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February 22, 2016

Andy Moore gets Infinity drive

Creation Model have announced the signing of former HPI/HB factory driver, Andy Moore to their team. The 2006 Touring Car World Champion joins his former team mate Teemu Leino, who only just recently teamed up with Creation Model, to run the company’s Infinity brand cars while also helping with development of future projects. Andy has the following to say about the deal:

I’m extremely happy to announce that I am joining Creation Model to run their Infinity brand of cars. This exciting new company has an amazing passion for R/C and I hope my experience will help them while working together on future projects over the coming years. See you all at the track soon.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

February 22, 2016

Xray NT1’16 – Coming soon

Xray NT1'16 – Coming soon

Xray have announced the soon release of the 2016 NT1 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road kit. The 2016 edition of the double World Championship winning car is expected to be an evolution rather than a revolution and we bring you more information on the vehicle as soon at they surface.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 22, 2016

Vita Hola doubles at Rebels Race Rd4

The fourth round of the Rebels Race was recently held in Trutnov, Czech Republic. The somewhat smaller amount of entries allowed for a lot of track time for the attending drivers with four qualifiers and four final legs. In the Touring Open class, Petr Grof won two qualifying rounds to take the overall TQ from Polish guest driver Vita Hola. Lukas Gombik would round out the top 3 so far. In the Touring Stock class Vita was on a mission, winning all four qualifiers to grab the pole position for the quadruple A-mains.

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February 21, 2016

Elliott Harper & Jimmy Maddison win 2016 ICC

Elliott Harper has won the 2016 International Carpet Challenge, by taking victory in the first two legs of the A-final. The British Schumacher driver, who started on pole position, faced competition in both A1 and A2 from second placed starter, Yannic Prumper, for the first minute or so of each run, but by half distance each time he had opened a lead to around one and half seconds, which he would then control until the end of the five minute encounters. Commenting on the win, Elliott described it as an “awesome weekend [for me] and a great event”. He also wanted to thank his Schumacher team mates, their combined testing and knowledge sharing being a key part of his success this week.

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February 21, 2016

Akio Sobue wins at Speed king Tour Rd1

The opening round of the Speed King Tour 2016 was held at the Rajiten Nagoya indoor tarmac track in the Aichi prefecture in Touring Modified, Touring Stock and a Stock Oval class. 2015 JMRCA Touring Modified national and reigning Speed King Tour champion, Akio Sobue (Tamiya) instantly showed his speed on his home track, taking the TQ and with it the pole position for the A-main. Privater Kazuya Saito grabbed the second spot on the grid with his Awesomatix A800, leaving many factory drivers behind.

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February 21, 2016

Prumper tops Q5, Harper secures TQ at IIC

Yannic Prumper topped the final round of qualifying that was held at the 2016 International Carpet Challenge this morning. The run allowed him to secure second place on the grid, beating Kyle Branson on the tie-break. However, this was not enough to deny Elliott the overall TQ, the Schumacher driver saying that the surprisingly fast track conditions this morning “caught him out a bit”, but now knows what he needs to adjust for the finals. Olly Jefferies will line up fourth for Xray, with Fast Finn Viljami Kutvonen fifth overall with his Awesomatix. Chris Grainger will start sixth, the multi-time UK Champion, well-known as not the biggest fan of carpet racing, joked that after securing sixth he would “need a lie down”. Polish youngster Michal Orlowski was the top junior, seventh overall, in front of the Tamiya of Germany’s Christopher Krapp, Leo Arnold (Xray) from France and Paul Pinkney (Schumacher), making it five different nationalities in the main final and seven different manufacturers.

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February 20, 2016

Elliott Harper leads ICC after Saturday

Harper leads ICC after Saturday

At this weekend’s 2016 International Carpet Challenge Elliott Harper backed up his round one TQ with the fastest time in the second qualifier, but the highlight of the day was the fourth round of qualifying. Elliott, Kyle Branson, Yannic Prumper, Olly Jefferies and Viljami Kutvonen exchanged fastest laps and the lead of the heat seemingly every lap, and it was Elliott who snatched the TQ on the final lap with his Schumacher, ahead of the Yokomo of Yannic and Viljami’s Awesomatix. Elliott, who said it was “great for the spectators to have such a close fight”, said he was looking forward to tomorrow, having saved the better of his two sets of tyres for the finals. Kyle, who set the best time in the third qualifier, second that “second’s not bad” after day one. Pretty happy with his Capricorn, he is now the only driver who can deny Harper of the overall TQ.

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February 20, 2016

Arrowmax 4600mAh LiPo shorty battery pack

Arrowmax have expanded their range of high-performance LiPo battery packs by a 4600mAh shorty variant. Made from 110C/55C cells for high power output the pack is of standard shorty dimensions, it features 4mm through-type connector tubes that are accessible from the top and bottom to make wire routing easy, and it is ideal for 1/10th buggy and on-road applications alike.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]