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January 8, 2014

JConcepts Indoor National Series ’14 – Announcement

JConcepts Indoor National Series '14 - Announcement

JConcepts, together with many fine sponsors and race tracks, have organized a first of its kind, a true Indoor National Series. The first 3 years combined attracted over 3000 entries. 2014 is scheduled as a 5 race series across the United States, drivers now have the opportunity to showcase their abilities on a national and regional level. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall nationals make up the seasonal events at fixed locations while the finals will serve as the end of the year bash for the awards and series championship. The series will be awarded based on points participation in 3 out of the 5 events.

Continue reading the announcement here

January 7, 2014

John Cravotta doubles at Maine State Champs

The weekend of January 4 saw the running of the Maine State Championship at Maximus RC. The weather was cold outside, but nice and warm inside for racers from all over New England. X Factory sent Team driver John Cravotta up from Massachusetts, and he did not disappoint, winning both buggy and SC. In mod buggy it was all X-6 cubed as Cravotta TQed both round of qualifying, setting a blistering 17 laps 5:08 on the small Maine track. John checked out in the A main with a tone-to-tone dash, improving his qualifying time by a second.

Continue reading the report here

January 7, 2014

Kyle McBride to run Novarossi engines

Top Australian racer and factory Kyosho driver Kyle McBride has signed to run Novarossi engines for 2014. Having run with OS engines for a number of years, the former FEMCA Champion will be looking towards the World Championships in Italy later this year with a hope to improve on his 4th place at the Worlds in Pattaya in 2010 having gone out in the Semi Final in Argentina in 2012.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

January 7, 2014

JConcepts RC10 diamond wing tubes

Similar to the aluminium nose brace tubes for the RC10 Classic released some days ago, JConcepts now have diamond wing tubes for the same car. Available in black and silver color schemes, the diamond tubes in black jump out with a pattern of black hex flats matching a gold or black chassis combination. The tubes are sized to slide into the bulkhead and press into position similar to the stock components.

View the wing tubes here

January 7, 2014

Jörn Neumann joins FX Engines

The driver news continues with FX announcing that one of the world’s finest off-road racers, Jörn Neumann has after extensive testing of the 5K engine decided to race this engine for the 2014 racing season. Jörn, who previously raced Picco engines, is a talented off-road specialist racing both 1/10 and 1/8 classes and the list of achievements is extensive including 4 European titles. The Durango team driver will race with the FX engines all the 2014 major events including German Championship series, Neo Race, Efra GP and European & World Championship.

To change a nitro engine sponsor in the World Championship season is for sure a difficult decision for any driver especially because the engine’s performance & reliability play a very important role in any successful race. Despite FX are all new in the nitro engine industry I know Juraj and his dedication for an absolute perfection and I was very interested to test the new 5K engine. To my huge surprise the engines have been extremely reliable and have unbelievable power but are smooth at the same time. After extensive testing I was so amazed and because I want to have absolute confidence in my engine I have decided to use this engine for the 2014 season.

Source: FX [fx-engines.com]

January 7, 2014

Xray re-signs Martin Bayer for 2014

Xray announce that 2013 European Champion Martin Bayer will continue to race for their team in 2014. Martin has been important member of the R&D team participating at the development and testing of XB4 platform as well was actively involved in testing & development of the all-new XB8. Martin had this to say:

2013 was my most successful year with wining the European Championship 1/10 and finishing on podium at European Championship 1/8 off-road as well winning the German & Czech National Championship series. All the Xray off-road cars belong to the absolute top in the racing market and I am very glad to have the best possible cars to defeat the title in 2014 and especially I have been looking for the new season with the new XB8. We showed how good the prototype has worked and now with the final car I am very confident for both the Euros and Worlds. Working with the Xray Factory team is a pleasure and I am happy to re-sign for 2014. I hope our result will be even better and I will do all for it.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 7, 2014

JConcepts Super Cup Rd4 report

At the end of December, Florida’s top 10th scale racers descended upon Shiverville Raceway for the final round of JConcepts Super Cup Series Fall session. Most classes were still up for grabs as some classes were in a tie for the title of Champion. Racers arrived to the track in High Springs Florida early on Friday to work on setups. On Saturday everyone was at the track by daylight for the last hours of practice before racing began at 9:30am. Racers had to adapt to a more “old school” track condition with a loamy surface as sunlight was in short supply and moisture was plentiful.

Continue reading the report here

January 6, 2014

Lee Martin signs 3 year extension with Viper R/C

Lee Martin has signed a new 3-year contract extension with Viper R/C. After a strong finish to 2013, which saw the British driver take the runner-up spot at the World Championships in the USA, Viper RC and Lee Martin are now aiming to go one step further at the next IFMAR World Championships. The newly signed Yokomo driver will work closely on new product testing and development as well as new UK market distribution.

Source: Viper R/C [viper-rc.com]