The second round of the Swiss Offroad Masters series was held at the Islikon track recently. Xray’s Adi Riederer was in control of things all day long, taking double TQs and wins in the 2WD Modified and 4WD Modified Buggy classes. Elias Ehrmann (Xray) would come in 2nd in the 2WD class from Xray teammate Silvio Pietroboni in 3rd. Over in 4WD the podium was completed by Michi Wüest (TLR) 2nd and Philippe Weber (Yokomo) 3rd.
The Arena33 in Andernach recently hosted round three of the Xray Racing Series Germany. After lots of practice on Saturday, the racers were well prepared for race day at this permanent indoor track of Tonisport and the Rheinard family. For the qualification, the best of three heats were counted by laps and time, for the finals the points of the best two runs were added to the final ranking. Once again, Uwe Baldes race director and time keeper made it a smooth event.
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Revolution Design Racing Products’ new Ultra tyre glue tips come in handy when glueing your favourite on-road or off-road tyres. Ultra flexible and of a universal design the tips fit a wide range of CA glue bottles, including RDRP’S own Ultra Tire Glue, and they make tyre glueing and sidewall prepping a breeze. The tips come in packs of 20 and some trimming of the bottle neck may be required to fit the nozzle.
The fourth and final round of the Victorian Drivers Series was held at the Keilor Track in Melbourne. Over 130 entries were received for the event, which was re-run two weeks later than planned due to unseasonal summer rain washing out the original date. The Keilor club had prepared a classic outdoor dirt track which grooved up through the weekend but still had a fine dust layer in the hot summer weather, making tyre choice and setup critical to get maximum traction. Racers had travelled from as far away as Broken Hill, Mildura and Adelaide to join in this successful series. The Keilor Cup this year had extra meaning due to the recent passing of life member and long time president Mark Polistena, and many racers carried memorial stickers on their vehicles to honour his memory.
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Coming from XTR Racing are new module 1 pinion gears especially for on-road applications. Available as 23T to 26T variants the gears come in handy especially for 1/8th GT cars as their larger tooth numbers help to extract more top speed.
Source: XTR [xtr-rc.com]
Xray have introduced a graphite chassis side guard brace in “soft” configuration. The set allows to adjust the front chassis stiffness, making the vehicle easier to drive and increasing corner speed in certain track conditions. In addition the parts make for more forgiving landings. The set is usable for the XB2C, XB2D and XT2.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The RCManiacs Cup was held recently at the RCManiacs asphalt outdoor track with racers from Athens, Patra and Argos in attendance. Kiriazis Michalis took the TQ in the Touring Modified class while posting a new lap record in the process. In the A-mains, Kiriazis would score three wins to secure an undefeated win, however he was in a close battle with Fillipos Issakidis 2nd and Christos Vasilopoilos 3rd.
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AMain Hobbies have introduced two new Silicone Graphene LiHV battery packs as well as a lightweight LiPo receiver battery. Starting with the LiHV packs, first up is the 2S 7.6V 100C Silicone Graphene LCG pack with a capacity of 5600mAh. It measures 138.5×46.5×22.5mm, weighs in at 245g and comes in handy in all applications that require a medium capacity and lightweight battery. The hardcore battery utilises 5mm bullet-type power connectors and a standard 2mm balancer tube.
