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March 12, 2018

Stavanger Open Cup Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Stavanger Open Cup was hosted by the Stavanger Modelcar Club last weekend. Offering different tracks such an offroad track laid out with EOS carpet and an onroad track laid out with ETS carpet, the facility also includes a drift track. For round 2 close to 40 cars signed in to race in the seven different classes of 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and Truck as well as 13.5T Touring, 21.5T Touring Junior and M-Chassis. Being a 2 days event, the drivers were offered amble track time, one seeding practice was held followed by four qualifiers and triple A-mains.

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March 12, 2018

Sweep Racing EXP-SX touring car inserts

Sweep Racing have introduced their newest 1/10 touring car inserts, called the EXP-SX. Developed for high performance racing tires to provide extremely high traction and forward bite with stable feeling around corners, the EXP-SX inserts stay securely positioned inside the tire and on the wheel thanks to its profile. Only available in soft pink.

Source: Sweep [sweepracing.com]

March 11, 2018

Loic Jasmin joins Awesomatix

Awesomatix have announced the signing of French Modified driver Loic Jasmin to their Factory Team. The former IFMAR World Championship finalist and 7-times French national champion will be a great addition to the always growing Awesomatix brand and team. He will attend at all major races including all ETS rounds, EFRA European Championship in Austria and IFMAR World Championship in South Africa. Loic has following to say about his change:

I’d like to thank Max and Oleg for the great opportunity to join the Awesomatix Factory Team. I felt it was the time for a change and Awesomatix was the only team I wanted to join. The previous and last results proved their car is one of the best on the market and their professionalism and continued R&D show this is a team to watch in the near future. I’m really looking forward to start working with my new teammates and achieve many good results for the team, my first race being the French Nats round 1 by the end of March. I’d also like to thank Team Yokomo for the wonderful last 7 years together and I wish them all the best for the upcoming season.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

March 10, 2018

Yeah Racing YD-2 aluminium steering base

Yeah Racing have introduced an aluminium steering base for the Yokomo YD-2 and YD-2S drift car chassis. The black anodised aluminium part features machined silver edges and laser-etched YR logos for looks as it adds strength and stability to the front part of the chassis for improved steering reaction.

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March 9, 2018

ONE Black Blend high-performance nitro fuel

Capricorn have introduced the ONE Black Blend high-performance nitro fuel. Made by the Pepe Group using a unique formula, the fuel is characterised by its special black colour and it is sold in 25 percent and 16 percent nitro blends.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

March 9, 2018

JConcepts 15th Anniversary Skull shirts

JConcepts have announced fresh new apparel at the recent 2018 Dirt Nitro Challenge with a new 15th anniversary T-shirt and hooded sweater. The newly designed skull logo pops with the iconic lightning bolt, noting the World Championship brand while celebrating the 15th anniversary of JConcepts. Behind, the distressed imagery helps bring together a cool look. The back of the merchandise has a large logo placement printed in a gray tone for the stealthiest look. The T-shirt itself is 100 percent cotton, while the hoodie is made using a 50/50 cotton and polyester blend, and packs a durable zip design along with the popular fabric material. The shirt and sweater are available in M to XXXL sizes.

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March 9, 2018

PSM MP9 TKI4 aluminium shock standoff set

PSM have introduced an aluminium shock standoff set for the Kyosho MP9 TKI4 buggy. The alloy shock standoffs are designed for lightweight shock fastening and will work with Kyosho MP9 TKI4. The special design features the flat-width moved to the centre of the standoff to provide easier access for tightening. The standoffs are treated with a dark gold anti-wear coating and they come in sets of four.

Source: PSM [psmfactory.com]

March 9, 2018

Xray Racing Series Germany Rd6 – Report

The sixth and final round of the Xray Racing Series Germany was held at the Eifel-Ring at Leimbach, located close to the famous Nurburgring. It was already the fourth XRS appearance in two seasons on the original ETS carpet of this 111-meter track with its challenging mixture of a technical and a fast section. The hosting MAC Adenau club did a great job again and received 53 entries but some had to cancel mainly because of a cold. Lot of racers including five young talents joined the competition which started with ten hours of intense practice on Saturday. In the Touring Car Stock class, a 13.5T Xray motor was mandatory as well as hand-out tyres from Hudy or Volante. Racing was fully under control of Majuran Tharmalingam. The local hero took the TQ as well as all three wins in the A-mains to catch the overall victory. Joerg Baldes, who was 2nd in qualifying just one second behind Tharmalingam, snatched the runner-up spot, four hundredth of a second in front of Melvin Diekmann. Only the top three drivers completed 28 laps during the heats. In the mains Baldes and Diekmann showed thrilling bumper-to-bumper racing with Baldes taking 2nd twice closely followed by Diekmann while he had to retire from the second main due to a malfunctioning ESC. Behind young Marc Stuebben, Tobias Hoeffin finished 5th which was enough to become XRS Touring Stock champion for the second time.

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