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June 22, 2023

Huge RC to host FEMCA ISTC Championships

Huge RC Circuit, the track owned by former ISTC World Champion Surikarn Chaidajsuriya is to host this year’s FEMCA ISTC Championships. The event will take place at the Indoor asphalt track in Bangkok, Thailand, on November 23rd to 26th. Huge RC Circuit is no stranger to hosting major international events with the track the location of he 2014 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World Championship which was won by Alexander Hagberg. FEMCA is the governing body of radio-controlled car racing in Asia and Australasia and represents 15 nations. Full details of the 2023 ISTC Championships are published in the first stage report.

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June 22, 2023

Losi Promoto MX 1:4 Motocross RTR

Losi has come out with this pretty cool RTR RC 1:4 Motocross bike, the Promoto-MX. The iconic America brand claim that it is the very first one scale RC motorcycle that accurately reproduces the full experience and pure fun of riding a real motorcycle. Availble in three livery options, the unprecedented realism of the Promoto-MX goes much deeper than its faithfully detailed looks — the narrow frame, rider gear, and officially licensed graphics. Even more impressive is how successfully it captures true dirt bike performance, a breakthrough accomplished through a unique hybrid of mechanical and electronic technology developed specifically for the Promoto-MX. It’s how these technologies work together that makes all the difference.

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June 20, 2023

Sivan crowned Israeli 1:8 Nitro Buggy Champion – Report

Yaniv Sivan is the 2023 Israeli 1:8 Nitro Buggy Champion, the title being decided at the final round of the seven championship at Omer Ring racing track near Tel-Aviv. After 6 races the situation in the championship was that Sivan was leading the championship by 4 points, Harel Senderov in second had to win the seventh race to win the championship. The 35 min A-final started while Yaniv Sivan (TQ) with his Kyosho MP10 TKI3 opened a 15 secs gap on Second place Harel Senderov with his Mugen MBX8R which had early battle with Ido Carmon on second spot. However, when Yaniv’s car exit the first pit stop another car was lowered in the same time and crashed at him, Yaniv lost valuable time and the gap went down to 5 secs. Nevertheless, Yaniv managed to keep the gap safe till 15 min to the end of the race Yaniv Sivan made a mistake at far downhill and Harel passed him. The two drivers battled for the first back and forth till one and half minutes to the end Harel Senderov crashed at the end of the straight and Yaniv Sivan passed him but still the gap between them was less than a second. On the last Yaniv Sivan managed to hold the first position and passed the start finish line first and become the 2023 Israeli 1:8 Nitro Buggy Champion. In eBuggy Senderov took the title from Round 7 winner Yoni Cozac.

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June 18, 2023

Tessmann wins Visions RC Offroad Championships

Ty Tessmann completed a double at the Visions RC Offroad Championships in Oklahoma, his Nitro Buggy and eBuggy wins netting the Xray driver $6,000 in prize money. Part of the Visions Off-Road 2023 event that brings together all form of full scale off road racing at the 750 acres Mid America Outdoors offroad adventure park, the RC race attracted all the big names in US racing. Racing on a bigger Joey Christensen built track than last year, qualifying for the event breaks from tradition and see three rounds of heads up racing with the result of Q1 determining the grid for the first of the triple finals. Q2 would decided Leg 2’s starting order and Q3 the closing race’s grid. With Tessmann winning Q1 he would start pole for the first final from where he took the win despite a late crash. HB Racing’s Phi Long Nguyen took Q2 with team-mate Cole Ogden winning Q3. In the second final, it would be Tekno’s Ryan Maifield who came through for the win with Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin winning A3 however with Tessmann second on both occasions it gave him the overall victory and $5,000 winner’s cheque. Getting $3,000 for his efforts, Rivkin was second with Maifield completing the podium to collect $2,000. In eBuggy, Tessman took the more traditional TQ ahead of TLR’s Dakotah Phend and that was how they would finish at the end of the single 7-minute A-Main. Sworkz Joe Bornhorst completed the eBuggy podium.

Image: Ty Tessmann [Facebook]

June 17, 2023

Gruber wins second European 1:10 Nitro title

Toni Gruber is the new EFRA 1:10 Nitro Onroad European Champion, the Capricorn driver retaking the title he previously held in 2017 with the win at Naxos World in Italy today. The only driver to better Dario Balestri in qualifying, taking the first of the five rounds after which the Italian topped every round, the German would go on to take Super Pole to lock in his direct No.2 starting position in the final behind the Top Qualifier. Locked in battle with Infinity team-mates Balestri and 3rd place qualifier Jilles Groskamp, as the race entered its final 8-minutes Balestri would suffer a flame out ending his chances of a 3rd European title in the class. While Groskamp would chase Gruber, the Dutch driver ran out of tyres and couldn’t match the leader. At the end of 45-minutes Gruber took his Ielasi Tuned powered C04 to victory by just over 4-seconds. Carmine Raiola would complete the podium, one lap down. Unfortunately Balestri would suffer a DNF, retiring in the final 3-minutes of the race.

Image: EFRA [Facebook]

June 16, 2023

Balestri Top Qualifier at 1:10 European Championship

Infinity’s Dario Balestri is the Top Qualifier at the 1:10 Nitro Onroad European Championships in Sciliy, Italy. The 17th running of the EFRA championships, Thursday presented drivers with some weather issues that stopped the action. Friday they managed to get all 5 rounds of qualifying completed and it was Balestri who reigned at the Naxos World track. Posting four TQ runs, the 2006 & 2007 European Champion secured pole for the final from Toni Gruber, the Capricorn driver fastest in opening round from Carmine Raiola who would end up third ahead of Infinity team-mates Jilles Groskamp and Francesco Tironi. With these four drivers going into Super Pole to try secure a direct starting place in the Main final with Balestri, it was Gruber who posted the fastest lap. The rest of the grid will be decided by the Semi Finals. With back to back reigning 1:10 Champion Dominic Greiner not making the trip to Sciliy, a new champion will decided in tomorrow’s final.

Image: Dario Balestri [Facebook]

June 16, 2023

Hudy Tyre Mounting Bands

Famed Slovakian tool manufacturer Hudy has released new tyre mounting bands. They allow for a perfect bond between the tyre and wheel and help to make the gluing tires easier. The bands apply pressure to the tire and keep the tire bead pressed firmly into the glue channel in the wheel which eliminates air gaps between the tire and wheel and helps to create a strong glue bond. The wide band width helps to apply even pressure along the entire bead width. Available in small and large size. The small size fits 1:10 2WD & 4WD offroad tyres while the large size fits 1:10 Short Course, 1:10 Truck, 1:10 Truggy, 1:8 Offroad and 1:8 Truggy tyres. Available in black and purple colour, they come in a set of four bands.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

June 13, 2023

Exotek B6.4/B74.2/CB6 option parts

California’s Exotek Racing has released a number of new options for the Team Associated B6.4 and B74.2 1:10 buggy chassis along with their own CB6 Chassis conversion. First up is the stealthy 2 colour anodised alloy steering rack for the B6.4, T6.4 and SC6.4 series. Customised polished black base with blue chamfered accents goes great with your stock plastic parts or after market blue parts with the alloy construction insuring precise steering input and heavy duty long lasting performance. For precise bearing fit, the recess is machined with no anodising to insure exact bearing tolerances. A similar process is applied to the new alloy rear hub set for the Associated B74 line including .2 and .1. Heavy duty design maintains your suspension geometry settings, race after race. They are also offering a heavy duty machined 7075 alloy steering hub set for the AE B74 series including .1 .2 and D. Polished and anodised black with a factory blue chamfer cut with silver cut bearing pockets for precise bearing fit, it provides extra durability and precision. Finally is a new version top cross brace for the Exotek CB6 CB6.4 Chassis conversion. It is lowered to hold in LCG type shorty batteries and has an additional front hole to allow the servo to be mounted further back if needed.

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