December 4, 2013

Falcon wins 17.5T at 2013 Minnreg Turkey Shoot

Falcon wins 17.5T at 2013 Minnreg Turkey Shoot

The 2013 Minnreg Turkey Shoot was held by Mike Boylan and company in Florida. It is a three day race featuring oval racing Saturday and Road Racing on Sunday and is one of the few times over the year that Florida road racers go indoors and compete on carpet. In the largest and most competitive Road Racing class, 17.5T Rubber Touring, Roberto Falcon, in his first outing with the Awesomatix car, hung tough through qualifying learning how to tune and setup his car while battling round after round for TQ in the class. When qualifying was finished TJ Bradley was the top qualifier, with Mark Burt 2nd and Roberto Falcon 3rd. All three drivers were separated by less than 1 second. Prior round TQ, Cory Parsons, would end up 4th qualifier after the final rocket round. In the A-final, TJ, Mark and Roberto got out front and started to break away from the back. Roberto got by Mark and started chasing TJ. Half way through the race TJ piped it and the top 4 cars all collided. Roberto was the first out of the pile with Cory in hot pursuit. Roberto held up to one minute of pressure from Cory until he tapped out too allowing Roberto to cruse to the win, followed by Mark and finally Cory taking 3rd.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatixusa.com] / Image: GregRojna.com


December 3, 2013

FullShot lightweight tyre additive applicator

FullShot lightweight tyre additive application machine

The FullShot tyre additive application machine is now available in a new, lightweight design. The latest incarnation of the applicator features a halogen bulb to pre-warm the tyres during additive application in cold ambient temperatures, it sports new colours and weights less compared to the standard device. Coming as 1/10th and 1/8th variant the machine makes use of a specially designed brass roll that helps to knead the traction compound deep into the foam tyre for a long lasting traction enhancing effect.

Source: Pirani RC [piranirc.com]


December 3, 2013

Kyosho Mini-Z Masters – Announcement

Kyosho Mini-Z Masters – Announcement

Kyosho Germany announce the International Kyosho Mini-Z Masters 2014 to be held on the weekend of the 9th of Februar at Catz Sports in Hamburg/Germany. After hosting the event in Fellbach for several years the new location will bring the race to one of the most beautiful cities in Germany. Catz Sports has already hosted the PN World Cup and is Guinness World Record holder for the largest Mini-Z race track. Open to all Mini-Z racers the race is offering different classes for all types of cars from Kyosho’s range of Mini-Z models. As special guest Kyosho Japan Mini-Z guru Hiroyoshi Ishikawa will offer support to all attending drivers. Registration is already open and you can enter the race at myrcm.ch. More information about the race can be found here.


December 2, 2013

Protoform Mazda 6GX 190mm body

Protoform Mazda 6GX 190mm body

The follow up to the ultra successful Protoform Mazdaspeed6 race body is here, the Mazda 6GX. Officially licensed, it captures all the details from the full-scale racer, the GX’s striking lines, hood air extractors and signature Mazda grille which give it an unmistakable look, showing that form can indeed coalesce with function. The Mazda6 GX is proving to be a contender right out of the box. Initial testing on asphalt from Team Protoform drivers and ISTC World Champions Marc Rheinard and Jilles Groskamp has them raving: “Great steering but the rear end also has stability,” Marc said after using a Mazda6 GX to win the 2013 Bangkok Int’l RC Championship in its first race ever, “Overall great traction. I love it.” Reigning champ Groskamp had this to say: “The GX seems to have the steering of the LTC-R and stability of the Mazdaspeed6! Overall lap times matched the LTC-R right away but the GX just drives really easy!”

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December 2, 2013

Nitrosisters Xray pan car chassis spacer set

Nitrosisters Xray pan car chassis spacer set

Nitrosisters from Austria have an updated front suspension spacer set for the Xray X10, XII and X12 available. The aluminium shims are of a new design that allows for easier insertion and removal thanks to an incorporated lash. Included in the set are 10 shims in total, two 1mm, four 0.5mm and four 0.2mm plates for precise ride height adjustment.

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December 2, 2013

LRP 30C 3400mAh hardcase LiPo battery

LRP 30C 3400mAh hardcase LiPo battery

LRP introduce the new Power Pack 3400 hardcase LiPo battery. Build from 30C cells the battery mimics the dimensions of a NiMH racing pack making it ideal not only for a wide range of RTR vehicles but also nitro starter boxes and many other applications that need “racing pack”-style batteries. The pack comes in a protective hardcase and is pre-wired with a Tamiya-type connector and an EHR balancer port.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]


December 2, 2013

Xray Challenge Italy – Announcement

Xray Challenge Italy – Announcement

The highly popular Xray Challenge Italy will return to Scandiano on the weekend of the 19th of January 2014. Registration for the race that will see a touring car modified, stock and a 1/12th scale class started yesterday on myrcm.ch. Entries are limited for the race so make sure to register in time.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]