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November 27, 2024

2024 1:10 Onroad World C/ship Chassis Focus Index

Exactly 10-years after it hosted its first World Championship, the very unique Huge RC Circuit in Bangkok, Thailand was once again the challenging battle ground for the 10th edition of the IFMAR 1:10 Onroad World Championship. A track thats high traction challenged even the very best drivers in the world, following more than a week of action it was Infinity’s Jilles Groskamp who came out on top and in doing so became only the second driver ever to win both an Electric and Nitro Touring Car World title, the other driver being Naoto Matsukura who was once again in the mix this year. Having already written about the official manufacturer stats in our race coverage, during our time in Bangkok we managed to photograph 11 cars from 5 different manufacturers which will have now compiled together for our latest event Chassis Focus index.

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November 27, 2024

Mikimodel MS1.0 ‘Special Parts’ Suspension Arm System

New from Italy’s Mikimodel and created under its ‘Special Parts’ line is this new suspension arm system for the Yokomo MS1.0 1:10 Electric Touring Car. They are entirely carbon arms, with molded insert and uniball for camber adjustment with a fixed caster of 4th degree anterior and 2nd degree posterior. The research of the design but above all the research of the materials itself was extremely complex with it taking a long time arrive at the final solution. The arms make for much easier driving compared to the standard kit arms offering much more consistency and above all avoids anomalous behaviour due to the previous plastic which it was too soft. They are sold as a kit and also separately. A tork wrench for fixing the carbon plastic is also supplied with the kit.

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November 26, 2024

Collina joins Elceram

Czech RC electronics newcomer Elceram has announced the signing of top Italian Touring Car racer Mattia Collina. A finalist at the recent IFMAR ISTC World Championships at Finishline RC Raceway in California, the factory Schumacher driver has been testing Elceram RC electronics in the last few months and will now use their unique ESC in his touring car while also becoming part of the company’s development team. Elceram has more than 50 years experience with producing ceramic parts and ceramic printed circuits boards (PCBs), hybrid integrated circuits, sensors, power electronic modules and special electronic components for electronics and microelectronics for many different industries and in 2023 decided to capitalise on that experience for development and production of special power modules, such as ESC, designed specially for RC racing.

Source: Elceram [Facebook]

November 26, 2024

2024 Speed King Tour Rd6 – Report

The popular Japanese based Speed King Tour travelled to the World JAM indoor carpet track in the Gumma prefecture for the sixth & final round of 2024 where factory Xpress driver Yugo Nagashima took the TQ and win at his home track. Another local star Toyoki Yamada would finish second in the TC0 (Modified) class with Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa completing the all Xpress podium. Overall it would be Ryosuke Yamamoto who becomes the Series Champion. In the TC1 (Stock) class, Top Qualifier Mizuki Sekiguchi made small mistake handing first place to Tsubasa Yoshimura who stayed ahead of Sekiguchi who then cane under pressure from Keisuke Kaneko but couldn’t get by and had to settle for third. The overall title would go to Akihiro Onoda. In the TC2, the stock class running a G Force motor & ESC, Hironori Kurishima showed untouchable speed to take the win ahead of Kouji Imai. Kouji Nishimaki completed the podium from 9th on the grid. The TC2 title was taken by Rento Sasaki.

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November 26, 2024

Orlowski to defend MIBO International Touring Car title

Defending MIBO International Touring Car Champions Schumacher and the British manufacturer’s star driver Michal Orlowski are to return to the third edition of the Czech based race next February to defend their title. Orlowski took the 2024 title when he beat the Mugen Seiki of inaugural MIBO International race winner Ronald Volker at the unique indoor event. While a lack of mechanic hampered Orlowski’s plans to race both Touring Car and Offroad this year, the recent Florida Carpet Championships winner and reigning 1:10 2WD European Champion has entered to do both in 2025, the race taking place at the Sports V Hotel in Hrotovice on February 07-09. Organised by former international touring car racer Michal Bok, having only opened registration for the annual event less than a week ago, the 2025 MIBO International has already surpassed 125 entries. With a capped entry limit allowing for a relaxed schedule and plenty of time in the evening to wind down and socialise over dinner after each day’s racing, the race is officially a two and a half day event and gets underway on the Friday evening with practice to allow for travel Friday morning. The Offroad track will cater for 2WD and 4WD Buggy and ‘Offroad Kids’, while on the onroad track the racing action will cater for Modified, Stock & FWD Touring car with a 1:12 GT 13.5T class as well as ‘Onroad Kids’ being introduced for 2025.

Source: MIBO [mibosport.com]

November 25, 2024

Fenix Mistral 3.5 1:10 Formula Kit

Italian manufacturer Fenix Racing have released a new version of its 1:10 Formula Chassis, the Mistral 3.5. After 3 years of the Mistral 3.3, it was time for it to be given a ‘tech refresh’ using the immense experience of Dutch F1 racer Jitse Miedema. The new car incorporates most of the evolution made on the 3.3 during the last year, plus a brand new main chassis. From the “IDFM” front end, to the revised shock position that gives more room to the electronics, to a new system on the sub-frame chassis. The car keeps the 3.3 trademark of the variable wheelbase. The 3.5 is the same car that allowed Jitse Miedema to become Dutch Champ again.

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November 25, 2024

Nicholson defends Australian title on Schumacher debut

Less than two weeks after the announcement he had switched from Yokomo to Schumacher, Simon Nicholson has successfully defended his Australian Modified Touring Car National Champion title on his first race for the British manufacturer. Hosted by the Templestowe Flat Track Racers club in Melbourne, the 2024 RCRA EP OnRoad Australian Championships attracted 170 entries including an interesting international competitor in Xray’s Alexander Hagberg, the Swede making the trip Down Under to complete in both Touring Car and 1:12. In qualifying it would be ARC’s Brayden Stanley who TQ’d the first of the three rounds. Q2 would see Nicholson hit the top before Serpent’s Jeff Hamon was fastest in Q3 ahead of RC Maker’s Ryan Maker. After a DNF in the opening round, Hagberg’s best run would be in Q2 when he posted the second fastest which with his P6 in the final round left him 5th overall. Unfortunately wet weather would put an end to the action with Sunday a complete wash out and the titles awarded on the results of qualifying giving Nicholson the title ahead of Stanley with Hamon completing the podium. In 13.5 Stock Touring Car Lincoln Codd took the title while having TQ’d all three rounds Hagberg took the 1:12 title.

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November 23, 2024

Groskamp back on top of the World

Jilles Groskamp is back on top of the World, the Infinity driver becoming the new IFMAR 1:10 Onroad World Champion at the Huge RC Circuit in Bangkok 12-years after winning the Electric Touring Car World Title. Having booked his way directly into the 1-hour Main by winning Super Pole, Groskamp would in the end cruise to victory to become Nitro Touring Car’s 10th different Champion as outgoing Champion Tadahiko Sahashi struggled in his quest to be the first driver to successful defend the title. Starting as the Top Qualifier, this being his second time to secure pole at the Worlds, Teemu Leino’s race lasted less than 10-minutes as the Finn flipped his Infinity after his second fuel stop and the impact with the boards broke a front shock. With 2018 Champion Naoto Matsukura looking like he was on to repeat his earlier dominant Semi final performance, as the race reached halfway and he had a clear lead over the field, a touch of the curbing ended his challenge. The subsequent impact after the roll would break a rear shock shaft but with the car still running on the spring he would limp home in P6, 7-laps down on his winning team-mate. For 1:8 World Champion Dario Balestri a dead receiver battery would cause him to crash out of a podium finish and DNF with just over 2-minutes to go. Behind Jilles, having managed to un-lap himself towards the end of the race, Capricorn’s Toni Gruber would claim second with tenth place starter Charlee Phutiyothin making it two Capricorns on the podium.

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