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March 16, 2015

Mibosport Cup 2014/2015 Rd5 – Report

Round 5 and the grand finale of the 2014/15 Mibosport Cup was held this past weekend with a total of 180 entries that split into 83 on-road and 97 off-road entries. The premier Touring Car Modified class saw a fight between Kuba Šimurda and Jiří Vyšín with the two also dominating the previous round 4. In qualifying Kuba took the TQ ahead of Jiří with Mario Sowka sitting in 3rd spot. In the first two A-mains, Kuba Šimurda and Jiří Vyšín both scored a win with Mario being the only driver who could catch up with the two front runners. Kuba was then leading A-main 3 and did not allow Jiří to overtake him so Kuba took the overall win with Jiří Vyšín coming in 2nd ahead of Mario Sowka.

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March 16, 2015

BMT 1/10th nitro on-road kit – First images

Italian company BMT are currently working on a 1/10th scale nitro on-road car to add to their successful 984 1/8th racer. The car will feature aluminium bulkheads and a laydown servo design but no other details are known yet. It is understood that the kit is set for a release in September and more images will become available soon.

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March 15, 2015

Jilles Groskamp confirmed at HB-HPI Racing

Team HB have announced that 2012 IFMAR World Champion Jilles Groskamp will be joining their on-road racing team. The former Tamiya star has been a top competitor on the world stage since the early 2000’s, after beginning his rise up the European rankings in the mid-1990’s. With many wins and podium appearances around the world, Jilles is a master of electric car setup and fast driving, and he’s also been racing nitro on-road at the highest levels for the past few years, including winning the 2013 1/8th Track IC European Champion crown. Jilles had this to say:

I’m extremely happy with the opportunity that HB-HPI Racing has given me to join their team. I would like to thank Tatsuro Watanabe and Hiro Kasuya for making this happen. I have been following Team HB’s nitro and electric car improvements over the last few years and I have no doubt that they have some of the best cars on the market. My goal is to work close together with all the team drivers to improve all the cars even more, and also help customers with their HB rides in the best possible way. I would like to thank Shepherd for their great support over the years and wish them the very best in the future!

Jilles brings with him a wealth of race experience and will be working closely with Andy, Teemu, JJ, Freddy and the entire HB factory and R&D team will help continue to develop and improve HB racing cars for more race wins and championships, not just for themselves but for all HB racers.

Source: HB [hpiracing.com]

March 14, 2015

Mugen announces MGT7 coming soon

Mugen announced MGT7 coming soon

Mugen have announced that they will release an all new nitro & electric on road GT racing car called the MGT7. While designed to compete at the highest level of GT racing, competing at next week’s Winter National (Fort Myers) as well as the On Road fuel National in Kissimmee FL later in the year, the platform is suitable for all levels and a wide range of usage scenarios from on the track to bashing outside your house. More information and images coming soon.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

March 13, 2015

2015 Speed King Tour Rd2 – Report

The second round of the 2015 Speed King Tour was held at the World Jam Racing indoor tarmac track in the Gunma prefecture. Run in Touring Car Modified and Stock classes the event, as usual, attracted both local talent as well as nationally and internationally experienced drivers. In the Modified class 2014 “Speed King” and winner of the opening round, Akio Sobue (Tamiya), started the qualifying taking TQ in round 1 but come the second qualifier VBC driver Yugo Nagashima scored the fastest time only to see Akio striking back in the third qualifier to take the overall TQ.

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March 13, 2015

Avid T4’15 aluminium main chassis plate

Avid T4'15 aluminium main chassis plate

Avid introduce their 7075-T6 aluminium chassis for the Xray T4’15 touring car. Designed for the use in medium to high-bite conditions the main chassis, cut from 2mm high-quality aluminium, offers several unique features. Compared to Xray’s own alloy chassis the Avid part has several cutouts added and existing diff cutouts enlarged to reduce weight and increase flex while keeping enough material on the sides for the speedo to hold with servo tape. The battery tape on the bottom of the chassis has a cutout slot so it does not interfere with ride height checks or drag on track. The motor pocket width is decreased and is double pocketed to keep as much strength possible. The motor mount flex control hole as been modified with a large bevel on top of chassis to prevent the screw head from hitting chassis while the pinion adjustment hole moved to better access the set screw. The 2mm thickness material also allows for a lower centre of gravity and offers the ability to lower roll centres more than stock. The chassis shape is smoothed to keep droop screw platforms from digging into the track during hard cornering with the chassis being narrowed to 84mm allowing the chassis to roll deeper through a corner.

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March 13, 2015

Infinity 1/8th nitro on-road car – First images

Back in January Japanese company Creation Model announced their Infinity branded 1/8th nitro on-road car and now first images of the project are available. Developed by former Japanese National Champion and World Championship podium finisher Masao Tanaka the yet unnamed car is currently in its final stage of development and it undergoes track testing on various international tracks. The kit is set for a release this Summer with more images being available soon.

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March 12, 2015

Mobers and Rettke take German 1/12th titles

Markus Mobers and Jan Rettke have captured the 2015 German 1/12th scale titles. The international German Championships were held at the “Eifel-Ring”, the indoor track of the hosting MAC Adenau club, very close to the Nuerburgring. Like the famous “Nordschleife”, the 111 metre long “Eifel-Ring” is well-known for its interesting and challenging layout where driving ability is more important than the material used. Record-breaking 70 entries were received for the open championship which often attracted only some 40 entries over the past years. Among these entries were also racers from France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Poland.

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