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2017 EWS International – Announcement

Posted: 05 Oct 2017 03:55 AM PDT

The Essex Winter Series team have announced the fifth edition of the EWS International event, which will take place at their well-known indoor venue in the South-East of the UK over the weekend of 8-10 December. The event will take place on an ETS type carpet track covering 35×24 metres, with the popular ETS-spec Volante tyres being used for the three classes of Modified Touring, Super Stock (13.5 Blinky) Touring, and Formula. With last year’s event featuring a battle between World Champion Ronald Volker, team mate Chrissi Krapp and the best UK drivers, we’ve already had confirmation that the Yokomo and Awesomatix teams will again return. Entries are now open and expected to fill very quickly. Full information, including details on hotels, travel and the race rules, can be found on the EWS website, where entries can also be made. For any other questions, please email Oli Meggitt (oli.meggitt@gmail.com).

Toto Ebukuro dominates JMRCA 1/12th Nationals

Posted: 05 Oct 2017 02:10 AM PDT

The Japanese 1/12th scale National championship was held at the Yatabe Arena recently. In qualifying it was Team Yokomo Factory driver Toto Ebukuro who took a perfect score, topping all 5 rounds to take the top spot ahead of Hayato Ishoika in 2nd, with the Yanagizawa brothers in 3rd and 4th. Using the newly announced YRX-12 chassis and the newly developed CRT LX rubber rear tire, Ebukuro dominated the finals to complete the perfect event with the Yanagisawa brothers taking 2nd and 3rd position for a complete Yokomo podium. In the 21.5T stock category, called the Sport Class by the JMRCA, another Yokomo driver Eiji Seto took his first Japanese title also using the new YRX-12.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

RC Maker Digital Camber, Toe & Caster setup gauges

Posted: 05 Oct 2017 12:24 AM PDT

New from RC Maker are an industry first line of digital setup gauges for 1/10th EP and GP Touring Cars. The first introductions to the line are two digital gauges, one for conventional touring cars which digitally measures camber and rear toe. This is currently being debuted by Ronald Volker and Yukijiro Umino at IIC in Las Vegas. The second is for Awesomatix Touring Cars which digitally measures the front and rear caster. Consisting of an Aluminium and Carbon Fibre construction, they are built to very tight tolerances accurate to within 0.01 degrees over a 4-degree range. This ensures precise and replicable camber, toe and caster adjustments. The gauge itself features a backlit screen with big numbers for easy viewing in day and night, as well as “auto off” and “zero” functions to be able to zero to your setup board surface no matter what angle it’s on. It also features very easily replaceable AAA batteries and comes with a velvet storage pouch to keep it looking and functioning like new.

Source: RC Maker [rcmaker.com.au]