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August 11, 2016

Surprise TQ run for Takahata in Q4

Syoki Takahata took a surprise TQ in the fourth round of qualifying at Worlds in Italy. Running in the fourth fastest heat, the KM Racing driver would set the fastest time ahead of Dominic Greiner who looked set to take the round as his rivals self destructed in the top heat. Coming to the line on the TQ pace, Greiner would launch his car across the loop believing it would be his finishing time but he got there 0.002 too early. Spinning in his attempt to get the best possible finish time, once he discovered he was still on the clock and recovered he ended the qualifier with 24-second lap time around the 16-second Miniautodromo Internazionale M.Rosati track. With Greiner 8-seconds off Takahata, the pair the only drivers to run 19-laps, best of the rest on 18 would be Greiner’s Serpent team-mate Tadahiko Sahashi who completed the Top 3. Unfortunately a partly stripped rear belt which occurred in the warm-up would leave Q3 Top Qualifier Alessio Mazzeo to struggle around for a P4 for the round.

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August 11, 2016

Mazzeo TQs third qualifier at WC

Alessio Mazzeo has TQ’d the third round of qualifying at the Nitro Touring Car World Championship. After a delayed start to the second day of qualifying as the rain that halted Q2 continued overnight in Italy, the Serpent driver was fastest in the slower track conditions ahead of Robert Pietsch and team-mate Tadahiko Sahashi. Having taken the opening round of qualifying yesterday, Dario Balestri would manage only the 7th fastest time, as he was hampered by a shock issue on his Capricorn. Again Bruno Coelho would show strong running on a TQ pace like in Q1 but this time rather than a mistake of his own the Xray driver would crash into the Shepherd of Simon Kurzbuch which spun in front of him in the windy conditions.

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August 11, 2016

Oliver Havranek takes IYRCA Touring Modified title

The International Youth RC Models Association hosted the inaugural Car Modelling Junior World Championships to Prague, Czech Republic. This first of its kind event focused primarily on the youth and children and to bring together young people from different parts of the world. Rising electric on-road racer, Oliver Havranek (Xray) set the early pace already in practice and he continued to dominated by taking the TQ. In the finals Oliver would then score two wins to take home the first IYRCA Touring Modified World Championship title.

View the final results here

August 11, 2016

Team Powers PS Cap power capacitor boards

Coming from Team Powers are two heavy duty power capacitor boards for 1S and 2S applications. Designed to improve initial motor punch and reduce motor fading over the course of a run, the capacitor boards are ideal for Stock and 1/12th scale racing. The 2S board utilises three capacitors while the 1S unit is of a smaller two-cap design with both featuring sturdy and easy-to-mount aluminium cases and heavy duty solder tabs. Both boards are made for the use in place for the speed controller’s stock capacitors and they are available soon.

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August 11, 2016

Trinity B6 & XB2 Monster Horsepower chassis decals

Trinity have introduced two new chassis protectors for the Team Associated B6 and Xray XB2. Coming in the Monster Horsepower design the stickers not only protect the chassis bottom from becoming damaged or excessively scratched on abrasive surfaces but they also let the car look cool in the pits or when upside down. The pre-cut decals are available from now on.

View the XB2 chassis decal here

August 11, 2016

Team Associated Rival 1/18th scale RTR monster truck

The latest in the line of Team Associated’s 1/18th scale “re-releases” is the Rival 1:18 4WD monster truck. Just like its cousins the Reflex 1:18 and Apex 1:18, the Rival monster truck comes complete with a transmitter, motor, battery, and charger. All that is needed to do is charge the included battery pack and add four AA batteries to get them running. The Rival features chrome wheels with aggressive, terrain-defying monster truck tyres and an inline-mounted “Super 370” high-performance motor. The truck is available in two different bodyshell designs and it hits the stores very soon.

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August 11, 2016

Wynn, Borkowicz & Marasco win at JConcepts Super Cup

The 2016 JConcepts Super Cup Series kicked off its fall session last weekend at NewRed Hobbies indoor facility located in Ocala, Florida. NewRed Hobbies has a very unique surface, as they were one of the first tracks in the country to start using “Soiltac” exclusively. The glued surface makes the tire choice very simple as everyone runs slicks. With 225 entries, race director Lance MacDonald got qualifying rolling promptly at 9:30am. Qualifying was highly contested throughout the two rounds, but it’s in the main events where the points are claimed. Modified 2WD Buggy saw Paul Wynn take his vehicle with laydown transmission to the top spot on the podium while Daimon Borkowicz put in a flawless wire-to-wire win from his TQ spot in the insanely fast 4WD Modified Buggy class. Elsewhere AJ Marasco would take his buggy from the TQ position to a wire-to-wire victory in the highly contested Expert Stock 17.5 Buggy class.

View the 4WD Modified and Expert Stock podium here

August 11, 2016

Techra aluminium on-road car stand

Coming from Techra is their new aluminium on-road car stand. Featuring a minimalistic design the stand is 28mm tall and it sports machined silver fillet edges for a special appearance. Equipped with rubber feet and upper foam strips the car stand offers a secure base for the car during building, maintenance and setup and it is usable with both touring and pan car chassis.

Source: Techra [facebook.com]