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November 29, 2016

Davide Ongaro parts way with Mugen

Up and coming Italian racer and star of the recent World Championships in Las Vegas Davide Ongaro has announced today that he will part ways with Mugen. Davide said, “After three years of a successful cooperation with Mugen Seiki Europe that peaked with the brilliant results at the Vegas Worlds, it is time for me and my team to try a new adventure. My new destination will be announced shortly. I would like to take the chance to thank Stefan at MSE, Sanada San and Osaka San at Mugen Japan, and my team mates Adam Drake and Robert Batlle for all the support they gave me. Your help is something I’ll be forever grateful for.” Whats next for the young racer? It will all be confirmed soon.

November 29, 2016

Samix SCX10-2 aluminium outer driveshaft set

Samix have introduced their aluminium outer driveshaft set for the Axial SCX10-2. Made from high quality aluminium and anodised in 3 different colours, the new part helps improve both the rigidity and durability of the drive train.

Source: Samix [rcsamix.com]

November 29, 2016

Joel Valander double at Winter Jumps Rd2

Winter Jumps Round 2 was held by Fullspeed RC at capital of Finland, Helsinki. Race was held from Saturday to Sunday. Track surface was familiar EOS carpet. In 2wd level was pretty high with many top drivers from Finland and over 60 entries. Samppa Orhanen was TQ after three rounds of qualifying, Joel Valander was starting second and Joona Haatanen third. In first A.final Samppa got stop and go penalty for early start as he moved little bit on the grid. Joel and Joona had a nice battle but Joel won A1 0.5s front of Joona Haatanen. Samppa dominated A2 as Joel and Joona crashed out. Last final came and Samppa crashed early, Joel went to the lead and never looked back and Joona wasn’t able to catch.

Continue reading the report here

November 29, 2016

Lee & Quek win at Singapore Race Party

The final race of the 2016 season at Urban PlaySpace was the year-end Race Party this past weekend. A total of 40 entries made this the year’s biggest race, and a fitting conclusion to an action packed racing year. In the Touring Stock Class (17.5T Blinky), a total of 30 racers battled for honours. Fresh from his big win in Xiamen, China, Nicholas Lee would secure TQ with 2 wins in the 3 qualifying rounds. In the A-main, Nicholas maintained his momentum and rolled to 2 wins in the first 2 legs. Dominic Quek showed great pace at the start of each leg but ultimately had to be satisfied with 2nd after winning Leg 3 of the A-main which Nicholas sat out. YS Heng was in a close battle with the rest of the field for the final podium spot, and finally secured 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

November 29, 2016

Bill Lykaris wins 1/10 Greek Championhip

The fourth and final round of the Greek Championship took place at the Fanatix Racing Track near Athens. After 4 rounds of qualification it was John Sotiropoulos who took the TQ in front of Shepherd racer Bill Lykaris with a gap of only 0,6sec. At the beginning of the 35 minute main final Bill Lykaris was able to take over the lead but it was a close race for the complete distance. For most of the race Bill was able to hold the lead only losing it when he was coming to the pitlane for fuel due to a different pit strategy. At the end Bill crossed the finishing line in first position scoring enough points to secure the Greek National Championship title. With a gap of 2 seconds Dimitris Papadopoulos finished the race in second position with John Sotiropoulos completing the podium about half a lap down.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

November 29, 2016

Techra Setup Wand

Seen during the summer but only now available, Techra announce a unique new tool for setting up touring cars, the Setup Wand. This is a must-have all-in-one tool for building and setting up touring cars. It includes a car bulkhead alignment tool, two droop gauge blocks, two droop gauges and a ride hight gauge with a magnetic system that puts all the tools securely and neatly in place. The Setup Wand is made from aluminium 7075 anodised in black with beautiful shiny silver corner edges for looks.

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November 29, 2016

VBC LightningFXM Alu chassis plate & rear pod

VBC Racing have released two new items for their latest formula car the LightningFXM. First up is a redesigned aluminium chassis which features improved chassis flex characteristics from the new side slots design. Also new is an 7075 aluminium rear pod plate. Both new items are available now.

View more images of the new products here

November 28, 2016

Hobbywing XeRun XR10 optional top case

New from Hobbywing for their XeRun XR10 Pro ESC comes this optional top case. A direct replacement for the standard aluminium top case, this new version has a larger heatsink footprint, and so accepts a larger diameter fan than the standard version, as well as featuring taller fins for more surface area to improve cooling. In testing with their team drivers this optional item showed a significant drop in operating temperatures for the ESC which makes it ideal for tracks where the speedo would normally run hotter. Available in anodised black or orange.

View a side by side case comparison here