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December 16, 2011

Ginting dominates Indonesian Mini-Z nats finale

The final round of Mini Z Indonesian National championship was held in Pluit Village. Held over two days, Saturday and Sunday. The race week was started with Modified class. 36 drivers participated in this class to set up their pace for Sunday’s primary Pro-Stock Class. It was Bowie Ginting took the TQ spot that posted the only 28 laps in the race, followed by Aswin Narwandi with 26 laps then Budi Lukman, Kris Heriyana and Akai Lim. For the A final it was run over three rounds with the two best rounds counted. Bowie took the wins in the first two legs with a two lap gap in front of Aswin. He also took the last leg, but Budi clearly took 2nd in that leg to secure the last step of podium behind Aswin.

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December 16, 2011

ROAR announces the Electric Supernationals

ROAR announces the Electric Supernationals to be held next August at West Coast RC Raceway. “The choices of how to accommodate all the classes that have emerged in recent years as LiPo batteries and brushless motors have increased the popularity of electric racing, are limited and challenging. The Short Course categories added more entries to the already-popular Electric Off-Road Nationals, and the EP 1/8 buggies and trucks were either on their own, or adding too many entries to a sold out Fuel Off-Road Nationals. Having run the EP 1/8 Nationals for three years on its own, it’s clear that adequate attendance was difficult. The other two obvious choices to combine with 1/8 EP were already popular enough to sell out without the pressure of additional entries.

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December 16, 2011

AI Luo takes SGP1 Rd2

SGP1, the formula one r/c racing league in China completed its second round with over 23 teams and 53 drivers in attendance. Racing was exciting, with teams and drivers all trying to compete for points. The league was started two months ago with over 70 drivers signing up for the first season with 6 races planned. It is also now confirmed that Japan’s F1RCGP will be holding their 2012 season 6th round race in Shanghai together with SGP1, making the coming event in early June one of the largest international F1 races to date.

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December 16, 2011

Eduardo Dulac wins South Amercian 1/10th title

Official Shepherd / Max Power driver Eduardo Dulac took the TQ and won the 45 minutes final at this year South American Championship held in Brazil. Dulac’s team mate Gabriel Britto (Shepherd / MaxPower) dominated Friday’s first practice session, and was second in qualifying and also in the main final. The Argentine driver Guillermo San Martino (Xray / Novarossi) completed the drivers podium. Eduardo Dulac received the perpetual trophy from the hands of the Argentine driver Juan Pablo Golobic, champion of 2010.

Thanks to Guto Colvara for the report.

December 15, 2011

RPM Revolver SC wheels

RPM have announced that their most popular wheel, the Revolver, is now available in a Short Course version (2.2” – 3.0”). RPM Revolver Short Course wheels are built tough, look great and have an all-new drive system that is built to withstand some serious power. The RPM ‘Spline Drive’ system is radically different than the standard hex drive. A hex is easy to machine and easy to manufacture, which is why it is so commonly used. However, splines are tougher and stronger, which is why they’re used in full-sized driveline components. Additionally, our Spline Drive has almost twice the amount of drive surface area versus a standard 12mm hex adapter and over 2.5 times the thickness at the most critical drive point of the adapter, the point that, if it fails, a standard hex adapter will spin. RPM Revolver Short Course wheels are sold in pairs, spline drive adapters are included in each package, available in black or chrome and backed by their industry-leading breakage warranty for unsurpassed strength and durability.

Source: RPM [rpmrcproducts.com]

December 15, 2011

JConcepts pit mat

Making your pit area clean and professional looking has never been easier with the textured, soft and durable design from the detailed oriented crew at JConcepts. Quickly roll or unroll to set-up or tear-down the pit area, the JConcepts pit mat (48” x 24”) is versatile enough for the racer always on the go.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

December 15, 2011

Xray XB9 1/8th scale buggy

Juraj Hudy and the Xray Engineering and Racing Teams have conceptualized and built the all-new XB9 platform based on long-term experience and achievements. The XB9 is all-new, featuring innovative Xray Multi-Flex adjustment, superior weight balance and weight distribution, easy chassis flex setting for traction and stability adjustment, and more forgiving and easy-to-control handling. Long-term tested by Team and regular drivers in all conditions, the innovative design focuses all the way down to the smallest details to increase performance, handling and reliability. All-new shocks feature completely redesigned parts which were real-world track tested as well as using special simulation equipment for extreme overload.

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December 15, 2011

Bullitt B-216 .21 buggy engine

After the introduction of the B-218 in 2011, Bullitt engines are happy to introduce the new B-216 to the range for 2012. The B-216 offers level of performance that we believe can’t be matched at anything close to this price point in the market. Tested extensively by the Bullitt team drivers, performance, economy and reliability of the B-216 have proven to be the equal, or better than engines costing far more. Of course quality is of the highest priority and by using the same world leading Japanese engine manufacturer, the B-216 gives nothing away to its big brother the B-218.

Source: Bullitt [nemoracing.com]