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November 14, 2014

HB R8 1/8th nitro on-road kit

After its first showing in prototype stages at the 2013 IFMAR World Championships in Japan, the HB R8 1/8th nitro on-road car will soon become available for the public. The basis of the car is a 5mm thick 7075-series aircraft aluminium chassis with the same material being used for the upper and lower bulkheads, which are split horizontally for fast belt changes and easy tension adjustments. Other alloy parts include the suspension mount, engine mount and layshaft mount. The tops of the bulkheads are fitted with lightweight carbon fibre shock towers while laydown steering and throttle servo positions make for a low centre of gravity.

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November 14, 2014

TRG working on budget pan car kit

Japanese company TRG, know for their highly complex F104 and F103 conversion kits, such as the TRG114, are currently working on a simple pan car chassis for Tamiya front and rear axles. The prototype shows a 1-piece fibre glass chassis with an integrated rear power pod as part of the main chassis rather than a 2-piece solution as seen on the original F104 and F103 cars. Cut-outs left and right make for a “T-bar” design that allows the motor pod to flex as it is needed to create rear traction and side-bite. The front and rear of the chassis take F103 200mm (and we guess also F104 190mm) suspension parts and the car is designed for the use with GT and sports car type of bodyshells. The car/chassis is still in prototype stages and we bring you more information as we get them.

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November 13, 2014

Xray Challenge Grand Final – Announcement

The Xray Challenge 2015 Grand Final will take place at the World-renown Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia on the weekend of the 10th of May 2015. The race will be held in various classes with all details becoming available soon.

November 13, 2014

Greiner is Top Qualifier in Thailand

Dominic Greiner

Dominic Greiner is the Top Qualifier for the 200mm World Championships in the Thailand, the Team Serpent driver putting in a stunning drive in the deciding final qualifier at the Huge RC Circuit in Bangkok to secure pole position on his World Championship debut. With just one direct qualifier for the 1-hour Main, the German needed to take Q6 to deny Alexander Hagberg the coveted position and that’s exactly what he did TQ’ing the round from the Swede to tie on points claiming an emotional overall TQ on tie break with the Xray driver. Behind, a strong drive saw Capricorn driver Kyle Branson take the top heat to claim third for the round with his former mentor Mark Green completing the Top 4. For reigning World Champion Meen Vejrak the final qualifier would be his best of the six with the factory KM Racing driver posting the sixth fastest time which leaves him to start his title defence from the 1/4 Finals.

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November 13, 2014

Georgiadis takes Greek National Touring Car title

The final round of the Greek Electric Touring Car nationals was held at the Zorri track in Athens. Going into the final round three drivers were tie on points and able to take the overall championship. Right from the start of the qualification Georgiades made his intentions clear as he won two out of the five qualifiers and nobody else came close to the times he set.

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November 13, 2014

Ehrhardt wins at Eastern division LRP-HPI-Challenge

A round of the East German division LRP-HPI-Challenge was held at full time carpet indoor track in Leipzig in five different classes including the fastest Stock class of 10.5T Blinky. This class saw many fast guys attending such as Fabian Ehrhardt, Tony Streit and 1/8th scale drivers Michael Kammer and Merlin Depta. Fabian Ehrhardt took the TQ honours after the qualifiers from former ETS Stock class winner Tony Streit and Karsten Hartinger with all three being separated only by a few tenth of a second.

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November 13, 2014

Greiner takes Q5, TQ to be decided in final qualifier

Dominic Greiner has TQ’d the penultimate qualifier at the 200mm World Championships in Thailand. The result puts the Serpent driver in contention to become the overall Top Qualifier with him set to go up against Alexander Hagberg in the final round, the Xray driver ending the fifth round second fastest. With Mugen’s Takehiro Terauchi completing the Top 3, the top heat provided plenty of late drama. On a TQ round, Q3 & 4 pace setter Teemu Leino ran out of fuel with 45-seconds still to run. With Dario Balestri taking over at the top of the timing screen he too would once again have run time issues, his Caparicorn coming to a stop on the final lap. This left Mark Green on target to top the round but he would crash out saying afterwards the last lap off was simply down to ‘an old man driving like shit’.

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November 13, 2014

Michael Hanulec wins at the Halloween Classic

The annual Halloween Classic was held at The Gate and in the largest class, 17.5 Touring Car, Kyle Klingforth TQ’d and lead into the A-main. During the main, Kyle Klingforth and Mike Hanulec broke out into the lead while the pack behind was lead by Manny Flores in 3rd. Kyle lead until lap 26 when he closed on the trailing pack and attempted to put racers a lap down. He was taken out by the “failnado” happening at the back of the pack. Hanulec was promoted into the lead and he drove the heads up race, avoid the “failnado” while managing the gap back to second. At the end Hanulec came in 1st fooled by Brain Winn and Ronal Goetter.

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