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December 2, 2015

Rakasiwi wins Indonesia National Year End Champs

The Indonesia National Year End Championship was held at the Maxspin Track in Lembang, West Java. In the 60 minute main final Reza Rakasiwi (Kyosho/MX) took the win from Stanley Wangsanegara (Mugen/O.S.) in second and Adrian Sutanto (TLR/O.S.) in third. Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi), who started from the 2 spot into the final, ran into trouble once the track got bumper and problems with traffic had him ending the race in fourth place. Overall in the Indonesian Buggy championship Reza Rakasiwi would grab the 2015 title with Jason Nugroho taking the runner-up spot and vice-championship title.

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December 2, 2015

STRC SCX10 off-axle servo mount & panhard kit

New from ST Racing Concepts comes the SCX10 off-axle servo mount and panhard combo kit for those of that are after the utmost scale realism. The kit will take the highly visible front steering servo off the axle and mounts it on to the chassis rail for a greatly improved look of the front end. The servo is mounted on the chassis rails using two solid CNC-machined aluminium servo mounts that are keyed into the chassis rails and secured using just one screw for each servo mount. The panhard rod is made with a heat treated black oxide steel that mounts from the steering knuckle kingpin screw and spans across to the other side of the chassis rails on a specially CNC-machined aluminium panhard mount. This setup allows the suspension to feel smooth and allow for the most shock compression due to the smaller diameter of the steel link versus aluminium tube links. To maximise the clearance of the upper link, a new suspension link is machined specifically for this kit with a 7mm diameter for the threaded area and taper down to a 5mm solid centre portion so as the suspension compressed, this extra bit of clearance from the smaller centre diameter again allows for the most shock compression before the upper link comes in contact with anything on the chassis rails. The kit is available with or without the required Axial aluminium steering kit and in the three colours of scale black, gun metal and natural silver.

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December 1, 2015

Blake Boggs triples at Black Saturday Blowout

The Black Saturday Blowout was held at Radioactive Raceway in Wingo, Kentucky with 120 entries in the one day event. The race schedule saw rocket rounds with three, five minute qualifiers and single 8-minute A-mains. In the Modified 2WD Buggy class, after close battles with teammate Chris Rakus and Xray’s Nate Jaskot, Team Associated driver Blake Boggs would end up overall TQ. In the main Jaskot, Rakus and Boggs would be swapping the lead early and eventually Boggs would pull away near the end to take the win.

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December 1, 2015

Tasos Paparegas wins 4WD class at Greek Nats

The final round of the Greek Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Zorri racing track near Athens. The opening 4WD qualifier, run in wet conditions, was won by Sikianakis with Tasos and John Paparegas one second behind him. Tasos then won the second round more than a lap ahead of the second place driver and another win in Q3 secured him the overall TQ from John Paparegas, with Sikianakis rounding out the top 3.

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December 1, 2015

Reedy Blackbox 800Z zero timing speed controller

New from Reedy comes the Blackbox 800Z zero timing sensored brushless competition speed controller, a simple to use, economical, and powerful ESC for Spec class racers. The speedo was designed to offer excellent throttle and brake feel, a wide range of adjustability, and robust hardware. The compact, lightweight plastic housing with low-profile heatsink makes fitting the controller easy even in tight surroundings. The ESC comes pre-wired with 13 gauge wire and solder tabs make wire replacement easy while the on-board, single button programming allows to fine-tune parameters such as the drag brake, power profile, the drive and brake frequency.

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December 1, 2015

Nico Risser teams up with Xray

Xray have announced the signing of Belgium’s Nico Risser to their electric off-road team. The Belgium and French national champion will attend both national and international races such as the Belgium and French Nationals, the EFRA Euros as well as the EOS events and he has the following to say about the deal:

I have closely followed the Xray team and evolution of their cars since few years ago. During these years Xray was the team that has worked hardest to have the best cars on the market in every category. It is honor for me to join one of the most professional and best performing team. I am fully confident of the performance of the XB8, XB4 and XB2 cars and quality of Xray products and for sure I would like to thanks to Xray for this great opportunity.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 1, 2015

MCD Racing X5 Rally large scale kit

Turkish company MCD Racing have revealed first images of their forthcoming X5 Rally large scale kit. Based off of the gas-powered XS-5 on-road supercar the X5 will utilise new front and rear bumpers as well as redesigned side guars to adapt the rally-style bodyshell while a unique rear wing, top air intake, side mirrors, antennas and a super rigid roll-cage are details that make the body stand out. The car will become available as Competition and Factory Team Spec kits and more details about their specifications and features should become soon.

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December 1, 2015

Mibosport Cup Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Mibosport Cup was held this past weekend at the Hotel-Sport in Hrotovice. The event again attracted a good amount of entries with 229 sign-ups in the six classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Formula, and 1/12th scale, as well as 2WD and 4WD Buggy. 38 drivers attended in the Touring Modified class in which Elliott Harper had a very good start when he won the opening qualifier. Unfortunately he failed to keep up with the pace and was beaten by Finnish driver Viljami Kutvonen, who took the overall TQ. Elliott finished on the 2 spot behind Viljami and ahead of Marc Rheinard. A bit further down the A-main grid Harley Eldridge was the first girl ever in the history of the Mibosport Cup to end up in the Modified class top 10 after the qualifiers.

Continue reading the report here