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May 2, 2023

Roche signs Japanese National Champion Yamashita

Following last week’s signing of Vesa Yli to it’s race team, World Championship winning 1:12 manufacturer Roche has announced the addition of 1:12 Japanese National Champion Kazuki Yamashita. Representing Yokomo in 1:10 Touring car, he will race with Roche P12 in coming years, also work on testing the new P12 chassis ahead of the 2023 1:12 World Championships which takes place in November in Florida. Commenting on the news, Yamashita said, ‘I am looking forward to the new challenges at Roche. And I would like to thank Max for giving me this opportunity, and I would like to work together to develop a high performance 1:12 chassis. I would like to focus on the World Championships in Florida this year and do my best’.

Source: Roche [rocherc.com]

May 2, 2023

Polito wins Italian National Championship Round 2

Sworkz driver Mattia Polito took the win at the second round of the ultra competitive Italian 1:8 Offroad National Championship over the weekend. With Round 1 Top Qualifier & Winner Davide Ongaro in Manila where he would dominate the Philippine Masters for his third win of Asia’s premiere offroad race, this was an opportunity for his rivals to secure valuable points in his absence. Hosted by the AOL Club in Policoro, a charming town on the Ionian coast, qualifying would see Infinity team driver Riccardo Berton secure the TQ. Strike one for Hotrace Tyres in the big Italian tyre manufacturer rivalry with Polito second for Matrix Tires. Behind, Alex Zanchettin completed the Top 3 ahead of Marco Ravaglia while Marco Baruffollo found himself qualifying down in the B-Main. In the 45-minute final, Polito would get by Berton setting the fastest lap of the race with his Gi-mar powered Sworkz on his way to victory by 19-seconds from the pole sitter. Having bumped up to the A-Main to start 11th, Baruffollo would takes his Tekno through the field to complete the podium by just four seconds over Leonardo Valente with Zanchettin fifth.

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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]

May 2, 2023

Vejrak wins Hotrace Asia Cup

Meen Vejrak was the winner of the the inaugural Hotrace Asia Cup which was hosted at the Tom Racing Circuit in Hong Kong over the weekend. Attracting an international field, in qualifying it was the former 1:10 200mm World Champion who set the pace topping all four rounds of qualifying. Driving a Capricorn, the Maxima team driver would start from the TQ ahead Italy’s Carmine Riola, Australia’s Jeff Hamon and Hong Kong’s Lolo Sam. In the 45-minute final, Vejrak continued that form leading throughout the 45-minute encounter. Initially chased by Riola, the factory Infinity driver would retire with engines issues just as the race reached 1/3 distance. Promoting the Serpent of Hamon to second, Vejrak would win by a lap with the Infinity of Sam completing the podium. In 1:8 GT Wong Wai Kin took the win driving a Capricorn while in the 1:10 235mm final KK made it a clean sweep for the Italian manufacturer.

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April 30, 2023

Widmaier crowned Philippine Masters Truggy Champ

Sworkz’ Micha Widmaier has been crowned Truggy Champion at the Philippine Masters. Taking the TQ honours having topped all four rounds of qualifying, the German dominated the 30-minute final despite loosing a front wheel. One driver expected to push Widmaier for the win, unfortunately young Australian Jackson Beale’s challenge was over before it had really ever had a chance to happen. The only driver to match Widmaier’s 40-second lap time in the final, the 17-year-old suffered very early troubles, an electrical lead issue eventually leading to his retirement. With fellow Aussie Jordan Van taking over as the leading challenger behind the German, he too would have issues eventually dropping down the order to finish 9th of the 15 starters. In the end, having opened up a comfortable lead, Widmaier cruised home for the title. Behind, local racer Daniel Miranda took his HB Racing Truggy to second with the similar chassis of Kiwi Shane O’Connor completing the podium on the return of the Philippine Masters following a Covid forced hiatus.

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April 29, 2023

Widmaier is Philippine Masters Truggy Top Qualifier

Micha Widmaier is the Truggy Top Qualifier at the Philippine Masters. The factory Sworkz driver dominated qualifying topping all four rounds at the challenging Circulo Verde track in the capital city of Manila. The German will start tomorrow’s half hour A-Main ahead of the Tekno of Jackson Beale, the Australian posting three P2 runs after a difficult opening qualifier on Friday. With the Philippine Masters his first ever race outside of Australia, Jordan Van will line-up third also at the controls of a Tekno chassis having produced Top 3 runs every round. Korean driver Apex Kim will start 4th ahead of Kiwi Shane O’Connor and Philippines diver Daniel Miranda. Set to be a 15 Truggy A-Main starting grid, 12 directly qualifying, the final 3 driver are set to bump up from the B-Main.

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April 29, 2023

Bittydesign ‘A45M’ 1:10 M-chassis body shell

Bittydesign has released a new M-Chassis version of their A45 1:10 FWD body, the A45M. Inspired by the shapes of a real car, they have created enlarged TCR-style fenders by adapting the proportions and measurements necessary for use with the most common M-chassis models on the market. The body is universal and fits all the 1:10 M-chassis cars on the market with 210-225mm wheelbase. It can be mounted on the 4WD chassis as well as on front wheel drive cars. Made with high quality and genuine polycarbonate Lexan, it is produced only in Light Weight version 0,75mm thickness. The kit comes complete with screw, nuts and large plastic washers to fix properly the rear wing along with a pre-cut decal sheet and window masks.

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April 29, 2023

MonTech Zero 2 & Civic bodies

Italian bodyshell producer MonTech has announced two new bodyshells for the ETS season with the Zero 2 for Touring Car and the Civic for FWD. The Zero2 is an evolution of the Zero with stability, corner exit traction and direction change speed all being improved. The Civic is new for the FWD category. Very compact with a very forward rear wing to give load and at the same time very fast direction changes and very fast in cornering. Both bodies are available in the Standard version and in the “La Leggera” version and the kits feature headlight and grille decals and window maskers plus the rear wing mounting screws.

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