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November 19, 2023

Urbain adds first ETS Carpet win

Having taken his first ETS win last year on the iconic Luxembourg outdoor asphalt track, Awesomatix’ Lucas Urbain has just added his first carpet win of the series with victory in Germany. The first carpet encounter of the current ETS season, Urbain dominated proceedings at Round 4 in Munden topping all four qualifiers to secure the overall TQ from the Mugen Seiki of reigning champion Ronald Volker and Awesomatix team-mate Marc Rheinard. In the finals, Urbain would lead A1 from start to finish as the Top 9 finished as they started. In A2 Urbain again lead from start to finish after getting an early break when an out of shape Volker got collected by Rheinard allowing Tim Wahl through to second. With the overall win secured, A3 would decide who joined Urbain on the podium with Volker getting the win ahead of Rheinard and Team Yokomo’s Yannic Prumper to take P2 overall with Rheinard 3rd. In Pro Stock, Adam Iszay had the perfect weekend with Xray securing the TQ and taking maximum championship points with victory ahead of Olivier Bultynck and Lukas Ellerbrock.

Image: ETS [Facebook]

November 17, 2023

Yokomo’s Nicholson confirmed for FIRC 2023

Team Yokomo’s Simon Nicholson is the latest driver to be confirmed to attend the inaugural Foshan International Invitational RC Championship in China on December 15-17. The Australian, who just last weekend successfully defended his Electric Touring Car National title, becomes the third different factory team representative who will make the trip to the new GDC Indoor Race Club track in Guangdong for the brand new event. The goal of FIRC is to boost the level of competition among young local racers by giving them the opportunity to race against top international electric onroad racers. Already the event has confirmed 2016 World Champion Ronald Volker will compete with his Mugen Seiki at the 800 square metres track that was only opened in May of this year. The largest professional indoor onroad track in China, the organisers have also confirmed the entry of top Japanese racer and Xpress team driver Yugo Nagashima.

Source: GDC Indoor Race Club

November 16, 2023

2024 Silver State Indoor Championship – Announcement

The team at The Dirt Racing has announced the 2024 Silver State Indoor Championship will take place from May 1st to 5th at the South Point Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. With the annual event having attracted a massive 1100 entires in 2023, Marco Barufollo taking the big win, legendary track builder Joey Christensen has announced that the 2024 edition will be capped at 900 entires. The Dirt will be offering a limited number of early entries at a $40 discount starting today (Nov 16th) with entries available via www.THEDIRT.us .

Source: The Dirt [thedirt.us]

November 15, 2023

Ioannidis & Oikonomou are Greek Champions – Report

Last weekend, the fouth & final round of the Greek Nationals in 1:10 EP Touring took place in the fast track of Fanatix Racing Track(FRT) located in Stamata, Greece. The weather was cool with temperatures not exceeding 21oC. In the Touring Modified class, the battle for the championship was on between reigning champion Dimitris Ioannidis (Awesomatix), Andreas Koutras (Mugen-Seiki) and Nitro champion Dimitris Dimitriou (Xray) for the championship. Ioannidis had not participated in Round 2 as he was hospitalized while Koutras opted out from Round 1 and Dimitriou had participated in all rounds securing podium finishes in the first 3 races but had to hope for a not-good result from Ioannidis who had 2 out of 2 wins+2 TQs and Koutras who had one win and a P2. In qualifying, Ioannidis was able to take pole position winning Q1, Q3, and Q5 with a very solid and consistent drive while encountering issues with his powertrain resulting in significant fading in power. Koutras also showed competitive speed as he saved tires, taking Q2 and Q4 securing P2 on the grid while Dimitriou would line up P3 on the grid after displaying some very good speed too.

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November 15, 2023

Yokomo Rookie Drift RD2.0 Drift Car

Yokomo has announced the up coming release of the “Rookie Drift RD2.0”, a new basic chassis release from the Japanese manufacturer who have been pioneers in the field of drift R/C racing. The base specs have been enhanced by improving the steering angle and securing rear grip, etc., so that even first-time drifters can enjoy the experience of drifting. The chassis configuration is also designed with future expansion in mind, and can be customised with optional parts. In addition to the standard assembly kit, a value-priced kit with a YG-302V2 steering gyro will also be available, ideal for first-time drift RC challengers.

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November 15, 2023

KeyFulcrum X-Maxx, XRT & Maxx Steering Servo

KeyFulcrum has released a new high-pressure brushless digital magnetic waterproof steering servo with an all-metal casing specifically designed for use in the Traxxas X-Maxx, XRT & Maxx trucks. An innovative imported waterproof, high-temperature resistant, high-torque sensible brushless controllable drive motor is used. Under the same working structure, it can generate powerful high torque and control current with autonomous programs to achieve excellent matching efficiency. The magnetic potentiometer is water-resistant and has no internal contact and no wear during operation. Accordingly the starting and stopping positioning accuracy and return accuracy of the steering gear are accurate during left and right moving, which can work together with the autonomous procedures, and highlight the optimal efficiency. Pioneering high-strength integrated steel teeth and laser-welded steel teeth. The teeth do not come loose, durable, smooth, and can improve the meshing accuracy of the gear set system. This makes the empty position controllable. Innovative 4-bearing design is adopted, so that the entire gear set has only 1 pin and is made of high-strength 3.2mm alloy steel to improve its yield strength. The pin hole in the shell is inlaid with a steel sleeve to enhance wear resistance and prolong the service cycle.

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November 14, 2023

Large Scale Pre-Worlds Race Announcement

With New South Wales Radio Controlled Racing Car Club set to host the 2024 IFMAR Large Scale World Championship, the Sydney, Australia based club has announced dates and the opening of entries for the official Pre-Worlds Race. Just weeks after it successfully hosted the 1:8 GT World Championship at The John Grant International Raceway, the club has confirmed March 7-10th as the dates for the Pre-Worlds race with the actual World Championships taking place from October 20th to 27th. In addition to the World Championship 1:5 Touring Car category, the Pre-Worlds will cater for Large Scale Mini, F1 and 1:5 Bikes. Registration is now open and can be completed here.

Source: NSWRCRCC [nswrcrcc.org.au]

November 14, 2023

10th Korean National Buggy title for Choi

Well known international Korean 1:8 Buggy racer Dani Choi hit a landmark result over the weekend when he clinched the Korean National 1:8 Nitro Buggy Championship for a 10th time. Held at ‘The Track’ indoor dirt track in Gimpo, the Kyosho driver dominated qualifying to take the overall TQ after topping all 5 rounds with the Mugen of Tony Jeon second and young talent HyunKyu Jung third. In the hour long final, Choi would set the fastest lap as he built up a 4-lap lead to take the title ahead of Jung, this being his final race with Xray, with Jeon completing the podium.

Source: Dani Choi [Facebook]