June 16, 2023

Balestri Top Qualifier at 1:10 European Championship

Infinity’s Dario Balestri is the Top Qualifier at the 1:10 Nitro Onroad European Championships in Sciliy, Italy.  The 17th running of the EFRA championships, Thursday presented drivers with some weather issues that stopped the action.  Friday they managed to get all 5 rounds of qualifying completed and it was Balestri who reigned at the Naxos World track.  Posting four TQ runs, the 2006 & 2007 European Champion secured pole for the final from Toni Gruber, the Capricorn driver fastest in opening round from Carmine Raiola who would end up third ahead of Infinity team-mates Jilles Groskamp and Francesco Tironi.  With these four drivers going into Super Pole to try secure a direct starting place in the Main final with Balestri, it was Gruber who posted the fastest lap.  The rest of the grid will be decided by the Semi Finals.  With back to back reigning 1:10 Champion Dominic Greiner not making the trip to Sciliy, a new champion will decided in tomorrow’s final.

Image: Dario Balestri [Facebook]


June 6, 2023

Infinity IF15-II 1:10 200mm Nitro Touring Car

Five years after the original release of their first ever 1:10 200mm nitro onroad kit, Creation Model has released the Infinity IF15-II.  With the IF15 enjoying two World Championship title wins, the latest touring car kit features a number of updates to its predecessor all of which have been extensively tested in competition in prototype cars by Infinity’s strong factory team driver line-up.  The IF15-II gets a new chassis on which there is a new rear end geometry thanks to a new rear bulkhead, new shock stay & shocks, and rear stabilizer.  The car also gets new parallel joints front and rear as well as a new brake unit.  The radio plate is redesigned as is the engine mount and the kit also comes with Infinity’s new black black pulley & diffs.

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June 5, 2023

Balestri wins EFRA GP at Lostallo

Infinity’s Dario Balestri has made it two from two after winning the latest EFRA GP International race which took place at the iconic Lostallo circuit in Switzerland over the weekend.  Winner of the EFRA GP in Leno, Italy back in April, the former World Champion was fastest in qualifying with a best time of 12/4:00.363 set in the final of his three attempts.  His closest rival would be team-mate Carmine Raiola whom he held over a 1-second advantage.  Lamberto Collari, who claimed the most recent of his record nine 1:8 Onroad World Championship titles at the same circuit back in 2009, would qualify third ahead of Capricorn’s Mirko Salemi.  In the half hour final, Balestri posted the fastest lap of the race on his way to victory with Collari in second just 4-seconds back.  With Riola retiring after 10-minutes, Salemi would complete the podium ahead of the Mugen of Massimo Aliprandi.

Image: Dario Balestri [Facebook]


May 10, 2023

Infinity IF14-2 & IF18-2 Option Parts

Infinity has released new option parts for its IF14-2 1:10 Electric Touring Car and IF18-2 1:8 Onroad chassis.  For the Team Edition of the IF14-2, the Japanese company has a new low friction rear belt.  Intended for ‘Stock’ class racing, it is made of a softer material than the kit’s standard black belt allows for better throttle response.  For IF18-2, they have two new rear upright options.  Bearing support rigidity has been greatly improved by increasing the roundness of the bearing cavity area as much as possible using a special molding process that has never been used before.  This provides a higher consistency of rear traction.  The Hard version is made with carbon mixed material to greatly increase the rigidity of the parts. The rear upper arm and wheel shaft support are more rigid, and rear traction is improved at all speeds.

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May 2, 2023

Infinity Racing Rosso Trolley Bag

Infinity has introduced a new look Racing Rosso Trolley Bag with three drawers large enough to hold a 1:8 Nitro onroad chassis.  This bag features caster wheels making it easy to move around even when storing all of your race cars, tools, spare parts, chargers, and other accessories.  The new design features the Infinity logo in a bright racing rosso colour.  The overall size of the trolley is 55x31x48cm with the internal Internal drawers measuring 50x27x13cm.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]


April 26, 2023

Infinity Ultra High Speed Fuel Gun

Creation Model has released this Infinity Ultra High Speed Fuel Gun which features a faster fuel release than any of its predecessors. Two options of the fuel gun are available, the traditional gun type and a side-trigger type with intuitive, straight-forward access to the fuel tank. Several mechanics used this Ultra High Speed Fuel Gun at the 2022 1:10 Nitro Touring World Championships in Bangkok, helping Naoto Matsukura get the TQ and Tadahiko Sahashi the overall World Championship.

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April 11, 2023

Infinity IF18-2 Carbon Rear Stiffener Set

Creation Model has released this Carbon Rear Stiffener Set for the Infinity IF18-2 1:8 Onroad Chassis.  Installing the set significantly improves rigidity to the rear section of the chassis around the gear area, enabling more reliable power transmission, increasing acceleration and top speed.  In addition to this the increased pitching rigidity of the chassis helps to add initial response and a sharper steering feel.

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March 27, 2023

Balestri wins Italian 1:8 Onroad National opener

Dario Balestri opened the AMSCI Italian 1:8 Onroad National Championship over the weekend with a dominant winning performance at Locorotondo.  The former World Champion would take three of the four qualifiers to secure the overall TQ from the Xray of rising talent Filippo Domanin who was quickest in Q3 with Carmine Raiola securing third on the grid.  With reigning European Champion Dominic Greiner taking part, qualifying his Capricorn 5th, in the half hour final Balestri took control of proceeding setting the fastest lap of the race en route to winning by lap as his Infinity team-mates Raiola and eight place qualifier Francesco Tironi battled for second.  With Domanin retiring after 12-minutes, Raiola held off Tironi by just 2/10th of a second at the finish.  Having qualified 6th, Jonathan Gandin took his Serpent to fourth followed home by Davide Caporossi and Shepherd’s Luca Romagnoli.

Image: Francesco Tironi [Facebook]