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| Elliott Harper joins Xray Factory Team Posted: 07 Sep 2018 06:26 AM PDT Xray have announced that multi-time UK national champion Elliott Harper is joining their Factory Team to race the Xray T4 platform. Elliott leaves Schumacher after 3 plus years to return to a team for whom he raced with at the start of his career when he burst onto the international racing scene, making the final on his Worlds debut in Bangkok in 2008. He had the following to say about the deal. I am very excited to rejoin the Xray factory team. Xray was the very first team I started to race professionally with almost 10 years ago, with great successes winning multiple European Junior Championships with the 1/10 Touring Car and 1/12. After collecting experiences with other teams in the last few years I am excited to be back “home” with the Xray team and I am honoured to represent them again. I am thankful for this opportunity and I’m confident that I will continue to grow and achieve the best possible results at the highest level, whilst working closely with all Xray drivers. I look forward to seeing you all at the track very soon! Source: Xray [teamxray.com] |
| Top Factory names confirmed for OneTen Series Rd1&2 Posted: 07 Sep 2018 05:33 AM PDT The organisers of the new OneTen Series presented by Infinity are delighted to announce the confirmation of a number of top factory drivers for the opening double header of the championship. Set to be held at the awesome RCI V2 Indoor carpet track in Shanghai on October 6-7, joining the top regional and local racers in attendance will be TITC Champion Akio Sobue who will be joined by his Infinity team mate and current Japanese National Champion Jin Sawada. All the way from Germany, current ETS Pro Stock Champion Jan Ratheisky will be representing Xray in both Mod and Stock and will be joined by his team mate, multiple Chinese National Champion Gary Huang. From Singapore Nicholas Lee, who is no stranger to racing in China, will lead the Yokomo factory effort and all these drivers will be on hand to provide technical support for those in attendance. More information about this and all future rounds of the series can be found here and entry for rounds 1 & 2 is now open here. |
| Tessmann & Rivkin win at 2018 Surf City Classic Posted: 07 Sep 2018 04:13 AM PDT The world famous OCRC in Huntington Beach, CA was the location for the Proline Surf City Classic this past weekend and with Xray driver Ty Tessmann in attendance, he sent us this report. ‘Once again they outdid themselves with another awesome, challenging layout and a smoothly run race. The track is very well prepped and maintained and the whole facility is top notch. It is a well known fact that after a new layout is put in, the track starts out low bite but will continue to increase in grip throughout the weekend, so to be fast your car setup has to be changing constantly to keep up with the changing condition. Tire prep is also a big factor at this race, to adjust for the changing grip level. All this combined, makes for a very challenging and competitive race. As usual all the top drivers from the US were at this race and with one of Europe’s shining stars added into the mix made for a very competitive field. Thursday was open practice and we worked with the team to get our cars setup for the conditions. Friday was another day of practice, my cars felt really good and I was confident in them and was excited for qualifying to begin. Saturday we had 3 rounds of qualifying with the fourth round on Sunday morning, in the first round I finished 2nd in 4wd and 7th in 2wd. The layout was very challenging and with even one small mistake you could go from 2nd to 10th and have to fight your way back up, there was no room for error. We made some changes to the cars and in the second round I was able to TQ 2wd and got a 3rd in 4wd. Third round I was again able to get a 2nd in 4wd, but tried some different tires in 2wd and got a 6th. For the 4th qualifier I ended up the same 6th in 2wd and 2nd in 4wd. In the end I would be starting 3rd in 4wd and 5th in 2wd. Before the mains we were discussing tire choices with the team, Tanner Stees had some rough qualifying and was in the B main so he volunteered to go out on a limb and try some tires for me that we weren’t sure how well they would work, thanks Tanner for doing this for me. In his main we could clearly see that his tires had a lot of grip, unfortunately my car wasn’t setup to handle the type of grip that the tires generated. We used this information and setup both my cars for the higher grip that the tires would generate. 4wd main was up first, I started 3rd on the grid, Dustin made a mistake early which allowed Spencer and I to pull away from the group, we had a great battle, we both made mistakes on our own but I clearly had under estimated the amount of grip my car would have and although my car was very fast it was a challenge to drive and I ended up making too many mistakes on my own, which would leave me finishing in the 3rd spot. From what we learned from the 4wd main we went back and made more changes to the 2wd, and even though I was starting from 5th on the grid, my confidence level was very high. In the 2wd main I got a good start and got up to 4th early on, then about a quarter of the way through I was able to move into 2nd. Towards the end of the race, Maifield and myself had pulled far enough away from 3rd that I felt I could push harder and make an attempt to pass. I was able to close the gap a couple of times but then make a small bobble and have to work hard to get back again. With a few laps to go, I was pushing hard to catch up and made a mistake on the table top and hit the barrier and needed a marshall, fortunately for me, Maifield also made a mistake immediately after that which would allow me to get ahead and hold on to take the win.’ Thanks to Ty Tessmann for the report. |
| Kyosho Lazer ZX7 1/10th 4wd buggy Posted: 07 Sep 2018 12:05 AM PDT It didn’t take long after the initial teaser for Kyosho to release details and under the shell shots for their new Lazer ZX7 4wd platform. Sporting new front 2mm shorter gull-arm suspension which allows for more grip and better durability, updated front knuckle and new front hub carrier with adjustable insert of 7, 10, 13 degrees. The front suspension holders are wider, as is the rear side rear holder, the rear upper bulkhead has lowered hole locations for high grip surfaces and a new 7075 hard anodised aluminium chassis is .5mm thinner (2.5/2.0mm) allowing lighter weight with improved flex balance. A low profile chassis brace bar which sits on top of the chassis also improves flex balance. Finally a new floating steering servo mount, new bodyshell with centre fins and front and rear gear diffs with new centre slipper clutch complete the package. Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com] |
| Tamiya TA07 MS 1/10th scale Touring Car Posted: 06 Sep 2018 01:14 PM PDT Following a teaser image all the way back in July, Tamiya have finally unveiled the TA07 MS. The TA07 Pro is a very popular chassis kit among club racers across the world and one of the most popular machines to use for the Tamiya Championship Series. This new version of the platform has been given a significant overhaul, endowing it with even greater potential, infusing with parts, designs and concepts from the top-level TRF419XR chassis to create a beast on the racetrack. Features Source: Tamiya [tamiyausa.com] |
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