Calandra Racing Concepts introduce new option parts and accessories for the Xti 1/12th pan car. First up is a Xti conversion kit to bring the older Gen-X, XL and Xi to the latest spec. The kit contains a new main chassis, motor pod, upper plate and tons of hardware to not only upgrade an existing chassis but also to refresh parts such as screws and springs.
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The non-profit Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series (WCICS) announce the kick-off of their 2012/13 season. The 3 day races, hosted by 8 different clubs, are over the winter months of October to March and attract a wide range of racers from beginners up to international super stars like Paul Lemieux, Ty Tessman, Brian Bodine and Peter Robinson. WCICS runs eight different classes including Tamiya Mini, 1/12th pan cars, World GT and Modified Touring Cars. For more information, dates, classes and rules, please visit the WCICS event website by clicking here.
Mike’s Hobby Shop in Carrollton, TX played host to the 2012 Short Course Showdown Finals. Mike Darnell, owner and operator and Scotty Ernst put on an amazing event that brought in 269 entries for some fierce side by side action. The track appeared to be a fairly simple layout by design, but with jump placement and slick conditions, this track turned out to be very technical and tire selection was of the upmost importance. With qualifying under way JConcepts/MIP driver Matt Olson made a statement in the opening round by setting an amazing TQ run with the only 15 lapper of the event in the Stock division. Matt’s TQ run held from start to finish of qualifying and put him on the pole position for the Main event. Next up was 2WD Modified SCT and this was a heavy weight battle throughout all three rounds between JConcepts/Team Associated driver Scott Brown and JConcepts/TLR driver Frank Root. Frank and Scott traded TQ positions each and every round with Frank finally taking the last round by 4 seconds and claiming the top spot for the A-main. Last up was the 4×4 Open SCT class and once again, we saw a fierce battle for the TQ spot. JConcepts/MIP driver Matt Olson was going head to head with JConcepts/TLR driver Frank Root round after round as they traded TQ spots each and every round, but once again Frank pulled out the TQ spot giving him the double TQ for both Modified classes.
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Power-Save-Racing introduce ball bearing sets for many 1/10th and 1/16th scale Traxxas vehicles. The bearings reduce friction, make for less maintenance and are available as 8-piece sets for the 1/16 Slash, E-Revo, and Rally, the Jato 3.3, Slash-based 2WD chassis, the Slash 4×4 and the Revo 3.3, E-Revo and Summit.
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The Southern Nationals took place in West Monroe, Louisiana in a huge indoor facility with a track that sported lots of elevation changes and big jumps. After three rounds of qualifying Ryan Lutz took TQ with Josh Wheeler in second position. The main started off good and it was a follow the leader show with Lutz and Wheeler for 15 minutes. Josh was doing his best to stay right with Lutz and pulled a good lead before a battle started. They were able to put themselves in front with a lead of about 15 second when Lutz broke and Wheeler took the lead. Jason Branham was now in second with the rest of the field behind him. Josh maintained a good lead until the second to the last pit stop when a crash and corner marshal failure cost him 17 seconds on his pit stop. This gave Branham the lead and a battle until the end started. Jason and Wheeler would battle until the last lap when Jason crashed and gave Wheeler the lead and the win. Kurt Kellum also had a great performance in the truggy main and fought his way to 3rd at the end.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 8th running of the Trofeo Novarossi took place at the track of the Club Automodellistico Gubbio in Italy and saw the entrance of talented drivers like Francesco Tironi and Lamberto Collari. In the 1/8th scale class it was Capricorn’s Francesco Tironi who took the race win some three laps from Mattia Rinaldi and Alessandro Bracci. Lamberto Collari faced tyre problems during the final and finished in fourth position.
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The 2012 Reedy Truck Race of Champions was held at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California and the event brought in over 140 entries from SoCal’s best truck drivers. In the Modified Truck class, it was Team Orion/Kyosho’s Drew Moller who would TQ rounds 1 and 3 to take the overall TQ for the class. Come the finals he was in a close battle with TLR’s Mike Truhe who both scored a first and second place in the finals. Therefore A main number three would decide the 2012 title win and it was Drew Moller who lead from the first lap taking the win in the important final race and also the 2012 Reedy Truck Race of Champions title. Mike Truhe came in second with Kody Numedahl completing the podium.
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]
The fifth and final round of the Swiss national touring car championship was held at the track of Lostallo. After an all wet Saturday and Sunday morning the weather got better for the finals on Sunday afternoon. Markus Streuli started from pole position with Mario Rigert in second spot and Daniel Ghirlanda in third position. As the finals were the only rounds of the whole weekend with dry conditions, it was difficult for everyone to find a good pace from the start. Mario managed to win two out of the three A finals. The win of the final round secured Mario the race victory and his fifth modified touring car title as well. Xray team mate Steven Deyhle took the runner-up spot and Antonino Mangiaracina came in third.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
