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Posted: 19 Feb 2019 08:48 AM PST VSR Products have announced the release of a 10mm wing shim for the TLR 8ight-X 1/8th scale buggy. The addition of the shim elevates the rear wing of the buggy, creating more downforce and stability at high speeds and on large jumps, as well as bumpy tracks. The 3-D-printed shim comes with two metric screws to replace the stock ones. Source: VSR Products [vsr3d.com] The post VSR 8ight-X 10mm wing shim appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
DJ Apolaro wins at Florida Nitro Series Rd3 Posted: 19 Feb 2019 07:38 AM PST Round 3 of the Florida Nitro Series was held in Fort Myers, Florida last weekend in several 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road classes. In 1/10th 200mm Sedan it was Paolo Morganti with the overall TQ, however in the 30-minute A-main event it was DJ Apolaro who would hold the upper hand. taking the win some 10 laps in front of Paolo as Sean Kong rounded out the top 3 podium result. Over in the GT8 class it was Rino Lino with the TQ and win, taking the victory some 18 laps in front of Howard Stamen while Sebastien Prigue came in 3rd, another six laps down. Source: RC Target [rctarget.com] / IGT8 [igt8.com] The post DJ Apolaro wins at Florida Nitro Series Rd3 appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Posted: 19 Feb 2019 02:22 AM PST Mugen have introduced reinforced C-hubs for the MTC-1 touring car. The hubs are of an updated design and will improve overall durability in the event of a crash. The parts are usable on the recently introduced C-hub design front suspension and they are available now. Source: Mugen [mugen.eu] The post Mugen MTC-1 reinforced C-hubs appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
HNMC Winter Series Rd10 – Report Posted: 19 Feb 2019 01:53 AM PST Round 10 of the popular HNMC Winter Series was held this past weekend with a strong 104 drivers entry. Qualifying would be a three-way battle in Nitro Buggy with Callum Niblet taking it from Graham Alsop and Jamie Clancy by 0.5 of a second. Truggy top qualifier was Brinley Tourle and E-Buggy went to Darren Hayden-Ball. The 20-minutes Nitro Buggy A-final saw Graham Alsop taking the win with a 0.2s margin from Callum Niblet in 2nd. 3rd place went to Lewis Jones with three seconds separating the top 3. The Truggy class had Warabe Tatekoji taking the win from Darren Roper 2nd and John Afshin 3rd. Finally in the E-Buggy class it was Darren Hayden-Ball from Erik Lyke and Russ Brown. Source: BRCA [brca.org] The post HNMC Winter Series Rd10 – Report appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Ioannidis Dimitris wins XRS Greece Off-road Rd2 Posted: 19 Feb 2019 01:38 AM PST The second round of the Xray Racing Series Greece Off-road was held in cold and slippery winter weather at the Fanatix Racing Track facility in Athens. Giorgos Kalantzakis was very fast in the first qualification round but Dimitris Ioannidis worked very hard on his car’s setup and with careful driving he ultimately managed to take overall TQ and win. The 2nd place went to talented amateur driver Stelios Kourkoumelis who, with his mechanic Takas, laid down a great performance to collect valuable points for the championship. Giorgos Kalantzakis secured a 3rd place which secured him the lead in the championship and rounded out an all-Xray podium. Source: Xray [teamxray.com] The post Ioannidis Dimitris wins XRS Greece Off-road Rd2 appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
T-Works XB8’19 titanium turnbuckle & screw sets Posted: 19 Feb 2019 01:30 AM PST Coming from T-Works and made for the Xray XB8’19 buggy are a titanium turnbuckle as well as two screw sets. Starting with the turnbuckle set, the 7-piece kit is made of high-quality 64 grade material and it replaces the standard spring steel turnbuckles with lighter and more shiny items. Included with the turnbuckles come two suitable 4mm and 5mm wrenches. As for the screw sets, T-Works have released a 149-piece UFO head titanium and a 149-piece gold-colour steel screw kit. The latter will mainly add bling while the titanium set makes for more visual impact, a lower weight and higher corrosion resistance compared to the original steel fasteners. Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com] The post T-Works XB8’19 titanium turnbuckle & screw sets appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Kyosho MP10 hard suspension arms Posted: 19 Feb 2019 01:21 AM PST Kyosho have announced the release of hard compound suspension arms for the Inferno MP10 buggy. Made of a harder composite material and a direct replacement for the kit standard “S” types, the “H” arms offer less flex and are therefore the ideal choice when running in higher temperature or grip conditions as they make for greater stability and precision. The arms are available separately for the front or the rear and the rear set also includes the needed arm inserts made of the same material. Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com] The post Kyosho MP10 hard suspension arms appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
2018/19 Essex Winter Series Rd4 – Report Posted: 19 Feb 2019 12:57 AM PST This weekend saw the fourth round of the popular Essex Winter Series take place in the UK. As the penultimate round of the series, some of the championships could be decided, but with the high level of competition across all the classes, it was going to be a tough day for everyone in the points chase. In the Modified class, Olly Jefferies ideally needed a maximum points haul to force a showdown for the final round – but Elliott Harper could clinch the championship with a runner-up score, if Olly failed to take home the maximum points. Elliott put together a good first run, taking the top spot by nearly two-and-a-half seconds from his Xray teammate Alexander Hagberg. Olly set the third best time, just a few tenths back on the Swede, with Kyle Branson in fourth for Capricorn and Matthew White taking fifth with his Associated. Round two saw Alexander move to the top, besting his teammate by three-quarters of a second, as both the Xray drivers pulled out a two-second gap to Olly, who again took third, with Kyle and Matthew in fourth and fifth again as well. Round three saw it decided that an Xray would sit on pole position, as Alexander beat Elliott by a few tenths again, meaning only these two would start out front for the A-final. Once again, the remainder of the top five was identical as Kyle and Matthew put in consistent runs and joined the top three in setting 21-lap runs. The final qualifier saw Elliott and Alexander exchange the lead a number of times, until later in the race Alexander managed to open up a slight gap – once again, just a few tenths separating the Xray drivers but Alexander setting the best time and thus securing pole position. Olly was again third, with Chris Grainger moving his Associated into fourth to leap-from Matthew on the starting grid. The A-final got away with Elliott potentially five minutes away from wrapping up his fourth EWS Championship – he would need to hold second in the race and keep title rival Olly behind him. However, things became a lot easier for Elliott as Olly rolled his Schumacher in just the second corner, leaving his car on its roof and dropping him to the back of the field. With the threat behind removed, the top two starters had a fantastic race-long battle, the gap never more than one second as they continued to pull away from the field. Behind, Olly slowly picked off places to move up, but realised his work was cut out for him to prevent Elliott securing the title after that early mistake. Kyle, Chris and Matthew circulated in third, fourth and fifth, with no one able to get close enough to think about any attempts at a passing move, until Chris rolled his car in the final minute of the race, dropping him down the field and allowing Matthew into fourth. Meanwhile, Olly had worked his way up to sixth, behind the Yokomo of Harley Eldridge. Harley did a great job holding off the multi-time UK champion, but his experience finally showed through after a great pass on the very last lap moved him up to fifth. Out front, the leaders came around to lap the field on the final lap, Elliott possibly sensing a chance as they worked through the traffic – but Alexander held his ground to take his third ever win at EWS, with Elliott finishing second but taking home enough points to wrap up the championship title with an event to spare with his 19th podium finish at the UK’s most popular on-road series. Modified final results: Over in the Super Stock class, Zak Finlay had the chance to also take home the title, but the maths there were more complicated and depended on a number of other results. Tony Broad, a former EWS Champion but recently finding himself the “bridesmaid but not the bride” got proceedings underway with the quickest time, ahead of Belgian star Florian Joos, once again making the long trip over to compete in the UK. Zak took third in the round ahead of R2 victor Colin Jackson and his teammate Darren Lee. Q2 saw Florian take his Xray to the top of the time sheets as he continues to make a name for himself in the RC world. Tony took his privateer Xray into second this time, with Zak’s Schumacher in third and Darren’s ARC fourth. This time Marcus Askell, one of the contenders for the Masters (+40) title, took fifth for Schumacher. In the third qualifier, Zak took a step towards the title with a TQ run, with Tony second and Daniel Blake (Xray) third in front of Colin and Darren. The last qualifier would then set the grid, and Tony returned to his earlier form with a neat and clean run to set the best time so far and secure the number one grid slot, with Marcus in second, James Hart (Schumacher) third in the round, Zak fourth and Awesomatix pilot Ashley Wiffen fifth to lock himself into a competitive A-final. Zak could still secure the title, but would need to win from his third place grid spot. The start didn’t go Zak’s way with Florian, from second on the grid, making a mistake on the opening lap and collecting Zak. This allowed Marcus up into second, as Zak recovered in third and Florian in fourth. The top four quickly separated themselves from the field and left the others to scrap over the minor places. Tony looked in control, opening up a decent gap as the fight developed for second, third and fourth. But with three very evenly matched cars and drivers, position changing looked unlikely. A few times, Zak was able to break away from Florian and begin to challenge Marcus, but each time it seemed he ran out of steam and dropped back a little. After five minutes of intense racing, Tony ran out the winner, with Marcus securing second in front of Zak and Florian, meaning the championship would be decided at the finale in March. This result also maintained Zak’s remarkable run of thirteen consecutive podium finishes at EWS, stretching back to November 2016. Super Stock final results: The Amateur Stock class has featured a different winner at every event so far, and the close racing by the un-sponsored drivers with handout Muchmore 17.5 motors looked set to continue. Jonathan Gibbs set the best time in Q1, ahead of championship leader Billy Kavanagh and crowd favourite Shane Chipolina. The second round had Matthew Booth out front, with Billy second and Jamie Murray, winner last time out, in third. Round three also went the way of Matthew, Samuel Jones took second and Billy continued his good run with a third top-three. The last qualifier had Samuel setting the fastest time ahead of Billy, but Matthew’s third was enough to secure him the overall TQ. The A-final saw more close racing as everyone had expected, but it was Matthew who stamped his authority on the class this time, opening up a small gap in the first few laps and allowing everyone else to fight for second place. As the five minutes ran down, Billy Kavanagh kept himself as the title favourite as he came through to take second overall. Behind, Shane looked on track for another great podium result, until Samuel slipped through to third on the last lap, having dropped down the order earlier on from his second place starting spot and had to work his way back through the field again. Amateur Stock final results: Inside the Super Stock class, the sub categories for Sportsman and Masters were also was competitive as ever. The Masters class saw three drivers making the A-final, and Marcus Askell’s second overall saw him the top +40 driver, ahead of Darren Lee (6th overall) and Richard King (10th overall). In Sportsman, Rob Brighton was the best this time out, finishing 5th in the C-final, ahead of Adam Spencer (8th in the C-final) and Stephen Smith (3rd in the D-final). But, with two C-final finishes this year, Adam now finds himself bumped up from Sportsman, meaning the overall title is wide open going to the season finals next month. Source: EWS [ewsevents.co.uk] The post 2018/19 Essex Winter Series Rd4 – Report appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Posted: 19 Feb 2019 12:38 AM PST The Motorama 2019 was hosted at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex, this past weekend. The race is actually part of a huge motorsport expo that incorporates ArenaCross racing, Car show, Go Kart racing, Quarter Midget racing, Scaling, Speed, show and beauty pageant all in one. Luckily for the racers, world-famous Scotty Ernst was on hand building both dirt tracks for 1/8th and 1/10th scale racing for all of the RC racing enthusiasts to enjoy. By taking the best 2 of 3 qualifiers to seed for the triple A-Mains, racing was action packed as both tracks were going off at the same time keeping racers that were participating in both, extremely busy. Here’s a recap of how it all went down. Cole Tollard was on fire all weekend and 2WD Modified Buggy was no exception as he picked up 3 TQ’s in qualifying to be the class overall TQ. But during A1, Chase Lemieux put a lot of pressure on Cole making a pass for the Lead on lap 5. However, Cole would counter the move with ultra-fast, solid laps and made the pass back for the lead and with it the win. During A2, Cole found himself with a commanding lead after throwing down some heaters during the main and was able to go tone to tone securing him a TQ and win on the podium in the 2WD Mod division. Mike Gay put on a great show and finished 2nd with Chase Lemieux 3rd to round out the top 3. 4WD Modified once again saw Cole Tollard dominate the qualifying rounds by taking all 3 TQ’s and the only driver able to hit the 19 lap pace. During main day, Cole found himself leading but with a little pressure from Andy Krivitz early on, but pulled away towards the end in the first two mains securing him the overall win. Solidifying the 2nd spot on the podium was Andy Krivitz with Chase Lemieux seizing the 3rd and final spot on the podium. Cole Tollard showed that he was the man to beat during practice in Modified Stadium Truck. Cole dominated qualifying taking TQs in all 3 rounds of qualifying and only needing two mains with commanding leads in both mains to make him the overall champion in Mod Stadium Truck. Maclan’s Billy Vacek retained 2nd place with Jonathan Noon 3rd. In 13.5 4WD Buggy and from the start of practice to the A-Mains, Reid McMichael showed that he had the pace to be at the top. With that being said Reid made a dominating statement during qualifying taking all 3 TQs. Come main day Reid still had the pace leading the mains from tone to tone in A1 and A2 to take the overall win. Steve Charles closed out the weekend in 2nd with Jeff Statkiewicz 3rd. In the competitive 17.5 2WD Buggy class, Aj Marasco also showed great pace in practice and delivered consistent runs over the weekend marking him as a front runner in the class. In qualifying, Aj grabbed a TQ in round 2 along with two 2nd’s earning him the overall TQ in 17.5 Buggy. In the main, Aj put his head down taking a well-deserved tone to tone victories in A1 and A2 showing consistent, super fast laps. Tyler Noon was runner up with Ian Maize 3rd overall. In 2WD 17.5 Short Course, Stuart Lewis showed very consistent runs throughout qualifying taking 2 TQs out of the 3 giving him the overall TQ in the class. At the start of the A-mains, Stuart used his consistency to provide him with enough speed to win A1 and A2 locking up the overall win in 17.5 SCT class. Adam Curry went on to finish 2nd with Matt Adams round out the top 3 with a terrific 3rd place finish. Earning the 2nd place starting spot on the grid for the triple Expert E-Buggy A-mains, Alex Kosciuszek was close enough to the front to contest for the overall once the A-Mains were underway. From the start, Alex took his time and assessed his situation until he found the right time to attack for the lead. Once he was to the front there was no looking back as he checked out to win both A1 and A2 to secure the overall in Expert E-Buggy. Wrapping up 2nd was HB Racing’s Spencer Heckert and Jacob Hardison 3rd on the podium. The results of the Expert E-Truggy was much the same in Expert Ebuggy, but this time, AE/JConcepts’ Alex Kosciuszek started out front and led from tone to tone to take wins in A1 and A2 to seal the deal in both his 1/8th classes over the weekend. Spencer Heckert once again finished 2nd with Anthony Mazzara 3rd. Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net] The post Motorama 2019 – Report appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
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