The opening qualifier for the Dutch round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series produced a 1-2-3 for the Tamiya Racing Factory with Marc Rheinard fastest ahead of team-mates Jilles Groskamp and Viktor Wilck with Serpent’s Marc Fisher denying the team a perfect start to the event as he set the fourth fastest time ahead of the fourth member of factory team Elliot Harper.
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KM Racing release new optional parts for the H-K1 EvoII 200mm nitro on-road chassis. Available are a new front differential case, 24T front belt pulley and a 5mm wide front belt. All three parts are designed to be used together with the pulley being designed for the use with the new 5mm belt and also featuring a reinforced side where the screws attach. The new parts make for a more reliable and better performing drivetrain.
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Winner of last year’s Dutch ETS round, Tamiya’s Marc Rheinard has topped practice at the fifth round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series putting him top seed for tomorrow’s four rounds of qualifying ahead of Yokomo’s Ronald Volker and Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp. Finishing up Day 1 of the event later than originally scheduled due to rain delays at the Apeldoorn track in the morning, Rheinard was for once pleased with the performance of his Speed Passion powered TRF417X.
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Keisuke Fukuda has won the recent 1/8th on-road nationals in Japan. TQ went to Tadahiko Sahashi (Serpent/Picco) in front of Yuya Sahashi (Serpent/Xceed) and Shoki Takahata (Kyosho/OS). In the finals it was the former World Champion Keisuke (Mugen/Picco) who could make use of all of his experience to beat Takaaki Shimo (Kyosho/OS) in second and TQ Tadahiko Sahashi in third position.
VP Pro introduce their new line of glow plugs for nitro engines that make use of turbo type plugs. Available are an ultra hot P3 and a slightly colder P8 type, both of which make use of a high-quality platinum coil to give maximum consistency while the nickel treated body prevents oxidation to increase durability.
Source: VP Pro [vp-racing.com]
SpeedMerchant introduce their new pan car steering blocks for all on-road chassis with standard 1/8″ king pin. They sport the same geometry as company’s delrin blocks and are slightly lower in height than most of the available blocks for more variety in ride height and roll centre adjustments. Additionally the 4.40 ball stud is moved away from the king pin for more Ackermann options while a different axle trail takes away a bit of the twitchiness around the centre of the steering. They are designed for the use with SpeedMerchant’s machined front axles, come with 4-40 set screws and are available in black or blue anodising.
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The Boss Z7 7-port on-road engine is hand-tuned and assembled by Nds-Tech and features a coated crankcase, hand-tuned ABC liner and specially treated backplate to increase the overall performance of this 3.5cc on-road engine. Other features of the Z7 include a crankshaft with silicone insert and two Swiss-made ball bearings with the rear one being a ceramic type.
Source: Boss Engines [boss-engines.com]
The third round of the Madeira Island nitro and electric on-road regionals was held at the Cancela track. In the 200mm 1/10 scale nitro class Luis Cortez (Mugen Seiki/Novarossi) took TQ with former national champion Luis Angelo (Serpent/Novarossi) in third and André Gonçalves (Mugen Seiki/Novarossi) in third place. Luis was able to open a gap within the first 10 minutes of the race that he was able to keep until the end of the main final securing him the win with Luis Miguel Angelo in second and Paulo Rodrigues (Xray/Novarossi) in third place.
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