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April 20, 2016

Michal Abrahamek wins at Internationclub Series Rd1

The opening round of the Internationclub series was held at the Morac Graz club in Austria. The event attracted racers from Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Austria and it was held in several on-road classes. In 1/10th 200mm Michal Abrahamek (Xray/O.S.) took the TQ and he went on to win the main final in pretty dominant fashion from the Sonic-powered Shepherd of Gergö Lehner. Igor Liptak (Xray/FX) rounded out the podium result in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 20, 2016

Teamsaxo T4’16 soft carbon fibre chassis & top deck

Teamsaxo T4'16 soft carbon fibre chassis & top deck

Coming from Teamsaxo and made for Xray’s T4’16 electric touring car are a soft carbon fibre main chassis and upper deck. Starting with the chassis, it is cut from high-quality carbon fibre and it sports a total of four cut-outs, front and back of the battery and electronics compartment, to make for more torsional flex than a plain chassis plate. The added flexibility will add traction and drivability in very low grip conditions or when running hard spec tyres.

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April 20, 2016

Ielasi Tuned soon expand engine range

Ielasi Tuned have announced the soon release of three new nitro engines. The range will include a 7-port .21 buggy engine as well as two all-new on-road sport engines, a .21 5-port and a .12 3-port. The engines add to the already existing high-performance competition line and more information about features and specifications will become available shortly.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

April 20, 2016

Gray & Desoto Jr. win at Miami Grand Prix

Last weekend’s 2016 Miami Grand Prix attracted over 200 drivers to compete in the four classes of 1/8th Open and Masters, 1/8th GT and 1/10th 200mm Sedan. While Chris Tosolini grabbed the win in the 1/8th Open category it was Scotty Gray who came out fastest in the Sedan class from Paolo Morganti. Junior Castellanos rounded out the top 3 result. In the growing 1/8th GT class Joaquin Desoto Jr. took a comfortable win with a 4-lap margin over runner-up, Joachim Bruneau. Charles Parsons came in third another two laps down.

View the GT8 podium here

April 20, 2016

Chris Tosolini wins at Miami Grand Prix

Last week the top US nitro drivers made there way to Homestead, Florida to compete in the 2016 Miami Grand Prix with the top drivers from almost every manufacturer set the stage for a shootout in nearly perfect South Florida weather. As practice began the fastest 1/8th drivers were getting down into the 15’s showing some ballistic pace. DJ Apolaro, Paolo Morganti, Chris Tosolini, and Joaquin Desoto Junior all looked to be a factor to contend for the win. On Friday qualifying got underway and DJ Apolaro set the bar putting down a 16 lap run followed by Paolo, Joaquin, and Tosolini.

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April 20, 2016

Sergi Franch teams up with Mugen Seiki

Former KM Racing driver, Spain’s Sergi Franch has made the switch to Mugen Seiki for the 2016 season. Sergi will be supported by Modelix Racing and his campaign includes the Spanish National Championship, the World Championships in Gubbio, Italy as well as selected national and international events. Sergi has to say the following about the deal:

I’m very proud to join team Mugen for 2016 season and I would like to thank Modelix Racing for this opportunity. Mugen is a great brand with high quality materials so I’m sure that we’ll be on the top level of performance on the track and hope to achieve the best possible results.

April 19, 2016

Czech National On-road Championships – Report

The 2016 Czech National On-road Championships were held this past weekend in Prague. In the premier class of Touring Modified the battle was on between last year’s champion Kuba Simurda (Xray), who ultimately took the TQ, Jiri Vysin (Xray), Petr Grof (VBC Racing) and Michal Blahovsky (Serpent). In the finals Simurda and Vysin offered a huge show while battling for the overall win but with victories in A1 and A2 Vysin would come out successful to grab the overall title with one leg to spare. Simurda had to settle for second while Grof rounded out the top 3.

Continue reading the report here

April 19, 2016

WRC Racing F-One carbon fibre rear wing

Coming from WRC Racing is a carbon fibre rear wing for the F-One formula car. It features carbon fibre side plates with an additional set of lower wing segment attachment holes to alter the overall height while a long hole for the upper portion allows for stepless wing angle adjustment of the upper composite flap.

Source: WRC Racing [wrc-racing.com]