October 4, 2012

Martin Christensen wins Danish champs Rd5

The fifth and final round of the Danish nitro on-road champs took place at the famous track of Odense. Claus Ryeskov already secured the championship by winning the previous four rounds. After the qualifying rounds it was once again Claus Ryeskov taking TQ ahead of Micheal Johnson and Thomas Mortensen. Martin Christensen was attending the final round for the first time in many years, setting very fast lap times in qualifying but he had a bit of bad luck in the qualifiers and would have to start from fourth position.

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October 4, 2012

Speed Passion job opportunities

Speed Passion are looking for candidates to apply for several positions in Europe and Hong Kong. The company is currently seeking a European based Sales & Marketing Executive, Hong Kong based Customer Support Officer as well as a Sales and Marketing Manager. They further look for a Video, Graphic and Flash designer as well as a Products Designer. Immediate availability for all positions is an advantage.

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October 4, 2012

Hettrich & Wahl win at BaWü Cup

The BaWü Cup in Konstanz in the South of Germany was one of the first carpet races of the 2012/2013 season and a great opportunity for many teams to try out new parts for the upcoming ETS race in Mühlheim Kerlich. The organizers tried a new track layout for this year with a technical section at the first part of the lap and a more open and flowing part for the remainder of the lap. The new layout was well accepted by the drivers and made for some challenges when setting up the cars. In the stock blinky mode class it was T-Shox team-drivers Tobias Vogel, who won the German Stock Championship, and also Valentin Hettrich who showed a strong practice and also qualifying pace. Valentin took the last two rounds of qualifying and also the TQ spot for the finals. For the A-mains Tobias got the car better and better using the same setup Valentin was using. Valentin was on a roll and took the first two A-mains in style. Tobias however did not give up and took the win in the third and last A-main.

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October 4, 2012

Manuel Singer wins Austrian Championship

The track at St. Paul hosted the fifth and last run of the Austrian nitro on-road nationals. After qualifying Manuel Huber took TQ followed by Xray team mate Gerhard Kandelhart with Leonardo Varga in third place. With Kurt Hubeny and Manuel Singer, who suffered from a practice crash that cost him two qualifying rounds, two more Xray drivers made it into the top 5. After the semi finals Manuel Huber took pole position for the final with Manuel Singer behind. Gerhard Kandelhart started from third and Kurt Hubeny from fourth position. Come the 45 minutes final positions started to shift as some drivers ran into trouble with traction rolling in the beginning stages, but in the end it was Manuel Huber who took the win chased by Xray team mates Manuel Singer, Gerhard Kandelhart, Kurt Hubeny, Gernot Baumgartner and Franz Engel. The runner up sport for Singer also meant the overall win in the championship for the young man. Fourth placed Kurt Hubeny became vice champion. 

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


October 4, 2012

Nick Vasquez wins Michigan State champs series

The last round of the Michigan State Champs Series the battle was between Nick Vasquez, Scott Rapoport, Caleb Henry and Mike Raaz. Nick already claimed the 2012 title in the 1/8th electric buggy class and When the dust settled Scott Rapoport would take first place with Nick Vasquez in second and Caleb Henry in third place.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]


September 25, 2012

Armand Lantheaume joins Team Schumacher

Schumacher Racing would like to welcome Frenchman Armand Lantheaume to the team. Armand is the current French national champion in both 2WD and 4WD 1/10th off-road classes. He has also achieved B finals in both classes at each of the last 2 EFRA European Championships. Armand will be driving the Cougar SV2 on grass and astro tracks, the Cougar SVR on dirt tracks, and the CAT SX3 in 4WD and is looking forward to an even more competitive 2013 season with his new cars.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]


September 25, 2012

MaxAmps 100W soldering iron

MaxAmps 100W high-quality hobby grade soldering iron will liquefy solder quickly to help users avoid over-heating solder joint. It features a removable tip and heat resistant handle and comes including a stand and sponge for clean soldering work.

Source: MaxAmps [maxamps.com]



September 25, 2012

Speed Passion Revention Pro ESC

Speed Passion is proud to introduce the Revention Pro brushless speed controller. The controller features an all new, in-house designed, 140A unit for increased power delivery and smoothness while the unique intercooler design allows the ESC to run 20 percent cooler in temperature compared to previous models. The brand new ground up design features a full aluminium body case which provides maximum surface area to dissipate heat from the ESC. Included comes a programming card to adjust all of the important parameters while the speedo itself comes programmed with six individual modes for modified, stock, crawler and drift applications. Available soon will be optional Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules to program the controller via smart phone.

Source: Speed Passion [speedpassion.net]