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Miikka Luhta takes FinTrack 21.5T Stock title

Posted: 17 Aug 2017 08:13 AM PDT

The FinTrack Tour 2017 recently concluded and in the Touring 21.5T Stock class it was Destiny driver Miikka Luhta who brought home the title. A total of 31 drivers took part in the championship series that consisted of six rounds – four run on carpet and two on asphalt. With the win Miikka also became the 2017 Junior Champion.

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Coelho & Kurzbuch ready to resume title battle on all new Aigen surface

Posted: 17 Aug 2017 07:05 AM PDT

The Euro Nitro Series enters into the second half of the season this weekend as Aigen in Austria hosts Round 3 of the championship with the main focus of the weekend set to be on the 1:8 title battle between reigning champion Simon Kurzbuch and a surprise 1:8 contender Bruno Coelho. Located high in the Austrian mountains near the German border, this is Aigen’s fourth year on the ENS calendar and since last year’s visit when a new pit area greeted competitors, MAV Aigen have not let up on their commitment to providing racers with a top class facility. This year’s improvement is set to have a far greater direct effect on the racing than previous work with the track having just recently been completely resurfaced with new asphalt. This should make for a more level playing field with the previous surface presenting drivers with the challenge of high tyre wear. For Kurzbuch the track has been a happy hunting ground with the Shepherd driver the winner on the last two visits and second on the inaugural visit behind John Ermen. For Coelho, this will be only his second outing at the track, the Xray driver’s previous 2015 visit netting him fourth in the 1:10 A-Main.

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Coelho & Kurzbuch ready to resume title battle on all new Aigen surface

Posted: 17 Aug 2017 07:05 AM PDT

The Euro Nitro Series enters into the second half of the season this weekend as Aigen in Austria hosts Round 3 of the championship with the main focus of the weekend set to be on the 1:8 title battle between reigning champion Simon Kurzbuch and a surprise 1:8 contender Bruno Coelho. Located high in the Austrian mountains near the German border, this is Aigen’s fourth year on the ENS calendar and since last year’s visit when a new pit area greeted competitors, MAV Aigen have not let up on their commitment to providing racers with a top class facility. This year’s improvement is set to have a far greater direct effect on the racing than previous work with the track having just recently been completely resurfaced with new asphalt. This should make for a more level playing field with the previous surface presenting drivers with the challenge of high tyre wear. For Kurzbuch the track has been a happy hunting ground with the Shepherd driver the winner on the last two visits and second on the inaugural visit behind John Ermen. For Coelho, this will be only his second outing at the track, the Xray driver’s previous 2015 visit netting him fourth in the 1:10 A-Main.

Coelho leads the 1:8 standings, his double win at the season opener in France catching the entire 1:8 establishment by surprise. Showing that it wasn’t just his liking of the technical Mulhouse track layout, Coelho and the RX8 were right there again at Round 2 in Germany and it was only a mis-communication with his pit crew that resulted in a flame out that denied him from being right with Kurzbuch at the end. Still the Portuguese driver got second to stay put at the top in the standings and he will be looking to extend that by preventing Kurzbuch from making it three wins in a row in Aigen come Sunday. Having claimed the latest Euro Touring Series and Euro Offroad Series titles, Coelho is after a very unique hat trick and unlike Kurzbuch also has the 1:10 championship to focus on. Claiming his second TQ of the season in Ettlingen unfortunately the A-Main would end in retirement with new championship leader Erik Dankel taking the win but with Dankel not making the trip to Austria Coelho will try to regain ground and set-up a shoot-out for the season finale at Fiorano in Italy in October.

Since notching up his first ENS career win, Kurzbuch has been the benchmark at Aigen. The Swiss driver wrapped up his second ENS title there last year when he claimed his third win of the season but this year having faltered on his fuel strategy at the season opener, his focus is on making Round 1 his throw out round. As the last ENS encounter before the World Championship next month, the weekend will also be an important build up to France for the reigning World Champion.

A former Top Qualifier in Aigen but having to settle for second on that occasion, Robert Pietsch comes into the weekend sitting third in the standings. The Mugen driver has yet to make the podium this season but has been on the podium at the Austrian round the past two years. Behind Pietsch in the standings in Dominic Greiner. Better known for his 1:10 exploits, the Serpent driver taking the win in Aigen in the inaugural ENS season he has switched to 1:8 this year due to it being a World Championship year. Making the A-Main at the opening two rounds, the German will be hoping to target his first podium finish at a track he has always been quick at having also TQ’d there in 2015.

Having a brilliant 1:8 A-Main on the technical Mulhouse track to finish 2nd behind Coelho, Jilles Groskamp is also a fan of the Aigen track and he will single handedly represent the Infinity team at the third round. The former Touring Car World Champion was runner-up to team-mate Teemu Leino, last year’s winner, in 2015 enroute to becoming the 1:10 Champion. Fellow Dutchman, John Ermen took a wet win in 2014 in Aigen and just missed the podium the following year and following his best result in some time at Round 2 the ARC driver will be looking to be in the mix. Always one to go well in Aigen, Lars Hoppe will be another to watch. Making the switch to Shepherd for the 2017 season, the German is enjoying the atmosphere within his new team and kicked off the relationship with a strong Round 1 performance.

In 1:10, Coelho’s main opposition is set to come from within his own Xray team namely in the form of quick Frenchman Leo Arnold. Marco Kaufmann, having secured his first ENS podium last time out in Ettlingen, should also be the mix. Hoping to split up the Xray’s will be Shepherd’s Thilo Tödtmann who was on the podium last year with Leino and Dankel. Former Euro B Champion Patrick Nähr should also put Shepherd in the hunt.

Yeah Racing T4/BD8 3mm drive belts

Posted: 17 Aug 2017 06:26 AM PDT

Coming from Yeah Racing are 3mm front and rear belts for the Xray T4. The range included a 513T front and a 189T rear belt, both are suitable for the Xray T4 range of cars while the rear variant is also usable with Yokomo’s BD8 kit. Both 3mm wide belts are cut from high-quality, low-drag material for a long-lasting and free-spinning drive train.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

Jean-Pierrick Sartel sweeps French Night Race

Posted: 17 Aug 2017 02:55 AM PDT

The Noeux le Mines track in France played host to the “The Nocturne” 1/8th off-road night race recently. The race format would see two practice and three qualifying rounds followed by three finals for each main with the event kicking off on Saturday afternoon and ending on Sunday afternoon. Classes run were 1/8th Nitro Buggy and 1/8th E-Buggy and both categories were swept by Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel who took the Nitro win from TLR’s Jerome Sartel while Felix Kogler (TLR) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Nitro Buggy final results:
1. Jean-Pierrick Sartel – Xray
2. Jérome Sartel – TLR
3. Félix Koegler – TLR
4. Vincent Meertens – TLR
5. Anthony Bruyer – Xray
6. Théo Lemaire – TLR
7. Mathieu Thiberge – Mugen
8. Emilien Delannoy – HB Racing
9. Malcom Roquet – HB Racing
10.Guillaume Deleplanque – TLR
11.Louis Smague – HB Racing
12.Benjamin Scholle – Xray

In the 1/8th E-Buggy class JP was sidelined on the podium by Jerome Sartel in 2nd and Sebastien Wartelle 3rd.

E-Buggy final results:
1. Jean-Pierrick Sartel – Xray
2. Jérome Sartel – TLR
3. Sébastien Wartelle – HB Racing
4. Samuel Castel – TLR
5. Félix Koegler – TLR
6. Julien Surget – Mugen
7. Jean-ChristopheSartel – TLR
8. Louis Smague – HB Racing
9. Frédéric Noppe – n/a
10.Geoffroy Berque – n/a
11.Stéphane Vanyper – TLR
12.Lorenzo Lunel – TLR
13.Roger Leroux – Mugen
14.Pierre Descamps – Xray
15.Cédric Dauby – n/a

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

TQ Wire 2-cell charge cable with 4mm/5mm connectors

Posted: 17 Aug 2017 02:28 AM PDT

Coming from TQ Wire is the 2-cell charge wire with 4mm/5mm stepped bullet connectors. 610mm long the charge and balance harness is made using high-quality 12AWG all-black wires, Gold-plated 6-point 4mm/5mm stepped connectors and it utilises an XH balancer plug. The cables are covered in nylon mesh for protection and to keep things nice and tidy.

Source: TQ Wire [tqwire.com]

Jeremiah Ward doubles at Triple Crown Series Rd3

Posted: 17 Aug 2017 01:35 AM PDT

The third and final round of the Triple Crown Series was recently held at Leisure Hours Raceway. The day started out under cool cloudy threatening skies but the weather would however hold out and the organiers were able to get the event started. Despite some tire issues in the qualifiers of the 17.5T Touring class, Jeremiah Ward would secure himself the top spot in Touring and also in USGT and after the mains he would also walk away with the wins in both classes.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Yeah Racing Traxxas 4WD HD tool steel driveshafts

Posted: 17 Aug 2017 01:11 AM PDT

Yeah Racing have introduced front and rear tool steel driveshafts for Traxxas 1/10th 4WD trucks such as the Slash 4×4 and Stampede 4×4. The heavy-duty driveshafts are made from tool-grade steel for tensile strength while the middle sleeve is machined from high-quality aluminium for a good balance between weight and durability. The sliding-design driveshafts are a direct fit, they come including mounting hardware such as shims, drive pins and wheel nuts and they are available separately for the front and rear and in red or blue anodising.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

RRR Summer Challenge – Report

Posted: 17 Aug 2017 12:30 AM PDT

The RRR Summer Challenge was recently held in Richmond, British Columbia. The race format was a single day trophy race with three qualifiers and single mains, followed by 3-hour Nitro and Electric Enduros on Sunday. Touring Modified was full of close battles throughout the day with Logan Ruck ultimately holding TQ going into the main. Luke Pittman had been able to challenge Logan throughout the day along with Alex Pate and Keith Yu, however none of the three could best his TQ setting run of 19 laps in 5:11. Going into the main Ruck and Pittman pulled out from the field and began battling for the top spot, but Ruck was able to run a flawless race and never gave Pittman the opportunity to make a pass.

Touring Modified Top 5 results:
1. Logan Ruck
2. Luke Pittman
3. Alex Pate
4. Keith Yu
5. Brian Shook

In Touring Stock 17.5 Pittman held TQ through all three qualifiers but not without solid pressure from Ryan “Tiny” Welch, setting the stage for an exciting main. Unfortunately for Pittman a bad set of tires made him spin out in turn 4 on the first lap of the main, setting him back to the 2nd position. Due to the lack of grip he was never able to make up the time on Tiny and finished the race in 2nd with Doug Smith taking 3rd.

Touring Stock Top 5 results:
1. Ryan “Tiny” Welch
2. Luke Pittman
3. Doug Smith
4. Nospoom Somnukoonchai
5. Jason Lee

Touring Nitro was also a closely contended class throughout the day with close battles between Luke Pittman, KJ Jones, Alex Pate and John Tsang. Having set a quick time of 18 in 5:04 in round 2 Pittman was able to hang on to TQ going into the 30-minute main. Off the line Pittman got an excellent start and within a few laps had a straight-a-way lead on the field and with battles happening in the rest of the field Pittman was able to cruise to a victory, hanging on to the lead for 104 of 105 laps.

Touring Nitro Top 5 results:
1. Luke Pittman
2. KJ Jones
3. Alex Pate
4. John Tsang
5. Mario Heczko

In the 3-hour Electric Enduro, team “That’s What She Said” was comprised of Luke Pittman, Blake Bell, Logan Ruck and John Tsang and ended up winning the enduro running Pittman’s car by a huge margin.

3-hour Electric Enduro Top 3 results:
1. That’s What She Said – 528 Laps
2. Team OGR-REN – 486 Laps
3. The Eh Team – 484 Laps

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Oliver Havranek doubles at 2017 IYRCA

Posted: 17 Aug 2017 12:20 AM PDT

The 2nd annual IYRCA International Junior Championships were held in Prague, Czech Republic last weekend. The event was held in the four categories of Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Formula and 1/14th scale and it attracted up and coming drivers from seven countries. Top qualifier in the Touring Mod class, Xray’s Oliver Havranek, reining IYRCA Champion, would defend his title after a nice fight with Yokomo’s Harley Eldridge in the opening stages but later the young girl had to cope with Matej Šulc who ultimately took the runner-up spot behind Oliver while Harley had to settle for 3rd overall.

TC Modified final results:
1. Oliver Havránek – Xray
2. Matej Šulc – Xray
3. Harley Eldridge – Yokomo
4. Nicholas Koh – Xray
5. Louis Parker – Schumacher
6. Lao MinHao – Xray
7. Matúš Benetín – Xray
8. Christian Kostadinov – Yokomo
9. Jaroslaw Siwek – Xray
10.Filip Obora – Xray

In the Touring Stock category, that was run with hand-out cars that were given to the drivers on Wednesday, it was again Oliver who took the TQ and win with Filip Rajdus and Filip Obora coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

TC Stock final results:
1. Oliver Havránek
2. Filip Rajdus
3. Filip Obora
4. Lao MinHao
5. Matúš Benetín
6. Ondřej Kohoutek
7. Jakub Blecha
8. Nicholas Koh
9. Dominik Mach
10.Branislav Panák

In the Formula category Simon Horak came out fastest in the practice sessions and also after the qualifiers which handed him the overall TQ spot and the pole position for the triple A-mains. In A1 Tomas would lead all the way but in the final stages he lost the lead and only came in 2nd but he made up for it in A2 and A3 and with wins in the final two mains he took the title from Tomas Rajdus and Branislav Panak in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

RC Maker A800X bellcrank steering limiters

Posted: 16 Aug 2017 11:54 PM PDT

New from RC Maker are bellcrank steering limiter plates for the Awesomatix A800X touring car. They adjust the amount of steering lock by creating a hard stopper for the bellcrank arms, unlike just using the servo end point as a limiter. This prevents unwanted wheel vibrations which scrub corner speed, and cause strain on the servo. Consisting of an asymmetrical design, each plate can be flipped allowing 4 different steering lock angles all the way from 23 to 33 degrees. They are durable and have minimal impact on the cars flex, whilst keeping the steering posts aligned under cornering forces.

Source: RC Maker [rcmaker.com.au]