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March 9, 2018

Masaki Kiyoi wins at RCI V2 New Year’s race

The recent New Year’s Cup was held at Shanghai’s RCI V2, kicking off the local racing season. Lots of drivers competed in this weekend race that held some stiff competition. China-based Japanese driver Masaki Kiyoi was dominant all weekend, setting the fastest lap times and showing great consistency and speed. Masaki would TQ the qualifying and in the first A-main, Masaki pulled away at the start of the race and never looked back. Winning the second A-main allowed Masaki to sit out the third and final main as he already secured the overall win after A2.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 9, 2018

Infinity IF14 lower suspension holders & spacer

Infinity has released two new optional suspension parts for its TITC-winning IF14 electric touring car. New “low” aluminium lower suspension holders give a hinge pin mounting height that is 0.5mm lower than the standard kit supplied version and are offered in the same -40.0, -44.5 and -46.0 range. Making it possible to set a lower roll centre, the choice of roll centre and toe angle is expanded offering racers an increased range of settings. Also released is a new lower suspension holder spacer. Supplied as a set of four, this 0.4mm spacer allows for quick set-up changes. Adding a single spacer at each lower suspension holder gives almost the same amount of change as derived with the eccentric bushing in the 0.5 position but without the need to remove the suspension.

View the other new parts here

March 9, 2018

Ádám Izsay sweeps Team Carpet Brothers 2.0 race

The recent round of the Austrian Team Carpet Brothers 2.0 racing series attracted drivers from Austria and Hungary and it was Ádám Izsay who set the pace in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. After the four rounds of qualifying Ádám took the TQ in both categories and he also went on to win all A-mains to take the 2WD win from Werner Spannbrückner and Zsolt Bajusz Jr, while the 4WD top 3 was completed by Zsolt Bajusz Jr. and Martin Fischer.

View the 4WD podium here

March 9, 2018

Morganti doubles at Florida Nitro Series Rd3

Round 3 of the Florida Nitro Series was hosted by Homestead RC Raceway. The 1/10th 200mm Sedan class was the one with more participants, since the drivers are using any chance they have to practice and setup their cars for the upcoming Worlds in October. Capricorn’s DJ Apolaro took the TQ from Paolo Morganti 2nd and Lazaro Alonso 3rd, making it an all-Capricorn top 3. The final was super close and exciting. At the beginning it looked like DJ had the advantage with a pit stop less and with a couple of mistakes from Paolo. But then disaster struck. The second gear on DJ’s failed and he had to race the last part of the race only in first gear. The race was super exciting to watch and was decided actually in the last minute. But was not a walk in the park for Paolo, since he was running out of tyres and had a massive understeer, making the car super slow on the right turns. When all was set and done Paolo was able to cross the finish line in first, just 0.2 tenth of a second front of DJ. Eduardo Cabal (Serpent) came in 3rd, a lap down on DJ as Lazaro finished in 4th from Rafael Angulo 5th.

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March 9, 2018

Xray XB4 graphite composite diff case

Coming from Xray and made for the XB4 1/10th 4WD buggy is a graphite composite differential case. Moulded from a special graphite reinforced material the case is lower in weight than the standard part while offering increases strength for a perfect balance between reliability and performance.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 9, 2018

Léo Arnold wins French 200mm opener

The opening round of the French 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Championship was held at the Monaco-based La Turbie track. The track is well know for its long left sweeper going onto the straight and the 180 degrees view of the sea and a part of Monaco. The weather conditions were mixed, with a partially dry track on the Friday afternoon that offered both parts that were dry while the long left corner being humid. Saturday morning heavy rain didn’t allow drivers to practice and the organisers decided to jump directly into the first qualifiers in the afternoon. As this was the first dry run many were left unsure what setups to use and it was Leo Arnold who made the best out of the conditions, scoring the best time after the three 4-minutes qualifiers from Frédéric La Spesa and Kévin Rasquin with the first two drivers being directly qualified in the main final. Right in time for the main final rain started to fall and it was decided to cut the final short to 20 minutes. In the main, Léo laid down an impressive performance and by being around one second faster per lap he was able to bring home the win despite the final minutes being pretty chaotic due to heavy rain. Behind the Xray driver, Aurélien Gouriau (Mugen) and Jean-Baptiste Geneau (Capricorn) would make up the top 3 results.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 9, 2018

Yeah Racing 2mm & 3mm aluminium lock nuts

Yeah Racing have introduced new aluminium lock nut set in 2mm and 3mm specification. They are machined from high-quality aluminium and feature a nylon locking inserts to prevent the nuts from becoming loose due to vibration. The nuts come in sets of ten in black or red colour.

View the other nuts sets here

March 9, 2018

International Dutch F1 Masters – Announcement

The 2018 International Dutch F1 Masters will be held from the 30th of March to the 1st of April at the MACH track in Heemstede, The Netherlands. The organisers expect about 60 to 70 entries from as far as Australia and New Zealand with 3-times winner, Jitse Miedema, trying to defend his titles using Infinity’s forthcoming F11 formula car. Sign-up for the event is available here and more information can be found on social media here.