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November 7, 2014

Thilo Tödtmann wins at German Open Indoor Masters

The German Open Indoor Masters was held as part of the Faszination Modellbau fair in Friedrichshafen in the three classes of 1/8th Nitro On-road, 1/10th Nitro On-road and Electric On-road Bikes. In the 1/10th 200mm class Melvin Diekmann took the TQ from Tom Krägefski in 2nd and Traugott Schär in 3rd spot. In the final it was Thilo Tödtmann who came out successful from TQ Melvin Diekmann in 2nd and Marco Kaufmann who rounded out the podium in 3rd and who also scored the fastest lap of the racec in his first ever nitro event.

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November 7, 2014

HotRace Cup 2015 – Announcement

After the great success of this year’s pilot race the HotRace Cup will come back even bigger in 2015. Taking place on the weekend of the 26th of July the 2015 race will be hosted by the Riccione Road Race track located only 500 metres away from the famous Riccione seafront, offering many opportunities to have fun, relax and enjoy a weekend in Italy. The event will again be accompanied by a beach party and also see the introduction of the all-new S-Hot Race and a Formula class. More details and a dedicated website will follow soon.

November 7, 2014

Jörn Neumann & Gerd Strenge part ways with Durango

Following their statement to dissolve their Pro racing team Team Durango now announce the split from the team’s front runner Jörn Neumann and designer Gerd Strenge. All parties will continue to work together during their notice period but it is also agreed to allow an early release to a new sponsor if that is required by either of them.

Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]

November 7, 2014

Kyosho Plazma LM Nissan R90CP kit

Kyosho soon have a new bodyshell variant of the Plazma LM 1/12th scale chassis kit available. Joining the Toyota TS020, the Porsche 962 and the Mazda 787B is the 1990’s Nissan R90CP No. 23. Based on the Plazma Ra competition pan car the Plazma LM series of cars build on a long wheelbase chassis with conventional T-bar rear suspension, a single central shock and dual side dampers. The highly adjustable front suspension is directly taken over from the LM’s competition sibling as are many parts of the rear suspension including the adjustable ball differential. The car is useable with a wide range of battery configurations including 1S to 2S LiPo batteries and four to six cell NiMH battery packs and comes almost ready-to-run including a brushed G20 standard motor, pre-mounted high grip foam tires and the highly detailed Nissan R90CP body shell.

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November 7, 2014

Thomas & Bidlake win at NZ South Island Champs

The New Zealand South Island Championship has recently been dominated by Mark Bidlake and Lee Thomas who brought home the wins against the region’s fastest drivers. Lee was really happy to take first place overall and a convincing TQ in 2WD Buggy. He then went on to also TQ and win 4WD Buggy for a double victory. Mark Bidlake then raced to a solid victory in 1/8th E-Buggy, having only raced his buggy only a handful of times before the event.

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November 7, 2014

Drake, Guerrero & Castelan take JBRL Nitro Series titles

The 7th and final round of the Southern California based JBRL Nitro Series was held at Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, California. The season end race also decided on the overall series titles with the 1/8th Expert Nitro Truggy class being won by Adam Drake who left Cody King and Drew Moller behind in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

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November 6, 2014

CML Masters 2015 Paris – Report

The 2nd Annual CML Halloween Masters was hosted at the BCL indoor track at Louvre, Paris this past weekend. With over 220 entries across 6 different classes CML are proud to announce it was a huge success and will become a regular feature on the 1/10th off-road calendar. In the premier 2WD Modified class it was Craig Drescher who surprised the field and hit the ground running with a flourish. His Reedy-powered B5M topped practice, every qualifying round and all 3 mains. It was a flash back of the 90’s for Drescher who was in superb form. Even Drescher said he was “astounded” to be so competitive after 13 months off the sticks. The final then saw Craig continuing to excel with his 3-gear transmission equipped mid motor AE buggy as he left Nicolas Risser (Team C) and Elliott Boots (Kyosho) behind in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

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November 6, 2014

HPI Racing D8 series V2 radio tray & wing mount

HPI Racing have new option parts for the HB D8 series of vehicles available. First up is the V2 radio tray set that is designed to fit a larger variety of batteries including most of the popular LiPo and LiFe sizes. The set includes a new upper and lower part as well as all necessary hardware. Also new is a one-piece lightweight wing mount that sports only about half the weight of the standard multi-piece mount. Available as standard height and taller +10mm variant the wing stay saves some valuable weight at the rear part of the vehicle. Both the V2 radio tray and wing mount fit the HB D8 RTR, D812 and D8T with the wing mount also being usable on the Vorza Flux RTR.

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