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June 28, 2016

Dario Balestri wins scorching hot Worlds warm-up

During the last weekend the Italian Gubbio track hosted the IFMAR 200mm World Championship warm-up race in very hot weather conditions. The qualifiers gave Dario Balestri the TQ as he came out fastest in the opening two rounds. Robert Pietsch lined up in second from fellow countryman Dirk Wischnewski. The Superpole race then had Pietsch holding the upper hand over Mazzeo, Wischnewski and Eboli, allowing him to proceed directly into the main final. The hour-long main event then went to Dario Balestri (Capricorn) who laid down a flawless run to take the victory one lap ahead of Robert Pietsch (Mugen) while Alessio Mazzeo (Serpent) completed the top 3 result another five laps down. The very hot weather conditions in the main final, that are also expected for the actual Worlds, lead to several DNFs with Dirk Wischnewski, Leo Arnold, Francesco Eboli and Patrick Schäfer all suffering problems during the 60 minute race.

Source: Club Automodellistico 5 Colli [ifmarworldsgubbio.com]

June 28, 2016

CRC Gen-X 10 R/T World GT-R pan car kit

CRC have introduced their new Gen-X 10 R/T World GT-R pan car kit. Building on the proven Gen-X 10 200mm World-GT car the R/T features design tweaks especially aimed at the rubber tyre GT-R class. The kit features a slider rear pod for rear axle height adjustments without shims or insets, the chassis allows for multiple battery configurations including 2S shorty, saddle, square and full packs while using a 1S battery allows for inline, transverse, forward and back mounting positions. Other features include a fully adjustable front end including width, caster, camber and toe settings, with the front width being adjustable using different hole positions in the front end plates. The EZ-center servo mount helps to perfectly centre the steering servo and the middle shock absorber can be placed in several positions. Finally comes the full carbon Pro-Diff axle for low rotational masses. The kit will ship from early July.

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June 28, 2016

Jamie Grayek TQs & wins at Party Rock Cash Race

The 2016 Party Rock Cash Race was held this past weekend at LCRC in Oakland Mills, Pennsylvania. Kyosho America team driver Jamie Grayek would attend this annual event and compete in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class that he would go onto take the overall TQ after all three rounds of qualifying were complete. In the 25-minute A-main event Jamie continued to dominate, taking the win from HB Racing’s Chad Phillips and Mugen’s Ron Gereshenski. Elsewhere in the 1/8th E-Buggy class, privateer Ofir Komerian (Kyosho) would take an impressive TQ an win.

View the E-Buggy podium here

June 27, 2016

Bornhorst & Lutz win at AMS 7.0

This weekend the 7th Annual Alabama Manufacturers Cup, also known as AMS 7.0 was held with a new record amount of entries at 620. Last up for the night was the Pro Buggy Main. The start to this one was pretty crazy. A battle ensued between the top 5 with the lead changing almost every lap. After a few people had issues, Joe Bornhorst found himself in the lead with a lap lead and only 7 minutes to go. Ultimately Joe kept it clean and brought home the win from Josh Wheeler and JR Mitch.

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June 27, 2016

Quebec RC Series Rd2 – Report

This weekend was the second round of the Quebec RC Series held in Charlevoix, north of Quebec City and with more than 80 entries the series is getting more popular every round. The really technical track was designed and build by Levi Jackson from Sik Track Design. In Nitro Buggy, the battle was tight for the overall top qualifier with a different TQ every round. At the end Carl Boulianne took the TQ in front of AF Blanchette and Jonathan Mongeau. In the main Carl Boulianne (TLR) took the early lead while Team Associated’s Eric Deschenes was battling mid-pack. With 10 minutes to go Eric and Carl started to battle for the win. After a great show by both drivers and at the end, Eric Deschenes took the win in front of Carl Boulianne and William St-Laurent (Mugen).

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June 27, 2016

Smyk & Pyrka take Polish Open Summer Indoor titles

The Polish Open Summer Indoor Championship was recently held in Warsaw as part of an Expo. The event was run on a fast and technical track laid out with ETS carpet, making for nice racing conditions. In the Touring Modified class, Arkadiusz Smyk would take the TQ after the qualifiers and he would continue to dominate the field in the A-mains that he won in front of Bartosz Pochopien and Michal Wojcik in second and third respectively. Tomasz Niemczewski and Wojciech Rzepecki completed the top 5 result.

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June 27, 2016

Yeol & Choi successful at I-Cheon Championship

The I-Cheon Championship was held at the newly opened Mate RC Raceway near Seoul. In the 1/10th 200mm Touring class, Kim Gi Yeol (Serpent) would take the TQ and win from Park Ki Jeong (Serpent) and Mugen driver Kim Yeoncheol. In the 1/8th GT class, Naksung Choi (Serpent) would bring home the win from Yoo Jegook (Hong Nor) and Park Chanyong (Mugen).

View the GT podium here

June 27, 2016

Team Corally Eclips 2100 dual output AC/DC charger

Coming from Team Corally is the Eclips 2100 dual output AC/DC multi-chemistry charger. With its 100W of charge power the device offers up to 10A charge current at channel 1 and up to 6A at channel two while an intelligent charge power distribution splits the available charge power between the two. Multi-chemistry-ready the charger can handle up to 6S LiXX packs, including LiHV batteries, up to 15 cell NiXX and also 2 to 20V lead-acid batteries. The two high-contrast displays help to monitor all of the batteries’ vital signs and two integrated, temperature-controlled fan units keep the internal temperatures at bay.

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