The second round of the Mibosport Cup 2016/17, organised by the team of Michal Bok, saw a total of 170 participants, with 93 drivers signing up for the on-road and 128 drivers signing up for the off-road classes. Qualifying for the Touring Car Modified class was won by Alexander Hagberg. Marek Černý finished second with Viljami Kutvonen in third.
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Following extensive testing with factory driver Alexander Hagberg, HotRace tyres have introduced their new line of 1/12 rims. The new rims material is lightweight but not fragile allowing maximum performance with the highest reliability. These rims are expected to be on the market from the second week of December.
Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]
Last weekend saw the 3rd round of the Israeli League take place at Speed Racing’s track. Following 4 rounds of qualifying Kyosho/Reds driver Yaniv Sivan took the TQ spot for the final. The final started while Yaniv Sivan taking the lead followed by Or Balulu with a battle for third between Aviv Maymon an Ido Carmon going on. An early mistake by Yaniv Sivan saw him lose 2 places, however he recovered fast and took back the lead. Aviv Maymon unfortunately hit engine problems and dropped out of contention and so after 40 minutes Yaniv Sivan took the win ahead of Or Balulu, with Ido Carmon completing the podium in 3rd.
VRC have introduced a new and exciting racing class in VRC Pro, called Rally X (Rally Cross). Based on the popular WRX style rally racing, VRC Pro delivers a completely new r/c racing experience, a true mix of on and offroad racing on special Rally X tracks. Rally X events will also visit existing on-road tracks like Heemstede and Messina in the future with these tracks converted to RallyX style tracks for these events. The 2016 VRC Worlds kick off with Rally X on the X1 track located in a harbor container terminal area. The X1 and MACH-X tracks will be the first tracks available for Rally X. Rally X is a new class of r/c racing that is unique to VRC Pro. Rally car racing does not exist in real life r/c racing, but as it combines on and off-road racing many r/c racers are expected to embrace this spectacular class. Rally X will be released on November 29 when the 2016 VRC Worlds kick off on X1.
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Samix have released these front knuckle brass weights for the Axial SCX10-2. Made from high quality brass, with special black and gold anodising, they are a direct fit for the Samix front knuckle. Easy assembly, requiring only 2 screws, they allow full degree steering with the left & right total weight of 209g able to help make your climbing easier.
Not wasting any time, T-Works have introduced a whole host of new items for the newly released Xray X1 2017. New items include a set of 64-grade titanium ball ends, a complete titanium turnbuckle set, as well as a hybrid version, and a load of different screw sets. The screw sets include full titanium with the newly announced UFO head, gold plated steel screw set, a mix of titanium and 7075-T6 orange anodised screws and finally a complete set of orange anodised aluminium screws.
Capricorn have announced the signing of 2015 European B Champion Luca Piromalli to their team. Highly experienced and very helpful with everyone at the track, Luca will be behind the wheel of a new LAB C-803 powered by Tesla engines. Luca had this to say:
I would like to thank Serpent and Sprint RC for the last, successful season and am looking forward for this new adventure with Patrizio and the Capricorn team.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
The second round of the British LMP-12 national series took place at the permanent MB Models facility in Leeds. The meeting was held over two days, with Saturday being 13.5 fixed timing for all drivers, and Sunday being split between 6.5 fixed timing modified and 13.5 fixed timing Sports Modified. The quality of the field was credibly high, with past World Champions David Spashett and Alexander Hagberg heading the entry list. Past National Champions Olly Jefferies and Chris Kerswell were also guaranteed front runners, along with the Schumacher team headed by Andy Murray, who had used the track extensively to test their new LMP car, the Eclipse.
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