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January 12, 2019

A1 wins for Akio & Jan at Feiteng Raceway

Infinity driver Akio Sobue has moved a step closer to securing the 2018/19 OneTen Series Modified title as he took an easy win in A1 this afternoon in Guangzhou. The Japanese driver was never challenged and could win by a substantial margin, which had increased to 9 seconds as team mate Sawada crashed on the last lap coming onto the back straight. Having managed to get pass the line before the buzzer Jin was luckily able to maintain his runner up position.

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January 12, 2019

Sobue & Ratheisky to start title deciding finals from pole

Akio Sobue will start Rd5 of the OneTen series presented by Infinity from pole position having wrapped up qualifying in the Sweep Modified class early by taking the opening 2 rounds. Team mate Jin Sawada would take the 3rd and final round to secure 2nd place overall with an improving Gary Huang to start from 3rd place. Local kid Haoran Ma will start an impressive 4th, while Nicholas Lee endured a difficult qualifying to end up 5th just had of Lao Minhao and Jan Ratheisky. Sobue, who can secure the title with a win in today’s 4-minute long triple A-mains, was again happy with his IF14, only adjusting his tire prep during the day and commented that he has saved 2 of his allotted sets of Sweep tires for the finals, the drop off in tire performance in qualifying minimal on the 2nd and 3rd runs.

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January 12, 2019

Guangzhou qualifying Rd1 goes to Sobue

The 3rd stop of the 2018/19 OneTen Series presented by Infinity kicked off with Rd5 getting underway in dry but cool conditions at Feiteng Raceway in Guangzhou, China. It was current championship leader Akio Sobue from Japan that topped the opening round of qualifying. The Infinity driver, as has been the norm this season, headed home his team mate Jin Sawada by 3 seconds. Next up was Chinese national champion and Guangzhou local Gary Huang in 3rd followed by 13 year old Haoran Ma just 2 seconds back, while Jan Ratheisky, who had an incident in traffic completing the top 5. Sobue had rebuilt his car overnight, not happy with the balance of his IF14 following Friday’s free practice. Reverting to a softer variation of his home track setup, which was being used by Sawada, he said the car was now better balanced, having been very loose on Friday.

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January 11, 2019

Samix T4’19 front balance weights

Samix have introduced new front balance weights for the Xray t4’19 touring car. Available in 5g, 10g or 15g variants the weights are designed to add weight to the front part of the chassis, reducing oversteering and making for a more controlled ride in certain track conditions. The weighs are designed exclusively for the use with Samix’s own #T4-19-1001s carbon fibre and #T4-19-7001s aluminium chassis and they come black anodised and with etched markings.

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January 11, 2019

Reds Racing sign Juan Carlos Canas

Reds Racing have announced that the top Spanish driver Juan Carlos Canas has joined their team for the 2019 and 2020 racing season. The former EFRA Euro B champion will be using Reds Racing nitro engines in his campaign that will include all major races. Juan Carlos had the following to say about the deal:

I wanted to thank Mario Rossi an his Family for the confidence to represent their Brand, I am delighted with the delivery of power of Reds engines and good fuel mileage. For me it’s a pleasure to join the world’s famous engine guru for RC nitro engines. Looking forward to this weekend at the Spanish Championship.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

January 11, 2019

XP Digital DSV FPV system

Team Associated have introduced the XP Digital DSV Driver’s Seat View FPV system. A simple plug-and-play design allows for easy installation into most hobby-grade RC cars and trucks and a full colour, real-time display headset paired with a full HD camera put users right in the driver’s seat of their favourite RC cars and trucks. It features a HD display, one key auto-search, a real-time display, adjustable head band, adjustable brightness, AV in and it uses an open port in the receiver for power.

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January 11, 2019

LRP X22 Stock Spec & N.B. 6.5T Modified motors

LRP have announced the release of a full line of X22 Stock Spec brushless motors as well as the introduction of the X22 N.B. 6.5T modified motor especially for non-boosted modified classes. All motors use a precision-machined 7075-T6 aluminium can with the Stock Spec motors featuring additional machining for improved cooling and a lower weight. A machined window makes way for the laser-etched winding marking, ensuring easy identification while the aluminium backplate with machined pockets further enhances heat dissipation. The motors are rounded off by heavy duty solder tabs. As for the X22 N.B. 6.5T Modified motor, the power plant was developed especially with non-boosted modified racing in mind, a new class that ensures exceptional top speeds that are still manageable for us mere mortals. The motor builds on the X22 Stock Spec and features a 6.5T modified winding, an optimised rotor and adjustable 0 to 60 degree timing.

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January 11, 2019

Yeah Racing YD2S carbon & alloy rear shock tower

Made for Yokomo’s YD2S RWD drift car is a carbon fibre and aluminium rear shock tower from Yeah Racing. Constructed from high-quality carbon fibre and black anodised aluminium the shock stay offers an incredible amount of upper shock and camber link mounting positions, allowing to create complex setups. The part is a direct fit and available now.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]