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January 27, 2020

New MP10 drivetrain options – Coming soon

Coming soon from Kyosho are new drivetrain option parts for the Kyosho MP10 platform that were just announced by Kyosho’s own Yuichi Kanai on social media. The range will include new 42T differential and 12T input gears that will improve the buggy’s low speed agility. To make up for the changed internal gear ratio, Kyosho will also release a 45T main gear that will bring back top speed while also helping to settle the buggy on bumpy parts of the track, all while making for a somewhat softer characteristic at lower speeds, making the car easier to drive.

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January 27, 2020

Lewis Jones successful at HNMC Winter Series Rd7

Round 7 of the popular HNMC Winter Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club this past weekend. Team Associated’s Lewis Jones was the man to beat all day as he took round TQs in all three Nitro Buggy qualifiers and he also came out on top in the 20-minute A-main event after an awesome race between him, Jamie Clancy and Simon Reeves. Later in the race Callum Niblett also was in the mix and in the end it was Team Associated’s Jamie Clancy on the runner-up spot, a second behind, as Xray’s Callum Niblett came in 3rd, only 1.7 seconds behind Jamie.

Image: Lewis Jones

January 27, 2020

Xray Racing Series Germany Rd7 – Report

Round 7 of the Xray Racing Series Germany was held in Aschaffenburg over the weekend hosted by the MCRT Aschaffenburg club. The race was held on a new layout and carpet, making for some tricky racing conditions as the grip wasn’t already up. The race was held in several electric on-road classes and in Touring Stock it was Marc Stübben with the win from Jens Haller and Jörg Baldes, all running Xray cars.

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January 27, 2020

Ronald Völker TQs & wins at 2020 Charity Race

The annual Charity Race was hosted by Team La Gang at the RCLandia track in Scandiano, Italy this past weekend. The event was held in a multitude of electric on-road classes and in Touring Modified the race for the overall TQ was on between Yokomo’s Ronald Völker and Awesomatix privateer, Marc Rheinard. Ultimately it was Ronald with the pole position, beating Marc in the tie-breaker. The triple A-main had Ronald taking three straight wins as Marc Rheinard and Xray’s Alessio Menicucci battled it out for the overall runner-up spot. In the end Marc would hold the upper hand, taking overall 2nd from Alessio in 3rd.

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January 27, 2020

Jesse Davis doubles at Victorian IC On-Road State Titles

The 2020 RCRA Victorian IC On-Road State Titles were held this past weekend at the MRCCR club in Lilydale, Victoria, Australia. The race saw the running of both 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road classes and in 1/8th IC Track it was Infinity’s Jesse Davis with the overall TQ from Serpent’s Jeff Hamon. Jesse was able to conserve his qualifying performance in the 30-minute A-main event, leaving behind Jeff in 2nd some four laps down as Nicholas Salib (Infinity) came in 3rd to round out the podium. In 1/10th 200mm Touring Jeff Hamon would lead the way in qualifying, however the 30-minute A-main event had Jesse taking another win after Jeff ran into trouble, which meant he would have to settle for 6th place overall. Behind Jesse though it was the Infinity duo of Andrew Shapland in 2nd and Brayden Stanley in 3rd.

Image: Jesse Davis

January 27, 2020

Yokomo BD9 2.0mm flex upper deck

Coming from Yokomo and made for the BD9 touring car is a 2.0mm carbon fibre flex upper deck. Using the same graphite material as the standard top deck, the flex variant is of a different shape with a redesigned, increased torsional flex front section which results in a milder steering response which comes in handy to calm down steering in high-bite track conditions while increasing rear traction for lower grip tracks. The top deck is machined from high-quality carbon fibre and a direct fit, however Yokomo recommends to use alloy upper deck screws to maximise the top deck’s effects.

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January 27, 2020

Indoor Buggy Masters Rd2 wins for Ronnefalk & Berg

Round 2 of the Indoor Buggy Masters was held at the Klippan RC Club in Klippan, Sweden this past weekend. In 2WD Buggy it was a HB Racing sweep in the Reedy-style race with David Ronnefalk taking the day’s win from Hampus Berg in 2nd and Elias Johansson in 3rd. Over in 4WD Buggy, also held in a Reedy-style all-finals format it was Hampus Berg who would lead the way from Joel Rosengren in 2nd and Nils Gustafsson in 3rd, both running Team Associated machinery.

View the 4WD podium here

January 27, 2020

Xray Racing Series Slovenia Rd3 – Report

The penultimate round of the Xray Racing Series Slovenia was held recently and attracted drivers from four different countries including Austria, Croatia, Italy and Slovenia. In the Formula 21.5 category it was Matej Dobnikar who easily took the overall TQ while in Touring 13.5 it was again Nejc Mihelic with the pole position as in the two previous rounds. In the Touring A-main it was the pole sitter Nejc Mihelic who converted the pole into a straight win with Bjan Miklozic and Nejc Marcic completing the all-Xray top 3.

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