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SWorkz sign Camden Lime

Posted: 27 Nov 2019 08:05 AM PST

SWorkz have announced the signing of young US top talent, Camden Lime to their factory team. Camden inked a multi-year deal for 2020 and beyond, to campaign SWorkz’s 1/8th and 1/10th scale vehicles at all major events. Camden says:

I’m beyond stoked and grateful for this opportunity for 2020 and beyond. I couldn’t thank Max from SWorkz and Franco from RC1-Racing enough and I’m very excited to work with the team around Georg and Scott Yang. I’ll see everyone at the track soon with this awesome products from SWorkz.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

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Xray Racing Series Germany Rd3 – Report

Posted: 27 Nov 2019 06:37 AM PST

Round 3 of the Xray Racing Series Germany was hosted by the RC-Schwalmracern club recently. The event kicked off on Saturday morning with practice with Sunday being the main race day and classes run included 1/10th Touring Stock, Touring FWD and 1/12th GT. In the premier class of Touring Stock it was Jannick Namyslo with the overall TQ in front of Tobias Schuch and Marc Stubben. When the dust had settled after the finals it was still Jannick on top with Marc Stubbed and Jens Haller coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively for an all-Xray top 3 result.

The Touring FWD class to was Eric Hummel on pole position for the A-mains followed by Markus Lehr and Andreas Hummel. In the finals, Eric Hummel showed a great performance and took home a deserved win while behind him the fight for the runner-up spot was on and finally it was rental car driver Michael Eul with the 2nd spot overall from Markus Lehr in 3rd (all Xray).

In the 1/12th GT class the top qualifying spot would go to Haroun Schobner ahead of Sebastian Fenske and Guido Kraft. The opening two A-mains then saw GT class winner Haroun Schobner (Project Godspeed) scoring clean wins for an early overall victory, allowing him to sit out A3, making way for the other drivers to battle for the remaining podium spots. Ultimately it was the Xray duo of Sebastian Fenske and Guido Kraft who would snatch 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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Abdulrahman Aljuhail wins at RCCCK Points Race

Posted: 27 Nov 2019 06:05 AM PST

The Radio Control Car Club of Kuwait RCCCK held their opening Points Race last weekend, attracting over 40 entries for the Nitro Buggy and Truggy classes. In Nitro Buggy it was Agama racer Abdulrahman Aljuhail with the win in the 45-minute A-main event, a lap in front of SWorkz’s Ali Sherazy on the runner-up spot. Agama’s Mohammad Alhajri came in 3rd to complete the podium result in front of Mohammad Altarmoum in 4th and Nasser Altermoum in 5th overall.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

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Exotek 8ight-XE aluminium optionals

Posted: 27 Nov 2019 04:38 AM PST

Coming from Exotek is a range of aluminium optionals for the TLR 8ight-XE 1/8th scale electric buggy. First up is a cooling motor mount whose 7075 alloy construction offers improved motor cooling because the stock rubber gaskets are removed therefore allowing the motor heat to directly transfer through the mounts and into the chassis. In addition, a fan bar is included that attaches to the motor mounts allowing the use of a high powered 40mm cooling fan. The new universal 1/8th scale motor clamping style also makes for easier motor install and removal by simply removing the two upper clamps to lift the motor right up and out. Lastly the motor position has been lowered by 1.5mm for a lower centre of gravity.

Also new is a factory style heavy-duty 7075 alloy centre bulkhead set that also includes the carbon fibre top brace. The alloy construction maintains proper gear mesh for longer gear life and reduces the chance of stripped screws coming loose in a race. Last but not least is the heavy-duty factory style 7075 alloy steering crank set for the 8ight-X and 8ight-XE. The polished black finish with silver chamfer construction for heavy-duty race use reduces the chance of stripped screws coming loose in a race.

Source: Exotek [exotekracing.com]

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2019 Australian GP On-Road National Champs – Report

Posted: 27 Nov 2019 03:09 AM PST

The 2019 Australian Nitro On-Road GP National Championships were held at RRCSA in Littlehampton, Adelaide last weekend. In 1/8th scale it was Jesse Davis taking the TQ spot over Luke Duthie in 2nd and Steven Jovanovic in 3rd. In the main final it was factory Infinity driver Jesse Davis comfortably taking the win over 2nd placed Nick Salib (Infinity) by five laps and making up the podium in 3rd was Capricorn’s Steven Jovanovic.

In Touring Car it was Andrew Shapland with the top qualifier spot, 2nd was Steven Jovanovic and 3rd went to Brayden Stanley. The main final was an epic battle early with factory Capricorn driver Steven Jovanovic grabbing the win, Mugen’s Tim Moylan taking 2nd three laps down and making up the podium was young Brayden Stanley (Infinity) in 3rd. Unfortunately TQ Andrew Shapland was out early with engine issues.

Thanks to Steven Jovanovic for the report.

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Futaba HPS CT700 high-performance servo

Posted: 27 Nov 2019 01:46 AM PST

German Futaba distributors ACT Europe have introduced the new HPS CT700 high-performance servo. Featuring a machined all-metal case and all-metal gears, the servo was designed especially for the use in RC cars where the efficient HPS brushless motor ensures a cooler running servo and less power consumption. Offering a speed of down to 0.07s and a torque of up to 30kg-cm the servo measures 40.5 x 21.0 x 26.2mm and it weighs in at 54g. It is Furaba S.Bus2 and SR-Mode compatible, allowing to use the fastest transmission modes on the Futaba T7XC, T7PX and T4PM radios. An all-black receiver wire makes for a stealthy factory appearance.

Source: ACT Europe [act-europe.eu]

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Toms Pukitis wins at Estonian EP Off-road Nats Rd2

Posted: 27 Nov 2019 01:35 AM PST

Round 2 of Estonian 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the newly built Saue HOBI zone off-road track. The small and technical track would prove to be challenging even for the best drivers that Latvia and Estonia had to offer. In qualifying, Team Associated driver Reimo Kosk would take the TQ in front of the Xray duo of Toms Pukitis and Juri Ressar. They were followed closely by Andreas Tolpt and Tonis Lattik. Reimo would go on to win A1 in a tense fight with Toms, the young man would hit back in A2, leaving a full on shootout for A3. In the middle of the race however Reimo would face technical issues, leaving the door open for Toms to take the overall win from Reimo in 2nd and Juri Ressar in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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O.S. Speed R2104 World Champion .21 on-road engine

Posted: 27 Nov 2019 01:27 AM PST

O.S. Engines have announced the soon release of their new O.S. Speed R2104 World Champion edition 3.5cc nitro on-road engine. The power plant will be issued to celebrate Shoki Takahata’s 2019 IFMAR 1/8th Nitro On-road World Championship title, which was also a maiden Worlds win for an O.S. Speed engine in the 1/8th IC Track category. The team went 1-2 in the main final with Takaaki Shimo taking the vice championship and to commemorate their effort, the World Championship edition will feature a gold-colour venturi insert , a two-tone black and golden cooling head as well as a laser-etched crankcase. Included in the special edition is also a T-2080SC based exhaust set. The engine will hit stores by the end of December.

Source: O.S. Speed [osspeed.com]

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Tyler Hooks wins 4WD Mod at RC Pro Series Rd3

Posted: 27 Nov 2019 01:09 AM PST

The third round of the RC Pro 1/10th scale Series was held at the Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas attracting nearly 50 entries. In the 4WD Mod Buggy class Tekno RC’s Tyler Hooks would snatch the overall TQ and he also brought home the overall win following wins in the double A-main format. Xray’s Ethan Lefebvre had to settle for 2nd overall, only tenths of a second behind Tyler in both A-main legs. Xray’s Spencer Harrison came in 2nd, already a lap down in both mains.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

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Vandborg & Johnsen win at DASU Nats Rd1

Posted: 27 Nov 2019 12:29 AM PST

The opening round of the Danish DASU Electric On-road Nationals was held in Faxe last weekend. The track was a bit on the bumpy side due to not being used for over year which made finding the right setup a bit difficult. In the Touring Stock class it was Martin Vandborg with the win while Patrick Danielsen and Casper Lund came in 2nd and 3rd respectively for an all-Xray podium result.

In the Formula class, that suffered especially from the bumpy track, to was Michael Johnsen who made the best out of the conditions to take the overall TQ and also the win from his Xray teammates, Michael Praest and Torben Praest.

In the Touring Super Stock class it was Awesomatix driver Frederik Brolos Mikkelsen who would walk away with the win from Patrick Danielsen (Xray) and Casper Lund (Xray).

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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