Zeppin Racing introduce their new Super Crazy high speed fan that features an open board with solder tabs for easy connection wire changes. The fan unit sports dimensions of 40x40x10mm and the easily accessible solder tabs allow for simple wire length adjustment and clean wiring jobs. The dual ball raced super high speed fan comes including a 170mm black universal wire.
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Last weekend was the 2nd round of the Touring Master Series West Division run in Adenau/Germany. Serpent’s Marc Fischer managed to take the TQ in all qualifying rounds and he then went onto win the A-mains also to take a never challenged win. Fellow Serpent racers David Ehrbar and Ingo Herschbach completed the Modified class podium.
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Coming soon from Tamiya are two new 1/10th scale kits based on the TT-02 entry-level 4WD touring car chassis. First up is the Nissan Skyline R33 on the Drift Spec TT-02D chassis, a kit that offers some optional parts such as ball bearings, a sport-tuned motor and aluminium heat sink. Included in the kit comes a highly detailed 1995 Skyline R33 body and mesh-type wheels with Super Driftech tyres.
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Mikimodel will hold the WRC Contest 2015 in Faloppio, Italy, on the 6th to 7th of February. The annual event sees the running of electric touring car classes beside Formula, 1/10th and 1/12th pan car categories. Last year the race attracted a total of 135 drivers and for more information feel free to contact Mikimodel by emailing them at info@mikimodel.net.
Awesomatix have announced that top Finnish driver Viljami Kutvonen has extended his contract as factory team driver with Awesomatix for the 2015 race season. The 2014 LRP Touring Car Masters champion and multiple ETS A-Finalist will attend to all major big races in Europe this year including the Russian Touring Masters. Viljami had this to say:
I’m very happy to continue with Awesomatix as factory driver. Last year we made our biggest achievements yet and we are looking forward to improve our results for the upcoming season with our new Evo II car. I want to thank Oleg Babich for his support since 2012 and our new team manager Max Mächler for trusting in me and we are looking forward to our most successful year yet.
Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]
Multiple European offroad Champion Hupo Honigl has joined the Serpent Factory team. The former TeamC driver will race all major offroad events in 1/10th scale 2wd, 4wd, ST and SCT with Spyders, as well as all main 1/8th scale events with the Cobra line, GP and EP, truggy and buggy. With his vast experience he will be a big help to all Serpent drivers, and show the true potential of the Serpent offroad cars in Austria, Germany, USA and elsewhere. He will also run the new Serpent S120 1/12 race chassis and work together with Michael Salven and Paul Ciccarello on the development and test side. Expect to see Hupo make his debut for Serpent at next week’s Reedy race in California. Hupo had this to say:
I’m really proud of being part of Serpent now. Not only as driver but also on the business side through my distribution company Hoeco. After being told to be rejuvenated in the beginning of last year, I feel even younger and more motivated then ever before. After building my first Serpent cars i can tell they are designed by champions and also the quality is amazing! I ́m really looking forward to this new part of my life and hopefully I found my true home.
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Xray introduce hard-coated aluminium pinion gears for RX8’s with XCA clutchbell. Cut from tough 7075-T6 aluminium and coming with a hard-coated surface for strength and durability the gears help to fine-tune the gearing of Xray’s 1/8th nitro on-road car. Made on a special gear machine, all pinions feature ultra-precise tooth shaping and ultra-true running for vibration-free operation. A fine internal threading allows for easy installation on standard or lightweight XCA clutchbells and each of the pinions, that are available as 17T to 19T 1st and 22T to 25T 2nd gear variant, comes etched with the tooth number for quick and easy identification.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Martin Wollanka and Kevin Pignotti are the new VRC Worlds title holders in 1:8th Sportscars and 1:10th ISTC respectively. Martin Wollanka from Austria scored a well-deserved title in his 2014 VRC Worlds campaign after having to settle for second in the 1:10 ISTC VRC Worlds right behind Kevin Pignotti. Martin managed to turn things around in 1:8 Sportscars at the Lostallo event, driving to victory with a 4 seconds lead on Kevin Pignotti. New kid on the block Jakub Rozycki from Poland was lapped by Wollanka at the very last lap of the race when he needed a last fuel stop as to make it to the finish line in 3rd.
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