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June 10, 2024

Spiniello joins Ielasi Tuned engines

World and European Champion engine tuner Ielasi Tuned has announcement that Italian 1:10 200mm Nitro Touring stalwart Mario Spiniello is to represent their products. Excited to welcome Spiniello, who recently finished second at the Italian National Championships, to its team, he brings a wealth of experience and talent to Daniele Ielasi’s brand. The deal coincides perfectly with the upcoming EFRA 1:10 200mm European Championship in France from June 19-22 where he will use their latest GP3R24 engine together with their recently announced new pipe kit 2701. Commenting on the announcement Spiniello said, ‘First of all I want to thank Ielasi Tuned for giving me the opportunity to be part of their team, they immediately proved to be very helpful and great professionals. I hope to repay the trust with excellent results. See you in Thionville!’

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

June 10, 2024

Yokomo RS1.0 1:10 Touring Car Ready-to-Run Set

Having released its entry level 1:10 Electric Touring Car the RS1.0 last year, Yokomo has announced it is to offer a Ready-to-Run Set of the car. As an RTR option RS, standing for ‘Rookie Speed’, is ideal for those who want to enjoy a fun and easy control radio-controlled car. With the RS1.0 Ready-to-Run set, the car is pre-assembled, the R/C equipment is installed and tuned, and the body is pre-painted,
so all you need to do is charge the batteries and you are ready to go. The chassis is the RS1.0, which has been well-received for its high performance, so it is high-spec enough to drive on circuits and participate in races. A steering gyro is also included to assist steering and prevent spinning in corners. A USB adapter charger is also included, so you can recharge the battery repeatedly and enjoy driving.

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June 9, 2024

Orlowski opens ETS title defence with Dutch win

Schumacher Racing’s Michal Orlowski got his ETS title defence off to the perfect start with a victory at the season opener at the Dutch Apeldoorn circuit. Having secured the TQ at the first of this season’s reduced 5-round Championship calendar, the Pole continued his winning ways into the 17th season with victory over the Awesomatix pairing of Lucas Urbain and Marc Rheinard. In A1, which was held Saturday evening, Orlowski would struggle initially with the colder and windier evening conditions on the opening lap with second place qualifier Rheinard attempting a pass that saw the pair touch slightly allowing both Urbain and Akio Sobue to go through. Urbain would then have a spin handing the Axon of Sobue the lead. Pushed hard by Rheinard and Orlowski, Sobue was in defence mode and as Rheinard attempted to execute a pass both cars touched on the straight resulting in them both going flying off the track. Back in front Orlowski then cruised to a 2.5 second win over Urbain. Sunday morning’s A2 was a much more straight forward affair for Orlowski as he lead from start to finish setting the fastest lap as he took his Hobbywing powered Mi9 to the win. The winner of all four of the 6 rounds his busy schedule allowed him attend last year, his second consecutive Apeldoorn victory it marks his sixth ETS race win and sees him leave with maximum championship points for the weekend. Rheinard would win A3 as Urbain & Sobue battled for second, the pair coming together at the final corner, but Urbain’s second places in A1 & 2 gave him second overall with Rheinard completing the podium. In Pro Stock Top Qualifier Lukas Ellebrock took the win for Awesomatix, the Top 3 qualifiers finishing as the started with Tim Benson the runner-up and Champion Oliver Bultynck opening his title defence with the final step on the podium.

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June 8, 2024

Orlowski cruises to TQ at ETS season opener

Defending ETS Champion Michal Orlowski has claimed the TQ at the opening round of the 2024/25 season which is taking place at the Dutch Apeldoorn circuit. Having secured his first ETS title with an indoor victory at the season finale in Austria back in March, the Schumacher driver looks to have picked up where he left off taking his Mi9 to the fastest time in all four rounds of qualifying. One of the great outdoor touring car tracks which is a favourite among many top drivers, Apeldoorn was the location of Orlowski’s first ETS win on asphalt last year. Providing the biggest challenge to the Pole in qualifying was Marc Rheinard will start P2 for Awesomatix thanks to a pair of P2 runs. Team-mate Lucas Urbain, who joined the ranks of ETS Modified race winner last season, will start 3rd ahead of the Mugen Seiki of multiple Champion Ronald Volker and the Axon of Japanese ace Akio Sobue. In Pro Stock, Awesomatix’s Lukas Ellebrock also continued his winning finish to last season by securing the TQ ahead of Tim Benson, TQ run in Q3, and reigning Champion Oliver Bultynck who was fastest in Q3.

Image: Schumacher [Facebook]

June 7, 2024

Grafil Bodies GTR8 EVO 1:8 GT body

Italian body shell manufacturer Grafil Bodies have released the first official images of the EVO version of their Audi based GTR8 EVO 1:8 GT body. Following imminent track testing, the EVO body shell will undergo EFRA checks for confirmation and inclusion on the homologation list for 1:8 GT use. The aerodynamics have been improved in various places with particular attention to lateral air flow in fast corners.

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June 7, 2024

Schumacher Mi9 Motor Mount Weights

Schumacher has released two new optional motor mount weights for its recently launched Mi9 1:10 Electric Touring Car. The Mi9 has been refined in many key areas, optimising it’s centre of gravity, unsprung mass and reducing it’s polar moment of inertia with tactical weight reductions. With this in mind, these new motor mount weights allow for the perfect placement of additional weight in order to meet weight regulations in the best possible way. Offering two versions, the 22g Motor Mount Weight was created with Stock racing in mind with maximum pinion size clearance (all pinions fit as per Mi9 gear chart). The 26g Motor Mount Weight allows power roller to be fitted (max pinion size 50T 64dp, 37T 48dp).

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June 6, 2024

RC Atomic MRX SF (Simple Front) System

1:28 specialist manufacturer RC Atomic has released this new SF (Simple Front) System for their MRX 1:28 pan car. Having launched its new MRX pan car series in January, the car making use of “Link-less Rear Pod” design meaning the traditional side links are removed from the car, the SF System is a simpler set up that the kit front end. Easy to build, it is easy to get symmetric making it easy to tune and set up.
The entire front bulkhead is made from aluminium and anodised Atomic gold. Camber adjustment is made with provided 0.2mm shims. 6 shims = 0 degree, 4 shims = 1 degree, 2 shims = 2 degree, no shim = 3 degree. The overall front width with 0 offset rim is 73 mm.

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June 6, 2024

Iris team repeat FWD sweep at Austrian Nationals Rd 2

After a clean sweep at the opening round of the Austrian Nationals which was held at the MRC Wr. Neustadt track last month, the Iris Team enjoyed further success in FWD Touring Car category at Round 2. Racing at the MACG Steiermark track, this time it was Iris driver Philipp Stadler who went one better than Round 1 to take the TQ and the win. Loris Buchhalt and Round 1 winner Matheo Buchhalt would make it another podium clean podium sweep for the Iris ONE.05 FWD. In Modified, Patrick Gollner took his Xray to the win having start from the TQ with Tobias Sutrich and Daniel Tomaschko completing the podium.

Source: IRIS [iris-racing.com]