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October 21, 2015

Menicucci & Spiniello win at SRC Trophy

The SRC Trophy was held in Montegiorgio, Italy over the weekend in the three classes of Electric Touring Modified, 1/8th Nitro and 1/10th 200mm Nitro. In the Electric Touring Car class Alessio Menicucci was the man to beat and he took quite an easy TQ from his teammates Mattia Collina and Alessio Mancini. In the A-mains it was again Alession Menicucci who came out fastest as he was able to secure the day’s win early while Mancini and Collina battled for the runner-up spot. At the end Alessio Mancini was able to leave Mattia behind with the three making a podium lock-out for Xray.

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October 21, 2015

Team Orion .21 V2 nitro engines

Team Orion have two new .21 nitro competition engines for off-road and on-road applications available. Starting with the buggy engine, R21 Racing Team V2 is the evolution of the popular buggy 3-port racing team and it received some subtle updates such as a black-coated 60mm diameter cooling head for improved heat dissipation and lower running temperatures. Also new is a redesigned piston that leads to a higher RPM range. The case is black coated for a better heat dissipation and the head now features a 60mm diameter, same as the company’s factory versions for a lower running temp and increased mileage while a newly designed piston ensures higher revs.

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October 21, 2015

Jack Embling joins Kyosho international team

Kyosho Europe have announced the signing of UK’s Jack Embling to the international team. Jack will be using the Inferno MP9 TKI3 chassis with Reds Racing engines and AKA tyres. The young man has improved each year of his career and is now ready to go that extra step and follow his new team mate Elliott Boots to success in 2016. Jack had the following to say:

I am incredibly excited to be joining Kyosho factory team for 2016. It’s always been my ambition to drive for Kyosho and I see this as a great opportunity to take my racing to the next level. I would like to thank Mike, Christophe, Kenji and Mitsuo for making this happen. So 2015-2016 is going to be a busy year, starting with the upcoming race at Padova in November, then on to Montpellier, Neo, Euros, UK Nationals, and the Worlds in Vegas, its going to be a fantastic year. I am feeling super confident running one of the best packages around with my proven Reds engines and AKA tyres.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]

October 21, 2015

McPappy Racing Helping Hands third hand tool

McPappy Racing have introduced the Helping Hands third hand tool. Designed to hold a wide range of items during soldering, glueing, painting or polishing, the two main components are the three-jointed articulating friction arm and the mini vise. One knob completely releases all three joints including the twist on both ends. Each end has the industry standard 1/4″-20 threads that lets you directly bolt on other things such as a desktop microphone mount, GoPro mount, or web cam holder. The mini vise features two polished tool steel rods, and a custom turnbuckle with left and right-hand threads so it opens and closes twice as fast as a screw. Holes in the jaws for the included steel dowel pins allowing to hold odd shaped items. V-slots were machined into the lower vise jaws to hold straight items like screws and rods in either direction. The hobby vise is made from 7075 aluminium for a light weight, heat sink capabilities and to don’t scratch other metals. The tool comes as a single arm item but an upgrade kit allows to make it into a dual arm version later

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October 21, 2015

Adam Drake doubles at MNRC Series finals

Last weekend the MNRC Series finals headed to the Motodome race facility in Browerville, Minnesota. The event had some 160 entries and in the Nitro Buggy class, Adam Drake took the TQ honors and he would also win the 30 minute main final. Elsewhere in the Nitro Truck final Adam again controlled the race and to take the day’s win.

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October 21, 2015

Czech Xray Winter Series – Announcement

Xray have released more dates and venues for their Xray Winter Series. The Czech XWS will be held at seven dates between November and April at the sports hall in Kolin, Czech Republic in the five classes of Touring Modified, Touring Limited, Formula, Buggy and Short Course. All dates and more details (in Czech language) are available here.

October 20, 2015

Luk Chi Hung wins at Team C Open

Tom Racing Circuit in Hong Kong played host to the Team C Open. Up and coming Lai Chan Hay (Mugen) took the TQ in the 1/8th Nitro class in what was his first ever race in this class and Lai would also set a new lap record with 13.9 seconds. In the 45 minute main final the TQ holder would ran into unexpected issues promoting Luk Chi Hung (HB) into the lead which he would maintain until the end to take the win some eight laps in front of Ng Chui Man (HB) who was in an exciting fight with Simon Tung (HB) in the closing stages. Ultimately both were only separated by one second.

Source: HPI Racing [hpiracing.com]

October 20, 2015

2015/16 WCICS Rd1 – Report

The Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series 2015/2016 season recently opened with a bang in the flatlands of Saskatoon, SK. This year the guys at SARCAR took it to the next level by arranging for a professional camera crew to document the weekend and boy did it turn out great. The coverage can be found on WCICS’ website here. As usual the first race of the season brought out everyone’s excitement to get back on the carpet and the racing was proof. Modified Touring Car really is the pinnacle of RC and the WCICS series has some seriously good drivers in this class and the Saskatoon race was no exception. As usual Wayne Mah and Danny Buck were doing their dance, but this time Blake Bell, Matt Wilfort and Josh Carter all joined to make things a bit more interesting.

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