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April 13, 2018

Sobue tops first controlled practice at ETS Spain

The outdoor part of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series is now official underway with Akio Sobue topping the first seeding round at the large Osoger RC track in Madrid, Spain. With huge anticipation ahead of the first asphalt round, drivers always looking forward to racing outside, it has it risks and overnight rain delayed the official start to the weekend by 4-hours. Luckily the majority of drivers managed 6 rounds of free practice yesterday (Thursday) on the large track allowing the event to start directly with the first of the 2 seeding rounds. Setting a fastest 3-consecutive laps time of 56.652, Sobue’s advantage was substantial with the Infinity driver’s closest rival Freddy Südhoff some 4/10th off. An impressive start to the weekend from Südhoff, it was Ronald Volker, quickest yesterday, who completed the Top 3, 5/100ths of a second back. For Championship leaders Marc Rheinard and Bruno Coelho, they set the 4th and 5th fastest times respectively with Viktor Wilck completing the Top 6.

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April 13, 2018

Tekno EB410 composite & alloy Ackermann plates

Tekno RC have announced the release of an updated composite and new aluminium Ackermann plate for the EB410 1/10th scale 4WD buggy. The durability of the new composite Ackermann plate has been improved to help survive those big crashes while the new alloy Ackermann is perfect if racers want the most durable steering assembly possible or are just looking to add a little bling. The composite plate comes including steering bell cranks and three servo horns and it is a bolt-on upgrade for drivers already sing the revised bulkhead, however the part is also usable with the original bulkhead when a slight modification to the pinion bearing support is carried out. As for the aluminium Ackermann plate, the item is supplied without accessories, it weighs in at 5.9g and comes anodised black for a sleek finish.

View the aluminium Ackermann plate here

April 13, 2018

Callegari wins at Italian North-East GT regionals Rd3

The third round of the Italian North-East GT regionals was held at the technical track of Rivoli recently. At the start of the single speed class Fabio Callegari would jump into the lead that he would hold onto until the checkered flag to take the day’s win from Egidio Bellon 2nd and Stefano Lajo 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 13, 2018

Xray Racing Series Slovenia Rd1 – Report

Round 1 of the 2018 Xray Racing Series Slovenia took place at a new track to the calendar, the Pista Verde Fener in Italy. A lot of drivers made use of Saturday’s practice in order to get some laps under their belt following the winter indoor season. The EP categories were run using mandatory Hudy hand-out tyres, Hobbywing motor and Hudy additive while in 1/8th track a mixed set of rules is used with drivers who compete in the championship having to use Contact tyres while all other can use free tyres and additives. Following two controlled practice runs on Sunday everyone jumped straight into the qualifying action. In the 1/8th IC Track class the overall TQ went to ARC’s Mattia Collavo while the best control tyre pilot was Xray’s Jernej Vuga Štendler. In the Touring 13.5T Stock class it was Gabriel Benvenuti (Xray) with the TQ from Alessandro Arisi (Yokomo) and Lovro Šušteršič (ARC). Over in Formula 21.5T Andrea Ghilotti (Xray) snatched the TQ from Andrea Grigoletto (Roche) and Flavio Brun.

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April 13, 2018

Fabio Callegari wins at Italian North-East GT regionals

The second round of the Italian North-East GT regionals was held recently and it was Fabio Callegari with the win in the single speed class. Egidio Bellon came in 2nd as Marco Modolo rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 13, 2018

Shepherd Mod 1 20T & 21T pinion gears

Shepherd have introduced new module 1 pinion gears in order to offer a wider gearing range for their Velox E8 1/8th electric on-road kit. The gears are machined from high-quality burnished steel and they come with size engraving for easy identification. Both the 20T and 21T pinion gear are available now.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

April 13, 2018

Reckward-Tuning SRX8 carbon fibre mud guards

RMV Deutschland have introduced the new Reckward-Tuning carbon fibre mud guards for the Serpent SRX8 series of buggies. The parts are moulded from high-quality carbon fibre for a low weight yet greater durability compared to polycarbonate mud guards. The parts attach to the rear lower A-arms and help to keep dust, dirt, mud and moisture away from the rear arms, driveshafts and lower shock parts which results in less dirt and weight build-up over the run. The mud guards come in sets of two and they are a direct fit on the SRX8 and SRX8E.

Source: RMV Deutschland [rmv-deutschland.de]

April 13, 2018

Simon Horak doubles at Rebels Race Rd5

The fifth round of the Czech Rebels Race series was held recently and it was Simon Horak who would sweep the Touring Stock qualifiers to take the overall TQ. Karel Kratochvíl was hot on Simon’s heels the whole day and in the opening A-main he would snatch the lead for a couple of moments following a mistake of Simon, however, the latter would regain the lead later on to take the win in A1. With flawless drives in the second and third A-main Simon would later seal the day’s win from Karel Kratochvíl as Ondřej Kohoutek rounded out an all-Xray podium. Over in the Formula class it was again Simon with the TQ and win as Dalibor Valder and Jiří Ročňak completed the top 3 result.

View the Formula class podium here