Mirage Racing in the UK have announced that top 200mm racer, and European finalist, Darren Johnson has joined Xray to race the NT1. Darren brings to the team countless National victories and immense knowledge & experience which will help the rest of the team, which consists of Ben Cosgrove, Mark Gilliland and Robin Hammett. Darren, who previously raced for Team Magic, will also run the complete line of GRP tyres.
Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]
Serpent have a report on their site from the first round of the Sao Paolo Championship held at the Sam’s Club track in Santo Andre, a city within Greater Sao Paulo, the State’s Capital. The format saw each driver get just a single qualifying round followed by four heats, the best three of which determine the overall result. Starting from pole the two first wins came easy for Serpent racer Felipe Franceschi but his team mate Thiago ‘Poldo’ Podolsky, although very fast, faced mechanical problems with the breakage of his front belt followed by the rear preventing him from getting a good score. In the third heat it would be Felipe’s turn suffer a broken belt, the team putting these failures down to the debris on a number of dirty spots on the track. With Felipe out, Poldo was the favorite but his back luck continued as a prototype aluminum central axle that is currently being developed by the team broke. The fourth and final heat saw Felipe take his third win of the day and with overall victory in the opening round of the championship in front of Corally racer Lincoln Almeida in 2nd and Xray driver Marcos Mayer in 3rd
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Schumacher have released the first pictures of the new Cat SX Competition 4WD Off-Road buggy that was announced at the recent Nurnberg Toy Fair. Scheduled in for an early summer release, the large amount of testing that has taken place will make it will be well worth the wait. The car shown in these pictures are still with some prototype parts and they hope to show some body off pictures next week. The car will be launched in two formats to enable the customer to choose which battery type they prefer, 4×2 NiMh or Lipo.
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Losi have announced the release of the Mini-Late Model, an electric powered 1/18th scale RTR dirt oval racer. Featuring a chassis that is longer than their Mini-Slider, the Mini-Late Model incorporates unique design elements including multiple battery mounting locations, side safety bars and a heavy-impact front bumper that make it ready to go right out of the box. The racing body is detailed in one of four available colour schemes, ensuring a beautiful blur as it rips around the track. As for its performance, the Mini-Late Model is crammed with ball bearings, oil-filled shocks, an upgraded RX-280 motor and a Losi radio system with 2.4GHz DSM technology, making it one of the industry’s most exciting and versatile mini RC vehicles. The Mini-Late Model’s size and handling will have you speeding through the corners anywhere and everywhere.
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Much More have released this trimming rod, which helps align the brush hood and tune brush damper, or push brush during motor break-in. By pushing the damper down gently with this tool the brushes will move freely without bending. During the motor break-in process you can push the brushes with this rod to sit them quickly, allowing you to be able to the read the correct amp draw for fine tuning the timing. The other side has a tool for standard 5x4mm brush holders and its length is designed to allow the fine tuning of the both brush holders independently.
Source: Much More [muchmore.co.kr]
CS-Electronic have introduced the new CS-Factory 1500mAh HVX-Matched Power-Cells. Based on the successful CS-Factory 1500mAh Power-Cell, CS has developed the selection for the little 2/3 A cells to meet the big demand for selected cells in the micro classes. The treatment of voltage developed by Christian Sterr followed with ROBO-Selection means the cells are assembled in a pack with the highest voltage and the exactly equal curve of discharge, increasing the performance and durability of the cell.
Source: CS Electronic [cs-shop.de]
Law weekend saw a round of the qualification series for the German 1/10th EP Touring car Nationals held in Langenfeld, Germany. Top Team Corally driver, and current National Champion, Marc Fischer was on form TQ’ing the modified class and going on to win the race with his RDX Phi. In the first final Marc was able to lap all other competitors, while in the 2nd final he won by by just 4 seconds, to take the overall win in front of team mate Lars Treder, with Pascal Schonrock in 3rd. In the stock class it was Patrick Pasch that took the win also driving the Corally RDX Phi.
Source: Corally [corally.com]
Serpent have a brief report from their young team driver Niclas Nilsson, who was in action again last weekend with his S400 for the 7th round of the Middle Swedish Cup where he took another win. A leading force in the Swedish EP Touring Car scene, Nilsson and his S400 had the pace throughout the event winning all legs of the A-main to take the overall victory over 2nd placed Kenneth Malksson and Niklas Filnk in 3rd.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
