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RDRP XB4/XB2 aluminium wing plate

Posted: 10 May 2017 10:03 AM PDT

Revolution Design Racing Products have introduced their new aluminium wing plate for the Xray XB2 and XB4. The part is a direct fit on all Xray 1/10th buggies and the 1-piece 7075-T6 aluminium construction improves the durability and aerodynamic efficiency of all buggy wings with flat middle section, as it makes for less wobble and thus a more securely fitted assembly. On top of this will the plate greatly improve visual impact thanks to its anodised surface and the machined edge details. The wing plate is available in black or orange anodising.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

175RC TLR 22 4.0 18g transmission weight

Posted: 10 May 2017 08:55 AM PDT

175RC.com have a new option part for the TLR 22 4.0 buggy available in the form of an 18g transmission weight. This optional brass ballast weight will allow to tune the rear weight bias of the buggy to suit various track conditions and will give the car more overall rear grip. This brass weight is a direct fit and it includes a Ti-Look mounting screw.

Source: 175RC.com [175rc.com]

Yeah Racing Sakura D4 carbon fibre chassis & top deck

Posted: 10 May 2017 08:44 AM PDT

Yeah Racing have introduced an optional carbon fibre main chassis plate and top deck for the 3Racing Sakura D4 drift car. The main plate is cut from 2.5mm carbon fibre and it will stiffen the chassis assembly to get more grip out of the car with the same applying to the 2.0mm upper deck. The parts are usable on AWD and RWD kits and they are available separately.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

Serpent SRX8 43/13T overdrive diff gear set

Posted: 10 May 2017 07:44 AM PDT

Coming from Serpent and made for the Cobra SRX8 range of vehicles is the overdrive diff gear set. Machined from super-tough steel and coated for protection and wear resistance the 43T/13T gear set is best used on the front gearbox where it will make for increased steering response while entering corners. When used in combination with 3k to 5k centre diff fluids the vehicle will also have increased acceleration in certain track conditions. The set includes a 43T diff gear and a 13T input gear both of which are also available separately.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

Bornhorst & Ogden win at Battle of the SiKest

Posted: 10 May 2017 06:43 AM PDT

The 2017 Battle of the SiKest was held at S&B R/C Speedway, attracting over 170 entries for the usual breed of 1/8th nitro and electric classes. Pro Nitro Buggy saw Joe Bornhorst taking the TQ from Evan Vail and Cole Ogden and in Open Nitro Truck it was again Joe who took the TQ. Cole Ogden and Evan Vail would complete the top 3 result. In the first two of the triple Pro Nitro Buggy A-mains Joe was able to conserve his qualifying performance, taking the overall from Cole in 2nd and Evan 3rd. In the single Open Nitro Truck A-main it would be runner-up after the qualifiers, Cole Ogden to take the win some eleven seconds in front of Joe while Blake Pickett rounded out the top 3 result.

Images: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

Dimitriou wins at Greek On-road Champs Rd3

Posted: 10 May 2017 05:43 AM PDT

The third round of the Greek On-road Championship was held recently at the Fanatic Racing Track and in the 200mm Nitro Touring class it was championship leader Likaris who took the TQ and pole position. Dimitriou would start from the 2 spot and the race for the win would be between these two drivers who soon opened a big gap on the field. Ultimately Dimitriou would bring home the win after finding a way past Likaris although he would only take the win by a narrow two seconds with Tsiklitiras completing the podium in 3rd. With the win Dimitriou is now back in the game for the overall title.

1/10 Nitro Touring final results:
1. Dimitriou – Xray
2. Likaris – Shepherd
3. Tsiklitiras – BMT
4. Papachristos – Serpent
5. Totomis – Capricorn
6. Nikiforos – BMT
7. Sotiropoulos – Mugen
8. Kiritsis – n/a
9. Karabelas – BMT
10.Papadopoulos – Serpent

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

EWS Summer Edition 2017 – Announcement

Posted: 10 May 2017 04:52 AM PDT

The EWS Events team has announced the return of the EWS Summer Series, a two-round on-road electric series taking place in the south of the UK. After requests from racers for a return of the events, the Series will kick off on July 15th and 16th at the home of the last two EWS Summer events, the Adur Model Car Club near Brighton, before concluding two months later with the second event on September 2nd and 3rd at a track to be announced shortly. The series will cater for Modified and Super Stock Touring Cars – using the well-known ETS-spec Volante 36 tyre build. Each event will run to the popular “one-and-a-half day” format, minimising costs and overnight stays but maximising track time. Entries for round 1 are open now and more information can be found on the official EWS website here and on social media here.

MC Best Cup Rd3 & Rd4 – Report

Posted: 10 May 2017 04:41 AM PDT

Round 3 and 4 of the MC Best Cup were held at the Langenthal track recently. Round 3, run on Saturday, was held in cold weather with Michael Henzi making the best out of the conditions as he took the win in the 1/8th nitro class from Daniel Braunschweiler and Stefan Graber. In 1/10th Nitro Touring it was Patrick Fankhauser who came out fastest after the main final from Roger Fasler and Manfred Ebener in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

For round 4 on Sunday the weather had turned to the better with warmer temperatures making for great racing conditions. In the 1/8th class Thomas Henzi would take the TQ and he would also come out fastest in the 20-minutes main final to take the win from Michael Henzi on the 2 spot and 3rd placed Raphael Wicki.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Hertong & Van de Ven win at Dutch 1/8th Nats Rd2

Posted: 10 May 2017 04:26 AM PDT

The second round of this year’s Dutch 1/8th Nitro On-road National Championship was held at the RACO2000 track in Utrecht. In the premier NK class the day’s win went to Robbin Hertong with a 2-laps margin from Roy Bakker while Jeffrey Rietveld completed the podium another two laps down in 3rd.

1/8th NK class final results:
1. Robbin Hertong – 122 30:09.735
2. Roy Bakker – 120 30:06.336
3. Jeffrey Rietveld – 118 30:04.736
4. Jesse Keller – 116 30:03.686
5. Martin Zevenhoven – 112 30:08.959
6. Donny Blommers – 112 30:12.052
7. Benny Ciere – 111 30:01.697
8. Marc Meijer – 102 30:07.591
9. Joey Sorber – 66 16:59.747
10.Arie Manten – 57 15:36.760

In the slower Nomac category it was Addie van de Ven who walked with the silverware from Tjibbe Keller on the runner-up spot. Stanley Bauer rounded out the podium result in 3rd.

1/8th Nomac class final result:
1. Addie van de Ven – 113 30:03.393
2. Tjibbe Keller – 113 30:14.920
3. Stanley Bauer – 112 30:12.671
4. Freek van Delft – 109 30:08.356
5. Wouter Satin – 108 30:01.146
6. ad Moelands – 105 30:16.570
7. Marvin Theeuwen – 76 22:06.240
8. Jarno Eikendal – 66 20:09.493
9. Raymond Tempelaars – 31 8:36.824
10.Dylan Roks – 9 2:37.281

Source: Nomac [nomac.nl]

Xray Racing Series Alpe Adria Rd2 – Report

Posted: 10 May 2017 03:58 AM PDT

Round 2 of the Xray Racing Series Alpe Adria was held at the Mini Autodrom Ayrton Senna in Zagreb, Croatia. Drivers from six different countries including Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Germany, Italy and Slovenia attended the event, giving it some international flair. The weekend started off with nice weather and pleasing temperatures on Saturday although mixed weather and cooler conditions were on the forecast for Sunday and because of the chance of rain the first qualifiers were held on Saturday evening.

The overnight TQ in the Touring Stock class went to Arno Webernig from Patrik Požgaj and Thomas Thaler while in In 1/10 Nitro Touring it was Stefano Chiarandini on TQ in front of Gabor Laszlo and Fabio Callegari. 1/8th GT saw last year’s European vice-champion, Fabio Callegari holding the overnight TQ from Tomislav Benč and Denis Mlivič while in the premier class of 1/8th nitro on-road it was Jernej Vuga Štendler on TQ with a new track record from Herfried Pucher and Luka Bušac.

Sunday started off with a wet track due to overnight rain, so the schedule was revised with a later start of the final qualifiers. The colder temperatures also made for a lack of grip and so Saturday’s times were set and with it the overall results. To get at least a bit of grip back it was decided to spray the track during the lunch break which turned out the be the right decision. In the Touring Stock class TQ holder Arno Webernig would also come out fastest after the mains, taking the win in front of Patrik Požgaj and 3rd placed Alojzij Osvald.

Touring Stock final results:
1. Arno Webernig – Xray
2. Patrik Pozgaj – Xray
3. Alojzij Osvald – Xray
4. Željko Selman – Xray
5. Jan Pernarčič – Xray
6. Rok Rudl – Xray
7. Thomas Thaler – Xray
8. Oliver Wauch – Xray
9. Kristjan Mikložič – Xray
10.Stanislav Kokol – Xray
11.Neven Simič – Xray

In the Nitro Touring category pole sitter Stefano Chiarandini had problems which put him way down the order and so the win went to Gabor Laszlo some six seconds ahead of Fabio Callegari and Lovro Šušteršič.

Nitro Tourign final results:
1. Gabor Laszlo
2. Fabio Callegari
3. Lovro Šušteršič
4. Stefano Chiarandini
5. Sašo Kramljak
6. Vladimir Knehtl
7. Bjan Mikložič

The 1/8 GT nitro class was dominated by Fabio Callegari. He controlled the race and took the win with a large margin over Sanjin Svetličič and Tomislav Benč.

1/8th Nitro GT final results:
1. Fabio Callegari
2. Sanjin Svetličič
3. Tomislav Benč
4. Aleksandar Žaja
5. Denis Mlivič
6. Robert Jezerčič
7. Boris Majec
8. Milan Damjanović
9. Željko Sarić

The 1/8th on-road class was very interesting to watch as TQ Jernej, Herfried Pucher and Nejc Mihelič – who had a lot of bad luck in the qualifiers – had a similar pace. Jernej took off well and was starting to pull some gap over Herfried when on the straight a backmarker hit him and this ended his race after being so convincing during the whole weekend. Herfried than took the lead and in the middle of the race Nejc grabbed the lead and never looked back to bring home the win while Herfried ran into issues.

1/8th on-road final results:
1. Nejc Mihelič
2. Herfried Pucher
3. Luka Bušac
4. Roland Riegler
5. Hans-Jorg Roschen
6. Simon Štelcl
7. Zvonimir Matošić
8. Mihael Galeković
9. Patrik Pelin
10.Jernej Vuga Štendler

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]