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February 4, 2019

Charlie Menard wins GT12 class at Snowbird Nationals

Last week’s 2019 Snowbird Nationals saw the running of the growing GT12 class with CRC’s Brian Wynn taking the overall TQ after the qualifiers, leading the 29-car field. In the A-main, Charlie Menard, team leader for the Menard Factory Racing (MFR) effort, harassed Wynn, sneaking his CK25 past Brian to take the A-main victory. Charlie was super fast all weekend and despite having to put up with his pit buddies John Wiita and Kevin Van Ert for a full week, he was able to clear his mind and focus, taking the win in GT12. Colorado CRC teammate Mario Ficco mounted a broom to his CK25 making it a CRC sweep of the podium.

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February 4, 2019

Coelho gets EOS campaign on track with 4WD win in Daun

Bruno Coelho has put his 4WD Euro Offroad Series campaign on track with victory at the third round in Daun, Germany. Coming into the weekend with a four points deficit to reigning champion Michal Orlowski, the Xray driver was gifted an early overall win after a dramatic final lap in A2. Starting from the TQ and having won A1, Coelho threw things wide open on the opening lap with an identical first lap error to that of 2WD Top Qualifier Orlowski in yesterday’s opening 2WD A-Main. At the table top, Coelho’s car jumped wide off the landing and ended up in the infield allowing four cars to go by. Recovering 2 of those places and suffering an error while attempting to challenge Orlowski for second, the Portuguese was settling for third but then as leader Joona Haatanen started his final lap be crashed at the corner jump breaking his car which was then collected by Orlowski allowing Coelho who had been some distance back to slip through for his second win of the day, again ahead of team-mate Daniel Kobbevik, and take his first EOS win since the penultimate round of last season’s championship in Wels, Austria. Those results would stand to young Kobbevik helping him secure his first podium double weekend while victory in A3 was enough for Orlowski to secure 2nd.

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February 4, 2019

Yeah Racing TT-02 RWD adjustable rear arm mounts

Coming from Yeah Racing and made for their TT-02 RWD TATT-S03 drift conversion is an adjustable rear suspension mount. The design allows to easily access 1, 3.5, or 5 degrees toe-in setting with the teeth-meshed adjustments allow to achieve a symmetrical setting every time owners change the toe-in setting. The set includes the multi-piece RR hanger, machined from aluminium and coming blue anodised and with white markings for easy identification. Also includes are rear inner suspension shafts and small parts.

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February 4, 2019

Kazuki Yamashita TQs & wins at 2019 Snowbird Nationals

The 2019 edition of the iconic Snowbird Nationals was held in Orlando, Florida last week. The race attracted the usual mix of national and international top drivers and in 1/12th GTP Modified it was Destiny’s Kazuki Yamashita from Japan, who took the overall TQ after the qualifiers in front of new Xray signing, Keven Hebert. In the single 8-minute A-main final Kazuki would hold the upper hand, taking the win from UK’s Ollie Payne (Roche) as Keven Hebert had to settle for 3rd overall. Xray’s Jan Ratheisky from Germany and multi-time Snowbird winner, Alexander Hagberg (Xray) would round out the top 5.

Source: Destiny [destinyracing.jp]

February 4, 2019

Brocca & Huber win at Swiss Indoor Champs Rd4

The Palapenz track in Chiasso played host to the fourth round of the Swiss Indoor Championship this past weekend. The race was held in several 1/10th and 1/12th scale touring and pan car classes and in the popular Formula category, attracting nearly 30 entries, it was Simone Brocca with the pole position after the qualifiers from Marco Donadelli in 2nd and Luca Marinelli in 3rd. After the triple A-mains the top 3 would remain the same, with Simone taking the win from Marco and Luca.

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February 4, 2019

Kyle McBride joins Infinity off-road program

Infinity has announced the signing of world class 1/8th scale off-road racer Kyle McBride to its factory race team. The 4-time World Championship finalist brings his vast offroad racing experience to the 2-time On-road World Champion manufacturer and will assist them in growing their knowledge of the offroad competition scene. Running a 1/8th off-road programme under the Infinity team banner, the reigning 8-time Australian National Champion said:

I am really excited for the opportunity to be apart of the Infinity family and look forward to a very strong 2019 season! A very special thank you to Taira San for having me.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

February 4, 2019

Ryan Maifield doubles at 1st annual Nitro Warm Up race

The Nitro Compound of Maricopa, Arizona held their 1st annual Nitro Warm Up race this past weekend. The race attracted both local talent and World Championship drivers and in Pro Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Ryan Maifield with the win from fellow Mugen racer, Mike Truhe. Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin would come in 3rd. Over in Pro Nitro Truggy it was again Ryan Maifield with the win as Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin came in 2nd and TLR’s Tanner Danney rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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February 4, 2019

Xpress aluminium motor fan mount

Coming from Xpress is a lightweight motor fan mount for the XQ1 and XM1 series of cars. The CNC-machined and black anodised alloy mount screws directly into the existing rear lead weight mounting hole, sitting just behind the motor. The design prevents the fan unit from rotating on the mount while keeping the natural chassis flex intact and it is usable with the XQ1, XQ1S, XM1 and XM1S kits.

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