The fourth round of the popular SITCC Series was held in Geneva, Switzerland. Kevin Zwahlen (HB) brought home the day’s win from Jean-Marc Betticher (HB) in second while Arthur Brule (Team Magic) completed the top 3 result. Walter Pollet-Villard and Raffaele Tolotta rounded out the top 5.
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During the forthcoming Nuremberg International Toy Fair HPI Racing will have a bunch of new kits on show. The new-for-2016 range include an RS3 Sport 3 based Ford Mustang Hoonicorn, a Vaughn Gittin Jr. Signature Edition Savage XS Flux, new Baja 5B based off-road buggies as well as several updated Savage 1/8th scale monster trucks beside others. More detailed information on the new kits become available very soon.
Serpent have announced the addition of Ali Kaya to their growing 1/10th GP on-road racing team. Ali will be racing at all major national 1/10th events held at the well-known Izmir and Bursa circuits and he will also join several practice days at the Serpent Turkey home circuit in Maltepe, Istanbul along with selected track days being held at the EFMOD circuit Izmir.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
JQRacing have introduced the latest incarnation of their THECar 1/8th nitro off-road buggy, the White Edition LV kit. Following a steep learning curve in designing and selling a competition off-road buggy the “2016” White Edition LV marks the pinnacle of the THECar development so far. After the very complex previous White Edition kit the LV variant will feature less setup options to make sure even the average racer always ends up with an easy to drive yet fast car. Thus the LV features new front and rear shock towers with higher shock and link holes, redesigned 15 degree C-hubs with only one arm location, and new rear hubs with higher and less camber link holes. The hubs also feature bearing inserts for improved bearing fit. Also included are 2-piece steering knuckles, 7×1.2 and 7×1.3 shock pistons, as well as new +2 “C” and “D” plates with inserts for better handling as well as the longer 90.5mm front driveshafts. The kit hits the stores World-wide this week and more detailed information about the updated and how they affect handling will become available in the coming days.
Coming soon is Hobbywing’s all-new XR10 Pro brushless speed controller for 1/10th scale applications. Developed in co-operation with Hobbywing North America the ESC was on show during last weekend’s Reedy Race of Champions and it was designed with both modified and stock racing in mind. It features a redesigned all-alloy can, a new processor and it is meant to be better in all aspects as it offers an even wider adjustment range, better and more adjustable brakes, and improved throttle response for both modified and stock racing. New to the XR10 Pro are also special modified racing throttle profiles. The XR10 Pro will become available this Spring.
Seen at last weekend’s Reedy Race of Champions for the first time are MIP’s new Bi-metal differential outdrives. They consist of a two-piece design, revolving around a 7075 hard anodised aluminium disk that is ambidextrous to both the female and male steel outdrives that couple to the aluminium disks. These new bi-metal outdrives will work with MIP’s Roller Pucks along with the standard orange plastic puck. The new diff components will be available soon for both current Team Associated and TLR vehicles and they are perfect for modified racers looking for a bit more punch out of the corners but also stock short course and stadium truck can achieve a lighter drivetrain while getting the optimum wear characteristics that the roller pucks offer over the plastic pucks.
Round 3 of the Danish electric on-road national was held at the Brondby Racing Club and in the four classes of Touring Super Stock, Touring Stock, 1/12th scale and Formula. In the 13.5T Super Stock class Mike Gosvig made a clean sweep in the qualifiers to take the overall TQ from Frederik Brolos and Gustav Pind. In the opening A-main Mike would take it easy and he won with a margin on around 2 seconds in front of Frederik and Gustav in second and third respectively. A2 and it was again Mike who came out fastest in front of Frederik while in third it was Michael Johnsen who took profit of a coming together between Gustav and Patrick. In the third A-main it was again Mike who was the man to beat although he struggled a bit due to some setup testing. Frederik again came in second, cementing his runner-up spot, but the fight was on between Patrick and Gustav for the final podium spot. Ultimately Gustav held the upper hand with the better tie-break that handed him the third place overall.
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Round four of the Czech Xray Winter Series was held this past weekend in Kolin, Czech Republic. Just like the previous rounds the event saw both on-road and off-road racing with the buggies being required to run Sweep slick tyres to not harm the carpet surface. Young Kaja Novotny (Xray) would take the TQ in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes and he continue to dominate the 2WD class by taking win in A1 and A2 to grab the overall win early. Martin Korinek (Xray) and Milan Mudra (Xray) rounded out the top 3 result. The 4WD class was a different affair though as Kaja messed up the second A-main due to a different tyre preparation. Nevertheless, wins in A1 and A3 secured him his second victory of the weekend from Milan Mudra (Xray) in second and Jiri Vysin (Xray) in third. In the Touring Modified class Jiri Vysin grabbed the day’s win from a hard charging Dominic Sulc while in the Touring Stock class it was Vitezslav Hola who ended the day on the top spot.
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