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February 16, 2017

Rheinard excited to begin new chapter in career with Infinity

Marc Rheinard has announced that he has signed to race for electric touring car newcomers Infinity with the 4-time World Champion ‘excited by the new challenge’ of a 2-year contract with the Japanese manufacturer. Electric touring car’s most successful driver, winning its top prize three times, the German established himself as one of the sport’s all time greats through a driver/manufacturer relationship that spanned an impressive 22-years. Cutting his teeth in racing at the controls of a Tamiya, Rheinard and the iconic R/C brand became a formidable force starting out with a first World title together in 2004 and two further back to back titles in 2008 and 2010. This golden era however was to come to an unexpected end in December when Tamiya shocked the racing world with the news they were calling time on their TRF race team. Through his admirable loyalty to Tamiya, he had never been available before to rival Touring Car manufacturers so one positive of the news was that it presented the opportunity to other manufacturers to try and secure the services of the 30-year-old. Receiving a number of offers, and taking his time to carefully consider each of them, it was to be the ambitious plans of Infinity that would secure Rheinard’s signature marking the beginning of a brand new chapter in his career. The deal also comes as a major boost to Infinity as they embark on their first foray in EP touring car with them also announcing the signing two of Rheinard’s former TRF team-mates, 2014 World Champion Naoto Matsukura and Akio Sobue, will all three making their Infinity debut at the TITC in Bangkok this weekend.

Continue reading the announcement here

February 16, 2017

Xray add David Loppini to their factory team

Xray have announced the signing of reigning Italian 200mm vice-champion, David Loppini to their factory team. Already an Xray privateer David will now receive the full factory support at races such as the Italian national championship, the ENS and select international events. The multiple ENS finalist had the following to say:

Since I was a child my dream was to be part of Xray team. Attention to details and the chase for perfection are exclusive Xray features. I have raced as a private driver the Xray cars and the reliability and especially the performance helped me to reach all my achievements and to improve myself as a driver. Now with focus for international level races I am very happy to be part of the team and family, which is a dream come true for me. I am more excited than ever and I am looking forward to hit the track.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 16, 2017

3DRC RC10 5+5 front A-arm set

German brand 3DRC have introduced their new 5+5 front A-arms for the Team Associated RC10. Designed to offer a 10mm of additional track width and a 5mm longer wheelbase the arms also optimise the shock and suspension geometry. The parts are available in white and black colour through 3DRC’s Shapeways store now.

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February 16, 2017

Hagberg heads first seeding practice at TITC

Alexander Hagberg has topped the first round of seeding practice at the TITC in Bangkok, the Xray driver setting the fastest 3-consecutive laps just ahead of Infinity’s Jilles Groskamp and reigning champion Bruno Coelho. With the majority of the international drivers having already spent almost a week testing at the Infinity Addict Circuit, the first of the two scheduled seeding rounds finally gave the first official opportunity to gauge where everyone is at with Hagberg and Groskamp running almost identical times, the separation just 5/1000ths of a second. Aside from the times, the first seeding practice would be of extra interest as it marked the debut of Marc Rheinard as an Infinity driver, the Japanese manufacturer finally confirming the signing of the former Tamiya star this afternoon at Asia’s most famous touring car event. As an opening run Rheinard would post the 8th fastest time behind Atsushi Hara, who after concluding a deal with the local distributor is ironically racing the TITC for Tamiya.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

February 16, 2017

WMW Fehring 24h race – Announcement

The Austrian WMW Fehring club, host of past EFRA 1/10th, 1/8th and 1/6th scale European Championships, has announced a 24h race for 1/8th scale buggies. A maximum of 16 teams, with a single car and up to six drivers, can enter the event that will be held on the 9th and 10th of September. Full details and sign up can be found on the club’s website and social media page.

February 16, 2017

Ramos & Gomes win at RC Oeste indoor race

The recent RC Oeste indoor race saw Fabio Ramos taking the day’s win in the 4WD Buggy class from Hugo Miguel in second and Pedro Gomes third. Marco Timoteo and Miguel Santos rounded out the top 5 result. Elsewhere in the 2WD class it was young Pedro Gomes who walked away with the TQ and overall win after taking three of the four qualifiers and sweeping the finals. Rodolfo Maia and Filipe Miranda came in second and third from Jose Fernandes and Rui Crespo in fourth and fifth respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 16, 2017

2017 JBRL Electric & Nitro Series – Announcement

The organisers of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League have announced the dates and details of this year’s Electric and Nitro Series. Now in its 14th season the SoCal based series will again have eight rounds each while also going out of state twice with the nitro events. The electric series will kick off at the 11th of March at Coyote Hobbies raceway in Victorville while the opening round of the nitro series will take place on the 22nd of April at the Pro-Line track in Banning. All details and dates can be found on series’ official website here.

February 16, 2017

HRC Racing TSW dual gold connectors & reducer tubes

HRC Racing have introduced the TSW Pro Racing series 4mm and 5mm dual bullet-type connectors and 5mm to 4mm reducer tubes. Starting with the connectors, they offer both a 5mm and 4mm end as well as a centre section bore for easy soldering. The connectors are ideal to create charge harnesses that allow to be uses with the old-style 4mm and the new 5mm hardcase battery connectors and they are gold-plated and come as pair or 10-piece set. Also new are gold-plated 5mm to 4mm reducer tubes for hardcase battery packs with 5mm connectors. Using them allows to utilise both 5mm and 4mm packs without having to swap the standard 4mm connector on charge harnesses or speed controllers.

View the reducer tubes here