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April 6, 2021

Tyler Jones chooses Schumacher for 2wd

Schumacher Racing would like to welcome Tyler Jones to their team for 1/10th 2wd. Tyler’s main role will still be with Tekno for their 1/8th and 1/10th 4wd platforms, however he has chosen to run the Schumacher Laydown for his 2wd program. Tyler has recently been showing excellent pace at many events and is a great upcoming driver. Tyler had this to say, ‘I am so stoked to be joining Schumacher for my 2wd, I’ve tried many 2wd cars and felt the most comfortable and at home with the Laydown from the get go. It is great that we have managed to work a deal together to make this happen! My thanks go to Muz, Robin and the guys at Schumacher and I’m excited to be on track soon’. He will be competing mainly at local events, but when time allows he plans to do a few larger events later in the year.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

April 6, 2021

Pilot RC B3.2, T3.2 & B3.2e lightweight steering posts

Pilot RC Products have announced these new lightweight steering posts for the Team Associated B3.2, T3.2 & B3.2e. These Titanium posts are 45% lighter than using the steel parts without compromising the design. The reduction in weight at this critical area will help reduce front chassis dragging on jump faces and will offer a precise fit for a slop free steering rack. Machined from the finest Grade 5 Titanium and produced in the USA.

Source: Pilot RC [pilotrcproducts.com]

April 6, 2021

Double for Baruffolo at Italian Pride Race

Last weekend was the Italian Pride Race at SRB track in Nembro, Italy. With rain affecting the track conditions ahead of the race, during the event itself the track was dry and so it was Kyosho racer Mattia Polito that took the top spot in nitro qualifying while in the the EP class it was Xray’s Marco Baruffolo with the top spot. In the nitro final things changed fast with Polito making a mistake and then 3 turns later Baruffolo overtook Elliott Boots to the take over the lead from where he would control the race until the end. Polito would regain 2nd spot with Boots completing the podium in 3rd. The E-buggy was more of the same for Baruffolo as he won all 3 mains to take the win ahead of Gianluca Zecchini in 2nd and Nicolo Veronesi in 3rd.

View the podiums here

April 4, 2021

Jin Sawada takes Speed King Tour Rd1

After a one year break, the Kazuki Endo produced Speed King Tour re-started at RC Stadium Sodegarura’s outdoor tarmac track in Chiba prefecture last weekend. With the 2020 series cancelled due to Covid-19, the organisers ran the event with measures in place. Unfortunately the weather forecast said that it would be raining from noon on race day so the first qualifying session started early in the morning. After finishing Modified class Q2, the rain started to come down and it was enough to cancel the other races and so the results were based on qualifying. In the modified class, Infinity/Rush driver Jin Sawada made the fastest laps and time in Q2 and his younger brother Shin Sawada took TQ in Q1. Jin’s result was faster than Shin’s so Jin took the opening round of the 2021 Speed King Tour with Rush driver Hayato Ishioka taking third. Kazuma Murai took the win in the Stock class with the best time from Q2, while in the new Super Stock class that uses G-force ESC & motor and Super RC (Radicon) original battery pack with the race motor lent by the organiser, KO Propo’s Yuichi Anahara took the victory using the new KO EX-NEXT. Next round of Speed King Tour will be take place at TM circuit Wakayama outdoor tarmac track in Wakayama prefecture on the 23rd of May.

View the other class podiums here

April 2, 2021

FSEARA Rd6 Nugget Ranch – Report

Another Strong 80 entry event at the Nugget Ranch raceway for the 6th round of the FSEARA series. One of the bigger size tracks for the series. Saturday’s practice was filled with lots of laps, the weather was cold for this time of the year, but Sunday was even colder. With the wind again a challenging factor just like Rd5 at Coral Spring. It was hard for most racers as the cold front totally came out of nowhere. The high speed and the sudden cold weather made this track unforgiving. Many broke their cars in practice on Saturday. As time went on, many were able to adapt to have enough parts to continue for Sunday’s event. The highlight of the battle for the weekend was for sure in 17.5 TC.

Continue reading the report here

April 2, 2021

Hasi Tuned O.S. Max R21 engine

Coming from Hasi Tuned, brand of multi-time World Championship finalist Silvio Hächler, is a new O.S. Max R21 based nitro on-road engine. The power plant is modified with the specifications of Silvio and professionally tuned, offering a differently timed crankshaft, a modified case and sleeve. The specifications aim to increase speed, giving extra power over the whole RPM range. This type of engine is a perfect choice for small tracks or for beginner drivers who want a surplus of power compared to the standard engine.

View the engine internals here

April 1, 2021

Ralph Burch wins Sedan at Miami Pan American race

The famous Miami Pan American race was held in Homestead, FL this past weekend. What started as a large GT focused race expanded into sedan and 8th scale as well. The Wallace Motorsports team was in attendance for this great event with some of the best competition in the United States. The format for qualifying was top 3 consecutive laps and the mains were broken up into 2 different 30 minute mains versus 1 long 60 minute main. This points system for the mains made it so you had to show up and perform twice. Serpent team driver Bryce Butterfield took TQ for sedan, while Wallace Motorsports team drivers, DJ Apolaro, Ralph Burch, Diatta Collymore, and Brian Thomas were able to qualify 2 through 5 respectfully. When it came time for the mains, A1 was a battle of attrition while most of the top guys ran into issues, Ralph and Diatta were able to hold on to a 3rd and 4th place finish. For Sedan A2, Diatta Collymore led all the way up until the final minute until he finally ran out of tires and lost the lead to Ralph Burch who would go on to win meaning the sedan A overall Final results were Ralph Burch 1st, Diatta Collymore 2nd and Pepito Colon 3rd. A clean sweep for Infinity and a 1 and 2 for Wallace Motorsports.

Source: Wallace Motorsports [wallacemotorsports.net]

March 30, 2021

Introducing the 2021 GTS

Introducing the GTS, the brainchild of Gi-Mar engines front man Giovanni Crea the GTS is a European series for the 1/8th scale GT class. While a series is the end goal, with travel restrictions currently in place in Europe the 2021 edition of the GTS will instead consist of two stand alone events in Italy ahead of a full European series in 2022. The first major series for this extremely competitive class in Europe, the opening event will take place north of Rome at the Autodromo di Vallelunga at the beginning of June (12-13). The second event will be run in Northern Italy at the Leno track in the beginning of September (11-12). The GTS aim to provide racers with a well run, competitive and most of all fun event while aiming to bring a higher profile to the class with Red RC brought onboard to provide event coverage. Stay tuned for more details to be announced in the coming days and weeks.

Visit the GTS site for more information.