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March 27, 2014

Mibosport Cup 2013/14 – Season review

Mibosport Cup 2013/14 - Season review

The Yokomo-backed Mibosport Cup 2013/14, which was sponsored by Pelikan Daniel, Trivox Patrik Dworschak and Yokomo, finished last weekend. The series saw six 1-day events with a total of 299 drivers from 6 European countries competing in two off-road and four on-road classes. The 2WD Buggy and 4WD Buggy classes had 62 entries each which makes overall 124 drivers attending in the off-road category. A total of 175 different drivers attended the on-road class with 51 drivers in Touring Car Modified, 79 in Stock LRP, 29 in Formula and 16 in the Yokomo GT class. The four best results counted towards the championship. The maximum number of points from a weekend would be 102 points including 100 points for a win, a point for TQ and a point for the fastest lap which makes 408 points overall. David Nemček (Stock LRP) and Ladislav Mlčák (Yokomo GT) both took the overall victory for scoring the most points in the season making it 407 points for David as well as for Ladislav.

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March 27, 2014

JConcepts 4mm low-profile wheel nuts

New from JConcepts come 4mm low-profile wheel nut sets for all vehicles that use 4mm wheel nuts. The high-precision nuts are flanged and serrated for locking security and they are of a lightweight and low profile design with the latter allowing them to sit flush with most wheels. The nuts come in sets of four in blue or black colour.

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March 26, 2014

Xray RX8 – Exclusive Introduction coming soon

All-new Xray RX8 – Coming soon

With the long awaited official introduction of the new Xray RX8 being only days away Red RC will bring a series of related features starting this Friday 28th with an exclusive Martin Hudy interview about Xray’s all-new 1/8th nitro on-road car. Early next week we will also have an exclusive ‘making of’ column with Martin going into detail about the design process of the RX8 accompanied with some exclusive photo’s of Xray’s latest 1/8th on-road contender. Stay tuned.

March 26, 2014

Core RC Pace 60R brushless speed controller

Schumacher introduce the Core RC Pace 60R brushless speed controller for 1S and 2S applications. Suitable for sensored and sensorless motors the speedo is BRCA-approved for the use in “blinky” classes, it offers two different drive modes, low voltage and throttle signal loss protection and the ESC has a 6.5T motor limit when used with 2S LiPo packs. An optional program card allows to adjust a wide range of software features making it ideal for on-road and off-road applications alike.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

March 26, 2014

Tödtmann & Georgiades win in Greece

Tödtmann & Georgiades in in Greece

The first round of the Greek Nitro Series and Greek Touring Series started at the popular Fanatix track. The 200mm nitro class had German Xray driver Thilo Alexander Tödtmann taking the TQ position after the three 7 minute qualifiers. For the 45 minute final Thilo decided to use his Greek friend Doucakis as his mechanic and went for 4:30 minute pitstops while his main competitor Sotiropoulos J. was able to do 5:10 minute stints. But Thilo was able to compensate the larger amount of stops with a faster pace allowing him to take the win in front of 6-times champion John Sotiropoulos while Spiros Sotiropoulos completed the podium in 3rd position.

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March 26, 2014

Folman wins 6th Danish TC round as Holst takes title

Danielsen wins 6th Danish TC round as Holst takes title

The 6th and final round of the Danish National Championships was held at the former DHI-Cup venue in Odense, where this great event was born many years ago. A big and flowing track with technical chicanes made for perfect conditions and close racing. Since it was the final race of the season, the schedule saw 5 rounds of qualifying with the 3 best to count, followed by 3 finals. In the Pro Stock class the fight for the magic A final spots was though, with 3 drivers being in the fight for TQ. Patrick Folman, Niklas Engholm and Søren Boy Holst all won rounds in qualifying – often with less than a second to second spot. At the end Patrick took TQ in a tie-break, with only .087 second from the number 2 driver.

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March 26, 2014

SkyRC infrared thermometer

The SkyRC infrared thermometer helps to measure the temperature of nitro and gas engines, electric motors, speed controllers, battery packs and many more. The handy device offers 3-button operation and features a large, back-lit LCD screen to display temperatures from -40°C up to 380°C as well as the respective °F range. Offering four modes including a quick and scan mode the thermometer also stores the highest and lowest temperature and it is housed in a sturdy and ergonomically shaped plastic case.

Source: SkyRC [skyrc.com]

March 26, 2014

T.O.P. Sabre S4 soft carbon fibre upper deck

Successfully tested during the 2014 TITC race and available now is T.O.P. Racing’s soft carbon fibre upper deck for the Sabre S4 touring car. The optional top deck makes for an overall softer chassis setup and is helpful especially in high speed and high traction conditions.

Source: T.O.P. [top-racing.jp]