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February 17, 2014

RDRP Ultra Glowplug Wrench

The Ultra Glowplug Wrench is the latest nitro tool release from Revolution Design Racing Products. The wrench is designed for the use with standard and turbo glowplugs, the main body is made from high quality spring steel and incorporates an 8mm nut driver for the plug while an O-ring equipped recession at the top end of the tool takes a spare glow plug, making the wrench the ideal companion for demanding qualifiers and finals. Laser-etched logos let the tool stand out while a sturdy cross pin makes tightening and undoing even tightly fitted plugs a breeze.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

February 17, 2014

Mobers & Hilbert take German 1/12th national titles

The 2014 German 1/12th nationals took place at the MAC Burgdorf club in Northern Germany this past weekend. Nearly 40 drivers attended in the Modified “EA” and Stock “EB” class. In Modified it was multi-time national champion Markus Mobers who not only took the TQ but also secured himself another national title by winning the first and second A-final in front of Daniel Sieber. The latter than took the vice-championship title while Tim Altmann came in third to complete the podium. In the Standard class Moritz Hilbert made a clean sweep by winning all three A-finals after dominating the qualifiers to take the TQ spot. The runner-up spot and vice-championship went to Sven Stoffels who left Jens Ginnuttis in third position.

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February 17, 2014

Balestri & Apolaro win at Florida Winternats

The 38th annual Florida Winternats were run last weekend in Fort Myers, Florida. The race again attracted a huge number of drivers including some international starts alongside the fastest nitro on-road racers from the U.S.. In 1/8th Open Capricorn driver Dario Balestri, running for his new engine sponsor XRD, took the win some six laps ahead of top qualifier Mike Swauger (Xray/Picco) with Flavio Elias (Mugen/Novarossi) coming in third another three laps down.

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February 16, 2014

Collari opts to start 2014 a free agent

Collari

9-time World Champion Lamberto Collari has been in contact to give us an update on his current situation heading into the 2014 season, answering the many requests he has received concerning his race package. For the first time in many years the Italian RC legend will run the season without a chassis sponsor which will allow him to evaluate what car best suits him ahead of the 2015 World Championships. In terms of engine, he hopes to remain with long time sponsor Novarossi, but no deal has yet been finalised. Those who are onboard so far for the new season are previous sponsors Sanwa and Protoform, while new for this year are Hudy tools and Zac Project tires.

View the statement from Lamberto in English & Italian here

February 16, 2014

Korgae Scales wins WGT at WCICS Rd6

Round 6 of the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series was held on the wide open prairies of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The Regina Club FASTRAXX hosted a great event, with 7 classes and championship points all on the line. In the World GT class it was the 2013 WCICS WGT champion, CRC sponsored Korgae Scales with his GenX-10SE that took TQ and win over Team Associated’s Peter Tozser and his RC10R5.1. WCICS President Josh Carter drove his Xray X10 to the final spot on the podium. Next up is round 7 in British Columbia hosted by Thompson Valley RC in Kamloops on March 7-9th.

Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]

February 15, 2014

Smokem Racing T4’14 carbon fibre arm braces

Smokem Racing T4'14 carbon fibre arm braces

Smokem Racing introduce these carbon fibre arm braces for the Xray T4’14 available. Made from 1.6mm high-quality carbon fibre material, the arm braces are ideal for stiffening the suspension arms of the T4’14 in high traction conditions. Strategically lightened without compromising on strength, the parts are a direct fit on the stock arms. Available separately for both the front and rear arms with the required screws, the braces are available now.

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February 14, 2014

DRCMU race Rd5 – Report

The Tinglev Modelbilklub recently run round 5 of the DRCMU series for 1/10th electric on-road classes. It was the fifth race of seven this winter. Tinglev Modelbilklub is a little Danish RC club located in Tinglev in the South of Jutland not far away from the German border. Although a little club, Ti-Mo always manage to get a good number of racers to come to their race in the Tinglevhallen. This weekend made no exception as it brought 90 entries in total, and with 74 touring car racers on Sunday it was the biggest one day 1:10 RC race in Denmark. The 30×16 meters track was equipped with a brand new carpet and a new layout.

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February 14, 2014

Seymonsbergan & Lee win at IMCC Cup

The First big race of the year for Nitro Tourer and Nitro GT was held at the IMCC Club located in Wollongong south of Sydney. Top qualifier in Nitro Touring was Aaron Lee (Serpent) followed by Alex Koussas, some 8 seconds behind. The TQ in the GT class went to Chris Stanley, just edging out fellow Serpent driver Rick Seymonsbergan by 1 second and in 3rd was Darren Neave only 2/100s of a second behind.

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