The JMRCA Japanese Touring car nationals for Sport class took place this weekend at the Indoor Yatabe Arena. With 105 drivers in attendance, this is a very competitive class and it was Shinnosuke Ogino that took the pole position with a perfect score of 6 first places from 6 qualifying rounds, with Kutsuna Zyuniti in 2nd ad Muta Hironari in 3rd. In the finals it was Kutsuna that opened with a win as the pole man had a bad race and ended the leg in 9th. In the 2nd leg it was female racer Winter Toki that took the win from 8th on the grid, with Ogino claiming a 2nd spot and keeping his hopes of the overall win alive. In the final leg Ogino went one better and took the win to seal the title from Toki in 2nd, who had the same points but lost on a tie break, with Hironari claiming 3rd.

Source: JMRCA [jmrca.jp]

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Shinnosuke Ogino wins JMRCA Sports class Nationals

Acorn Racing has just sent us a sneak preview of their new prototype 12V DC power supply. This prototype was said to go through 5 design changes before the confirmation of this current piece. The digital meter on the face shows the total amperage that connected equipment is drawing and it has 2 standard outputs compared to the single output that is normally seen in the market. This power supply comes with a reverse polarity protection and it is said to be strong enough to power a tyre truer for the 1/8 scale. ABS material was chosen for the casing over anodized aluminium due to the scratch resistance nature. Expect more information following its official in December.

Source: Acorn Racing [acornracing.com]

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Acorn Racing 12V DC power supply

The new MicroCute Q2 is a unique 1/18 micro-sized, belt-drive 4WD model racing car. The Q2 claims to offer high performance, responsive handling and exceptional MicroCute quality, engineering and design. Based on the legendary old first design platform, MicroCute presents the improved and refined Q2, redesigned with high-performance racing in mind. The Q2 progressive design embodies an enhanced driving experience, with its purpose-built performance chassis, unique MF Technology top deck, externally-adjustable ball diffs and race-oriented wheel mounting system.

Source: MicroCute [microcute.com]

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MicroCute Q2 1/18 4wd chassis

The New Zealand South Island Champs for on road Gas and Electric were held recently on the Ruapuna track in Christchurch. The weather was great for the 64 entrants spread over 4 Electric classes and 3 Nitro classes. After 5 rounds of qualifying it was very close in most classes with 8th gas being the closest with the top 6 separated by only 6 seconds. Finals were on Sunday and the only classes that the TQ man didn’t convert his position to a win was the 10th 2wd gas class and the 8th gas class where it was Q2 that took the win. In the rest of the classes TQ was converted into wins in the finals.

Touring Stock
1st David Beck – Yokomo
2nd Daniel Webber – T1
3rd Gerald Swindells – Xray

Super Stock
1st Mark Harling – Xray T2008
2nd Andrew Webber – Xray T2008
3rd Grant Forsyth – HPI

Pro 12
1st Don Collins – Xray
2nd Daniel Webber – Corally
3rd Patrick Dench – Serpent

Touring Modified
1st Michael Jones – Xray
2nd David Ford – Associated
3rd Graham Barthow – Xray

10th 2wd Saloon Nitro
1st Kevin Dench – Serpent (91 laps 40m 20.693)
2nd Kevin Frewer – Serpent (90 laps 40m 9.152)
3rd Darrel Weavers – Serpent (81 laps 40m 19.750)

10th 4wd Saloon Nitro
1st Daniel Burrows – Kyosho (100 laps 40m 10.621)
2nd Mark Harling – Xray (94 laps 39m 46.114)
3rd Juan Gaspar – Kyosho (92 laps 40m 3059)

8th 4wd Can-Am Nitro
1st Andrew Kirk – Mugen (105 laps 40m 12.336)
2nd Trev Winter – Serpent (104 laps 40m 18.939)
3rd Selwyn Duthie – Mugen (104 laps 40m 20.946)

It was a great weekend of racing. Full results available here.

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New Zealand South Island Champs