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February 5, 2015

LRP S10 Blast TC 2 Clubracer rolling chassis

LRP introduce the rolling chassis kit of their popular S10 Blast TC 2 Clubracer 4WD touring car. The pre-mounted chassis kit comes without wheels, tyres or bodyshell, making it a cost efficient entry level and club racer. The sealed shaft drivetrain keep dust and dirt away from the transmission gears, front CVD driveshafts and full ball bearings make for an efficient power supply and adjustable turnbuckles, threaded shock absorbers and front and rear anti-roll bars help to fine-tune the suspension. The kit is usable with all standard 190mm touring car bodyshells and touring car rubber tyres.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

February 5, 2015

Arrowmax 1/8th off-road setup board decal

Arrowmax have a plastic decal for 1/8th off-road setup boards available, large enough for the use with buggies and trucks. The smooth surface sports clean and accurate markings in a 1mm grid and the decal is highly liquid resistant as it is needed for nitro and electric off-road applications.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

February 4, 2015

IGT8 Red 1/8th nitro GT car

American brand IGT8 introduce the IGT8 Red, an upgrade to their GT Pro kit. The “Red” will be released in March and no details on features and specifications are available yet but by the look of things the nitro GT racer will include a good amount of option parts such as red anodised aluminium suspension mounts, front C-hubs, upper steering plate, motor mount and chassis braces. More information will become available in time for the release.

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February 4, 2015

Alex Zanchettin joins Reds Racing

Italian company Reds Racing announce the signing of Italian frontrunner Alex Zanchettin to their team. The TLR drivers will use company’s off-road engines in his 2015 campaign and Reds Racing would is proud to welcome Alex on board.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

February 4, 2015

Driver changes to spice things up in ETS Round 2

This weekend (6-8 Feb) Round 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series travels to Muelheim-Kaerlich in Germany with the big interest of the weekend set to be on the debut performances of a number of the championship’s leading drivers who since Round 1 last December in the Czech Republic have switched teams. The most significant of these new signings is that of multiple ETS race winner Viktor Wilck. Racing with championship’s most winning manufacturer Tamiya Racing Factory as long as the ETS has been in existence, the Swede will strengthen Serpent’s aspirations to be a winner in the premiere class as he joins podium finisher Marc Fischer. With the German round again as it did last year breaking a new record in terms of the size of the event with over 420 entries, the other big debuts to watch will be those of Freddy Sudhoff and multiple World Championship finalist Elliot Harper.

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February 4, 2015

Serpent confirm long term deal with Viktor Wilck

Having just earlier today announced that he was to leave long time sponsor Tamiya, Viktor Wilck has been confirmed at Team Serpent. The Swedish ace has signed a long term deal with the Dutch brand to run their complete lineup of cars, both on and offroad, and will be making his touring car debut this weekend at the 2nd round of the ETS in Muelheim Kaerlich, Germany. The deal sees Serpent further strengthen their factory race time with Wilck joining Marc Fischer on the EP TC team, Greiner, Mazzeo, Green and the Sahashi brothers in the Gas TC team and Mike Truhe, Hupo Honigl and a soon to be confirmed German superstar on the offroad team. Viktor had this to say about his new deal:

I’m happy to reach this agreement with Serpent and HP Hobbyprodukter. I felt there was time for a change and after a close relationship with Swedish distributor this opportunity came a long that I could not pass on. I have seen the quality of there products from racing Serpent’s nitro cars and was impressed by their performance so I am really looking forward to this new partnership and to the prospects of achieving good results together over the coming years.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 4, 2015

Jan Ratheisky continues with Xray

Xray have announced that the ETS F1 champion, German champion and recent Snowbird Nationals champion Jan Ratheisky will continue to be the part of the Xray team in 2015. Jan is a valued member of the R&D team and he has been an integral part during the development of the X1 platform with which he gained his ETS championship title. Jan will continue his work in 2015 both as a driver and member of the R&D team and he will race both the T4 and X1. Jan has the following to say:

I very enjoyed my first year with Xray and I am thankful for the trust in my skills. Last year was extremely exciting for me as we had a great fight in the races with my team mate Marek Cerny and we pushed each other further. The Xray team work is absolutely the best I have ever experienced and the professionalism is second to none. I am very happy for everything so far and I am very motivated for the 2015 season where I will do my best. We will continue our work with the further development of Xray cars and I will give all my best effort to continue with the X1 further development.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 4, 2015

Swedish EP on-road Championships 2015 – Report

The Swedish Championships for 1/10th Touring Car and 1/12th Modified classes were held in Örebro, on a purpose-built track that was laid out in a sports hall. On Saturday, followed by a full day of practice on Friday, Markus Hellquist set the pace in both the Touring Car Modified and the 1/12 scale class, 0.537 seconds ahead of Niclas Nilsson in Touring and 0.011 seconds ahead of Alexander Andersson in 1/12 scale. In 17,5T Touring Stock class Andreas Gillblad set the pace just 0.079 ahead of Daniel Trygg.

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