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April 10, 2013

Hagberg & Cerny winners at Xray Challenge Italy

Last weekend the Xray Challenge Italy was held at the great facilities of RC Landia, in Scandiano, Emilia Romagna, Italy and Alexander Hagberg sent this report. The event was booked out in few days due the limit of 100 entries maximum. The race was split in three classes: 1/12, Touring Car Stock and Modified. Drivers from Italy and surrouding countries entered the race. Xray had most of its European team present, with team leader Martin Hudy, Marek Černý from the Czech Republic, myself, Magnus Vässmar and Niclas Nilsson from Sweden, Marco Kaufmann from Germany as well as the Italian stars Francesco Martini and Alessio Menicucci.

Continue reading the report here

April 9, 2013

Pedro Rombouts wins Dutch 200mm Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Dutch 200mm Nationals took place in the north of the country in Groningen. This class has been struggling for a number of years and even after merging the NK and Nomac classes together could barely reach a dozen entrants. The one day event started cold but got warmer as the sun came out. Qualifying would see Pedro Rombouts was quickest, in front of Sander Borghoff, Ruud Schuitmaker and Roy Bakker. In the final the order stayed pretty much the same with Pedro winning by 6 laps ahead of Bakker in 2nd, while Schuitmaker was 3rd having been in a comfortable 2nd before a flameout 3 minutes from the end, dropped him down the order.

Thanks to Ruben d’Arco for the update.

April 8, 2013

Mugen MRX-5 WC-Spec version

Mugen have released the MRX-5 WC-Spec version, which is the World Championship winning chassis with a number of optionals and revised parts included as standard. The kit comes with a high traction chassis, rear body mount hard, rear lower arm mount A & B, revised front suspension arms, left and right upper bulkhead as well as the lower front bulkhead. A revised front bumper, front body mount plate, rear body mount hard and the latest clutch set are also included.

View more images of the WC-Spec here

April 6, 2013

Piotr Okonski joins LRP International team

LRP have announced that top Polish racer Piotr Okonski has joined their international race team. The 6-time Polish National Champion will run the complete line of LRP electronics including the Flow Works Team ESC, X20 Motors and Competition line of batteries in both his onroad an offroad cars. Piotr will compete this season in the National series as well as the majority of the ETS series and other major races.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

April 5, 2013

Keven Hébert signs Associated/Reedy extension

Team Associated and Reedy are very happy to announce that Keven Hébert has signed a multi-year contract extension and will continue to race Team Associated’s TC6.1 Worlds, 12R5.2, and 10R5.1. Keven will now be using Reedy Sonic Mach 2 motors in all his vehicles and will continue using Reedy LiPo batteries and LRP Flow Works Team ESCs. Reedy department manager Rick Hohwart was happy to hear the news of the extension, saying, “Keven is one of the fastest drivers in the world and his input is highly valuable when it comes to developing new products. Not only is a he a great racer, but he is always willing to help fellow racers with questions and feedback regarding setups, gearing, etc.” Keven was excited about the signing, saying,

I am looking forward to continuing my racing career with AE/Reedy and working closely with the R&D department in the development of new and exciting products. I appreciate the opportunity and look forward to the remainder of 2013 and beyond.

Source: Associated [teamassociated.com]

April 4, 2013

DE Racing Stopz-it engine stopper

DE Racing introduce the Stopz-it engine stopper tool. The tool, disguised as a readily accessible key fob, works by either using the tip to contact the flywheel of an idling engine, or by using the plug on the side to cover the exhaust tip. Since the method of covering the exhaust can be performed at any RPM, even the runaway car with wide open throttle has finally meet its match. The tool is made from long lasting rubber and is available now.

Click here to view how the stopper is used

April 4, 2013

Yeah Racing 3.5mm motor connectors

New from Yeah Racing come these 3.5mm brushless motor connectors. The gold-plated bullet-type connectors consist of a male and a female part with the female connector being soldered to the terminals of the motor. The single-piece design of the plugs makes for large contact area, low resistance and less heat build-up making the connector ideal for stock and modified applications alike.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

April 4, 2013

Zdenko Kunak wins Czech Winter Champs

The Winter Czech National Championship was held in Rtyne v Podkrkonosi 150km North of Prague. The race format saw controlled practice on Friday, qualification on Saturday and finals on Sunday. Around 100 drivers attended in the several classes including touring car modified, 17.5T zero boost stock, GT, formula and hobby. 17 drivers in stock and 34 touring modified mixed up with some of the top Czech drivers makiing for close and competitive racing. In modified Zdenko Kunak started strong during the controlled practice and he also was on the top of the field in the stock class but he experienced pressure by Marek Cerny. Zdenko though struggled with setup as the hand out tyres been too old delivering virtually zero traction and side bite. After a slow start Zdenko was able to win the important last qualifying races taking TQ in both the stock and modified class. In the finals the race was still on between Zdenko and Marek and at the end it was Zdenko who took the modified class with Marek being successful in stock.

Source: Yokomo Europe [teamyokomo.eu]