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April 7, 2014

Ronald Völker wins Touring Car Worlds warm-up

This weekend the IFMAR Electric Touring Car World Championship warm-up took place at the Full Throttle Raceway in Kissimmee, Florida. Despite being held on U.S. soil the race was dominated by European and Asian drivers with Ronald Volker (Yokomo) taking the win in the triple A-mains from his Yokomo teammate Naoto Matsukura and Meen Vejrak (Yokomo). The Tamiya duo of 3-times World Champion Mark Rheinard and current title holder Jilles Groskamp completed the top 5. Xray’s Alexander Hagberg finished 6th overall, Yokomo’s Hayato Matsuzaki came in 7th while Elliott Harper was able to place one of the new Team Durango’s DETC410 in the A-main in 8th place. Viktor Wilck (Tamiya) and Andy Moore (Hot Bodies) rounded out the top 10 result.

Image: Yokomo

April 6, 2014

Steve Soon seals 2014 WCICS TC Modified title

Round 8 of the non-profit Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series was held in the Rodeo capital of Canada, Calgary, Alberta; hosting just under 200 entries from across Western Canada. This was the final round of the series, bringing the total WCICS entries to just under 1500. The Calgary Area RC Auto Racers, CarCar, hosted a great event, and as the last round of the season the championships were all decided in all 7 classes. In the Awesomatix sponsored TC Modified class, the top 4 drivers qualified within a few seconds of each other. But at the checkered flag it was Calgary’s Serpent sponsored Steve Soon who stood on the top spot of the 2014 Season Championship podium, Edmonton’s ORCA sponsored Wayne Mah drove his Xray to second overall, and in a close battle that came down to the final event, British Columbia’s Awesomatix sponsored Blake Bell took the 3rd spot away from WCICS President, privateer Josh Carter, who had come into the weekend sitting in 2nd overall. Full results and podium pics can be found on the series’ official website.

Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]

April 5, 2014

Exclusive – Xray RX8 preview

Following the first two parts of our exclusive Xray RX8 presentation in the form of an in-depth interview with Martin Hudy and hot on the heels of our article about the making of the RX8 we now bring you the third part of the RX8 story – an exclusive preview with first images as well as more details on the car’s features and specifications.

See the exclusive preview here

April 5, 2014

Pro-Line LoneStar Challenge – Announcement

The 2014 Pro-Line LoneStar Challenge will take place from the 15th to 18th of May at the Thornhill Racing Circuit. The race doubles as the warm-up for this year’s ROAR Gas Nationals and is also the third stop of the 2014 USPro Cup tour and already attracted all of the industry’s big names. The event will see Pro, Open and Sportsman classes for Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy and E-Buggy as well as 40+ Nitro Buggy, Truggy and E-Buggy and also Pro and Sport Pro4 SC classes. Full details on the event are available here and registration for the race can be made using PayPal (thedirtracing@aol.com – include your entry info in the “Note” field).

April 5, 2014

MRRC Raceway season opener – Announcement

MRRC Raceway, a new club in Long Island, NY, will hold their season opener this weekend. The race will see 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Truggy as well as E-Buggy and E-Truggy classes along 4WD Pro4 SC, run on a new track built by The Dirt’s Joey Christensen. More information can be found here.

April 5, 2014

Team Associated setup & countertop mat

New from Team Associated comes this setup and countertop mat with Team Associated, Reedy, Factory Team and XP logos. Roughly 400x500mm in size the mat is waterproof and resistant to fuel, shock oil, dirt and grime and it makes a good base for your pit table. The mat is only available from rc10.com.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]

April 5, 2014

New Protoform T-shirts & hoodie

Protoform have new merchandise availabke in the form of two T-shirts and a hoodie. First up is the Protoform Heritage shirt, a vintage style red heather shirt with script lettering and a classic checkered flag accent on the front. On the back the shirt sports PF’s original tag line from 1992. The second new shirt is made from black 100 percent pre-shrunk cotton and sports a large “Aero Matters” statement on the front and a Protoform logo on the back. Both T-shirts are available in adult sizes ranging from S to XXL. Last but not least comes the Champions zip-up hoodie. Black of colour it features a large crest on the front displaying Protoform’s world championship legacy and the PF logo on the left sleeve. It also features a double-ply self-fabric lined hood and metal zipper and it is available in S to XXL sizes.

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April 4, 2014

Schumacher Cougar KF low-grip conversion set

Schumacher introduce the low-grip conversion set for the Cougar KF 2WD buggy. The part included move the motor and centre cluster back by 21mm. The more rearward weight distribution gives the KF added rear traction, and is well suited to wet astroturf, or high grip dirt tracks. In the rearward motor position the car must be used with a shorty LiPo battery. The new chassis can accept either motor position so the car can be converted back to the forward motor position for extra steering when the grip comes up. The body requires a small modification to clear the spur gear but a modified body is now also available from Schumacher.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]