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September 10, 2014

Martini & Puelo win at Italian WRC Contest

The Italian Bientina track played host for the recent WRC Contest with many drivers using the event to prepare for the upcoming round of the Italian championships held at this track in mid-September. In the Touring Car Modified class Francesco Martini took the TQ in the first round and used the remaining qualifiers to test various settings. In the Stock class the race was on between Marco Puelo, Tiziano Borgogni, Roberto Fabiano and Andrea Valerio. At the end Marco Puelo was able to take the TQ for the finals.

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September 10, 2014

WRC F-One ‘014 lower rear pod plate

WRC F-One '014 lower rear pod plate

Italian company WRC Racing introduce a new lower rear pod plate for their F-One ‘014 1/10th formula 1 car kit. Cut from 2.3mm carbon fibre redesigned plate offers improved rigidity to better withstand the rigours of racing.

Source: WRC Racing [wrc-racing.com]

September 10, 2014

HPI Micro RS4 Drift Nissan S13 RTR

HPI Racing soon have a new bodyshell variant for the iconic Micro RS4 1/18th scale chassis available. The Discount Tire/Falken Tire Nissan S13 replicates Dai Yoshihara’s tarmac eating drift machine and the belt-driven 4WD chassis is equipped with solid front and rear axles as well as hard plastic drift tyres. A full set of ball bearings reduced drivetrain losses to a minimum. The car is powered by an HPI 180-size motor, an electronic speed control, and controlled by a waterproof steering servo. A 2.4GHz radio system, wall charger and batteries round out the package.

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September 10, 2014

Zsolt Bajusz wins at Xray Challenge Hungary

During the recent Xray Challenge Hungary, held at the world-famous Hungaroring track, the 1/10 200mm EFRA nitro class was dominated by Zsolt Bajusz. Behind Zsolt there was a nice fight between Hungarian championship leader, Laszlo Kiss-Orban and last year’s nitro Stock class champion, Balazs Bihari. At the end Balazs grabbed the runner-up spot from Laszlo who rounded out the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 9, 2014

Sagi & Kalnay win at Xray Challenge Hungary

The Xray Challenge Hungary was held at the famous Hungaroring track that, beside the full-scale race circuit, also has an RC racing track to offer. In the 1/8th nitro on-road class Tamas Sagi came out successful in front of Peter Keöberz and Bendeguz Gyulai in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Tamas then also went on to win the 1/10th scale 200mm Stock class in front of Peter Varsanyi and Bela Pogatsnik. The electric touring car class had Zsolt Kalnay walking away with the win from Zoltan Polyak in 2nd and Peter Loncsar in 3rd.

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September 9, 2014

ZZRacing Xray series lightweight parts

ZZRacing have new lightweight hardware sets available for a range of Xray kits such as the XB4, T4’14, NT1’14 as well as the X10’15 and X12’15. The sets contain titanium and stainless steel screws, anodised aluminium lock nuts and countersunk washers to scrub around 50 percent of weight on the hardware. The aluminium parts come orange anodised to match Xray’s colour theme and the sets are available now.

Source: ZZRacing [zzracing.net]

September 8, 2014

Spiniello & Cazzolo win at Italian 200mm Nats Rd3

Spiniello & Cazzolo win at Italian 200mm nationals Rd3

The final round of the Italian 200mm nitro on-road championships was held at the Il Lombrico track in Milazzo, Sicily. In the Expert category Alessio Mazzeo took the TQ six tenth of a second in front of Mario Spiniello. The one hour main than saw Mario Spiniello and Davide Stefanizzi fighting for the win with the better end for Mario who opted only to change the corner outside tyres on his car. Francesco Tironi completed the podium in 3rd. In the overall championship Luca Redaelli took the title from Mario Spiniello. In the F1 category Luca Cazzolo came out successful in the race and also the championship followed by Francesco Meddaloni.

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September 8, 2014

Capricorn LAB C03 1/10th scale 200mm chassis

Following the introduction of their latest 1/8th scale chassis Italian company Capricorn now also have first information on their forthcoming new 1/10th scale 200mm car available. The LAB C03 is an evolution of its predecessor, the C02, with the transmission has seen a bit of a make-over to become easier to work on. Several redesigned areas reduce the overall number of parts for improved reliability and reduced maintenance time. Also new on the drivetrain are redesigned tensioners for all three belts and the ability to run high or low front and rear axles. A redesigned chassis makes for improved weight distribution and constant flex control for more steering and traction. Another new chassis part is the completely redesigned radio plate which uses a traditional position for the throttle servo and a floating, ball-raced front mount for the FSS front flex system. Other new features include new shocks, a redesigned engine mount and alternative link position for the rear upper links providing better traction in low grip conditions.

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