Capricorn have introduced the ONE Black Blend high-performance nitro fuel. Made by the Pepe Group using a unique formula, the fuel is characterised by its special black colour and it is sold in 25 percent and 16 percent nitro blends.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
JConcepts have announced fresh new apparel at the recent 2018 Dirt Nitro Challenge with a new 15th anniversary T-shirt and hooded sweater. The newly designed skull logo pops with the iconic lightning bolt, noting the World Championship brand while celebrating the 15th anniversary of JConcepts. Behind, the distressed imagery helps bring together a cool look. The back of the merchandise has a large logo placement printed in a gray tone for the stealthiest look. The T-shirt itself is 100 percent cotton, while the hoodie is made using a 50/50 cotton and polyester blend, and packs a durable zip design along with the popular fabric material. The shirt and sweater are available in M to XXXL sizes.
PSM have introduced an aluminium shock standoff set for the Kyosho MP9 TKI4 buggy. The alloy shock standoffs are designed for lightweight shock fastening and will work with Kyosho MP9 TKI4. The special design features the flat-width moved to the centre of the standoff to provide easier access for tightening. The standoffs are treated with a dark gold anti-wear coating and they come in sets of four.
Source: PSM [psmfactory.com]
The sixth and final round of the Xray Racing Series Germany was held at the Eifel-Ring at Leimbach, located close to the famous Nurburgring. It was already the fourth XRS appearance in two seasons on the original ETS carpet of this 111-meter track with its challenging mixture of a technical and a fast section. The hosting MAC Adenau club did a great job again and received 53 entries but some had to cancel mainly because of a cold. Lot of racers including five young talents joined the competition which started with ten hours of intense practice on Saturday. In the Touring Car Stock class, a 13.5T Xray motor was mandatory as well as hand-out tyres from Hudy or Volante. Racing was fully under control of Majuran Tharmalingam. The local hero took the TQ as well as all three wins in the A-mains to catch the overall victory. Joerg Baldes, who was 2nd in qualifying just one second behind Tharmalingam, snatched the runner-up spot, four hundredth of a second in front of Melvin Diekmann. Only the top three drivers completed 28 laps during the heats. In the mains Baldes and Diekmann showed thrilling bumper-to-bumper racing with Baldes taking 2nd twice closely followed by Diekmann while he had to retire from the second main due to a malfunctioning ESC. Behind young Marc Stuebben, Tobias Hoeffin finished 5th which was enough to become XRS Touring Stock champion for the second time.
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The recent New Year’s Cup was held at Shanghai’s RCI V2, kicking off the local racing season. Lots of drivers competed in this weekend race that held some stiff competition. China-based Japanese driver Masaki Kiyoi was dominant all weekend, setting the fastest lap times and showing great consistency and speed. Masaki would TQ the qualifying and in the first A-main, Masaki pulled away at the start of the race and never looked back. Winning the second A-main allowed Masaki to sit out the third and final main as he already secured the overall win after A2.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Infinity has released two new optional suspension parts for its TITC-winning IF14 electric touring car. New “low” aluminium lower suspension holders give a hinge pin mounting height that is 0.5mm lower than the standard kit supplied version and are offered in the same -40.0, -44.5 and -46.0 range. Making it possible to set a lower roll centre, the choice of roll centre and toe angle is expanded offering racers an increased range of settings. Also released is a new lower suspension holder spacer. Supplied as a set of four, this 0.4mm spacer allows for quick set-up changes. Adding a single spacer at each lower suspension holder gives almost the same amount of change as derived with the eccentric bushing in the 0.5 position but without the need to remove the suspension.
The recent round of the Austrian Team Carpet Brothers 2.0 racing series attracted drivers from Austria and Hungary and it was Ádám Izsay who set the pace in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. After the four rounds of qualifying Ádám took the TQ in both categories and he also went on to win all A-mains to take the 2WD win from Werner Spannbrückner and Zsolt Bajusz Jr, while the 4WD top 3 was completed by Zsolt Bajusz Jr. and Martin Fischer.
Round 3 of the Florida Nitro Series was hosted by Homestead RC Raceway. The 1/10th 200mm Sedan class was the one with more participants, since the drivers are using any chance they have to practice and setup their cars for the upcoming Worlds in October. Capricorn’s DJ Apolaro took the TQ from Paolo Morganti 2nd and Lazaro Alonso 3rd, making it an all-Capricorn top 3. The final was super close and exciting. At the beginning it looked like DJ had the advantage with a pit stop less and with a couple of mistakes from Paolo. But then disaster struck. The second gear on DJ’s failed and he had to race the last part of the race only in first gear. The race was super exciting to watch and was decided actually in the last minute. But was not a walk in the park for Paolo, since he was running out of tyres and had a massive understeer, making the car super slow on the right turns. When all was set and done Paolo was able to cross the finish line in first, just 0.2 tenth of a second front of DJ. Eduardo Cabal (Serpent) came in 3rd, a lap down on DJ as Lazaro finished in 4th from Rafael Angulo 5th.
