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July 12, 2022

Ioannidis & Kalantzakis win at Greek EP Nats Rd2

The second round of the 1/10 EP Touring Greek Nationals was held in FRT (Fanatix Racing Track) located in Athens, Greece. As it had rained the night before, racers faced a drying track with the traction coming up on the later stages of the event. In the Modified class, it was Filippos Isaakidis (Mugen) who adapted the best on the ever-changing track conditions and was able to take pole position winning Q1, Q4 and Q5 in front of Andreas Koutras (Mugen) who won Q2 and Q3 showing good speed while Dimitris Ioannidis (Awesomatix) would start P3 on the grid with a lack of pace on all the qualifying runs.

Continue reading the race report here

July 6, 2022

Radtec adjustable servo horn

Radtec have released their new steering servo horn with an adjustable length of 17, 18, 19 & 20mm. Sporting laser engraved marking for easily identifying the setting, it has a clamp type design for reduced play on the spline. Available in a 23T version that is compatible with KO/Sanwa and in 25T which is compatible with Futaba/Power HD & others servo.

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June 30, 2022

Mark Stiles joins Awesomatix️

Awesomatix have announced the addition of UK Pancar ace Mark Stiles to their Factory Team. The 10x EFRA 1/12 EC A-Finalist brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the Team. Together with James Stewart and their UK distributor they aim to further extend and improve support for racers and Mark is a great addition to those future plans. Mark will attend all major events in the UK as well as the European & World Champs. Mark had this to about joining the team:

I’m excited to join Awesomatix and drive the A12 as part of a team being assembled in the UK. It is refreshing to see a manufacturer taking an innovative approach to chassis design in the 1/12 category and so far I have been impressed with the level of quality and precision in the car. As a team our aim is to compete at the sharp end of the club, national and international races we attend whilst sharing our collective passion and experience in a fun environment. We will work to develop the A12 platform whilst supporting other drivers using the car in the hope that competitors at all levels can enjoy racing it.

Source: Awesomatix [facebook.com]

June 27, 2022

2022 Speed King Tour Rd3 – Report

The third round of Speed King Tour 2022 was held at New Next Rush Circuit in Chiba prefecture recently. The track was built near to Narita international airport which means easy to visit for not only domestic racers but also overseas entrants. The race catered to three different electric touring car classes, TC0 class cars using modified motor, TC1 with boosted stock motor and only GForce ESC and motor can be used in the TC2 class. In the TC0 class, Yugo Nagashima took TQ with his brand-new Serpent X20’23 and past electric touring car national champion Souta Goto driving the new Yokomo BD11 got second. Infinity driver Jin Sawada was third. Kazuma Murai became top qualifier in the TC1 class and Yoshiharu Tanaka took TQ in TC2.

Continue reading the report here

June 24, 2022

JConcepts F2 body for Associated B6.4

JConcepts has arrived at the ROAR carpet off-road nationals this week with their latest body for the Team Associated B6.4. The F2 body with an all new platform specifically to fit the B6.4 chassis shape has undergone several other updates. The F2 has an all new lower profile cab delivering knockout looks and performance. More improvements include following the chassis shape extremely close in the rear along with a tight and precise fit around new top-deck and lower chassis shape. More clearance has been added around the spur gear guard and additional width for optional 3 pad slipper assembly. New trim lines throughout make for a nicer fitting body with a slim front nose to fit just under the front shock tower and along the front bulkhead. The rear side-pods have also been simplified to allow smoother driving characteristics and more room for decal placement. The F2 Low-Profile body for the B6.4 will include two Carpet / Turf / Dirt wings, window masks and decal sheet.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

June 22, 2022

MonacoRC Race of Champions #2 – Announcement

MonacoRC are happy to announce another Race of Champions event. This event will be held at the beautiful Club Automodellistico 5 Colli in Gubbio, Italy during the weekend of August 13-14. The event will be the perfect opportunity for final preparations for the upcoming IFMAR World Championships, which is to be held in September. MonacoRC’s 2nd ever Race of Champions will be run with the official IFMAR controlled tire and additive from Hot Race, to try and simulate the conditions of the WC event. They are welcoming drivers in the categories of TC stock and modified, as well as Formula. More info at the below link soon.

Source: Race of Champions [monacorc.com]

June 22, 2022

R1 Wurks DC1 tuned chassis & wheel hexes

R1 Wurks have produced some more new options for their DC1 drag racing platform. First up is the new DC1 tuned chassis. This carbon fibre chassis is 4mm thick and has strategically placed cutouts providing lightness without sacrificing rigidity. Also new is a range of wheel hex sets available in 6mm, 8mm and 10mm offsets to allow you to fine tune the track width of your car.

View the wheel hexes here

June 21, 2022

Capricorn LAB C8 Classic 1/8th EP pan car

Following the release of the nitro version of the LAB C8, Italian brand Capricorn welcome the release of the electric version of the 2-wheel drive pan-car. Able to be used with two configurations of battery, 2 shortie batteries or 2 stick batteries depending on the race you are attend. This is so you always have the right compromise for more battery power and speed depending on the race you are attending were the rules could be different so you can be competitive with all formats. The new platform is super lightweight to give the best power to weight ratio, the car also generates a lot of traction to make it fast and easy to drive as well as being made of the finest Italian materials. The C8 has some very nice unique adjustable options to give the best performance and most accurate setting.

View more images of the C8 here