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This past weekend saw the running of the Winter Indoor Series round 2 in Sundsvall, Sweden. The track was on the small side but made for good racing and fast lap times. The day started off with two reseeding practice runs and in 2WD it was Elias Johansson at the top with teammate Lukas Larsson in 2nd and Martin Johansson Nielsén in 3rd. In 4WD it was once again Elias Johansson who was the king of the hill with Martin Johansson Nielsén 2nd and Felix Angseryd 3rd.

In qualifying it was again Elias Johansson who dominated 2WD with the TQ in the first two rounds with local hero Viktor Östling in 2nd in both of the first two rounds. The third round saw Viktor at the top of the timing sheets with Martin Johansson Nielsén taking second. The standings after 2WD qualifying would be Elias 1st, Viktor 2nd and Martin 3rd.

4WD qualifying saw Elias being Elias and taking the two first qualifiers with Martin Johansson Nielsén 2nd in the first round and Felix Angseryd runner-up in the second one so it was all to play for 2nd place in the last round of qualifying. Felix Angseryd was the one standing strong by TQing the last round to line up 2nd for the triple A-main.

The 2WD A-main saw Elias (Team Associated) winning the two first mains with Viktor 2nd in both of them. So for the last A-main the two other podium spots could be filled with four different drivers. The last main saw Viktor Östling (Team Associated) dominate and securing 2nd place overall with Martin Johansson Nielsén (Xray) taking 3rd overall.

In 4WD the top 3 was going to be about three persons, Elias Johansson (Team Associated), Felix Angseryd (Xray) and Martin Johansson Nielsén (Xray). Elias repeated his 2WD masterclass in 4WD by winning the first two mains with Felix Angseryd taking 2nd in both. This meant that Elias skipped driving the last main so 2nd place was still open, regardless the pressure Felix Angseryd took a tone-to-tone win and securing the 2nd place overall with Martin Johansson Nielsén rounding of the podium in 3rd.

Thanks to Felix Angseryd for the report. Images: Elias Johansson

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The third round of the Danish Electric On-road Championships was held at the Aalborg RC club over the weekend. The event was held in several classes and in Formula it was 1/10th Buggy ace, Jesper Rasmussen with the sweep after the qualifiers. Jesper took the overall TQ from Jacob Bjerregaard and he also brought home the wins in all three A-mains for the overall from Jacob Bjerregaard in 2nd. Moguls Pedersen and Henrik Karlsson came in 3rd and 4th respectively.

Image: Jesper Rasmussen

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The Fallout RC Arenacross race was held in Moses Lake, Washington this past weekend in several nitro and electric off-road classes. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was MasoN Eppley with the TQ and he would also come out on top in the A-main event, taking the win a lap in front of Tayler Wonders in 2nd. Nick Wautlet would come in 3rd as Carson Phipps and Jade Russell completed the top 5 results. In the Expert E-Buggy category it was again Mason Eppley who dominated, taking the TQ and win after the triple A-mains. Mason would win A1 and A2 by a clear margin for an early overall in front of Tayler Wonders and Nick Wautlet. Derek Rasheed and Matt Dortmund came in 4th and 5th respectively.

Images: Mason Eppley

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Following the “Nineteen” conversion kit for the Velox V10 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road kit, Shepherd now also announced the full Nineteen specification car kit. The car features a new rear axle geometry, making it more controllable when braking even under difficult track conditions or when hard braking is required. This was achieved by a wider rear lower wishbone distance and an updated upper wishbone mount with optimised upper camber link positions. The updated lower wishbone mounts are manufactured from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium while the upper wishbone mounts are milled from high-quality German carbon fibre material. The lower wishbones have been completely redesigned to match the updated geometry and are moulded from high quality plastics. The rear anti-roll bar linkage is located slightly more to the outside of the wishbone for improved responsiveness and softer steering. Furthermore, the 7075-T6 aluminium chassis of the 2019 car has been optimised. Thanks to improved production and milling techniques and a slightly different layout, the chassis bends significantly less, even under heavy loads, which significantly increases its durability. An improved exhaust pipe holder makes the use of different pipe/manifold combinations of all manufacturers significantly easier and more comfortable and high-quality ball bearings with full metal seals complete the changes to the new car. The kit has already proven its capabilities by taking the 3rd place overall at the recent IFMAR 200mm Worlds in Miami, Florida is the hands of Shepherd pilot Edu Escandón.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

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The second round of the Schumacher Winter Series presented by the Louth Radio Control Car Club was held this past weekend. 60 entries across four classes made for a competitive field spread out over the 13.5 Blinky class, 17.5 Open, GT12 and Tamiya Truck. In 13.5 Blinky Chris Lovely was able to take the TQ spot with a commanding pace with his Xray as debutant Craig Mawson would line up 2nd with his Schumacher, Andrew Green 3rd, Championship leader Nathan Winyard 4th and Mikey Mansell and his Capricorn 5th. Chris was able to bridge a gap after the first few corner tussle which saw 2nd, 3rd and 4th swap on many occasions. Ultimately Nathan Winyard would power through to 2nd, and Andrew Green would secure the final spot on the podium.

In 17.5 Jason Lovely would continue on from his previous rounds performance and take a secure TQ. Though it was super tight for 2nd on the grid with Stewart McLeod 2nd, current champion Andrew Babb 3rd, James Beckett in 4th and Peter Covell 5th. A slow start for Jason would see the first few corners be a tight affair with cars swapping places, but he would get back his 1st spot and put distance into the field. The battle for 2nd raged on between three cars all race, with Stewart McLeod breaking free, and James Beckett holding onto third from Andrew Babb and Peter Covell.

In GT12 more entries and competition would see Luke Eyre secure TQ, seasoned pro Russell Woodhouse would secure 2nd, from Lee Stokes and Gary Williamson, with Paul Vincent and Lee Ward making up this a final. The fight for 1st was close all race never more then a few car lengths apart, but Luke would hold on and manage the gap to bring home the win. Russell would have a comfortable 2nd, Lee Stokes would hold onto his 3rd spot.

Tamiya Euro Trucks is always a fun class to watch with good fun on the track. Mitch Fiddling would secure the top spot for this time around, ahead of Jason Lovely. John Yarnell would secure 3rd, returning Richard Howells 4th and debutant in the class Tom Hardy and Chris Chapman. Mitch would keep it tight for the first few laps before breaking away to take the overall, Jason Lovely would have to settle for a comfortable 2nd, John Yarnell would work hard for 3rd spot but retain it. Tom Hardy would come home in 4th from Chris Chapman and Richard Howells.

The next round of the series is on December 9th.

Source: Louth Radio Control Car Club [louthrccarclub.co.uk]

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PDX RC Unground of Portland, Oregon held round 2 of their Rockstar Winter Off-road Series this past weekend. In 13.5t Stadium Truck it was Andy DiBrino with he overall TQ and he would also sweep the single 5-minute A-main event, taking the win some two laps in front of Jack Leighan in 2nd. Kevin Focht would round out the top 3 another lap down.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

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T-Works have introduced new front and rear top decks for the Schumacher Cat L1 1/10th 4WD off-road buggy. Available separately the upper decks come in 2.0mm, 2.5mm or 3.0mm specification, allowing to fine-tune the chassis’ flex characteristics to your liking. The different thicknesses can also be mixed and matched for even greater influence on the front and rear chassis twist.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

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Coming from Arrowmax is their new 3.7V 8000mAh Si-Graphene series LiPo battery packs for 1/12th scale applications. The no compromise pack is of 60C/120C rating for high discharge rates in Modified and Stock racing, ensuring exceptional power supply even with power-hungry motors or on demanding tracks. The hardcase battery utilises 5mm connectors and it is available now.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

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Infinity has introduced an optional aluminium body mount spacer for their IF18 1/8th nitro on-road chassis. Used together with the optional 1-piece carbon mounting plate, the spacer offers extra body post stability and is available in both silver and red.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

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