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October 12, 2016

Bittydesign tease new Formula bodyshell

Italian company Bittydesign have released first teaser images of their forthcoming, yet unnamed, new Formula bodyshell. With the cockpit and air intake section appearing to be unchanged compared to the current Type-6C body, the nose section above the front wing seems to be of a more angled and contoured design. The side pod and rear shape details remains hidden so far meaning formula class fans have to wait for the official presentation, scheduled for the 18th of October, for full details and images of Bittydesign’s latest on-road bodyshell.

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October 12, 2016

The Swiss Carpet Race – Announcement

Mini Racing Chiasso will hold the The Swiss Carpet Race event on the weekend of the 13th of November at the Palapenz sports centre in Chiasso, Switzerland. Classes run include Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T Stock, 1/10th and 1/12th pan car as well as Formula. Registration for the event is now open here.

October 12, 2016

RC-Cox RX-10S titanium, alloy & golden screw kits

RC-Cox have introduced three new screw sets for the Destiny RX-10S touring car kit. First up is a 90-piece set of 64-grade titanium and black anodised 7075 aluminium fasteners. The durable titanium screws are mainly used in the lower parts of the chassis while the black alloy fasteners are used for the upper parts of the car. Also new is a 89-piece all-aluminium black screw kit for even more weight saving compared to the mixed titanium and alloy one while the third set, containing 90 gold-plated steel screw, is for looks only as it does not give any weight savings.

View the aluminium screw set here

October 12, 2016

Serpent SRX2 optional A-arms & MH wing mounts

Serpent have introduced a range of new A-arms for the SRX2 buggy. First up are new hard-compound front arms. Almost flex-free yet very durable the arms are best used in very high-grip conditions such as carpet, astro turf and prepped clay. Next up are updated rear arms for the SRX2 and also the SRX4. The new design allows to run the shock absorbers both in the front and the rear of the arm. The wishbones are available as standard and hard variant as well as longer variant for improved track width and the use on lower grip track, again available as standard and hard compound variant. The long wishbones need to be run with the optional longer rear driveshafts. Last but not least come the new shorter MH type SRX2 wing mounts that are usable with setups that utilise rear dampers that are mounted in front of the rear A-arm.

View the other new parts here

October 12, 2016

Marco Buccella joins MD Racing

Spanish company MD Racing have announced the signing of Italy’s Marco Buccella to their team. Marco will campaign MD Racing’s MDF14’16 formula car at events throughout the country and he has the following to say about the deal:

After several different cars that I tried over the season the MD Racing MDF14’16 got to me a very good feeling. The car is very fast and easy to drive. I want to thank Vicente Machancoses of MD Racing and Davide Marca of Minizracing.it/Markaracing.com for the opportunity to represent the team, and to look forward for achieving more great results with them. I will do my best to represent this fantastic brand in my country, Italy.

Source: MD Racing [mdracing.com]

October 12, 2016

Kyosho MT-4WD Psycho Kruiser VE 1/8th monster truck

Kyosho have introduced the MT-4WD Psycho Kruiser VE 1/8th scale ReadySet monster truck. The vehicles is based on a low-profile 4WD 3-differential chassis comparable to the popular Inferno truggy and it is equipped with a 1500kv Team Orion Neon 7 brushless motor and a 6S LiPo-compatible brushless controller. A shock-resistant, hardened battery case protects the LiPo battery while big bore threaded aluminium shock absorbers, aluminium shock towers and front and rear anti-roll bars keep the truck on track despite the extreme power it is able to develop. The included Syncro KT-201 2.4GHz radio system offers a fail-safe function for the unlikely event of signal loss and the included KS-203 steering servo was taken over from the 1/7th scale Scorpion XXL to ensure steering authority when the going gets tough. The ready-to-run truck is rounded out by an aerodynamic bodyshell and grippy tyres on multi-spoke rims.

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October 12, 2016

Blaze Racing X10 2015 235mm conversion kit

Coming from Blaze Racing is the 235mm conversion kit for the Xray X10 2017 pan car kit. The conversion widens the track width to 235mm while also extending the wheelbase by 7mm. Included with the set comes a genuine IRS rear axle to achieve the greater track width without the need to alter the motor pod plates or motor mounts while up front a wider suspension plate is used to achieve proper dimensions. Beside the carbon fibre rear axle and the 3mm front suspension plate the kit also includes a 3.5mm rear plate, wide left and right aluminium wheel hubs, diff rings, bearings and cone washer as well as longer stainless steel steering turnbuckles.

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October 12, 2016

Sergi Franch wins at Spanish 200mm Champs Rd4

The fourth and final round of the Spanish 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Championship was held at the Club Carsol track. Qualifying was a very close affair between Sergi Franch, Nacho Lopez and Johnny Pastor. After three of five rounds all three drivers were tie on points but Nacho and Sergi would score one more TQ each, handing Nacho the TQ although being tie on points with Sergi. Sergi, Johnny and Raul Amella would then compete in the super pole race that gave Sergi the 2 spot on the grid as he came out fastest. The start of the main final then saw Sergi taking the lead following a mistake of Nacho and so the fight for the runner-up spot was on between Nacho and Raul following a mistake of Johnny. With 10 minutes to go, Nacho and Sergi were fighting for the lead when Nacho made contact with Sergi, resulting in a stop & go penalty for Nacho. After the incident Sergi Franch (Mugen/Novarossi) was able to lay down a very consistent pace which allowed him to keep the lead until the end of the race to bring home the win from Nacho Lopez (Serpent/Picco) and Johnny Pastor (Mugen/Novarossi) in second and third respectively. With the second place Sergi also took the vice-championship title behind newly-crowned champion, Victor Pelaez (Serpent).

Thanks to Josep Franch for the report.