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June 22, 2017

Daniel Kobbevik successful at Summer Champs

The Hveren Raceway of Oslo, Norway played host to the 4WD portion of the popular Summer Champs race. Xray’s Daniel Kobbevik would set the early pace by winning all three qualifiers to take the overall TQ from Serpent driver Marius Kristiansen and Schumacher’s Steffen Larsen. The opening A-main then was smooth sailing for Daniel who took a convincing win from Marius and Steffen. A2 was pretty much a blue print of the opening main with Daniel looking smooth and controlled while others struggled to follow his pace. Behind him it was again Marius and Steffen for the top 3. For A3 Daniel opted to sit out to not disturb the race for the final podium spots. After some eventful five minutes it was Marius Mossum (Xray) with the win from Steffen Larsen and Magne Kobbevik, giving a podium result of Daniel, Marius Kristensen and Marius Mossum.

View the final results here

June 21, 2017

RDRP B64 carbon fibre shock towers

Revolution Design Racing Products have introduced new carbon fibre shock towers for the Team Associated B64 series of 1/10th scale 4WD buggies. First up is the front shock stay that utilises the standard kit geometry but sports an updated design for improved looks and greater durability, making it especially useful on those demanding dirt and astro turf tracks. The rear shock tower, just like the front part, is cut to match the standard kit geometry and it sports an updated design for improved looks and greater durability, but on top of this an additional lower row of rear camber link mounting holes allows for an optimised rear roll centre which can be beneficial in a variety of track conditions. Both the front and rear shock stays are cut from high-quality carbon fibre, they are available separately and fit the B64 and B64D buggies.

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June 21, 2017

Victor Pelaez scores win at Spanish 200mm Nationals Rd2

Last weekend the second round of the Spanish 1/10th 200mm Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Ronda track in Andalusia. The race took place in quite extreme conditions due to the high temperatures, and at the end of the qualifying it was Jonnhy Pastor to take the TQ honours, while Juan Hidalgo would line up in 2nd on the A-main grid after winning the Superpole race. In the main final though, it was Victor Pelaez who took the lead in the early stages of the race, never to letting it go and taking the win ahead of Raul Amella for a Capricorn 1-2, with the Mugen of Sergi Franch rounding up the podium.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

June 21, 2017

Xray XB8 series soft, ribbed shock membranes

Coming from Xray and made for the XB8 series of buggies, trucks and cars are soft, ribbed shock absorber volume compensators. The membranes are of a softer material than stock which results in reduced shock rebound, making them ideal for bumpy or high speed tracks. Internal ribbings ensure they maintain their shape even when the going gets tough as does the heavy duty rubber material. The membranes come in sets of four and they fit the XB8, XT8 and GTX8 kits.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 21, 2017

CWIC Xray Racing Series UK – Announcement

Xray have announced the CWIC XRS UK racing series for the 2017/18 winter season. The races will be held at Christie Miller Sports Centre, Melksham with the series kicking off on the 15th of October and it finishes off with round 7 held on the 11th of March 2018. More information can be found here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 21, 2017

Polish On-road Championship Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Polish On-road National Championship was held recently in several electric and nitro classes. In the Touring Modified class it was Arkadiusz Smyk who took round TQ in Q2 and Q3 to take the overall TQ and the pole position for the finals. In the opening two A-mains Arkadiusz brought home wins to bag the overall victory from Bartosz Pochopień, who challenged Arkadiusz in A1 but made a mistake in A2. The podium was rounded out by Mateusz Ogonowski in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

June 21, 2017

Hitec H4 Plus DC/DC 4-port smart charger

Hitec have introduced their new H4 Plus DC/DC 4-port smart charger. Housed in an all-aluminium case the device features a 32-bit microprocessor, 128x64px back-lit display and four 150W charge outputs. With the Channel Bridge Function a total of 300W charge power can be achieved with the charger offering multi-chemistry abilities to charge LiHV, LiPo, LiFe as well as NiXX and Pb batteries. The DC charger furthermore offers built-in cell check functions as well as a Lithium chemistry battery discard function.

View the features and specifications here

June 21, 2017

Chan Chau-man doubles at Shepherd China Cup Rd2

The second round of the Corona Shepherd China Cup was recently held at the SRC track in Shenzhen. In the 1/10th Open class it was Chan Chau-man who was the man to beat as he swept all three qualifying rounds to take the overall TQ. Also in the main final Chan Chau-man drove a flawless race, leading from the start to the checkered flag he took the win in front of Fai Ho and Ray Poon in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the 1/10th Shepherd class, run with mandatory Shepherd Velox V10 cars, Chan Chau-man completed his podium sweep by taking another win that weekend. Ray Poon came in 2nd with Pong rounding out the podium. With this result Chan Chau-man claimed the second win in a row in the Shepherd Championship and increased his lead in the championship standings.

View the Shepherd class podium here