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Gravity RC G-Spec Type F touring car foam tyres

Posted: 27 Nov 2017 08:57 AM PST

Developed by Drew Ellis and Paul Lemieux are the new Gravity RC G-Spec Type F touring car foam tyres. A specially selected foam compound and wheel make it a true spec foam tyre for touring cars on both asphalt and carpet. Its ultra dense front foam and firm rear foam makes for very little tyre wear and great handling while the nylon spoke wheel is both racy and sturdy. The Type-F tyres were used at last weekend’s indoor champs in Cleveland, Ohio to provide an exhibition class for the event. The class was TQ’d by Xray’s Paul Lemieux and won by Team Associated’s Kevin Hebert. Both drivers used out of the package tyres with Paul even using his exact same car from the rubber tyre class with only adding rear camber to set the fastest laps of the weekend.

Source: Gravity RC [teamgravityrc.com]

VRP EB410 XV3 shock pistons

Posted: 27 Nov 2017 08:36 AM PST

Vision Racing Products have introduced their popular XV3 pistons for the Tekno EB410. They feature the same slim sidewall design that reduces friction, yet maintains pack just like the VRP’s 1/8th XV3 pistons. Each pair of pistons comes with two rubber valves and two delrin washers. The pistons are available now in 2-hole 1.7 and 2-hole 1.8 variants that come laser-etched for easy identification.

Source: Vision Racing Products [visionracingproducts.com]

Elias Johansson wins 4WD class at WBC Rd1

Posted: 27 Nov 2017 08:06 AM PST

The opening round of the Swedish WBC Cup was hosted by the Karlskrona MRK club and held at the HB/Orion Race Track in Kallinge. In the 4WD Buggy class Elias Johansson lined up 1st on the grid in front of Jesper Rasmussen, Oskar Levin, and Alexander Landen, who rounded out the top 4 after the qualifiers. In A1 and A2 it was pretty much smooth sailing for Team Associated driver Elias Johansson and after taking the day’s win early he would sit out the final A-main to make way for the other pilots who fought for the remaining podium spots. Alexander Landen (Xray) had a DNF in A1 and a 2nd place finish in A2 and so he needed a good result to finish on the podium. Therefore he started off a little bit on the safe side for the first few laps, by that Oskar and Jesper were able to get a gap of a couple of laps, and they had a battle of their own. When things had settled in and Alexander had a little bit of a gap to the 4th placed car he started to reel in on the leaders and close the gap. When he was just within striking distance, the leaders came together and Alexander could go through to take the lead and he was able to maintain it until the end and by that securing the 2nd spot overall in front of Team Associated’s Jesper Rasmussen.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Xray Racing Series Poland R3 – Report

Posted: 27 Nov 2017 07:53 AM PST

For round 3 the PLMS RC & Xray Racing Series Poland the participants traveled to the town of Ścinawka Średnia. The event was held in several electric on-road classes and the fastest category, Touring Modified, was a dominated by Jakub Różycki, who was chased by Martin Korinek, Jarosław Siwek and Jakub Michalski. After some entertaining A-mains it was Jakub Różycki with the day’s win from Jarek Siwek and Jakub Michalski.

Touring Modified top 5 results:
1. Jakub Rozycki
2. Jarosław Siwek
3. Jakub Michalski
4. Martin Korinek
5. Mirek Novák

The closest fights for the podium were seen in the Stock class. Czech driver Simon Horak made a clean sweep, however behind him Mariusz Zachacz, Bruno Zachacz and Marek Kusiakiewicz battled it out for the remaining two podium spots. In the first leg, Mariusz was just over 1 second fastest than Marek and in A2 there was a close fight between the afforementioned trio until lap 21. Marek was second, but unglued tyres did not allow him to drive properly and he lost out to Mariusz and Bruno. The last final run was a fight under Simon’s dictation. Marek came 2nd, which gave him a 3rd place overall as Mariusz came in 2nd.

13.5 Stock top 5 results:
1. Šimon Horák
2. Mariusz Zachacz
3. Marek Kusiakiewicz
4. Bruno Zachacz
5. Adrian Turek

What goes around comes around, and so Simon Horak also won the Formula class. Mariusz Zachacz, Tomasz Szymański and Marek Kusiakiewicz battled it out for P2 and P3 and in the second and the third final Marek had a good start, but he had to give up, because of electrical issues. Ultimately Tomasz won the fight for the 2nd place, leaving Mariusz in 3rd.

Formula top 5 results:
1. Šimon Horák
2. Mariusz Zachacz
3. Tomasz Szymański
4. Marek Kusiakiewicz
5. Paweł Grześkowiak

In the Hobby class, attracting only two drivers, it was Krystian Zienkiewicz with the win from Frank Zachacz 2nd. The E-14 Rally class was won by a dominating Jakub Michalski won, from Ireneusz Działkowski and Mateusz Tutaj.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

RDRP Ultra pinion holder 48 pitch R2

Posted: 27 Nov 2017 07:04 AM PST

Revolution Design Racing Products have introduced their new Ultra pinion holder in the updated R2 design. Designed to take up to 16 pinion gears from 15T to 30T size and helping to keep those valuable gears sorted, the holder is CNC-machined from a single piece of 7075-T6 aluminium, and comes with a shiny black finish with laser-engraved logos and markings – with the R2 design sporting an updated overall appearance for even cooler looks.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

Ruddog protection & heat shield tape

Posted: 27 Nov 2017 06:40 AM PST

Ruddog Distribution have introduced their new protection and heat shield tape. 50mm wide and coming as 200cm rolls, the aluminium tape is ideal to reinforce and protect body shells in the bumper, wheel arch and exhaust area as it is not only super strong but also highly heat-resistant. While preventing body shells from becoming damaged it is also ideal as a wrap around for fuel tanks as it keeps away engine and exhaust heat, preventing the plastic tanks from swelling or melting.

Source: Ruddog [ruddog.eu]

Samix long aluminium servo arm

Posted: 27 Nov 2017 06:36 AM PST

Samix have introduced a long aluminium servo arm for a variety of applications. Machined from high-quality aluminium and coming in a total of six colour, the arm is of a clamping design for improved security when the going gets tough and it it available in 23T and 25T specification to cover most of today’s servos. The ball stud mounting holes offer 20mm and 24mm centre point distance and the servo horn is available in green, silver, gun metal, red, black or orange colour.

Source: Samix [rcsamix.com]

Xray Racing Series Italy Rd1 – Report

Posted: 27 Nov 2017 06:21 AM PST

The opening round of the Xray Racing Series Italy was held at the Pista Minirace track in Casoria. More than 90 racers signed in for the six classes of Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T “Teamdriver”, Touring 13.5T Stock, Touring 17.5T Stock, Formula and 1/12th pan car. In the Touring Modified class it was Alessio Menicucci with the win from Alessio Mazzeo and Nicola Marrone. Alessio Mancini and Antonio Di Prisco would round out the top 5 results.

Touring Modified final results:
1. Alessio Menicucci
2. Alessio Mazzeo
3. Nicola Marrone
4. Alessio Mancini
5. Antonio Di Prisco
6. Mario Spinello
7. Simone d’Ottavio
8. Stefano Rabitti

In 13.5 Teamdriver it was Turkey’s Mustafa Alp with the TQ and win from teammates Massimo Fabiani and Nico Catelani. Alessio Valentini and Umberto Pernice completed the top 5 results.

Touring 13.5T Team final results:
1. Mustafa Alp
2. Massimo Fabiani
3. Nico Catelani
4. Alessio Valentini
5. Umberto Pernice
6. Gian Paolo Ruggiero
7. Andrea Valerio
8. Nicolas Ferri
9. Roberto Fabiano
10.Luigi Arcari

The Touring 13.5 class was won by Filippo Domanin from Mario Piermatteo 2nd and Angelo Di Paolo 3rd.

Touring 13.5T final results:
1. Filippo Domanin
2. Mario Piermatteo
3. Angelo Di Paolo
4. Franco argiro
5. Salvatore Padula
6. Marco Cialfi
7. Gianluca Acanfora
8. Gennaro Acanfora
9. Flavio Anelli
10.Massimo Campana

Touring 17.5T had Giovanni Giordano walking away with the silverware from Mauro Fabiani and Luca Cirillo.

Touring 17.5T final results:
1. Giovanni Giordano
2. Mauro Fabiani
3. Luca Cirillo
4. Alessandro Bagagli
5. Flavio Buzi
6. Agostino Marigliano
7. Simone Anelli
8. Raffaele Picardi
9. Aldo Santoro
10.Vincenzo Franceschetti

Over in the Formula class it was Marco Buccella with the day’s win from Luca Laneri and Michele Barbato in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Formula final results:
1. Marco Buccella
2. Luca Laneri
3. Michele Barbato
4. Liberato Persico
5. Fabrizio Zanninelli
6. Emilio Cardinale
7. Giuseppe Pipolo
8. Damiano Frattorusso
9. Antonio Russo
10.Giovanni Crea

Last but not least in 1/12th Pan Car it was Alessandro Brunelli with the win from Fabio Domanin and Angelo Pezzini.

1/12th Pan Car final results:
1. Alessandro Brunelli
2. Fabio Domanin
3. Angelo Pezzini
4. Nicola Marrone
5. Alberto Beri
6. Paolo Spedaliere

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

2017/18 RugRacers Rd2 – Report

Posted: 27 Nov 2017 05:11 AM PST

Round 2 of this season’s RugRacers series was held this past weekend in Ware, Herts. In the 13.5 Blinky class, Zak Finlay picked up right where he left off last round, taking FTQ to place his Xray on pole just ahead of Tony Broad’s Xray, while the 3rd place would be taken by Darren Lee for Schumacher. In the finals, both legs would be taken by Zak with Tony 2nd and Billy Fletcher of Awesomatix in 3rd after moving up from his 5th placed start.

GT12’s young star Owen Smith of Mardave went one better than last time to set an improved FTQ in all rounds to line up on pole ahead of Matthew Gammons and Michael Hull both of Schumacher. Owen would streak away for the overall win with Chris Wilkinson of Mardave taking 2nd from 4th and Matthew Gammons in 3rd.

Tamiya Trucks has now been converted to a championship of which Andrew Carter was the fastest to take FTQ, his truck running pretty much out the box with just optional bearings, prop shaft and shocks all sitting under the beautifully presented Tamiya truck shell, He would take a lights to flag win comfortably ahead of Damien Pinder-George in 2nd and John Painter in 3rd place.

Source: The RC Racer [thercracer.com]

2017 MRCZ Open International – Report

Posted: 27 Nov 2017 04:38 AM PST

The annual MRCZ Open International race was held in Zwevegem this past weekend. The heated event hall and the 20x30m track laid out with ETS carpet made for perfect racing conditions and the event schedule saw two rounds of practice on Saturday followed by three round of qualifiers. On Sunday two additional qualifiers and triple finals were on the agenda. Classes run included Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T, Formula 21.5T, 1/12th Spec 13.5T as well as Rookie 17.5T and also the two fun classes of Ladies and Juniors & Gentlemen to add to the excitement and to attract people to get into the hobby. Tyre-wise the Touring classes relied on the proven Volante 28 while the other classes used free tyres.

In the Touring Modified class Mitchell Van Ess (Awesomatix) was on fire during the qualifiers. The young Dutch driver claimed three TQ runs out of five, earning him the overall TQ spot. Former ENS winner John Ermen (ARC) proved his was in contention as well by claiming a Q5 with the fastest time of the day. Local matador Thomas Stockman put his Xray on P3 in front of fellow Xray driver Florian Joos and the Yokomo of young Liam Van de Wouwer who put in a couple of fast and consistent runs. Athan De Witte didn’t have the best of qualifying runs, but a very strong Q5 proved he was keen to get his VBC on the podium.

The finals would prove a bit of a lottery, as the top drivers were sometimes 3 laps faster than the lower placed drivers, who off course also battled for their positions. In A1, Mitchell made a blistering start until he made a rare error, which ended his race on lap 8. In the meantime, John took over the lead, closely followed by Thomas who pushed John to the limit. When Thomas attempted to pass, the two cars collided and Thomas waited for John to regain his position. Florian took profit from this mishap and snatched the win in A1 in front of John, Thomas, Stefan Rommens (Team Magic) and Liam Van de Wouwer.

In A2, Mitchell again took the holeshot, but his time an encounter with a backmarker on lap 5 dropped him back down the field. John had a rough start as well, and this allowed Thomas into the lead which he maintained in front of Florian Joos and Athan De Witte, who stormed to P3, coming from P7. Liam Van de Wouwer and John Ermen rounded off the top 5.

A3 would yet again be the decider for the overall victory. Florian’s hopes ended at the start when he got hit from the back and ended in a mid-pack collision of which Athan was the biggest victim. Liam also had to retire from this incident.
In the meantime, Mitchell, who was keen to end this race on a high, set again off in the lead. He held his lead till lap 8, when the race announcer asked a lapped car to let the leaders through. Unfortunately, when Mitchell passed, the backmarker accelerated and took Mitchell out of the race. Thomas inherited the lead with John in his slipstream and Athan and Florian not far behind. John was looking extremely racy behind Thomas and when Thomas ran just an inch too wide, John made a great move to take the lead, which he held till the end. While Athan was running in a solid P3, he had an electronic problem which forced him into a DNF. When the dust had settled the overall standings was Thomas Stockman (Xray) from Florian Joos (Xray), John Ermen (ARC), Athan De Witte (VBC) and Stefan Rommens (Team Magic).

Touring Stock was the biggest class with 22 participants. Spec tyres were Volante and EFRA 13.5 motors were allowed. Florian Joos (Xray) was the only driver who could manage 27 laps and he took the overall TQ. The fight for second was won by Dutch driver Frank Baggen (ARC), in front of the Team Magic of Pasquinel Neys. Tokke Adams put his ARC on P4 in front of the Xray of Laurent Desperries. The finals were also won in convincing style by Florian. Despite being tied on points, Frank Baggen claimed the runner-up spot in front of Pasquinel Neys, Laurent Desperries and Thomas Hostyn (Xray).

One of the Formula drivers currently on form is Steve Deblaere, so everyone expected him to claim the TQ spot in this class. However, two DNFs hampered his performance, so it was his Serpent teammate and French national champion Willy Voisangrin who claimed the TQ. Two Formula rookies made their first appearance at this race, and Vincent Van Gansen put his Xray on P3, followed by Ghislain Mantrand and the other newcomer, Liam Van de Wouwer (Xray). Both did a great job by being competitive from their first outing onwards. A1 and A2 were won by Willy and Steve respectively, so A3 would again decide the overall victor. Willy had a very rough start, so Steve took the lead and never looked back. Willy’s downfall promoted Vincente to P2, but his run was cut short when he ran into a backmarker. Willy tried to come back, but he had to settle for P3, which gave him the overall runner-up spot. The Serpent duo of Steve Deblaere and Willy Voisangrin thus finished P1 and P2. Vincent Van Gansen took his Xray to a fine P3 in his first F1 race. Ghislain Mantrand and Fréderic Favier rounded off the top 5.

As the MRCZ is a club with many 1/12th scale drivers, this class was the second biggest with 16 entries. Benedict Vantomme but a car he designed himself (VCD) on pole in front of Rico Claeys (VCD), Kevin Degrendele (Roche), Kenny Almey (VCD) and Ian Bekaert (Schumacher). Benedict and Rico each took a win in A1 and A2, so A3 would decide the overall victory. After an intense fight for 8 minutes, Benedict held the upper hand and collected the most precious silverware. Rico Claeys claimed the runner-up spot while Kenny Almey completed the VCD podium. Young Ian Bekaert put his Schumacher on P4 in front of Kevin Degrendele (Roche).

Jan Van der Heyden put his Xray on pole in the Rookie class, followed by the Tamiya of the young and talented Alexander Van Gansen. Rony Claeys put his Xray on P3 and he was followed by Herman Van Gansen (Tamiya) and Olivier Gesquire. In the first final, Jan ran off with the win in front of Alexander. In A2, Jan rolled his car at the start allowing Alexander to take the holeshot. Alexander kept his cool and scored a convincing win. In A3, Alexander took a great start and managed to squeeze his car in front of Jan. Because Alexander wasn’t sure it was a clean move, he waited for Jan, but as they restarted Jan got collected by a backmarker. Young Alexander upped his game and managed to keep the race under control until the last lap. While lapping a backmarker, he got hit from behind, allowing Jan through and taking the overall win. The overall result was Jan Van der Heyden (Xray), Alexander Van Gansen (Tamiya), Rony Claeys (Xray), Herman Van Gansen (Tamiya) and Sven De Kraker.

The Juniors and Gentlemen class proved that a young driver is much faster than an older one. Vic Dejaegere took a convincing pole by finishing first in all five runs. 8-years old Thomas Van der Heyden also did a stellar job by putting his car on P2. Yelten won the hard battle from his father Thierry Baekeland to claim P3 while Stijn Vermeersch rounded off the top 5. Vic carried on on his momentum and took the overall victory after the finals as well. He was followed by Lucio de Melio, Yelten Baekeland and Thomas who had two DNFs despite claiming a great P2 in the second final.

Finally in the Ladies class, Lies Azou took the TQ in front of Rebekka Masschelein and Severine Mispreuve. Lies and Rebekka putting in a solid 18 lap run. In the finals however, it was Rebekka who claimed 3 wins in a row to took the overall victory in front of Lies Azou, Severine Mispreuve, Katelijn Halsberghe and Emilie Vercruysse.

Thanks to David Joos for the report.