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March 11, 2013

Xray Challenge Grand Final – Announcement

Xray have been in touch to invite racers to the grand final of the European Xray Challenge. The race will take place at the weekend of the 5th of May at the Hudy Racing Arena in a total of six different classes including stock, super stock and modified touring cars, 1/10th nitro touring, F1 and GT pan cars. In the touring classes only Xray touring cars are allowed to run with the tires being hand-out tires supplied by the organizers. Click here to find all details.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 11, 2013

Essex Winter Series Round 6 report

The sixth and final round of the Essex Winter Series took place this weekend. Once again, the event was fully booked many weeks before the meeting, including a number of top drivers. With a final total of 165 different drivers competing and over 550 individual entries to the series, the organisers were keen to thank all the drivers for their attendance and support. The Super Stock 13.5 class saw a straight championship battle between Tony Broad and the defending champion Paul Pinkney, both drivers tied on points coming into the final meeting. As qualifying begun, it was Paul’s Schumacher team-mate, last years championship runner-up Ashley Wiffen who topped the first round, with James Hart in second and Phil Chambers in third with their X-rays.

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March 11, 2013

Adrian Berntsen joins Mon-Tech Racing

Italian bodyshell manufacturer Mon-Tech Racing announce the signing of Scandinavian front runner Adrian Berntsen. The Xray factory driver will join Yokomo’s Yannic Prümper who signed with the Italian company in February.

Source: Mon-Tech [mon-techracing.net]

March 11, 2013

Simo Ahoniemi wins at 1/12th Euros

The 1/12th European Championships was held in the city of Oulu, in northern Finland. A very small turn out of only 50 drivers, divided on two classes, joined the race. Some of the best 1/12 drivers in Europe were still present, making the race rather competitive. The carpet used was not the usual CRC one but a completely different type which never really developed high traction making car setup difficult for everyone. Instead, the competitors saw a similar situation to that one found at last year’s World Championships where a wide, black groove formed at the track. Traction actually decreased as the days went on, due to all the oil from the additives making the track slippery. This is a strange phenomenon seen at 1/12 races lately, which probably has to do with the oil based tire additives which are used when the rule is “open” for additives. One big change in the EFRA rules for 2013 was that a round by round qualifying system was used in the 1/12 class for the first time. 3 out of 6 points were counted to determine the final starting positions.

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March 11, 2013

Corally HMX US Carpet Spec kit

Available now is Corally’s new HMX US Carpet Spec touring car kit. The updated variant is specially designed for US style carpet tracks and includes two SGX gear differentials, silver anodised 7075-T6 aluminium steering block with ball bearings, 6 degree nylon C-hubs, red anodised aluminium servo posts and X-Hard graphite 2.4mm chassis and top deck parts.

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March 9, 2013

Brown Engineering Rhino pan car

Brown Engineering introduce the Rhino mini-size pan car. The Robitronic Scalpel conversion features a flex plate technology that controls the side to side movement by using different thickness plates. Included with the kit comes a BMI pivot, wide motor mount that accepts a wide range of motors and also an angled servo mount. The chassis plate is designed to make use of singled cells, saddle or straight LiPo packs.

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March 9, 2013

Marc Fischer joins Hobbywing

Hobbywing have announced the signing of German Serpent team driver Marc Fischer as another addition to their growing team of international drivers. The Snowbirds 1/12th Champion has been a front runner in the international racing scene for years and brings a vast amount of knowledge to the team. He will be using Hobbywing’s latest V3.1 controller in all his rides. This is what Marc has to say about the deal:

I am very happy to be a part of Team Hobbywing and looking forward to the next races. I would like to thank Salton and other friends from Hobbywing.

Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]

March 8, 2013

Mibosport Cup Rd8 – Announcement

The final round of the 2012/13 Mibosport Cub will take place at the weekend of the 16th of March. The race will see the grand season final with price drawing ceremony to win Yokomo kits and LRP Flow speed controls. There will also be prices for all driver who attended at a minimum of six rounds of the cup. Yokomo factory driver Ronald Völker will attend the race as a special guest in TC modified and 2WD buggy. Find more information by clicking here.