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March 4, 2017

Neumann recovers to dominate Qualifying Day 1 in China

The opening day of qualifying got underway at ARC International Raceway in Xiamen, China for the 2017 Guan Kou Sunpadow Offroad GP with 3 rounds for Nitro Buggy followed by 2 rounds for EP Buggy. Round 1 in Nitro Buggy saw first blood go to Atsushi Hara, a number of errors by Serpent driver Joern Neumann, including a costly error on the main straight that lost him 10 seconds, allowing his team mate Shin Adachi to take 2nd spot for the round with Joern having to settle for 3rd.

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March 3, 2017

Collari caps off Infinity test with tough Singapore win

Lamberto Collari capped off a successful pre-season Infinity team test with a tough victory at the opening round of the Singapore GP Onroad National Series. Travelling to the Marine Paradise Radio Control Modellers Club track to capitalise on the Singapore hot weather, Collari and the rest of the Infinity team’s participation made for the Singapore event’s most high profile entry to-date. In the 45-minute final, the Italian, who qualified 7th, enjoyed a great battle with team-mate Takaaki Shimo. At the end of 152 laps, the two stalwarts of 1:8 battling hard for the duration of the race, just 0.179 separated them. Completing the podium, Jilles Groskamp would finish 3rd a lap down on the lead battle. Making his Infinity race debut, Dario Balestri was Top Qualifier ahead of Groskamp but the race would go less well and he would finish 6th. Surprising Naoto Matsukura showed good nitro skills qualifying fourth and also set the fastest lap of the final but he had to retire with 7 minutes remaining.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

March 3, 2017

Matrix welcomes Thilo Tödtmann

Matrix Racing Tires have announced the signing of 1/10th 200mm class specialist, Thilo Tödtmann to their World Factory racing team. ENS podium finisher and multiple main finalist, the German frontrunner, who recently also signed with Shepherd, will use Matrix tires in all open tire races while also helping with product development.

Source: Matrix [matrixtires.it]

March 3, 2017

Procircut Claymore 1/8th buggy tyre

The latest in the line of Procircuit’s all-new 1/8th buggy tyres is the Claymore. A mash of the previous Square Impact and Hot Dices treads the new tyre features the Square Impact’s pin pattern made up using larger pins similar to the Hot Dices tread. The tyre will excel on clean or slightly dusty tracks and it has already proven its performance by allowing Robert Batlle to grab the runner-up spot at the 2016 IFMAR Worlds in Las Vegas. The tyre will come pre-glued on yellow dish rims, including the new XL insert and in super soft, soft and medium compounds.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]

March 3, 2017

Andrea Simari successful at LRP-AE-Challenge Rd5

The RC Evolution track in Ranica (BG) hosted the fifth and penultimate round of the Italian LRP-AE-Challenge Championship. Andrea Simari managed to TQ all three rounds of qualifying ahead of Andrea Valerio to earn himself the pole position for the A-Main, with Federico Barbieri starting from third. Simmer concluded his perfect weekend winning the opening two legs of the A-main and bringing home full points from the meeting. Coming out on top of the field the third A-main, Federico Barbieri completed a Capricorn 1-2 ahead of the Xray of Valerio. Thanks to the result, the overall championship standings going into the final round see Simari (Capricorn) leading from Valerio (Xray) and Bizzocco (Xray).

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

March 3, 2017

Introducing the 2017 CETC presented by Infinity

Red RC China are proud to introduce the CETC, Chinese Electric Touring Car Championships, a 4 round electric onroad racing series that travels along the South Eastern China seaboard. With major backing from EP newcomers Infinity, the CETC presented by Infinity will kick off in late March at the Amazing Indoor Arena in Guangzhou, before traveling to Xiamen, Shanghai and finally Hong Kong. With additional support from Serpent and Sunpadow batteries, the series will cater for Modified Touring, Pro Stock Touring and Formula, all classes to run on handout Sweep Racing tires, with Pro Stock and Formula also using handout spec motors from ORCA.

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March 3, 2017

JConcepts driver commemorative racing stripe T-shirts

JConcepts have introduced three new commemorative racing stripe T-shirts featuring Spencer Rivkin’s, JR Mitch’s and Renaud Savoya’s signature colours. An off-shoot of the original racing stripes T, the newly designed version pops with flare in the new colours. The shirt hosts the JConcepts.net logo and original tag line, World Proven Innovation and Design and features Spencer’s purple/blue, JR’s white/red or Reno’s yellow/orange signature colours. All shirts are made of 100 percent cotton and they are available in adult M to XXXL sizes.

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March 3, 2017

Rickside B6 wing mount extensions & Ackermann plates

Japanese brand Rickside Design Products has introduced two new option parts for the Team Associated B6 and B6D buggies. First up are 4mm wing mount extensions made of aluminium. The bushings were designed to set the wing further back which can result in improved downforce especially at high speeds while also shifting some weight towards the rear. The mounts are machined from high-quality aluminium, they come black anodised and including longer mounting screws. By using a double layer of bushings the wing can be set at a +8mm offset for even greater influence.

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