December 16, 2016

Reds Racing M3 World Touring S V2.0 nitro engine

Coming from Reds Racing is the M3 World Touring S V2.0 2.1cc on-road engine. The power plant features a new and advanced flat piston and combustion chamber design matched with extra long stroke geometry to produce extreme torque, more power and better fuel economy. Another main feature is the 7mm front crankshaft and bearing, made on purpose to assure higher stiffness and better performance. Furthermore, the WTS V2.0 features a stiffer crankcase and a new lightweight cooling system. Like every other Reds Racing engine, the V2.0 is hand-tuned by M. Rossi and comes with a silicone-filled, balanced and tuned crankshaft. Every single engine and part is hand-inspected and compression checked by Mario and Marco Rossi. The engine is also available pre-broken in, reducing the overall break-in time and making for quicker track action.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]


December 16, 2016

Arkadiusz Smyk dominates Polish EP on-road nats Rd3

Warsaw played host to the third round of the Polish electric on-road nationals that were held in multiple electric on-road classes including Pro Stock 13.5T and Stock 17.5T. ETS-style carpet made for good traction but the track itself was pretty difficult due to the lack of corner dots, meaning hitting the track barriers would likely kill the servo or other parts of the car. Arkadiusz Smyk was the man to beat in the Pro Stock and Stock qualifying and he would also come out fastest in the finals were he left Michal Wojcik and Bartosz Pochopien behind in second and third in the Pro Stock class, while in Stock Krystian Kopacki and Pawel Trella ended the day in second and third respectively.

View the final results here


December 16, 2016

Von Elling family sweep Swedish on-road nats Rd3

The third round of the Swedish electric on-road nationals was held at the IRC Arena in Linkoping in the three classes of 1/10th Touring, Formula and 1/12th scale. About 60 drivers signed in for the event that was run on a medium grip track with “Baku-style” narrow passages, tight chicanes as well as non-forgiving walls and corner markings. The Formula class was dominated by the Von Elling family that occupied the top 3 spots with Frederik and Marcus battling it out in qualifying as well as the finals and it was Frederik that came out on top after the A-mains, taking the win from Marcus in second and Günther in third, making it also an Xray 1-2-3 on the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


December 16, 2016

Mirko Salemi joins BMT 1/8th team

Following the signing of Mattia Collavo to their 1/10th team, BMT have announced the addition of swift Mirko Salemi to their 1/8th scale team. Mirko will campaign the company’s BMT984 Evo in 2017 at all major events such as the national championship, EFRA GP, the IFMAR Worlds and the ENS.

Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]


December 16, 2016

2017 Charity Race – Announcement

The annual Charity Race will be held on the 14th and 15th of January. A tight race calendar forced the organisers to shift the event to the second weekend of January, nevertheless a range of European top drivers such as Marc and Toni Rheinard, Ronald Volker, Viktor Wilck,  Francesco Martini, Max Machler, Marcel Geiger, Yannic Prumper, Dominic Vogl as well as several Italian top drivers already signed in for the race that will raise money for the good cause. As usual the event will take place at the RC Landia track in Scandiano and more information can be found on the official website here or by emailing Toni Rheinard (info@tonisport.de) or Davide Sillingardi (sillarcmail@gmail.com).


December 16, 2016

Mattia Collavo teams up with BMT 200mm team

Italian brand BMT have announced the signing of Mattia Collavo to their 1/10th 200mm team. 30-years old Mattia will pilot the company’s BMT701 1/10th nitro on-road kit at all major national events while running ARC cars as part of the ARC Nitro Italy team in the 1/8th nitro on-road class.

Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]


December 16, 2016

Mikrotek Engineering MT7 Onyx .21 nitro on-road engine

Newly founded company Mikrotek Engineering have introduced their first in a line of competition nitro engines, the MT7 Onyx .21 nitro on-road power plant. Coming from a joint venture of Malik Diop and Angelo Economou with the help of Francesco Tironi and international drivers from Germany, France, Spain and Japan, Mikrotek Engineering will focus on developing and producing high-quality competition engines with exceptional all-round characteristics. The MT7 Onyx becomes available from end of January 2017 with the MT4 Zeus off-road and MT3 Hercules .12 on-road engines coming at a later date. Also available will be accessories such as exhausts and glow plugs.

View more images here


December 16, 2016

Hudy 1/10th on-road car bag

Hudy have introduced their new car bag for 1/10th on-road vehicles such as touring and pan cars. The reinforced bag makes for easy and secure storage and transport, it offers padded walls, the popular Hudy graphics and it is made using European-made materials. A rubber strap allows to install the bag on Hudy’s travel bag and it can house both 200mm nitro and 190mm electric cars.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]