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September 12, 2017

Nitro-West-Masters Rd5 – Report

The 260-meter track of Velp in the Netherland with its fluent layout was the venue of round 5 of the Nitro-West-Masters last weekend. Velp is the traditional one-off race of the popular nitro on-road series outside Western Germany. A total of 50 participants joined the competition which was held for once between the German 1/8th and 1/10th scale nitro on-road nationals. On Saturday, it was pouring down most of the time limiting practice to only two dry slots. On Sunday, the start of qualifying was delayed for one hour to ensure a dry track for the competitors.

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September 12, 2017

Fenix new version 235mm pan car gear differential

Fenix have introduced a new version of their popular gear differential for 1/10th scale 235mm pan cars. Now coming with a 7mm Grade 5 titanium rear axle shaft the gear diff can be used in Pro10 cars such as the VIP Performance and Corally kits that use 7mm rear axles from standard. The diff and axle set comes including a sturdy 48 pitch 84T spur gear and it is available now.

Source: Fenix [fenix-racing.com]

September 12, 2017

Arrowmax Asia Race Cup China Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Arrowmax Asia Race Cup China was held at the AMA Amazing Indoor Arena in Guangzhou, China. The world-class indoor facility provided an excellent location, free of any weather threats. The event attracted some of the fastest racers from the region that would battle for entries for the AARC grand finale and in the three classes of Touring Modified, 13.5T Touring Stock and 21.5T Formula – the latter two using control Dash-brand motors. The Modified Touring class featured a veteran vs. youngster classic, as 14-years old Lao Min Hou narrowly edged out Stick-King, one of the best known drivers from Hong Kong, to grab the TQ honours for the race.

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September 12, 2017

Anthony Westergaard wins at JBRL Nitro Series Rd6

Central Valley R/C in Madera, California played host to round 6 of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League Nitro Series this past weekend. In the Expert Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Anthony Westergaard with the TQ after the two qualifiers with Cody King (HB Racing) coming in 2nd, tie on points with Anthony but with the slower tie-breaker time. In the following 15-minutes A-main it was again Anthony with the fastest run and he took the win some six seconds in front of Austin Blair (SWorkz) on the runner-up spot while AJ Schumacher (Team Associated), who qualified 7th, grabbed the final possum spot as Cody King had to settle for 6th overall.

Image: Joe Pillars

September 12, 2017

Byung Hwan Kim teams up with Xray

Xray have announced the signing of top Korean touring car driver and national champion Byung Hwan Kim to their factory team. The former Xray privateer will be using Xray’s T4 platform at all major races in Korea and he will also attend at select oversea races such as the Reedy Race, the TITC, AOC and JMRCA events. Kim says:

I am very happy to join the Xray factory Team. During preparing 2016 World race cup, I could test various brand vehicles with the best quality Xray. I could also participate in 2016/17 seasons in Korea with the best quality Xray and made a good performance. I would like to give many thanks to Xray team that gave me a good race experience in Korea and also to Team James Racing in Korea who gave me a lot of help. I will make my best effort for the remaining 2017 season and coming 2018 season.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 12, 2017

Alfred Lao Minhao wins at Chinese Nationals

The recent 2017 China National Radio Car Championship was held in a multitude of classes and in the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring category it was Xray driver Alfred Lao Minhao with the win. Suffering from some problems in the triple qualifiers, Alfred would still qualify on the P2 spot and once the 45-minute main final got under way he quickly settled down and was able to take over the lead following a mishap of the leader on lap 2. From there Alfred was able to conserve a two to six seconds distance to the field and when the 2nd placed driver made a mistake around the 27-minute mark, Alfred would shift into cruise mode to bring home the championship from Li Cong (Serpent) in 2nd and Ho Wing Fai (Serpent) in 3rd (not pictured).

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September 11, 2017

Balestri leads strong Infinity practice showing at Worlds

After 2 days of practice it is Dario Balestri who is fastest at the 1:8 Onroad World Championships in France. The Italian led a 1,2,3 for Infinity setting the fastest 3-consecutive laps around the RC Circuit Jean Nougier track which drivers have unanimously described as difficult. With Balestri’s fastest time posted in yesterday’s fifth & final run, the main improvement of today came from reigning champion Simon Kurzbuch who would manage to break up the Infinity domination, them having held the Top 7 times for most of the day. Despite engine issues in the 9th round of free practice he would end his curtailed run with 3-laps that where good enough to put his Shepherd driver fourth fastest. The only other non Infinity drivers in the Top 10 would be new Mugen signing Syoki Takahata in 7th and Bruno Coelho who took his Xray to 9th.

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September 11, 2017

Schumacher BTCC finale – Report

The final round for 2017 of the Schumacher BTCC took place this weekend at the popular Cotswolds circuit. The drivers had to contend with incredibly mixed and difficult track conditions throughout the day as the UK weather is definitely in Autumn mode. Olly Jefferies dominated the Modified class as he has for most of 2017 taking a comfortable win in both legs of the finals after taking TQ. Chris Grainger was 2nd and Elliott Harper 3rd.

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