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April 24, 2008

Schaer wins Swiss 1/10th Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Swiss 1/10th 200mm National Championships was run recently at the MRCL club’s track in Langenthal. Taking place under dry but cold conditions, qualifying saw Dirk Stammler take the pole position ahead of Beat Wälti in 2nd, Traugott Schaer in 3rd and Marc Bösiger 4th. The start of the main final saw Stammler go straight into the lead followed by Beat and Traugott, the latter taking over 2nd place when Walti made a small mistake. Only 4 minutes in and Dirk’s car came to a stop allowing Schaer into the lead, where he stayed, conserving his tyres until 4 minutes to the end when his car ran out of tyres completely, meaning an unscheduled stop. This allowed Walti into the lead but he too had to make an unscheduled stop before the end and this allowed Schaer back into the lead where he could take the win, ahead of a recovering Walti in 2nd and Giovanni Bonetti in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 23, 2008

Avid RC Xray 808 Revolution bearing

Avid RC are proud to announce the release of the Avid 5x12x4 Revolution bearing for the Xray 808 1/8th scale buggy clutch. What makes this bearing unique is that it has a rubber seal on one side while having a metal shield on the other. Rubber seals are great protectors against dirt but they offer a little more friction due to the tighter seal and thats why these bearings only use one. Xray choose a larger bearing for their new buggy to withstand the load and in doing so they actually made this bearing specific for RC, meaning that nothing else in the world uses this size. Typically this means that the bearing will cost more, however Avid are keeping their industry changing price point of just $1.

Source: Avid RC [avidrc.com]

April 18, 2008

Xray T2 Anti-Roll Bars

New for the Xray T2, T2R, T2’007 and T2’008 are a complete range of optional front and rear anti-roll bars. Black in colour and marked with laser-engraved lines for easy identification, the front now has a 1.3mm, 1.5mm and a 1.8mm available, while the rear has a 1.1mm, 1.3mm and 1.5mm.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 17, 2008

Xray NT1 Lightweight layshaft

Xray have released this new optional lightweight 2-speed layshaft for the NT1 200mm chassis. For serious racers that are conscious of weight savings, the shaft has been precision ground, heat-treated and polished for smooth operation, extra strength, and long life, and has been strategically lightened by 50% compared to the standard 2-speed layshaft. Rotating mass is reduced without sacrificing strength or durability.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]

April 13, 2008

XRAY Column – Worlds Preparations

Xray Column

The 17th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj talks about the teams trip to this years TITC event.

Arriving a few days earlier before the race gave us a great opportunity to prepare, and having all the other factory teams at the track as well gave us the chance to do some benchmarking. The track was prepared very well, so after charging the first batteries and getting the tires ready, we were ready to race! I was the first one to get track time, and was pleasantly surprised not only with my own driving but especially about the handling of the car. I needed no marshalling at all and the car with basic set-up and new tires was very calm with a lot of steering and traction, but mainly it was super-easy to drive.

Read the full column here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 10, 2008

Xray Chassis balancing weights

Xray have released a complete set of 4 chassis balancing weights, 2 x 5g and 2 x 10g, and mounting hardware. Designed for Xray electric & nitro touring cars, to be mounted at pre-drilled chassis holes, they can also fit other race cars as well. Made from steel and laser engraved with the weight value for easy identification, they can be stacked atop each other in order to achieve the proper chassis balance.

Source: Mirage Racing [mirageracing.com]

April 1, 2008

Peter Jovanovic joins Team Xray

Peter Jovanovic Joins Team Xray

Xray have announced that top Australian Touring car racer Peter Jovanovic has joined Xray to race their NT1 and T2008 chassis’. One of Australia’s youngest and most celebrated on road Champions, he has a long string of State and National titles, as well as a 3rd place finish at the 2006 200mm World Championships.

Joining Team Xray has been a huge step in my racing career, I have had my eye on Xray for a while now and it is a huge relief joining and working together with such a high performance racing team. I had tested the T2008 and its smoothness and consistency was the first thing that made me know that Xray is going to make a big impact on my racing and take me another step further. Thanks to Xray and Custom Model Cars for making this all possible.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 23, 2008

DongWoo Nam wins Xray Challenge Rd1

Xray are reporting on their site from the first round of the Xray Challenge which was held on last weekend at Banwol Race Park near Seoul, Korea. In the qualifying for the Pro buggy class it was SunYung Hwang that took the top qualifying spot from DongWoo Nam in 2nd and SungGi Jo in 3rd and after the semi finals the lineup remained the same for the main event. In the final it was DongWoo Nam, in only his 2nd race for Xray, that could take the win from pole man Hwang who finished 2nd while HyungKyu Yu took the final step on the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]