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Xray Racing Series UK Off-road – Announcement

Posted: 19 Sep 2017 06:07 AM PDT

Xray have announced the XRS UK Off-road series for the coming Fall and Winter season. Held at Midlands Raceway the series will kick off on October 1st with the finale being held on March 4th. The series will be held in 2WD Open, 2WD 13.5T Stock, 4WD Open and Truck Open classes and full event information and sign-up is available here.

Daniel Kobbevik takes Norwegian 1/8th Buggy title

Posted: 19 Sep 2017 05:32 AM PDT

The final round of the Norwegian 1/8th Nitro Off-road Nationals was hosted by the KMBK Raceway in Kristiansand in nice weather conditions. The challenging astro turf track made for some close racing and the race for the championship was on between Bjorn Ivar Haug and Daniel Kobbevik – the latter only attended at two races but he won both of them so he was in a good position for the overall championship as Bjorn needed a win and Daniel a 2nd place to secure the championship. Bjorn Ivar opened the qualifiers with a TQ in round one while Daniel had to work his way through the field as there is no reseeding in the championship. He fought back in Q2 and Q3 though only to suffer from traffic in the final two qualifiers and so Bjorn Ivar took the TQ from Daniel in 2nd and Gisle Brovig 3rd.

After Sunday’s semifinals the top 2 positions would change as after a flawless run Daniel would obtain the pole position for the main final with Bjorn Ivar 2nd and Gisle 3rd. The final started off with Daniel trying to pull away from the field immediately. His strategy seemed to work out as Bjorn Ivar made some small mistakes on the first laps, and that put him right into the fight with Gisle and Egil. Hans Magne Berg was also in the fight for a time, but had a flame out after a while and lost a lot on that one, so he was not able to fight back for the podium. Up front Daniel just continued to go like a machine and did no mistakes, so the lead was getting bigger and bigger, and none of the drivers could keep up that speed without doing mistakes. About 25 minutes into the race Daniel was in the lead with a 2-laps margin on the 2nd and 3rd place fight, but then after a pit stop, his car stopped in the middle of the track and he had to be taken to the pits. Daniel lost over one lap on that one, but just continued with same speed as he did before the flameout and managed to increase the lead to up to three laps. Behind him there was a crazy fight for the remaining podium spots and in the end it was Egil who took the 2nd place in front of Gisle. With the win Daniel would also secure the overall championship title.

Final results:
1. Daniel Kobbevik – Xray/FX
2. Egil Amtedal – Serpent/O.S.
3. Gisle Brovig – Xray/O.S
4. Bjorn Ivar Haug – Kyosho/FX
5. Danny Kwiatkkowski – Kyosho/Picco
6. Hans Magne Berg – Mugen/Reds Racing
7. Knut Jorgen Myhre – Serpent/O.S.
8. Hans Olaf Moland – Serpent/O.S.
9. Morten Olaussen – Kyosho/O.S.
10.Dan Terje Bjornflaten – JQRacing/Reds Racing

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Roche pan car aluminium pod link mount

Posted: 19 Sep 2017 04:50 AM PDT

Made for the Rapide P12-2017, P10W, F1-2016 and F1 Evo pan car kits is the new aluminium pod link mount set coming from Roche. The red anodised aluminium construction allows to adjust the side link angle by inserting or removing a 1mm fibre glass plate in order to change the cornering response of the car. The set included the multi-piece aluminium side link mounts and suitable hardware.

Source: Roche [rocherc.com]

Serpent SRX8 V2 aluminium uprights

Posted: 19 Sep 2017 04:18 AM PDT

Coming from Serpent and made for the SRX8 nitro and SRX8 electric buggies are the V2 aluminium rear uprights. The parts allow to utilise long or short arms and access all roll centre heights including high, medium high, medium low and low roll centre positions thanks to a set of composite inserts that can be rotated to achieve the desired setting. The hubs come machined from 7075-T6 aluminium for strength and they can be run with all SRX8 rear arms.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

Serpent Cup Japan – Announcement

Posted: 19 Sep 2017 04:09 AM PDT

The Serpent Cup Japan will be held at the Yatabe Arena on the 1st of October. The event will see the running of the 17.5T Touring Serpent Cup class, 13.5T and Modified Touring racing as well as a range of 1/12th scale Stock and Modified classes and also a 30.5T Formula category. Serpent designer and ETS Formula champion David Ehrbar will be resent at the event and more information will be available on the official Yataba Arena website here or by mailing Japanese Serpent distributors Asuka Create at info@asukacreate.com.

Intech ER-14 ARR factory-built 1/10th 4WD buggy roller

Posted: 19 Sep 2017 03:50 AM PDT

Coming from Intech is the ER-14 ARR 1/10th 4WD buggy roller. Factory-assembled and ready to hit the track after the completion with your own electronics, the buggy builds on the proven ER-14 platform and features an aluminium chassis, carbon fibre shock stays, threaded large volume aluminium shock absorbers, and front and rear anti-roll bars. The buggy comes pre-adjusted to race specifications and with either a clear or pre-painted body shell.

Source: Intech Racing [intechracing.com]

Infinity introduce new IF14 optionals

Posted: 19 Sep 2017 03:37 AM PDT

Infinity have released a number of new optional parts for their IF14 electric touring car. The most significant of the new items being offered for their recent Japanese and German National Championship winning chassis is a 2-piece motor mount. With the motor mount and centre shaft mount assembled separately, this creates more flex in the motor area. Changing of the screw positions in the two pieces allows for further fine tuning of this flex characteristic.

Also released are two optional aluminium wheel hex sets. With the car coming as standard with 5mm width hexes, racers now have the option to make the overall track width narrower with the use of the new 4.5mm or 4.25mm adapters. Completing the release of new optionals are low friction front and rear belts. Created for stock motor use, they are made from a softer material than the standard belts and are narrower helping to achieve higher drive efficiency.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

2017 TIPS Championship – Announcement

Posted: 19 Sep 2017 03:23 AM PDT

The Tamiya Inf1nity PRCA Singapore Championship will be held on the 21st and 22nd of October at the Marine Parade Radio Modellers Track in Singapore. The race is run in Touring Modified and Open Brushless as well as Tamiya M-Chassis and Racing Truck classes and it will see the attendance of both local driver and guests from abroad with Serpent’s Viktor Wilck, Yokomo’s Nicholas Lee and several Infinity team drivers having already signed in. More information can be found on social media here.

Völker & Mächler win at RC Touring-Cup 2017

Posted: 19 Sep 2017 02:52 AM PDT

The ADAC RC Touring-Cup was held at the world-famous Nürburgring last weekend. Run in several electric on-road classes it was Ronald Völker with the TQ in the Touring Modified category from Thimo Weissbauer and Marco Kaufmann. In the Touring Stock class Max Mächler and Alex Kunkler battled for the overall TQ and in the end it was Max who held the upper hand to take the pole position for the finals.

The triple Modified class A-mains then saw a dominant Ronald Völker (Yokomo) coming out on top in all three legs with Thimo Weissbauer (Awesomatix) obtaining the runner-up spot from Marco Kaufmann (Xray) in 3rd.

In Touring Stock Max Mächler (Awesomatix) would take wins in all three A-main legs with Valentin Hettrich (Yokomo), who had some mixed results, would ultimately come in 2nd, tie on points with Alex Kunkler (Yokomo) in 3rd.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

HRC Racing 7.4V 4200mAh racing pack LiPo battery

Posted: 19 Sep 2017 02:30 AM PDT

HRC Distribution have introduced their latest HRC Racing brand LiPo battery in the form of the 7.4V 4200mAh pack. Offering an oval diameter that makes it compatible with all applications that require “racing pack” style batteries, the 2S pack is made from high-quality 40C cells and it comes with either a T-type or Tamiya-style connector, making it ideal for ready-to-run kits, vintage cars or nitro starter boxes.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]