June 13, 2023

Marka Racing Level Setup Board System

Italy’s Marka Racing has released a Level Set-up Board system supporting setup boards up to 18mm thick.  Consistenting of a level and four machined adjustable aluminium feet, you fix the feet to the four sides of the setup surface, place the spirit level in the centre and rotate the feet until the bubble is positioned in the centre.  This ensures you have the perfect even surface on which to make set-up adjustments to your car.

Source: Marka Racing [minizracing.it]


June 13, 2023

Yokomo SuperDrift SD2.0

Yokomo has just released details of their new SuperDrift SD2.0 1:10 drift chassis.  The SD series of tuning drift cars, which can achieve various specifications by reconfiguring parts, has evolved into the latest version, SD2.0.  While keeping the basic design of graphite double-deck chassis and gear-drive RWD, a thorough review of the weight balance and changes to the front Ackermann ratio have been made to further accentuate the latest RWD drift style.

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June 13, 2023

Leadfinger Racing NB48 2.1 Beretta body

US offroad bodyshell manufacturer Leadfinger Racing has released its Beretta body to fit Tekno’s NB48 2.1 buggy.  The new Beretta body for the NB48 2.1 has been specifically designed to be a drop fit body for the 2.1 version.  In the past, racers were required to change out the air filter to fit the body properly onto the car.  The new Beretta body has a widened cab that enables racers to use the correct 2.1 air filter and snorkel.  Modifications are no longer necessary to the throttle linkages.  LFR designed the body for better clearance of the linkages to prevent premature paint damage.  There are no more shared cut lines with other cars.  The NB48 2.1 Beretta Body has its own mold to eliminate multiple cut lines and taking out the guess work on how to mount the body correctly.  Each body come with protective spray film for painting. Window masks and official LFR logo stickers provided.

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June 12, 2023

Caretti takes Victorian State Title

Antoni Caretti took the Open Modified Touring Car victory at Hobbies Direct Victorian State Titles which was hosted by Geelong RC Racers over the weekend and attracted 100 entries.  The Team Yokomo driver took his BD12 to the top of the times in four of the 5 rounds of qualifying on the indoor track to secure the overall TQ for the triple A-Mains ahead Chris Kalfoglou and Tom Huggan.  The only other driver to top a qualifier, Q2, Damon Davis-Perry started 4th.  In the finals multiple Australian National Champion Caretti would complete a clean sweep of wins to secure the title from Kalfoglou and Huggan who each counted a P2 and P3 finish.

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June 12, 2023

Cruz wins Arizona State Championships

A dominant performance from Jacob Cruz saw the Mugen driver TQ and win the Arizona State Championships at PF Hobbies and Racing in Mesa, Arizona. With the event attracting 146 entries across the classes, the young racer who joined Mugen at the start iof 2021 was able to take his MTC2 to the top of the times in all four rounds of qualifying securig the TQ ahead of the Awesomatix of Lex Tyler and Mugen of Mike Truhe.  In the single A-Main,  Cruz, who won the race last year, would control things from the front to win from a recovering Tyler who dropped to 5th early in the final with Truhe completing the podium, the former 1:8 Offroad star managing to take TQ and win 13.5 Super Stock.

Image: Jacob Cruz [Facebook]


June 10, 2023

Coelho is eBuggy European C/Ship Top Qualifier

Bruno Coelho is the Top Qualifier at this year’s EFRA 1:8 eBuggy European Championship.  Taking place at Bischofsheim in Germany, the Xray/Hobbywing driver secured pole position for Sunday’s triple A-Main title decider from Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski.  Each driver posted two TQ runs from the 5 rounds of qualifying but a P2 in Q4 gave it to the Portuguese driver as Orlowski had to count a P3 from the same round.  Fastest for the penultimate round, Mugen’s Burak Kilic will start 3rd ahead of the Team Associated of Germany’s Aaron Rönick.  Defending Champion Carlos Canas could only manage 8th on the grid with the driver he took the title from, Team Asssociated’s David Ongaro, securing the final direct qualifying place in the A-Main with P12.  eBuggy’s only multiple champion David Ronnefalk (2016, 2017) starts 10th for Mayako.

Image: Hobbywing [Facebook]


June 9, 2023

Montech Oval series 1:10 200mm body shells

Italian body producer Mon-Tech Racing has released a new series of oval body shells intended for 200mm Pan Car racing.  Three body option are available, two Nascar, the Dega and Darlington, and one Pick-Up truck, the Bristol.  The Dega and Darlington are produced in 0.75mm ‘Light’ version while Bristol is formed in standard 1mm version.  The kit includes the rear wings, the fixing screws, decals of the headlights & grilles, and the masking for the windows.

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June 8, 2023

3Racing Cero M Chassis Prototype

Hong Kong’s 3Racing has published photos of the first build prototype of their upcoming new 1:10 M Chassis kit.  The new 210mm wheelbase M Chassis gets its design brief from their Cero Touring Car and still features some 3D printed parts in the build.  With no release date given for the new M-Chassis, which is set to be also offered in a FWD kit, they did hint that the final kit release is still some time way.

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