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The final round of the Winter Jumps series was held at the Helsinki Child Fair with the host, Fullspeed RC, putting in much effort to offer an impressive racing track, a test track and stand for the exhibition. Thousands of people got to see RC Racing and 500+ kids tried out the test track in what turned out to be a great showcase for RC racing. And once again almost one hundred drivers made their entry for the 2WD and 4WD buggy classes. The 2WD class was held on Saturday and the racing was super tight with Pekko Iivonen and Jamiel Gabrielsson fighting it out for the TQ closely followed by Lauri Ruotsalainen, Tuomo Otsavaara and Arttu Syrjänen. In the end Jamiel managed to take the TQ in front of Pekko, Lauri, Tuomo and Arttu followed by Markku Honkanen, Juho Rajaniemi, Jarno SIltanen, Konsta Saarinen and Topi Salminen all making the A-main.

In the finals Jamiel won the opening leg but with Pekko managing to win the second and third final it was Pekko who took the overall win in front of Jamiel in 2nd, Lauri in 3rd, Tuomo in 4th and Markku in 5th.

2WD final results:
1. Pekko Iivonen – Schumacher
2. Jamiel Gabrielsson – Team Associated
3. Lauri Ruotsalainen – Team Associated
4. Tuomo Otsavaara – Team Associated
5. Markku Honkanen – Team Associated
6. Jarno Siltanen – Schumacher
7. Juho Rajaniemi – Team Associated
8. Konsta Saarinen – Xray
9. Arttu Syrjänen – Team Associated
10.Topi Salminen – Xray

Sunday was 4WD day and the same fast guys were again on top. In the qualifying Jamiel, Konsta and Pekko were the fastest, all taking one TQ round each, but in the end Konsta managed to TQ a second round and secure the overall TQ before Pekko in 2nd and Jamiel in 3rd. Lauri took 4th, Juho 5th, Markku 6th, Tuomo 7th, Jarno 8th, Topi 9th and Arttu 10th.

The finals were super tight with Pekko winning the first and Jamiel the second leg, leaving the third final as the decider. Pekko was leading, but Jamiel managed to cut the lead and challenge for the win. Unfortunately for Jamiel the challenge ended in a small driving error in the closing stages and Pekko could finish the race 1st with Jamiel in 2nd and Konsta in 3rd.

4WD final results:
1. Pekko Iivonen – Schumacher
2. Jamiel Gabrielsson – Team Associated
3. Konsta Saarinen – Xray
4. Lauri Ruotsalainen – Team Associated
5. Markku Honkanen – Team Associated
6. Tuomo Otsavaara – Xray
7. Juho Rajaniemi – Team Associated
8. Jarno Siltanen – Schumacher
9. Topi Salminen – Xray
10.Arttu Syrjänen – Team Associated

When the dust had settle it was time to crown the overall champions with Joona Haatanen secureing the overall victory in both classes. Joona took the clean sweep with four victories in both classes and showed why he is still the fastest 1/10 driver in Finland. In 2WD it was young and super fast driver Jamiel Gabrielsson who took the overall runner-up spot in front of Pekko in 3rd, Lauri in 4th and Arttu in 5th.

2WD overall top 20 results:
1. Haatanen Joona – Team Associated
2. Gabrielsson Jamiel – Team Associated
3. Iivonen Pekko – Schumacher
4. Ruotsalainen Lauri – Team Associated
5. Syrjänen Arttu – Team Associated
6. Otsavaara Tuomo – Xray/Team Associated
7. Siltanen Jarno – Schumacher
8. Saarinen Konsta – Xray
9. Mäki Oskari – Team Associated
10.Honkanen Markku – Team Associated
11.Lempiäinen Joona – Team Associated
12.Ullakko Ilmari – Team Associated
13.Luopajärvi Mikko – Team Associated
14.Salminen-wj Topi – Xray
15.Kuivalainen Eetu – Team Associated
16.Mäkinen Jani – Team Associated
17.Salmela Sami – Team Associated
18.Söderlund Max – Team Associated
19.Salmela Karri – Team Associated
20.Ullakko Kristian – Team Associated

In 4WD it was Pekko who managed to take the 2nd place behind Joona with Jamiel in 3rd, Konsta in 4th and Lauri in 5th.

4WD overall top 20 results:
1. Haatanen Joona – Team Associated
2. Iivonen Pekko – Schumacher
3. Gabrielsson Jamiel – Team Associated
4. Saarinen Konsta – Xray
5. Ruotsalainen Lauri – Team Associated
6. Honkanen Markku – Team Associated
7. Siltanen Jarno – Schumacher
8. Syrjänen Arttu – Team Associated
9. Salminen Topi – Xray
10.Mäki Oskari – Team Associated
11.Ullakko Ilmari – HB Racing
12.Otsavaara Tuomo – Xray
13.Söderlund Max – Team Associated
14.Ullakko Kristian – Team Associated
15.Syrjänen Akseli – Team Associated
16.Mäkinen Jani – Team Associated
17.Luopajärvi Mikko – Team Associated
18.Hovi Jani – Xray
19.Hiltunen Jouni – Carisma
20.Salmela Karri – Team Associated

Overall the Winter Jumps series attracted 109 individual drivers in 2WD and 81 in 4WD, making it a great turnaround for the popular series. The racing is also getting tougher each year with more and more drivers with international success joining. The Winter Jumps series will return next Winter season, feel free to join!

Source: Winter Jumps Series [facebook.com] & Max Max Söderlund

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Capricorn have introduced their new Evo rear end kit for the C8SR 1/8th stock pan car kit. Containing new bulkheads as well as bigger bearings the set will make for improved transmission reliability while the included calibrated ride height shims allow to fine-tune the rear ground clearance.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

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Round 9 of the Greek Buggy Masters series was held recently with the event being affected by the weather prior to the race. Heavy rain the days before meant the track crew had to work extra hours but in the end it worked out and the track was slippery but good to go. At the end of the 30-minute nitro buggy main final it was John Peroyiannakis with the win from Aris Bornovas on the runner-up spot – the latter having to fight against an increasingly harder to drive car due to his engine being on the edge of a flameout. Sotiris Christodoulou came in 3rd to round out the podium result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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The opening round of the GTC Greek Touring Car Nationals was held at the RCmaniacs track recently. The weekend started off with a rain delay on Saturday, however during the early afternoon the track was good to go. In the Touring Modified class it was Nikos Nikolakopoulos (Xray) with a very close, and his maiden, overall TQ, just 0.165s ahead of Michalis Kyriazis (Xray) after the four qualifying rounds. Unfortunately right before the start of the opening B-main it rained lightly, leaving the drivers guessing what to do in terms of tyres and setup for the greasy track. The opening A-main then did not went to the TQ holder’s favour as he lost concentration and had to let Michalis past while Nikos only came in 6th place.

A2 then saw Michalis making an early mistake which came Nikos some room to breathe and shift into cruise mode. This however allowed Awesomatix’s John Duke to close up and after a close battle, that ended with an incident between both that allowed Filippos Isaakidis (Tamiya) to show up right on Nikos’ back. The two had an amazing battle for the remaining laps with with many lead changes but in the end Nikos managed to take the win, while a slip up of Filippos let Christos Vasilopoulos (Tamiya) overtake him for just 0.022 seconds.

Third and deciding final again stated well but this time Michalis Kyriazis was on Nikos’ back. The two had a small incident after a few laps which led Nikos’ car to slide on the doors but he was able to gain control again and to bring home the win and with it the overall victory from Michalis Kyriazis and Christos Vasilopoulos.

Over in the Touring Stock class it was Antreas Koutras with the overall TQ, however steady driving in the triple A-mains gained Panos Theodoropoulos the win from Filippos Oikonomou 2nd and Andreas Koutras 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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LRP have announced the addition of Swedish off-road talent, Jessica Palsson to their electric team. Considered to be one of the fastest girls in RC, Jessica will be using LRP’s full line of motors, speedos and batteries to power her Kyosho 1/10th scale rides and she has the following to say about the deal:

Thanks to LRP and Jürgen to give me opportunity to be in your team! I really looking forward to work with you and to drive many races with LRP fantastic electric power!

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

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Coming from Xray are two new pure Tungsten chassis weights for the use with the T4 touring car. Machined from ultra heavy Tungsten material the weights are smaller than usual brass weights which helps to keep the height of the weights as low as possible while still offering a good amount of weight gain. Available now are a 13g motor bay weight that attaches right to the machined motor pocket in the T4 chassis while the 30g centre weight fits in the centre line of the chassis. Both are machined for highest precision and they come marked for easy identification.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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SWorkz have announced the signing of top Japanese 1/8th off-road pilot, Wataru Takashiro to their factory team. The former Korean National Champion and top 3 JMRCA podium finisher will campaign SWorkz’ S35-3 platforms at all major races across Asia. Wataru says:

I’m so excited to join the SWorkz team. My first impression of the SWorkz buggy is, how awesome it drives and it looks so cool. I want to learn more from SWorkz and at the same time share, how to develop the car with all the SWorkz drivers. I really appreciate this opportunity and special thanks to Scott Yang. I can’t wait to race with my new team mates and friends all over the world!

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

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Kyosho are busy adding more Inferno MP10-related option parts to their portfolio. The latest is a hard spring type servo saver assembly. The construction consists of composite bellcranks and it built using a hard retainer spring that ensures a crisper steering reaction in high-bite track conditions. Using the servo saver requires heavy duty steering servos with durable metal gears in order to prevent the servo from becoming damaged. The servo saver set also fits the older MP9 series of kits.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]

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GForce have announced the soon release of their new transmitter bag for the Sanwa M17 radio. Made from tough and durable fibre material and sporting a precision-cut inner foam, the bag will fit Sanwa’s new high-end transmitter like a glove, ensuring secure transportation and storage of the precious radio. Two additional cut outs allow to carry and additional receiver as well as batteries. Two handles make for easy transport and an inner bag holds the radio’s manual.

Source: GForce [gforce-hobby.jp]

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Coming from RC-Cox and made for the Xray T4 series of touring cars is a shorty battery brass weight set. Designed for the use with RC-Cox own and the original Xray adjustable battery mounts, the brass weights add weight when using shorty type battery packs while also ensuring easy mounting of the battery locators and hold-downs. The weights are of a stackable design, allowing to add up to 79g of weight in total. The set is usable for the 2019 down to the 2016 variants of the T4.

Source: PPM RC Racing [ppm-rcracing.com]

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