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March 16, 2014

Marek Cerny wins Open Stock class at LRP TCM

This weekend’s LRP Touring Car Masters saw Xray’s Marek Cerny taking the win in the 10.5T Open Stock class. Marek Cerny found a blistering pace for the very last and deciding qualifier to take overall TQ in front of Oliver Franke (Awesomatix) and fellow Xray driver Jan Ratheisky in 3rd. Marek then went on to take a convincing win in A1 in front of Jan Ratheisky (Xray). In A2 however, Marek was slow off the line due to motor cogging, which handed the win to Franke. Marek made a strong comeback to win A3 and to take the overall win. Marek benefited from a coming together between Franke and Ratheisky. Oliver Franke finished second while Jan Ratheisky completed the podium. Steffen Leinburger (Awesomatix) and Bernhard Bopp (Yokomo) completed the top 5.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 15, 2014

LRP TCM 2014 day 2 – Report

Today the remaining four rounds of qualifying were run at this year’s LRP Touring Car Masters in Rüsselsheim. Yesterday had qualifying victories of Ronald Völker in the Masters Class and Oliver Franke in the 10.5T Open Stock Class. The three LRP-HPI Challenge classes were won by Daniel Anthes (17.5T), Patrick Greinke (Classic) and Nico Müller (Rookie). The Masters class showed real close racing in Q2. Taking a look at the best times there where eight drivers between 19.554s and 19.693s. Ronald Völker started first and took the lead closely followed by a bunch of drivers. Freddy Südhoff and Marc Fischer as the first pursuits had issues during their runs. Also Yannic Prümper, who chased Ronald, crashed mid-race. In the end Ronald Völker drove his LRP powered Yokomo to victory. Second place went to Viljami Kutvonen, third to Alexander Hagberg.

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March 15, 2014

LRP TCM 2014 day 1 – Report

Today the 17th running of the LRP Touring Car Master got started in Rüsselsheim, Germany and LPR sent us the following report. Today, two rounds of free practice, two rounds of timed practice and the initial round of qualifying were on the schedule. Free practice in the Masters class saw Marc Fischer ahead of Yannic Prümper and reigning LRP TCM champion Ronald Völker. In Open Stock, Jan Ratheisky confirmed his pace with a gap of one second over 3 consecutive laps to Oliver Franke in second spot.

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March 14, 2014

RudeBits B5M LiPo battery brace

Following the respective part for the rear motor Team Associated B5 RudeBits now also have a LiPo battery brace for the mid motor B5M buggy available. Made from high-quality carbon fibre the part is made to be a direct replacement for the standard composite plastic part.

Source: RudeBits [rudebits.co.uk]

March 14, 2014

Martin Hofer wins at Schumacher Trophy

This past weekend the Team LaGang crew around Alberto Montecchi hosted the Trofeo Schumacher Italy, organized by Lorenzo Bigi in the small town that is Scandiano. Hosting an ETS Event back in 2012 the club has built up an amazing facility featuring one of the biggest carpet tracks you’ll find in europe. Being a two day affair, practice on Saturday already highlighted the level of competition that can be found in this area with a lot of guys doing really fast laptimes. The controlled tyre being preglued Sorex that proved to be a perfect decision since they delivered consistent performance throughout more than 10 runs. Qualifiers saw some tough fights but it was Schumacher’s Martin Hofer who managed to grab TQ honors in the Touring Car Modified category. Winning the first two finals convincingly, he wrapped up the overall win, leaving the remaining steps on the podium fully open for final number 3.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

March 14, 2014

DE Racing TLR, Kyosho & Durango SpeedLine wheels

DE Racing release a few additional wheel offsets to their already extensive catalog of SpeedLine wheels. Offsets include front wheels for the new TLR 22-4, front wheels for the Kyosho Laser ZX-5, and front and rear wheels for the Team Durango DEX210 and DEX410. The Team Durango DEX410 wheels are also designed to work with the Xray XB4. This initial release will be in white and yellow with more colour options to follow.

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March 14, 2014

New design Kyosho Inferno MP9 engine mount

Kyosho’s nitro off-road mastermind Yuichi Kanai introduced this new engine mount for the Kyosho MP9 1/8th off-road buggy. Instead of using two separate base plates the new mount is of a 1-piece U-shaped design which is understood to help with stability and rigidity while the engine itself is still mounted using spilt mounting blocks. The gun metal anodized part comes laser-etched and will become available from end of April.

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March 14, 2014

STRC SCX10 aluminium rear lock-outs

ST Racing Concepts now have machined aluminium lock-outs for the Axial SCX10 available. Adding visial impact and greatly increasing the strength of the rear drive axles, these lock-outs works with the stock straight axles or STRC’s stainless steel axles. The increased precision will also keep the axles inside running true and keep them from bending. Coming in pairs the parts are available in black, gun metal, green and silver. Also available are web limited colours of red, orange, and blue anodising. Complete lock-out and stainless steel axles set also now available in gun metal anodising.

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