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| 2018/19 Essex Winter Series Rd3 – Report Posted: 16 Jan 2019 11:54 AM PST The 2018/19 Essex Winter Series marked the half way point this weekend with the third round of the championship. With Elliott Harper and Olly Jefferies tied on points at the top of the championship, both were looking to get their 2019 campaigns off to a strong start. However, there was some surprise in the first qualifier when Elliott broke his Xray on lap two, it wasn’t Olly who took the lead of the group, but Associated’s Matthew White. Matt maintained his composure and took the round by a few tenths of a second over Olly’s Schumacher, with Kyle Branson taking third with his Capricorn chassis. Chris Grainger showed the improvements the Associated team had found by backing up his team-mate and taking fourth, with privateer Stefan Chodzynski rounding out the top five. Elliott rebounded in Q2, setting the quickest time with Olly again in second and Kyle in third. Elliott moved a step towards pole position by also topping the third round, ahead of Olly, Chris and Matt. The final qualifier saw a mistake from Elliott allow Olly to take the lead and, despite Elliott clearly having the faster car, he wasn’t able to re-pass Olly and thus Olly took the round and secured second overall, with Matt taking third and therefore third on the grid, his best result for some time. The single-leg A Final saw the pressure on Elliott as the start as Olly remained within a few tenths of a second. But by half way through, the Xray driver pulled a gap of around one-second, which he then maintained until the end. The A Final was not without action and drama, however, as the battle for third was a great race. Matt held the position for most of the run, with Kyle closing in around the 2-minute marker and spending the next couple of minutes trying to find a way past. He could find no way through and just two laps from the end unfortunately tagged Matt’s car, leaving him with a body tuck. Although Kyle waited for Matt to recover, it allowed Chris to move from fifth up to third, and Aaron rose to come through from seventh on the grid to take fourth, leaving Matt a disappointing fifth. Touring Modified final results: Over in the Super Stock class, the championship leaders of Zak Finlay and Colin Jackson were coming off the back of, by their high standards, not great results at the EWS International event before Christmas, which they were no doubt keen to put behind them. Zak got proceedings underway and topped the first round with his Schumacher, ahead of Tony Broad and his privately entered Xray, Zak’s team-mate Marcus Askell, and the ARC’s of Colin Jackson and Darren Lee completing the top five. Zak remained on top in the second round, with fellow Schumacher drive James Hart in second, Ashely Wiffen (Awesomatix) in third, Northern Ireland’s Andrew Smith (Associated) fourth and Darren again fifth. Zak wrapped up pole position with another TQ in Q3, ahead of Tony, James, Ben Cosgrove and his ARC, and Marcus taking fifth, before Zak completed the clean sweep by taking the final qualifier ahead of Ben, Marcus, Ashley and Colin. The A Final saw Zak continue his great event, running away from the field at the start and quickly opening up a gap on the field. Tony was his strongest challenger, starting second on the grid kept Zak honest but not close enough to mount a challenge for the lead. Tony and Zak demonstrated their huge experience at EWS by pulling away, until James started closing in as the race time wound down. Despite James closing in on Tony, a mistake on the final lap essentially sealed the podium as Zak took a comfortable win, with Tony helping his championship cause with a strong second place, and James his first podium for a while at EWS with third. Behind, Marcus moved up from fifth on the grid after a mistake from Ben, but the drive of the race was from superstar bodyshell painter, Graham Kenny, moving from tenth on the grid up to fifth at the buzzer. Touring Super Stock final results: The Amateur Stock class, for non-sponsored drivers and using hand-out Muchmore 17.5T motors has seen close competition all season, with a different driver taking not only TQ but the wins at each round so far. Billy Kavanagh, winner of the EWS International in the class, opened proceedings by topping the first two rounds, with Dave Lumbis second in both. Jamie Murray then fought back by taking Q3 and Q4, and crucially set a faster time to secure pole position. Jonathan Gibbs took second in the third round to line up fourth on the A Final grid. In the final, Jamie led them off and drove a perfect race to take a comfortable win and shake the championship up once more. Billy maintained his second place, with Adam Malins moving from seventh on the grid into third, and challenging Billy for the runner-up spot. The two came together on the final lap, but the race referees ruled it as side-by-side racing and this allowed Billy to hang on to second place, with Adam rounding out the podium. Touring Amateur Stock final results: Within the Super Stock class, there are also awards for the top Sportsman drivers, those who hadn’t made a C-Final result last year. The top drivers all made the C-Main this time, and had a straight fight for the honours, with Adam Spencer coming out on top, ahead of Wayne Gorey and Tristan Wilby. Also the fight was on for the Masters division, for the top +40 drivers in Super Stock. Marcus Askell took the prize this time, with his fourth place in the A Final, with Darren Lee second (eighth in the A Final) and Richard King (third in the B Final). The series continues with round 4 of the championship in February. Source: EWS [ewsevents.co.uk] The post 2018/19 Essex Winter Series Rd3 – Report appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
| Reds Racing welcome back Cody King Posted: 16 Jan 2019 09:40 AM PST Following the popular return of Cody King to RC racing, Reds Racing have announced the signing the former IFMAR 1/8th Nitro Buggy World Champion. Cody and his dad Paul were integral in the advancement of the Reds Racing product line since 2013 and Reds Racing are pleased to have them back on board to start the next chapter of the 2010 IFMAR World Champion’s career. Cody’s talent is unsurpassed and Reds Racing expect to see more great things from now until the future. Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com] The post Reds Racing welcome back Cody King appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
| SWorkz S14-3 soft front steering upper deck Posted: 16 Jan 2019 08:56 AM PST Made for SWorkz’s S14-3 is a soft front steering upper deck made of Pro-composite carbon fibre material. The upper deck provides increased steering on carpet tracks due to being softer, allowing to fine-tune the buggy’s steering characteristics easily. Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at] The post SWorkz S14-3 soft front steering upper deck appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
| Fenix X1 & Mistral Classique conversion kits Posted: 16 Jan 2019 08:46 AM PST Coming from Fenix are two new Classique conversion kits for the Xray X1 and Fenix Mistral formula pan cars. Developed to make use of older spec X1 and Mistral kits, the conversions use several donor parts such as the motor mounts, differentials and steering pasts, allowing to built a Classique kit with minimal effort. The X1 conversion can be used with all specifications up to the 2018 kit while the Mistral is fully compatible with its conversion kit. The conversion kits will hit stores by the time you are reading this. Source: Fenix [fenix-racing.com] The post Fenix X1 & Mistral Classique conversion kits appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
| SWorkz S35-T series CF lower arm covers Posted: 16 Jan 2019 08:35 AM PST SWorkz have announced the release of carbon fibre lower arm covers for the S35-T series of trucks. Precision-machined from 1.5mm Pro-composite carbon fibre the option parts have two additional screw holes to adjust the lower arm’s stiffness, they come as separate sets for the front and rear of the trucks and they fit the S35-T, S350T and Zeus trucks. Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at] The post SWorkz S35-T series CF lower arm covers appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
| Team Associated RC8B3.1 underdrive diff gear set Posted: 16 Jan 2019 07:52 AM PST Team Associated have introduced the new underdrive diff gear set for the RC8B3.1 and RC8B3.1e. Great for low traction tracks, the underdrive gear set slows down the rear tyre rotation compared to the front, making the buggy more stable on low grip surfaces and also smoothing out the car’s responsiveness. The set includes one 42T ring gear and one 12T pinion gear that are compatible with RC8B3.1 V3 differentials on the RC8B3.1 and RC8B3.1e. Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com] The post Team Associated RC8B3.1 underdrive diff gear set appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
| Xray & RC America sign Brandon Clements Posted: 16 Jan 2019 07:27 AM PST Xray have announced that US top driver, Brandon Clements is joining the RC America and Xray racing team for 2019. The IIC 17.5T, CTS Modified, 17.5T and Formula champion will campaign the company’s T4 touring and X1 formula platforms at major events around the country and he had the following to say about the deal: I couldn’t be more pleased to announce that I have joined the Xray team. I would like to extend a huge thank you to Xray and RC America for this exciting opportunity. I’m looking forward to working with my new teammates and contribute to the continued development of the Xray T4 and X1 platforms. See you all at the track! Source: Xray [teamxray.com] The post Xray & RC America sign Brandon Clements appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
| PLMS Xray Racing Series Rd4 – Report Posted: 16 Jan 2019 03:36 AM PST The fourth round of Polish PLMS Xray Racing Series was held in Scinawka Srednia recently. The schedule saw five rounds of qualifying followed by triple mains for everyone. The track was laid out with black high-grip carpet and the perfectly flat surface made for some quality racing. In Modified, Jirka Vysin made his comeback to RC racing in style and took the overall win from Jakub Michalski and Jarosław Siwek, all piloting Xray cars. In Stock, Simon Horak excelled and took the win. Dawid Klosinski and Marek Kusiakiewicz joined him on the podium in 2nd and 3rd, making it another all-Xray podium. In Formula, Simon Horak took his 2nd win of the day with his Xray in front of Tomasz Szymanski (Xray) and Przemysław Cygan (Xray). Source: Xray [teamxray.com] The post PLMS Xray Racing Series Rd4 – Report appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
| Kevin Zwahlen wins at SITCC Rd2 Posted: 16 Jan 2019 03:20 AM PST The second round of the SITCC series was held in Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland last weekend. The event suffered from a somewhat low turnout on drivers with only 42 entries for the three classes. The Touring class however still created some entertaining races especially in the four A-main finals and in the end it was HB Racing’s Kevin Zwahlen with the win from the Xray duo of Xavier Deparde and Cham Dassanayake. Source: Xray [teamxray.com] The post Kevin Zwahlen wins at SITCC Rd2 appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
| RC Maker A800X centre weight spacer Posted: 16 Jan 2019 02:09 AM PST RC Maker have introduced their new centre weight spacer for all rear motor Awesomatix A800X cars. This 0.5mm carbon plate makes it very easy to lift the centre weight on the A800X. Normally shims are required which are very fiddly and difficult to install, this plate does not require the screws to be undone fully and slides in from the side, making it a super adjustable and easy solution. Source: RC Maker [rcmaker.com.au] The post RC Maker A800X centre weight spacer appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
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