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Flash Point shock & differential fluids

Posted: 07 Nov 2016 10:42 AM PST

Flash Point R/C Products is introducing a new line of performance shock and differential fluids. Both are made from 100 percent pure silicone oil and will stay consistent during long main events. The 75ml bottle uses a flip top cap to insure no leaks during travel and the fluids are available as 300 to 900 shock and 2.000 to 40.000 diff fluid.

Source: Flash Point [flashpointrc.com]

Essex Winter Series R2 – Report

Posted: 07 Nov 2016 10:17 AM PST

The second round of the Essex Winter Series took place this weekend. The popular championship once again attracted an almost-capacity entry, with well over 100 drivers competing across the two classes of Modified and Super Stock Touring. In the Modified class, the entry was bolstered by the attendance of Xray stars Alexander Hagberg and Olly Jefferies. But it was round one runner-up Andy Moore who set the initial pace, topping the first qualifier from Elliott Harper, and the Xray team-mates of Olly and Alexander. However, this produced possibly one of the tightest qualifying results ever, with second to seventh places covered by one second.

In Q2, Elliott took the upper hand, setting the best time from the Infinity pairing of Kyle Branson and Andy Moore, with Alexander fourth and Associated’s Chris Grainger in fifth. Elliott was again quickest in the third round, with the Infinity drivers reversing their positions as Andy was second and Kyle third, and Associated again well represented with Alan Bickerstaff taking fourth ahead of team leader Chris. The final round saw Elliott secure pole with another TQ run, Kyle again second ahead of Alexander and Olly.

The A-final saw Elliott lead off from Andy, and the closeness of the field was evident from a solid five-minute freight train – no one quite close enough to challenge the driver in front, but wary of making a mistake and losing a spot to the driver behind. The only real mistake came from Olly at around the one-minute marker, a slight half-spin being enough to drop him from fifth down to eighth, from which he was able to recover a spot only on the final lap. Out in front, Elliott cruised to the win, being kept honest by Andy through the race, and Kyle finished in third, to replicate the podium from the opening round of the championship, and give Elliott a clear advantage in the overall standings.

Modified final results:
1. Elliott Harper – Schumacher/LRP – 19/300.91
2. Andy Moore – Infinity/Xray/LRP – 19/302.75
3. Kyle Branson – Infinity/Xray/LRP – 19/303.41
4. Alexander Hagberg – Xray/ORCA – 19/304.48
5. Alan Bickerstaff – Associated/Reedy – 19/306.31
6. Chris Grainger – Associated/Reedy – 19/308.22
7. Olly Jefferies – Xray/LRP – 19/308.66
8. Matthew White – Associated/Reedy – 19/308.67
9. Harley Eldridge – Yokomo/LRP – 19/311.32
10.Paul Pinkney – Schumacher/Hobbywing – 19/311.45

The Super Stock class saw returnee Zak Finlay top the opening qualifier from round one winner Tony Broad and defending EWS Champion Jimmy Maddison, for an Xray 1-2-3, with Ashley Wiffen fourth quickest for Schumacher. Zak again set the best time from Tony in the second round, with Richard King, one of the key EWS team members responsible for the build of the impressive track at each event, taking third with his Awesomatix, and Ricky Copsey (Xray) in fourth. It was Zak from Tony in Q3 as well, with Jimmy third and Richard fourth, and Zak completed a clean sweep in the final round, with Jimmy second, Tony third and Richard fourth.

The top three had a clean start in the A-final, but trouble on the second lap saw Glenn Westwood up to fourth from tenth on the grid, as Richard dropped to last. Up front, Zak began building a lead as Jimmy initially battled with Tony, the two regular EWS contenders having a hard fight for the first half of the race, until Tony opened up a slight gap. Behind, Richard translated his speed from qualifying into the finals too, and worked his way back up to fourth by the end of the race, following an unfortunate retirement from Glenn with electrical issues. Zak completed a perfect event, leading every lap of the A-final with a degree of comfort as he took home maximum points.

Super Stock finale results:
1. Zak Finlay – Xray – 19/309.95
2. Tony Broad – Xray – 19/312.90
3. Jimmy Maddison – Xray – 19/314.07
4. Richard King – Awesomatix – 18/305.94
5. Tim Hancock – Xray – 18/306.47
6. Marcus Askell – Xray – 18/306.66
7. Ricky Copsey – Xray – 18/307.81
8. Chris Page – Xray – 18/311.68
9. Ashley Wiffen – Schumacher – 17/300.68
10.Glenn Westwood – Schumacher – DNF

Harley Eldridge once again took home the Top Junior in the Modified class with another A-final result, whilst Bradley Coaker was the best of the juniors in the Super Stock class.

Source: EWS [ewsevents.co.uk]

Day & Seim win at Northwest Indoor Series Rd1

Posted: 07 Nov 2016 09:10 AM PST

The opening round of the Northwest Indoor Series hosted by Tacoma R/C Raceway in Tacoma, Washington was held this past weekend. In the highly contested 4WD Modified Buggy class it was Tanner Day who walked away with the TQ and win from Harley Yoshii in second and Jackson Andres in third. Elsewhere in the 40+ 2WD Modified Buggy category it was Roger Seim who TQ’d and won from Mike Dana and Mike Shirk.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

Schumacher Indoor Masters Rd3 – Report

Posted: 07 Nov 2016 07:44 AM PST

This past weekend saw the third round of seven of the 2016/17 Schumacher Masters Series, hosted by Worksop Radio Car Club at the North Notts Community Arena, Worksop. The quick, open track sported some particularly long sweeping corners, tight jump sections and carpet only used on one jump. This event also saw new steel marshal protectors located at the quicker areas of the track. Overall in the 2WD class TQ holder Craig Collinson came out fastest in the A-mains from Greg Williams and Mitchell Fiddling.

2WD final results:
1. Craig Collinson – Team C
2. Greg Williams – Schumacher
3. Mitchell Fiddling – Schumacher
4. Allan O’Brien – TLR
5. James Helliwell – Xray
6. James Hart – Schumacher
7. Richard Lowe – Centro/HB Racing
8. Karl Marsden – Kyosho
9. Mark Graham – Kyosho
10.Adam Perei – Team C
11.Jeff Steele – Schumacher

In 4WD the TQ went to Allan O’Brien but in the finals James Helliwell would hold the upper hand to take the win from Alan with Greg Williams rounding out the top 3 result.

4WD final results:
1. James Helliwell – Xray
2. Allan O’’Brien – TLR
3. Greg Williams – Schumacher
4. Richard Lowe – Hot Bodies
5. Karl Marsden – Kyosho
6. Mitchell Fiddling – Schumacher
7. Richard Coates – Schumacher
8. James Hart – Schumacher
9. Chris Pattinson – Schumacher
10. Stevn Pierce – Xray
11. Craig Collinson – Team C

The next round of the series will be held on the 8th January 2017.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

Lahti Touring Car Challenge 2016 – Report

Posted: 07 Nov 2016 06:19 AM PST

The Lahti Touring Car Challenge 2016, season opener for the FinTrack National Touring Car Championship, was held as part of the Kätevä & Tekevä hobby & crafts expo at the Lahti Fair Centre. The expo gathered about 10.000 visitors with many of them watching the finals from the grandstands. In previous years the Lahti Touring Car Challenge race has been held in an invite Reedy style format but for this year it was promoted to be the first round of FinTrack Tour. The race was held in several classes and in Touring Modified it was Awesomatix’s Viljami Kutvonen who TQ’d all qualifiers and he would also come out fastest in all finals to take the day’s win from the Awesomatix duo of Miko Teponoja and Kalle Lehto.

Touring Modified top 6 results:
1. Viljami Kutvonen – Awesomatix
2. Miko Teponoja – Awesomatix
3. Kalle Lehto – Awesomatix
4. Henry Salmén – Xray
5. Teemu Saarinen – Capricorn
6. Joni Minkkinen – Awesomatix

ProStock had many of the top Modified guys running against the regular ProStock drivers. Racing was super close, with top 3 drivers finishing less than two tenths of a second apart after the qualifiers. Ultimately it was Vesa Yli who secured the TQ with two rounds TQs while Marcus Åfelt and Kalle Lehto scored one round TQ each. The finals then had some really close racing to offer between the fastest guys and it was last year’s ProStock champ, Vesa Yli who won all three final legs to walk away with the win. Kalle Lehto got past Åfelt in the finals to secure the second spot on the podium with Markus Åfelt ending up third.

ProStock top 6 results:
1. Vesa Yli – Awesomatix
2. Kalle Lehto – Awesomatix
3. Markus Åfelt – Awesomatix
4. Lasse Ilvessalo – Xray
5. Teemu Saarinen – Capricorn
6. Marko Vähäkuopus – Capricorn

Stock 21,5T blinky saw tight battle between Leevi Loukola and Jona Oksanen for the TQ spot, with both being tie on points, but it was Leevi who had the faster tiebreaker time to secure the pole position for the finals. In the A-mains Jona Oksanen had some good runs and he secured the win. Leevi Loukola came back from a bad first final and took the second spot with Miikka Luhta rounding out the podium.

Stock 21,5T blinky top 6 results:
1. Jona Oksanen – Xray
2. Leevi Loukola – Xray
3. Miikka Luhta – Destiny
4. Joonis Oksanen – Xray
5. Eemeli Anttonen – Top Racing
6. Tero Niskanen, – Xray

After a slow start for Formula class last year, this year had quite decent outcome of drivers. It was Janne Valtanen who was fast all day and TQ’d and won the class with his new Roche formula car. Niko Sinervo and Aapo Koro battled their way to the podium finishing second and third.

Formula top 6 results:
1. Janne Valtanen – Roche
2. Niko Sinervo – Xray
3. Aapo Koro – Xray
4. Antti Silvennoinen – Xray
5. Ilari Lamminsivu – Roche
6. Jethro Lehtojärvi – Serpent

The LTCC 2016 also crowned the unofficial King of the Weekend, the driver with the best combined results from Saturday’s Modified or Stock classes and Sunday’s Pro Stock category. This time the title went to Kalle Lehto with third place in Mod and a second place in ProStock. Vesa Yli was second best with a tenth place in Modified and a win in ProStock while Markus Åfelt ended in third with a seventh place in Modified and a third place in ProStock.

Thanks to Henry Salmén for the report.

Griffin Hanna doubles at Master Of Dirt race

Posted: 07 Nov 2016 04:37 AM PST

The 2nd annual Master Of Dirt race was held at BeachRC in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with close to 250 entries. Griffin Hanna took TQs in all three classes of 2WD Modified, 4WD Modified and Modified Stadium Truck. In the finals Griffin continued to dominate, taking wins in 2WD Buggy and Mod Truck to round out a near perfect weekend.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

Burak Kilic sweeps Danish 1/8th Off-road finale

Posted: 07 Nov 2016 04:12 AM PST

Braming in Denmark played host to the final round of the National 1/8th Off-road Championship. The event kicked off with E-Buggy and Nitro Truggy classes on Saturday with the qualifiers being started right after a single round of practice. Agama’s Burak Kilic would take the TQ after the qualifiers and he would also come out fastest after the triple E-Buggy finals to take the day’s win from TLR driver Jan Larsen in second and Mugen’s Florian Müller in third.

In the Nitro Buggy class, run on Sunday, it was again Burak that excelled. Pelle Culmsee (HB Racing) and Berkan Kilic were his closest competitors until Berkan suffered problems, causing him to retire. Up front Burak brought home the win from Pelle in second and Hendrik Steiner (TLR) in third.

Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the report.

Darren Bloomfield wins HNMC Winter Series Rd2

Posted: 07 Nov 2016 03:05 AM PST

For the recent second round of the HNMC Winter Series the weather was looking good for the one day event with clear skies and an unusual winter prediction of no rain. There was an open practise session before racing got under way at 10am and with a large entry of over 85 drivers it was set to be a long day. Many drivers opting to wait until the opening round of qualifying to take to the track. Qualifying saw Darren taking the TQ with Ollie Currie and Callum Niblett in the following places showing superb pace hot on the heels of Darren. The A final was run as the sunlight started to go, and Darren got off to an early lead with Ollie Currie in second. A first corner nightmare for both Callum and Jon made for a gap that needed to be closed between them and the front half of the field. Callum did well to get back to 6th place but the gap was too much although he did take home the fastest lap of the race. Ollie and Darren drove flawlessly to take the first two spots on the podium with Jamie Clancy in third.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

Maker, De Nardis & Rabot win Australian titles

Posted: 07 Nov 2016 02:46 AM PST

The 2016 AARCMCC Australian National Titles were held at Templestowe Flat Track Racers this past weekend. The event attracted the country’s fastest on-road drivers and it also saw the attendance of current IFMAR Electric Touring Car World Champion, Ronald Völker. At the end of the day and in the premier Touring Modified class it was Ryan Maker who took the TQ and win from Ronald in second. Super Stock 13.5T was TQ’d and won by Tom De Nardis with Tony William McMahon in second. Finally in Stock 21.5T it was Wayne Rabot who made a clean sweep by TQ-ing and winning the class from Glenn Wilson on the runner-up spot.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

Tamiya to re-release the Bigwig?

Posted: 07 Nov 2016 02:25 AM PST

Rumours have it that Tamiya will issue a re-release of their iconic The Bigwig 1/10th 4WD buggy early next year. Originally released back in 1986 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Tamiya’s RC section, the Takuya Yura designed buggy was probably the first RC car that was created with optimised aerodynamics in mid. It’s “wing-type” body created some stir and even today it is one of the more sought-after vintage Tamiya kits. We bring you more information on the subject as soon as they surface.