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December 11, 2019

Volker & Donath win at EWS International

The 2019 edition of the EWS International took place last weekend. Ronald Volker initially set the pace during qualifying in the Modified class, and then on Sunday morning made it a clean sweep by topping all four rounds with his development Yokomo chassis. Behind him, long time Marc Rheinard secured second on the grid for Infinity, the German also running a prototype car as Infinity continue to test their upcoming IF14-II. Lucas Urbain was the big mover on Sunday morning, with third place in Q4 moving the Frenchman up to third on the A Final grid. Yannic Prumper and Christopher Krapp rounded out the overall top five, with the Xray trio of Alexander Hagberg, Bruno Coelho and Elliott Harper not able to replicate the pace they had shown throughout practice and having to start the finals from deep in the field. The A Final line up was completed by former event champion Kyle Branson, and Awesomatix’s Loic Jasmin. Alex Thurston was the unlucky BQ driver, missing out on the final place on a tie-break with Loic by three-tenths of a second.

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December 11, 2019

Mario Spiniello wins at Antonio Calce Memorial race

The second Antonio Calce Memorial race was held at the TQR track in Teverola, Italy. In the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class Mario Spiniello set the pace from the get go and he also took the overall TQ after the qualifiers. In the A-main Mario would lead from tone to tone despite having two additional pit stops for refuelling. Behind him it was Esposito Lauri Biaqio in 2nd and De Simon Giuseppe completed the top 3 podium results.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 11, 2019

Reunion Island 3-hour endurance race – Report

The Champ Fleury track in cooperation with Modelisme Reunion Racing held a 3-hour 1/8th Nitro Rallygame endurance race on Reunion Island last weekend. The teams consisted of at least three drivers and in the end and after an entertaining 180 minutes it was Team Megafun with the win from Team Serpent in 2nd and Team MRCB in 3rd.

View the 2nd and 3rd placed teams here

December 10, 2019

Luis Gudino crowned double Mexican champion

The Mexican 1/8th Off-road Championship was held recently and it was Luis Gudino (SWorkz) who would be crowned double national champion after winning the Nitro and Electric Buggy classes. Iram Torres (Mugen) and Felipe Martinez (TLR) came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Nitro Buggy class.

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December 10, 2019

Futaba 7PXR 7-channel high-end radio system

Futaba have announced the soon release of their new 7PXR 7-channel top of the food chain radio system. Based off of the popular 7PX the R variant features several updates such as new home and menu buttons, an optimised weight balance for effortless handling even during long mains, and new carbon-reinforced steering and rear housing parts. By the use of red-anodised aluminium screws the weight was further reduced – and visual impact greatly improved – while a new-shape throttle trigger and brake lever improve the throttle and brake feeling. An “R” specific display design and background colour function as well as the included 1100mAh LiFe battery round out the 7PXR package. Other features such as the 4.3 inch full-colour LCD display, telemetry functions, MicroSD card slot and more have been taken over from the previous radio. The “R” is available as a set with one or two R334SBS or R334SBS-E T-FHSS SR receivers.

View a list of the key features and specifications here

December 10, 2019

JConcepts Octagons 2.2” silver compound buggy tyres

JConcepts have announced the release of their popular Octagons 2.2” buggy tyres in “silver” compound. Developed for high-bite slick tyre racing, the tyres feature a heavy X-pattern style inner ribbing for increased support while the continuous thickness carcass is lightweight and utilises the industry standard 2.2” mounting bead. Like the name suggests, the embossed tread which is Octagon-shaped is repeated and overlapped to form a subculture of grippy surface edges for dry or abrasive surfaces. The Octagons are available as 2WD front, 4WD front and 2WD/4WD rear variant in aqua, green, black, gold and now also silver compound to match just about any racing surface. Each package includes the Dirt-Tech inserts.

View the 4WD front and 2WD/4WD rear tyres here

December 10, 2019

Shepherd Velox V10 “nineteen” hard plastics

Shepherd have introduced a set of hard plastic suspension parts for the Velox V10 “nineteen“ 1/10th 200mm nitro touring car. The hard plastics set includes all six upper and lower suspension arms moulded in a harder high-quality composite material that is characterised by an increased percentage of fibre glass in comparison to the standard wishbones, improving car’s handling on high grip tracks or when used at high temperatures. The set is a direct replacement and available from now on.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

December 10, 2019

Fenix Classic Team Lotus 78 body shell

Coming from Fenix Racing is their new, fully-licensed Classic Team Lotus 78 body shell for 1/10th formula pan cars. The Lotus 78, in the iconic black and golden livery, was used during the 1977 and 1978 Formula 1 seasons, being the first Formula 1 car utilising ground effect technology. The new body, developed with full support of Classic Team Lotus, depicts the car used by Mario Andretti to win the 1978 World Championship. The body is fitting Tamiya F103 and F104 chassis as well as all cars of similar layout and dimensions with Fenix working on their own chassis to further extend the range of usable chassis. The body comes moulded from high-quality polycarbonate and it is further customisable using Fenix Racing’s Classique aluminium air intakes.

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