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March 8, 2013

Mibosport Cup Rd7 report

The recent 7th round of the Yokomo presented Mibosport Cup saw 120 drivers from the Czech Republic and many other parts of Europe. Run in several electric on-road and off-road classes such as 2WD and 4WD buggy, Stock Zero 17.5T, Modified TC, Formula and Yokomo GT, for the seventh round also a Dash for Voucher Race was added to the main race and it offered again a great show. In the Modified TC category 24 drivers entered the race and fought for the victory. The TQ went to Zdenko Kunak ahead of Martin Hudy and Marek Cerny. The A final saw Zdenko Kunak winning the race on its first outing with his new Yokomo. Martin Hudy and Kuba Simurda finished second and third respectively. 25 drivers fought for the top positions in the Stock Zero 17.5T class and the class saw a great battle between Marek Cerny and Zdenko Kunak during and in the finals finals too. TQ and the class win went to Marek Cerny. David Nemcek was able to grab second spot with Toni Stangl and Oskar Gabor Forrai in tow.

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March 7, 2013

Yeah Racing 2-in-1 on-road gauge

Yeah Racing introduce a 2 in 1 ride height and droop gauge for the use with 1/12th and 1/10th on-road chassis. The gauge is designed to measure the chassis’ ride height from 3.6mm to 8mm in 0.2mm increments and the suspension droop from 2mm to 9.2mm. The tool machined from aluminium and is available in black or blue colour.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

March 7, 2013

Oscar Cabezas joins Collari MLC

Multi-time Spanish national 1/8th on-road champion Oscar Cabezas announce his departure from Merlin fuel and his new tie-up with fuel supplier Collari MLC to run their products in this year’s Spanish nats and at the Euro in Halifax. This is what Oscar has to say:

I want to thank Merlin for these good years […] I’ve been 5 times Spanish Nats Champion and two times direct finalist [at the] Euros. Now I’m very happy of start a new stage with MLC. The victory, pole position and fastest lap in the first race of this year’s National at Valencia is a good start.

Source: Oscar Cabezas

March 7, 2013

Hiro Seiko aluminium & titanium screw sets

Hiro Seiko introduce new lightweight screw kits for Xray, Tamiya, Hot Bodies and Yokomo touring cars. Available are aluminium and titanium combo as well as pure titanium sets that are made to lower the overall weight of the chassis while creating cool looks and give added rigidity. Available for the Xray T4, Tamiya TRF415 V5, Hot Bodies TCXX and Yokomo BD7 the aluminium and titan combo sets save between 17 and 28g with the Ti only sets saving you 12 to 20g.

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March 6, 2013

Matrix 1/8th Xtreme rims

Matrix have introduced their newly designed Xtreme rim for 1/8 featuring new plastics following a year and a half research with a large European plastics company. The new design offers higher cornering speeds and lots of rear stability and will be available in three different types, normal (white plastic), carbon (with carbon) and a lightweight version. The light version uses a modified nylon which has a mass less than the polypropylene used by other manufacturers, the benefits of which is weight, these rims being the lightest on the market but with the same strength as the normal nylon rim. The weight of one set of 1/8 rims is only 62 grams. matrix will soon produce 1/10 rims with this special plastic.

Source: Matrix Tires [matrixtires.it]

March 6, 2013

Dario Balestri takes Rd1 of Italian Nationals

The opening round of the Italian 1/10th 200mm Nationals were held last weekend in Acquaviva delle Fonti. Qualifying would see KM Racing driver Dario Balestri head the timing sheets in front of Alessio Mazzeo and Alessio Forte. However before the finals could be run the father of one of the racers had a serious medical emergency and had to be rushed to hospital and so along with the agreement of all the drivers the race director made the decision to stop the race and declare the results based on qualifying.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

March 6, 2013

Oscar Cabezas wins Spanish season opener

This past weekend saw the first race of the Spanish nationals take place in Almussafes and Nacho Lopez sent this report. We were quite confident before the race, because we had a really good setup. However the weather forecast was not so good everything could happens. This year in Spain we have two direct finalists to increase the emotion of the heats. So it was important to achieve at least a second place to avoid the semifinals.

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March 5, 2013

International GP series – Announcement

International GP series - Announcement

The organisers of the new Italian race series ‘International GP’ were in touch to promote their 4 round championship. Supported by many of the main Italian RC Car brands the series kicks off this weekend in Fiorano before making 3 more stops, ending in September. Catering for 1/8th and 1/10th gas onroad, entries are open to everyone and its not too late to take part in the opening round. For more information on the race series, visit the official site here.