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May 14, 2013

KM Racing joins Euro Nitro Series

KM Racing joins Euro Nitro SeriesKMLogo

With final preparations well underway for the first race of the Euro Nitro Series, the organisers of the exciting new championship for onroad nitro racers today announced that reigning 1:10 200mm World Champion manufacturer KM Racing will join the series coming on board as a Primary sponsor of the two race ‘Pilot Series’. Set to release its first 1:8 Onroad contender, the K8, which is currently under going final development testing, KM Racing join Xray, Shepherd Micro Racing and Novarossi as the key sponsors of the inaugural season of the ENS.

View the complete announcement here

May 14, 2013

Cabezas takes victory in Rd2 of Spanish Nationals

The second round of the Spanish 1/8th onroad Nationals was held in Madrid under sunny conditions and good temperatures. Qualifying saw Oscar Cabezas get the pole-position, being the only driver to make 14 laps on the way to a new track record, while in second position was Carlos Peracho. In the final Cabezas led the entire race and won by more than a lap advantage over Nacho Lopez in 2nd and three laps over Carlos Peracho in 3rd. Oscar leads the National standings with two wins from two races ahead of the third and final race on the 14th of July in Vigo, next to the beach.

View the final standings here

May 13, 2013

Susanto & Tribudiman win Jakarta Regional Rd2

Round 2 of the Jakarta Regional 1/10 EP Championship was held at the Sunter International Speedway Circuit with total of 40 drivers joining the race. The race was ran in the counter clockwise layout and in good sunny weather. In the primary superstock class, current standing leader Bowie Ginting was ill and couldn’t attend the race. In qualifying Teddy Syach took the TQ spot with his Tamiya followed by Heri Susanto and Ronny Suwarto in 2nd and 3rd respectively with their Xrays. Chandra Yosef took the TQ spot in the Stock 13.5 boosted class. The interesting story in the Superstock class was in the main final which saw three different winners in each leg. The main final was won by Heri, Teddy and Ronny. So, there was the same points for all three drivers. With the two best round to count Heri won the race followed by Ronny and Teddy. In Stock Rama Tribudiman successfully took the win from pole man, Chandra Yosef followed by Robert Hendrawan.

View the final results here

May 13, 2013

Yeah Racing droop & ride-height setup system

Yeah Racing have released this complete droop & ride-height setup system for 1/10th on road cars. The set comes complete with droop blocks, droop gauge & ride height gauge and comes in 3 different colours, blue, orange and purple. Droop can be measured from -4mm to 10mm while the ride height gauge has a range from 2mm to 7mm in 0.5mm increments.

Source: Yeah Racing []rcmart.com]

May 12, 2013

IRCC2013 Nagoya Airport race – Announcement

The organisers of the annual IRCC event that takes place in Japan have been in contact to tell us about this year’s event which will be held from the 28th to the 30th of June. The race is unique in that it will be held in Nagoya International airport, in a meeting room near the arrivals section. With the airport having a hotel and restaurants, you wont need to do much traveling and can in fact access the track by foot. Unfortunately, due to the Japanese 1/12th Nationals being held in early July they decided not to have the 1/12th modified class this year. There are lots of other attractive classes and the event is again open to international competitors. Racers interested can visit the official event site here, where you will find all the information also in English.

May 12, 2013

Hobby Arena Romania grand opening

Our friends in Romania got in touch to tell us about their all new state of the art track which recently held their grand opening event. The Hobby Arena track saw hundreds of people come out to enjoy the event and track in Frumusani near Bucharest, not just from all around Romania, but they also had international visitors from Bulgaria, Italy, Hungary, Austria and Switzerland. The opening day was not only the occasion to present the track, it was a festival for the hobby and fun, everything for rc car enthusiasts, whether they are professionals or just hobbyists. The hosts, representatives of Hobby Arena, Autorc Hobby Store and Motosport Racing Team Club, spent every effort to make everybody feel at home. Soft drinks, soda’s, beer, even some meal, everything provided. This is the biggest project of its kind in Eastern Europe, and yes, this was a rc car festival.

View more details & photos here

May 11, 2013

Xenon VSS 1/12th scale front-end

Xenon Racing have released details about their soon to be released VSS 1/12th scale front-end. Made to a very high quality it will be compatible with the Associated R5 and L4 and other direct drive pan cars. Available in regular or hard material Xenon are the first company to allow you to choose the kingpin angle for the front knuckle from 6 steps (0-5 degrees). Other features are its easily adjustable width using screws from the outside of the lower arm as well as a two part upper arm with turnbuckle adjustment. The bulkhead has been made from 7075 aluminum and will be available in blue or black while the king pin and hinge pin have been been made from coated titanium.

View images of the kingpin angles here

May 11, 2013

WRC F-One steering option parts

Italian firm WRC have announced some new parts for the front of the F-One chassis. First up is a new threaded front king pin and nut which replaces the previous version which used a c-clip so the new version is easier to assemble and more reliable. Next up is a new front steering hub made from a combination of aluminium and carbon fibre, super high quality and lightweight. Next up continuing to focus on the front end are new high quality and lightweight aluminium wheel axles. Finally for the shock absorber are new 3 hole pistons for increased tuning options.

View more images of the front end here