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Belgian Electric On-road Nationals Rd2 – Report Posted: 06 May 2019 07:07 AM PDT The second round of the 2019 FBA Belgian EP On-road Nationals was held this past weekend at the outdoor track of the MRCZ Zwevegem. Due to the bad weather that affected races all over Europe this weekend, the turnout was a bit lower than expected. The MCRZ club however did a great job to provide the drivers with a fun and technical track on the available parking lot. Free practice on Saturday proved that finding a good setup would be extremely difficult. The frequent rain showers meant that the drivers practiced with different grip levels on each and every run. When the racers arrived on Sunday morning, the track was fully wet and a wet race was declared. This meant that the racers could chose between a rain chassis and a dry chassis to cope with the changing track. The first qualifying session of Touring Modified was run on a full wet track. Before the start, the wet weather conditions already caused mayhem as Olli Bultynck had to retire his Awesomatix due to an electronic problem. Local hero Thomas Stockman opted to skip this qualifier and Florian Joos was handed an easy Q1, as his Xray rain car was excelling under these conditions. Former Belgian champion Steve Lambrechts and Rico Claeys rounded off the top 5. Q2 was run on a drying track and most drivers opted to use the dry car with slick tyres. Under these treacherous conditions, Florian Joos again took the first spot and thus claiming his TQ spot on the grid. He led Olli Bultyinck and Thomas Stockman home. Q3 was completely dry, and Florian decided to run even though he already had the TQ spot. His car was much faster with the setup changes, but was lacking rear grip. Olli also had the same problem but held off a challenging Thomas Stockman to claim P2 on the grid. Thomas (Xray) took P3 and was followed by Steve Lambrechts and Rico Claeys, both running Xrays as well. A1 saw an easy victory for Florian who used his second set of new tyres. Olli was struggling for pace and had to fend off a once again hard charging Thomas Stockman who’s car seemed to be on rails. Despite Thomas’s best efforts, he could not pass Olli and had to settle for 3rd. Mitchell Van Ess (Awesomatix) and Rico Claeys (Xray) rounded off the top 5. Olli’s experience and racecraft showed off at the start of A2. The multiple Belgian champion saved his new tyres for A2 in order to put maximum pressure on Florian. On one run old tyres, Florian simply was no match for Olli and had to let Olli through. Florian kept pushing hard but clipped a kerb on lap 13 and fell back. He kept on pushing but another error saw Thomas coming back in his slipstream. Thomas finished within a whisker of P2. He was followed by Rico and Steve. A3 would thus decide the overall win of this second round of the Belgian nats. Florian took a cautious start, but this allowed both Olli and Thomas to keep really close. When Florian’s car slightly understeered in front of the podium, Olli took his chance to leap into the lead. Olli then put in hot lap after hot lap while Florian took huge risks in order to stay in touch. He unfortunately rolled his car on a kerb and this gave Olli a gap of 2 seconds. Florian kept on pushing and after he set his fastest lap, he had to retire his car after a mechanical problem. This DNF promoted Thomas to P2, while Steve, Rico and Mitchell rounded off the top 5. The overall result was Olli Bultynck (Awesomatix), Florian Joos (Xray), Thomas Stockman (Xray), Steve Lambrechts (Xray) and Rico Claeys (Xray). In Stock 13.5 and during Q1, which was run in full wet conditions, round 1 winner Vincent Van Gansen had a horror run. His car was virtually undriveable and way off the pace. This promoted his biggest challenger Giovanni Moguez (Xray) in the lead. Unfortunately for Vincent his transponder didn’t work correctly. This gave the lead according to the software system to Stefan Rommens (Yokomo). Stefan never set a foot wrong and claimed a nice victory in front of Jeremy Deram (Xray) and Vincent Van Gansen. After the race, the race director assembled the stock drivers and asked them to reinstate Giovanni’s result. Even though he could directly benefit from Giovanni’s troubles, Stefan sportingly agreed to reinstate Giovanni. This meant Gio took Q1 in front of Stefan and Vincent. Q2 was run under half wet conditions. Vincent went for slicks without additive, while Giovanni took the risk to run prepped slicks. Gio’s gamble seemed to pay off as he was building out his lead. Vincent and Stefan were struggling with understeering cars, but Gio could just place his car wherever he wanted. Unfortunately a motor plug came loose and he had to retire his car. Vincent thus took Q2 in front of Stefan and Jeremy Deram, who put in yet again a solid run. Q3 was held on a dry track. Vincent dug deep to find some more speed. He managed to build out his lead while Gio had to retire his car due to the same problem. Stefan took P2, but his car was still understeering so he could not defend his chances. Young Alexander Van Gansen took a fine P3 spot in Q3. Vincent (Xray) took pole position in front of Stefan Rommens (Yokomo), Jeremy Deram (Xray), Alexander Van Gansen (Yokomo) and the unlucky Giovanni Moguez (Xray). At the start of A1 everyone was wondering how long it would take Giovanni to pass the field. A melée on the second lap saw Jeremy Deram and Alexander Van Gansen drop down the field but promoted Giovanni to P3. In the meantime Vincent had pulled a gap and set his fastest lap of the race. When he saw that Giovanni passed Stefan for P2 but was quite far away, he just controlled the race and won it with ease. Giovanni finished in P2, followed by Stefan, Alexander and Xavier Debroye (Xray). Another first lap incident at the start of A2 saw young Alexander drop down the field while Jeremy also had his share of bad luck. This once again promoted Giovanni up the order. He pushed hard and managed to get within 1 second of Vincent, who was once again controlling the race. Jeremy fought back to P3 in front of Stefan Rommens and young Niels Degryze (Xray). Vincent opted to race A3 in order to test another body shell. When A3 was started after Stefan requested a 10-minutes delay in order to fix his broken car, the heavens opened again and it started to hail. In these difficult conditions, Vincent and Gio once again excelled and took P1 and P2 respectively. The top 5 was rounded off by Jeremy, Alexander and Stefan. The overall ranking was Vincent Van Gansen (Xray), Giovanni Moguez (Xray), Jeremy Deram (Xray), Stefan Rommens (Yokomo) and Alexander Van Gansen (Yokomo).
In Fun 17.5 and before the start of the event, everyone knew it would be hard to beat local driver Rony Claeys. His Xray is always the best set-up car in this class and on his local track Rony excels. The fight for P2 would be run between young Aaron Vandepoele (Team Magic), Luc Wauters (Xray) and Thierry Baekeland (Xray). Aaron was in a solid P2, but when the track got faster in Q3 he managed to close the gap to Rony a bit more. Luc and Thierry were however not close, so the finals would prove to be very exciting. A1 was quite easily won by Rony as he had a 9-seconds lead over Luc Wauters while Thierry took P3. Aaron had very rough laps 2 and 3 and dropped back the order after being tangled by other cars. He however fought back to a nice P4 spot in front of Patrick Room, who came from P8 on the grid. A2 was won in style by young Aaron. He finished in front of Rony, Thierry, Dieter Stock and yet again a strong finishing Patrick Room. During A3 Aaron was hanging in a solid P2 and challenging Rony for the lead when his receiver came loose and he had to retire his car. This allowed Thierry to take P2, in front of Luc, Patrick Room and Herman Van Gansen (Yokomo). The overall result was Rony Claeys (Xray), Thierry Baekeland (Xray), Luc Wauters (Xray), Aaron Vandepoele (Team Magic) and Patrick Room (Tamiya). The Formula cars were really a handful to drive in the mixed weather conditions on this technical and low grip track. Olli already prepared his Roche car for the ETS race in Wiener Neudorf, so he opted not to run in Q1 and Q2. This allowed Kris Vanbleu and Liam Van de Wouwer to fight for the TQ. In the end it was Kris (Xray) who TQ’d this round in front of Liam (Xray) and Olli Bultynck (Roche). Olli easily won A1 and A2 while Liam took P2 on both occasions. A3 would thus decide who would take the runner up spot on the podium as Olli would sit this final out and concentrate on his modified final. Kris and Liam tangled on lap 2 and lost about 5 seconds. Liam then set off and charged hard. He nearly missed the 27 lap mark, which was the benchmark set by Olli. Round 3 of the Belgian nationals will be run on the technical track of Houthalen on 19 May. Source: David Joos | FBA [fba-rc.be] The post Belgian Electric On-road Nationals Rd2 – Report appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Xray Racing Series Grand Final – Report Posted: 06 May 2019 06:37 AM PDT The 2019 Grand Final of the Xray Racing Racing Series was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia this past weekend. The race was held in electric and nitro classes and it was run both at the Arena’s indoor and outdoor tracks due to the unpredictable weather conditions. The electric classes were run on the facility’s indoor asphalt track with the Touring Modified class being the most exciting. Bruno Coelho took the overall TQ in front of Xray’s own Martin Hudy. Ultimately the finals ended as they had started with Bruno being pretty much unbeatable while Martin had to settle for 2nd overall and in front of Alexander Hagberg in 3rd. The Touring Car 13.5T Stock class was the most popular category. Oliver Havranek took the TQ and showed some exceptional driving in the finals to bring home the silverware from Stefan Schulz in 2nd. Behind Stefan with was Tom Kragefski with the final podium spot. In FWD class Jan Ratheisky showed incredible speed by taking the TQ and win in first two finals. In third final it was a battle between Francesco Martini and Michal Milanowicz for the 2nd podium place. Michal made one mistake that gave Francesco a safety distance to claim the win and overall 2nd position while Michal finished in 3rd overall. The Formula class been really exciting. Rene Kolbe with a great performance in qualification was able to take the TQ in front of Luke Lee. The final then has been exciting for all drivers and the overall positions ware decided in A3 where Jan Rahteisky showed incredible speed starting from 4th spot. He quickly advanced to 3rd and waited for an open door to pass Luke Lee and manage to get it done three minutes into the race. During the final seconds of the final Rene Kolbel made a mistake giving a chance for Jan to win the last final and overall win from Rene 2nd and Luke 3rd. In 1/10 Pan Car the TQ went to Ondrej Kohoutek and he managed to keep his starting position to finish 1st overall. Also Marek Helbich kept his 2nd starting position throughout the finals and took 2nd overall while Kai Asmer showed some great performance and managed to finish 3rd overall after starting from 8th on the grid. The Nitro classes were able to get their laps done on Saturday which was the only day allowing drivers to get out on the track. In 1/8 IC track it was Tomas Liptak who dominated the race by taking the TQ and overall win. Branislav Panak showed a good pace in the qualifiers but was not able to finish the final so Marcel Dostal took 2nd overall after starting 3rd on the grid. Frank Wittke from Germany took the 3rd place overall. In 1/10 200mm Michal Abrahamek and Rasmus Bo Nielsen were fighting for overall TQ which at the end was taken by Michal. But in the final it was Rasmus Bo Nielsen who was able to win the race two laps ahead of Michal as Peter Spratley rounded out the podium. Source: Xray [teamxray.com] The post Xray Racing Series Grand Final – Report appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Posted: 06 May 2019 04:24 AM PDT The new Smart engine brake-in system allows automated engine breaking-in for easier and faster preparation of new nitro engines. The engine will be fixed in the device whose sensors will monitor and control parameters such as RPM, temperature, load and more in order to provide a safe and convenient break-in process without having to dismantle the engine. A glow plug igniter, heater, cooling fan as well as as stater are all incorporated into the unit as is a special TDC function that prevents the system from stopping the engine on the top dead centre which can harm the piston and liner. Instead the unit will ensure the engine will be kept at the bottom dead centre before the start and after the operation, ensuring prolonged parts life. The break-in process is widely customisable in terms of RPM, temperature, load and throttle curve and it can also be monitored using an optional WiFi module and a mobile device. Features: Source: Smart break-in system [smartbreakinsystem.com] The post Smart engine break-in system appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Carsten Keller wins West German Buggy regionals Rd1 Posted: 06 May 2019 03:34 AM PDT The opening round of the West German 1/8th Off-road regionals, qualifying races for the Nationals, was held at the Stoppelhopser Oberhausen track over the weekend. Mugen’s Carsten Keller would sweep the Nitro Buggy class by taking the win with a 1-lap margin after the 30-minute A-main encounter. Kyosho’s Philipp Lütgert came in 2nd, a lap down as Mugen driver Jan Sievert ended the race on the 3 spot, some three seconds down on Jan. Maik Wiesweg in 4th and Kim Einert in 5th rounded out the top 5. Source: Mugen [mugen.eu] The post Carsten Keller wins West German Buggy regionals Rd1 appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
RC Maker GeoCarbon touring car tweak wheel set Posted: 06 May 2019 02:35 AM PDT RC Maker have introduced their all-new GeoCarbon tweak wheel set for EP and GP touring cars. The super lightweight wheels weight in at only 2.2g each and are precision machined to minimum tolerances to help de-tweak the car. Consisting of a less than half of a normal setup wheel construction, they serve the purpose of checking the tweak via lifting the chassis off the ground at one end only, and making sure the wheels leave the ground at the same point, being an extremely common way to de-tweak an on-road car. Using precision machined parts is far more accurate than using a normal wheel and tyre, and more accurate than a normal rubber O-ringed setup wheel. Having no buffer between the wheel and ground makes it far easier to feel when one wheel is lifting up earlier, as drivers can feel the abrupt bump on the setup board. This leads to more accurate and faster setting of tweak. Source: RC Maker [rcmaker.com.au] The post RC Maker GeoCarbon touring car tweak wheel set appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Mitch & Culley win at 7th annual Hanging Judge Posted: 06 May 2019 02:23 AM PDT The 7th annual Hanging Judge Race was held at GS Hobby in Barling, Arkansas this past weekend. Attracting nearly 130 entries it was TLR’s JR Mitch with the TQ and win in the premier 2WD Mod Buggy class. Kyosho’s Braxten Culley would come in 2nd while TLR’s Todd Sieler completed the top 3 podium result. Over in 4WD Mod Buggy it was Braxten Culley with the TQ, however after the triple A-mains it was JR Mitch with the win courtesy of coming out on top in A1 and A3. Braxten had to settle for 2nd overall from Todd Sieler in 3rd. In Modified Stadium Truck Braxten Culley came out on top in both the qualifiers and finals for the overall from JR Mitch in 2nd and TLR’s Mike Harrington in 3rd. Images: GS Hobby [gshobby.com] The post Mitch & Culley win at 7th annual Hanging Judge appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Posted: 06 May 2019 01:21 AM PDT Round 5 of the CTS4 was held at the beautiful Steel City RC Speedway in Fontana, California this past weekend, the soon to be new home track for the Reedy Race of Champions. Round 5 would not only be the second California race this season but is also Reedy Race warm up. In Modified Touring Brandon Clements would take the TQ and overall win. With the early cold weather shaking things up in the pits race started a little later hoping for better weather. In A1 Brandon takes off with the field scrambling to the front. In A2 a big accident in the carousel occurred giving Clements the lead taking home the win success as he sits out A3. In 17.5 JD Ramsey secured the TQ with a hard charging Jack Kloeber in P2. From the tone the two battled in the first minute of the race with a little spin from Jack, Ramsey was able to take the lead to the finish line with Charles Stevens in 2nd and Tyler Brymer in 3rd. In USGT it was Robin Young who took the overall TQ and win with Erik Denk in 2nd Darin Deforest in 3rd. Source: CTS [championtouringseries.com] The post CTS4 Rd5 – Report appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Mack & Wischnewski win at German Nationals qualifier Posted: 06 May 2019 12:41 AM PDT The Minicar Club Wiesbaden played host to a round of the Central German Nitro On-road regionals this past weekend. In 1/8th IC Track class 1 it was Infinity’s Oliver Mack with the TQ and win from Shepherd’s Toni Gruber while Serpent’s Philip Sting rounded out the top 3 result after the 30-minute main final. In 1/10th 200mm Touring it was Mugen’s Dirk Wischnewski with the overall TQ and he would also come out on top after half-hour long A-main event, taking the win two laps in front of Shepherd’s own Patrick Schäfer as Toni Gruber (Shepherd) completed the top 3 result some five seconds behind Patrick. Images: Toni Gruber | Mugen [mugen.eu] The post Mack & Wischnewski win at German Nationals qualifier appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
T-Works MP10 30mm lightweight brake discs Posted: 06 May 2019 12:15 AM PDT Coming from T-Works and made for the new Kyosho MP10 and older MP9 TKI4 and TKI3 buggies is a lightweight brake disc set. The 30mm discs are precision-made and offer a vented design for less brake fading even in long mains and when running in high ambient temperatures. In addition the reduced material plates are also very light, making for quicker spool-up and acceleration. The brake disks come in sets of two and they are a direct fit. Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com] The post T-Works MP10 30mm lightweight brake discs appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
TBR 6.0 Silver & Black Edition engines Posted: 05 May 2019 11:51 PM PDT Team Bianchi Racing have announced the release of their new TBR 6.0 Silver and Black Edition nitro off-road engines. Evolved from the 5.0, the 6.0 variants offer further improved throttle feeling and fuel consumption. It is understood that the Silver and Black Edition engine only differ by their head colours. Source: TBR [bybianchi.com] The post TBR 6.0 Silver & Black Edition engines appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
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