opening two to take the win and with it his 8th national title. Markus Hellquist came in 2nd from Alexander Andersson in 3rd.

Electric Touring final results:
1. Viktor Wilck – Serpent
2. Markus Hellquist – Xray
3. Alexander Andersson – Yokomo
4. Daniel Carlsson – Team Associated
5. Andreas Johansson – Serpent
6. Lukas Knutsson – Serpent
7. Fabian Vernersson – Serpent
8. Markus Elmerfors – Xray
9. Mattis Järgren – Xray
10.Rasmus Askrot – Xray

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

The warm-up race for the German Electric On-road Nationals was held this past weekend at the MBC Bamberg club in the south of the country. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Marc Rheinard who took three of the five qualifying rounds to grab the TQ from Christopher Krapp who managed to win two qualifiers to line up in 2nd on the grid. In Touring Sport it was Daniel Wohlgemuth with the TQ while Martin Hofer, with whom Daniel was tie on points, had to settle for 2nd after the tie-breaker. In Touring Hobby Sören Sparbier came out on top while in Formula, the largest class of the weekend, it was veteran racer Alexander Stocker with the overall TQ.

In the finals and in the Touring Modified class, Marc Rheinard was able to conserve his qualifying performance to take wins in the opening two mains, although A2 was a pretty close affair with Marc and 2nd placed Christopher being separated by only 0.7 seconds. A3 then went to Christopher from Marc to take the runner-up spot while Tobias Seidl snatched the final podium spot courtesy of two 3rd place finishes.

Touring Sport saw Daniel Wohlgemuth and Martin Hofer battle for the overall win with the better end for Martin in A2 and A3 while Daniel came out fastest in the opening A-main. Overall and behind Martin and Daniel it was Kevin Sparbier who completed the podium result in 3rd.

The Touring Hobby class was dominantly won by young Sören Sparbier and in the Formula class TQ Alexander Stocker bagged the overall win by coming out fastest in the last two A-mains to take the day’s win from Sven Janik and Matthias Feldt.

Images: MBC Bamberg [mbcbamberg.de]

T-Works have introduced their new red anodised UFO head aluminium screws. The fasteners are machined from aircraft-grade 7075-T6 aluminium and they come with a red surface coating for wear and looks. The M3 screws are usable in a range of applications, they are available in 4mm, 5mm, 6mm, 8mm, 10mm and 12mm length and in packs of 10 pieces. Beside the red-tones fasteners T-Works also offers a range of other colours including orange, blue, dark blue, black and silver.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]