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February 24, 2020

Juan Carlos Canas teams up with Maclan Racing

Maclan Racing have announced the signing of European 1/8th off-road frontrunner, Juan Carlos Canas to their factory team. The SWorkz factory driver will be using Maclan Racing electronics for his 2020 E-Buggy racing program that started at last weekend’s Spanish 1/8th E-Buggy nationals. Juan Carlos set a first mark by taking the TQ and wins in A1 and A2 for the overall victory and the best possible way to start with his new sponsor.

Source: Maclan Racing [maclan-racing.com]

February 24, 2020

Joni & Will Skidmore sign with Mugen

Mugen Seiki Europe have announced the signing of Joni and Will Skidmore to their team. The two will campaign Mugen’s MBX8 platform at all major 1/8th off-road races across the UK and Europe and Mugen are happy to have the two onboard for this season.

Source: Mugen [mugen.eu]

February 24, 2020

JJ Wang wins at Full Throttle Championship

The RC Car Club of America RCCA track in Fort Worth, Texas held the Full Throttle Championship this past weekend, attracting 110 entries from Texas, California, Canada and Arizona to battle it out in several electric on-road classes. In Touring Modified it was Xray’s Chris Adams with the overall TQ but when the dust had settled it was Xray’s JJ Wang with the overall win from Chris on the runner-up spot. Lex Tyler came in 3rd to round out the all-Xray top 3 results.

Continue reading the report here

February 24, 2020

Jesper Rasmussen doubles at Pan Car Grand Prix

The 2020 Pan Car Grand Prix was held at the Aalborg RC club in Denmark in a single Formula and two 1/12th scale classes over the weekend. The Formula category, that unfortunately lacked some entires, saw Jesper Rasmussen taking the TQ and win from Mads Koue on the runner-up spot. Lars Christensen came in 3rd and Sara Koue rounded out the top 4. Over in 1/12th scale Stock it was again Jesper Rasmussen who would dominate the proceedings, taking the TQ and win from Michael Buch Strandholdt in 2nd and Joakim Larsen in 3rd.

View ther 1/12th scale Stock podium here

February 24, 2020

Awesomatix ADC Advanced Damper Cups set

Awesomatix have introduced their new ADC Advanced Damper Cups set for the D2.2 dampers. The kit is designed to simplify the maintenance of the D2.2 dampers and reduce the amount of rebuild routines. The new design makes for easier air removal and it allows to add oil into the damper body without the need of a full disassembly. The ADC set is suitable for all D2.2 dampers, it comes including a handy damper cap wrench and more details on the conversion can be found here.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

February 24, 2020

Berkan Kilic wins at Fear Farm 3.0

The Danish RC Tonder club held the Fear Farm 3.0 race this past weekend, attracting drivers from Scandinavia, Germany, Poland and Denmark to battle it out in 1/8th Nitro and Electric Buggy classes. In Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Berkan Kilic with the overall TQ after a clean sweep and he would also come out successful after the 45-minute A-main encounter, leaving behind Xray’s Daniel Bubel in 2nd, a lap down. Kyosho’s Marcel Krüger would complete the top 3 podium result some nine seconds behind Daniel while Nikolai Lamberts lead the best of the rest in 4th, a lap short of Marcel.

Source: Mugen [mugen.eu]

February 24, 2020

Tony McMahon TQs & wins at TFTR Masters

The 2020 edition of the TFTR Masters was hosted by the Templestowe Flat Track Racers in Templestow, Melbourne this past weekend. In the highly competitive 13.5T Touring class it was Tony McMahon (Xpress) with the overall TQ and he would also come out on top in the end, taking the win from John Krilis (Xray) on the 2 spot. Glenn Wilson (Xray) would come in 3rd to round out the podium.

Source: Smokem Racing [smokem-racing.com]

February 24, 2020

T-Works introduce new A800MMX optionals

Coming from T-Works are new optional parts for the Awesomatix A800MMX touring car. First up is a 24-piece set of ball ends made of 64 grade titanium. Included are eight 5mm and 16 4.8mm ball ends that not only lower the overall weight of the car but they also add visual impact and corrosion resistance. Also coming is a 13-piece set of 64 grade titanium turnbuckles as a replacement for the standard parts. The lightweight titanium turnbuckles make for a cool factory look, a low weight and they come including a suitable turnbuckle wrench. Last but not least are a total of four screw sets including a black 93-piece all-aluminium set, a 93-piece all-titanium set, a 93-piece mixed aluminium and titanium set as well as a 113-piece gold colour steel screw kit. The titanium and alloy sets will greatly lower the car’s overall weight while the gold-coloured set mainly adds bling and ups corrosion resistance.

View the other new parts here