The fifth and final round of the Argentinian Metropolitan Championship was recently held at the Speed Paradise track. In the Pro Buggy class Nico Bregante was able to wrap up the overall championship with ten wins and eight TQs, making it his second title in a row.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Team Associated have introduced new AE and Reedy apparel in the form of shirts and caps. Available are the new Team Associated 3/4 sleeve T-shirt in grey colour, kids, lady’s and men’s AE Speed tees as well as the Reedy Heritage shirt. To this add 2017 Team Associated and 2017 Reedy Power snap back hats.
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The Spanish 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Nationals were held at the Asoger track in Madrid in very hot weather conditions. The high temperatures and prepped track made for a lot of grip changes with Capricorn’s Victor Pelaez making the best out of the conditions as he took the overall TQ and pole position for the main final. Superpole winner Juan Hidalgo (Serpent) also scored a direct entry for the main while all other had to go through the sub finals. In the main final and after a good start Victor was out in front with Juan in 2nd and Sergi Franch and Jonnhy Pastor fighting for the 3rd spot. Later Juan was able to get past Victor in an amazing manoeuvre and from that moment on he never looked back. Unfortunately Victor suffered an engine problem later on making way fro Sergi Franch (Mugen) in 2nd and Jonnhy Pastor (Mugen) 3rd.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Round 3 of the Austrian 200mm Nitro Nationals was held at the Graz track. Xray’s Oliver Havranek swept the qualifiers to start from pole position into the main final that would see the TQ holder struggle in the opening minutes. Later Oliver would keep his head down and he managed to catch up with Igor Liptak. After a tight fight Oliver was able to get past Igor and soon after it was started to rain heavily so the organisers had to stop the race that was scored at the current standings, handing Oliver the win from Igor in 2nd.
Maclan Racing have announced the new MR8.2 1/8 brushless series of motors. The MR8.2’s new design is set to deliver balanced power and smoothness thanks to a combination of a 12-slot stator with a strong, staggered 4-pole, 8-magnet rotor that is constructed to be smooth and powerful while increasing durability. An all-new error-free sensor unit design with separate sensor magnet will minimise the signal noise the often can damage speed controllers. The series will include 1500kv, 1950kv, and 2150kv buggy style motors as well as a dedicated 2100kv truggy variant.
Team Losi Racing have introduced new Stiffezel 12mm hex front wheels for the 22 4.0 2WD buggy. Marked with an “S” inside of the wheels, they have been moulded from stiffer composite, which allows the wheel to flex less under higher load. During testing, the team has found these wheels to create more consistency high speed, while adding more steering in longer, high load turns. The wheels fit all 22 buggies with 12mm hexes and they are available in yellow and white colour.
Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
Coming from RC Prostyle is a 2.25mm carbon fibre chassis set for the Xray X1 formula car. Constructed from high-grade U.S. made carbon fibre the chassis was designed especially for asphalt racing in medium to high-grip conditions. The super-narrow design and raised side links increase ground clearance during cornering which results in less scrubbing and improved corner speed. Included come two types of link plates, one for the standard Xray links and one for shorter 65mm links such as the ones used by Roche or Yokomo – using the shorter links will help gain on-power steering. Included in the set are the chassis, rear pod plate, side link plates as well as mounting hardware.
Serpent have announced the signing of UK’s Simon Moss to their 1/10th scale off-road team. Simon will be working closely with Serpent’s design team as well as UK distributor Tony Evdoka and he has the following to say:
Today I am delighted to announce joining the Serpent Off Road team. I can’t thank Tony Evdoka, Ronald & Michael at Serpent enough for giving me the opportunity to represent this great brand and continue to build their presence in the 1/10th Off Road market. I am truly excited about this and look forward to continue development of our off road platforms together and be a real presence at the sharp end of the UK 1/10th scene.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
