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July 29, 2019

Xtreme Racing Rustler & Slash Speed Chassis kits

Xtreme Racing have introduced their new Speed Chassis kits for the Traxxas Rustler and Slash 2WD trucks. Extending the wheelbase and offering multiple battery layouts – including dual standard-length 2S, 3S and 4S packs – the chassis kits were designed to allow the building of extreme speed racing rigs. Available as carbon fibre or G10 fibre class variants, both include a main chassis, top deck and ESC mount, battery strap holder, battery straps, small and large standoffs as well as steering posts and servo mounts. Not included however are the needed donor Rustler or Slash trucks.

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July 29, 2019

Novarossi .21 on-road conical & straight manifolds

Novarossi have announced the release of their new conical and straight exhaust manifolds for .21 on-road engines. The conical manifolds are available as a long 41013L variant for improved acceleration while the short 41013S offers greater top speed. For greater overall power output Novarossi offer the 41014 straight manifold. All three are ideal for Novarossi-based competition on-road engines.

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July 29, 2019

CARS Summer ShootOut Rd3 – Report

The Chesterfield Auto Racing Society held round 3 of the CARS Summer ShootOut Series this past weekend. LMP12 13.5 was won by David Spashett from Ollie Payne in 2nd and Andrew Smith in 3rd. LMP12 17.5 had Gavin Clinch coming out on top from Glenn Atterton 2nd and Kevin Creaser 3rd. In GT12 it was Simon Pole with the day’s win from Justin Heath and Trevor Coult while WGT saw Dave Sedgwick walking away with the silverware from Gareth Preece and Kevin Creaser.

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July 29, 2019

Andrew Knapp doubles at Illinois Indoor State Champs

The Illinois Indoor State Championship was held at Impact RC Raceway in Morris, Illinois this past weekend. The event was run on indoor clay and attracted over 100 entries that spread over several 1/10th off-road classes classes. In 13.5T 4WD Buggy it was Andrew Knapp with the overall TQ and he also brought home a pretty dominant win in the single 7-minute A-main event, leaving behind Brad Prenger in 2nd and Adam Rayls in 3rd. Over in the 17.5T 2WD Buggy class it was again Andrew Knapp with the overall TQ and win as Brad Prenger scored another runner-up spot. Codi Lundberg would round out the top 3 podium result.

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July 29, 2019

Bruno Coelho powered by SRC Racing Power Fuel

SRC Racing from Italy have announced the addition of IFMAR World Champion, Bruno Coelho to their Power Fuel team. Bruno will use the company’s 16 percent and 25 percent nitro fuels to power his Xray gas on-road and off-road rides for the remainder of this season and beyond.

Source: SRC Racing [facebook.com]

July 29, 2019

Hobbywing XeRun V10 G3R brushless stock motor

Hobbywing have announced the release of their new XeRun V10 G3R electric brushless stock motor. Building on the proven V10 G3 the “R” variant offers further enhanced performance thanks to a 13.3 percent increase in torque, a 6.5 percent increase in RPM and up to 8.6 percent of overall power gain. In addition the internal resistance could be lowered by 11 percent while efficiency was increased by 6 percent, resulting in greatly reduced operation temperatures. At 139g the motor is also very low of weight – thanks to a highly machined aluminium heat-sink design can – making chassis balance adjustments a lot easier. The ROAR and EFRA spec motor is available in 13.5T to 25.5T stock winding variants with the 13.5T to 21.5T motors utilising a 7-12.5×25.2 rotor with optional rotors being available to fine-tune the motors’ power characteristics.

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July 29, 2019

Lamberto Collari sweeps Italian ACI Sport Champs Rd3

The third round of the Italian ACI Sport IC Track Championships was held in Bologna this past weekend. In the 1/8th IC Track Expert class it was Infinity’s Lamberto Collari with the overall TQ and the multi-time World Champion would also come out on top after the 30-minute main final, leaving behind his Infinity teammates, Alberto Picco and Francesco Tironi in 2nd and 3rd respectively with all three finishing on the same lap.

Image: Lamberto Collari

July 29, 2019

Steven Cuypers wins German IC Track regional

The MC Ettlingen club in the South-West part of Germany held a qualifying round to the German IC Track Nationals this past weekend. In 1/8th IC Track class 1 it was Mugen driver Steven Cuypers with the overall TQ and also a pretty dominating win in the 30-minute A-main final. Five laps behind it was Serpent’s Jörg Wäldle on the runner-up spot as Infinity’s Oliver Mack, who had gearbox issues, came in 3rd, another two laps behind.

Image: Steven Cuypers