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April 2, 2014

Muhammad Izzah wins 13.5T at SIS Challenge Rd1

The 1st round of the indonesian SIS Challenge 2014 was held at the SOS track in Jakarta, Indonesia with a total of 40 entries in the 13.5T Stock and FWD class. The best out of 3 qualifying rounds was used to determine the starting grid and it was Ronny Suwarto (Xray) who took TQ in front of Bowie Ginting (Xray) and Muhammad Izzah. In the opening 13.5T A-final, Bowie took the lead followed by Izzah in 2nd as Ronny had a bad start. Izzah was able to pass Bowie and win the 1st leg, followed by Ronny and Bowie. Izzah then also went on to win the 2nd final as Ronny made a mistake in the last minute while defending his lead. In the 3rd final, it was Bowie who took the win in front of Danny and Izzah. In the overall result Muhammad Izzah came in first followed by Bowie Ginting and Ronny Suwarto, who where tie on points, making it an all-Xray podium. Danny Izawahyudi and Faiza completed the top 5 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 2, 2014

Marek Cerny doubles at Czech Championship

The Czech electric on-road championships where held in the small Moravian town of Jedovnice last weekend. The race was run in Touring Car Open and Stock, GT, Hobby and a Formula class on quite a fast track with a lot of straights and a medium grip level. Ride ETS tyres where used in the Open class while Stock was run on LRP rubber. After a full day of practice on Friday the race started on Saturday with 5 rounds of qualifying with the best 3 to count.

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April 1, 2014

Daniele Ielasi joins RB factory team

RB announce the latest signing to their factory team in the form of former World, European and multiple Italian champion Daniele Ielasi. Daniele will use the company’s .12 and .21 engines in his 2014 on-road campaign that will include the 1/8th and 1/10th scale Italian championships, the Euro Nitro Series, the 1/8th Euros and the 1/8th SuperGT Euros.

Source: RB [rbproducts.com]

April 1, 2014

Helge Johannessen wins 1:12th at Norwegian series Rd5

The final round of the Norwegian electric on-road series was held in Gjøvik with a good turnout as it was the last race of the season. The race format saw three rounds of qualifying with the best to count, followed by triple A-mains. In qualifying Helge Johannessen set the TQ time in the second round while Lars Haugen and Øyvind Stusdal were to decide who would start second on the grid for the finals in the last remaining qualifier. Both started off following each other closely and changed positions multiple times and at one point Øyvind had a incident with a slower car and would later have to retire handing Lars the 2nd spot on the grid thanks to a secure run.

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April 1, 2014

Karasavvidis wins at King Of The Track race

The first King Of The Track race 2014 took place at the RC On Road Track in Thessaloniki, Greece. Serpent’s Christodoulos Karasavvidis brought home the win with his Serpent 747 in front of Dimitris Nisiotis (Mugen) and Makis Charitidis (Edam).

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 1, 2014

KO Propo EX-1 KIY Limited Edition & new servos

KO Propo have several new products to offer in the form of the a limited edition “red screw” EX-1 KIY radio, the BSx2 brushless servo line and the Power variant of the RSx one10 low-profile servo. Starting with the EX-1 KIY, the Ver.3 transmitter comes with the already introduced Expert Grip pads and larger trigger unit. In addition the radio features a red anodised aluminium screw set for the grip and master unit which is also available separately as is a silver colour set to update older radios. New to all Ver.3 radio sets is the KR-413FH receiver that offers a significantly faster reaction time over the previous KR-411.

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March 31, 2014

Azarashi Roadseal touring car prototype

Japanese company Azarashi, known for their optional buggy bodyshells and 4WD buggy conversion kits, are about to enter the on-road market with another conversion. Teasing with a somewhat blurry photo it appears like the designers combined their Team Associated B44.1 Grayseal conversion with short length touring car wishbones and a front bumper to create the Roadseal, a 1/10th 4WD touring car with rear motor, backward mounted speed controller and a rear located battery compartment for 2S shorty LiPo battery packs. Azarashi do not go into detail about test results or a rough release schedule but we bring you more information and images as soon as they become available.

Source: Azarashi [team-azarashi.com]

March 31, 2014

Pollet-Villard wins Stock class at French Nats opener

Walter Pollet-Villard wins Stock class at French Nats opener

The opening round of the French electric on-road nationals took place at the MRC Longwy track. The Touring Car Stock class had Walter Pollet-Villard taking the win from Pierre Delorme while Valentin Lehmann completed the podium in 3rd position.

Image: MRC Longwy