This past weekend the Rumble in the Asphalt Jungle race was held in Austin, Texas at the newest permanent on-road track in the United States, called N-Control RC Racing Circuit. This was the track’s first big race and in the 1/10th Nitro Sedan class it was Loran Whiting who was able to take the TQ and she would also lead the 20-minute A-main from start to finish to take the day’s win.
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The opening round of the 2016/17 Mibosport Cup was held this past weekend at the Hotel-Sport in Hrotovice, Czech Republic and it saw a total of 233 entries for the four on-road and two off-road classes. The Touring Car Modified class was dominated by reigning IFMAR Touring Car World Champion, Ronald Völker (Yokomo) who won the qualifying and took the overall TQ without any problems. Behind him Viktor Wilck (Serpent) and Tobias Seidl (Schumacher) made up the top 3 while, after some very strong runs in the qualifiers, Czech driver Radek Flek came in fourth.
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The Korean KMRCA Off-road National Championship was held this past weekend. Newly signed Sweep Racing driver, Dani Choi (Kyosho) would walk away with the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy and 1/8th Nitro Truggy class to round out a perfect weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class and behind Dani it were Si Minsu and Jang Wonseok that rounded out the top 3 result.
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Coming from Vigor RC and made for Xray’s XB2 ’16 and ’17 are a carbon fibre chassis and a battery brace. Starting with the chassis, the part is machined from high-quality 2.5mm carbon fibre and it is designed to replace the standard aluminium chassis. The lightweight material saves about 30 percent of weight with the carbon fibre chassis weighing in at about 86g. It fits the carpet and dirt edition kits, allows the use of several battery positions and it includes a protective chassis skin and mounting hardware.
Following first teaser images and brief information, Hobbywing have now officially revealed the XeRun XR10 Stock Spec brushless speed controller. Housed in a black anodised aluminium case with incorporated heatsink the purpose-designed stock class controller is of smaller dimensions than the popular XR10 Pro 160A controller. With a footprint of 31.5×25.6mm and a weight of 28g without wires the speedo makes it easier to place it in crowded environments. Despite the smaller size the controller boasts with a lot of features such as a high-voltage 7.4V BEC system, an 80A rating and it sports a patent pending dual switch design with the internal electronic switch is backed by an additional one that attaches to the rear part of the case, making for easier handling when the car’s body is already installed or when the internal switch is hard to reach. On the software side of things the XR10 Stock Spec is packed with a special firmware that includes pre-configured stock racing profiles for on-road and off-road, it features adjustable throttle and brake PWM frequency settings and the ESC is adjustable using Hobbywing’s WiFi Express module and a mobile device and also using Hobbywing’s LCD programming box.
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The recent 2016 ROAR Fuel On-road Nationals were held at the Homestead RC Raceway in Florida. The 1/8th Masters class was TQ’d and won by Joaquin Desoto Sr. with a 1-lap margin on Dana Smeltzer while Greg Esser ended the race another three laps down. In 1/8th GT ROAR Spec Joaquin Desoto Jr. brought home the win from TQ holder Scotty Gray by a narrow 7 seconds after the 45-minute finale. Robbie Cerrato completed the top 3 result.
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The sixth and final round of the Malaysia National Championships was recently held with about 80 drivers attending in the Touring Modified, Super Stock and Stock classes. In Touring Modified TQ holder Adik Haikal (Xray) would bring home the day’s win from Norazam (Xray) and Michael Lim (Xray). Shahrin (Yokomo) and Wong Kok Wai (Awesomatix) would round out the top 5 result.
ARC have introduced the latest incarnation of their R11 electric touring car kit. The 2017 variant is an evolution of the R11 platform with the refinements made targeting improved consistency in a variety of grip conditions and also upped overall performance. First up comes the new main chassis that is made of specially sourced carbon fibre for higher strength and stiffness while the redesigned shape makes for more balanced flex characteristics. This is further backed by a reshaped upper deck that increases overall chassis stiffness for an improved handling.
