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January 29, 2007

Martin Hudy wins International Friendship Race 2007

Martin Hudy

Xray are reporting on their site that Martin Hudy, driving his Xray T2007 won the International Friendship race held at the beginning of January in Vienna, Austria. The race was attended by 55 drivers from Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Hungary and the racing was split into 2 classes, stock and modified. Martin dominated the entire race, taking the race TQ, and then going on to take the win ahead of 2nd placed Vaclav Strupek also with and Xray and Markus Eder in 3rd.

You can read the full report from the event here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 28, 2007

Snowbirds Motor Tech 2007

With the biggest indoor race in the world, The Snowbirds, only around the corner the organisers have released some of their findings with regards concerns that some stock motors come 10 degrees timed more or less than the factory 24 degrees they are supposed to be. Of the 40 motors tested, 20 new CS27s and 20 new Komodos, none had any major tweaking to the timing but there were some tiny differences due to tolerances. You can see the highly accurate gauge in the picture above that will be used to test all racers and anyone found with a heavily tweaked armature will be disqualified, so best check with tech control before the racing starts.

You can read their full report and see more images here.

Source: Snowbirds [snowbirdnationals.com]

January 28, 2007

Serpent prepared for the 2007 Winternats

2007 Winternats

With all the talk surrounding next months Florida Winternats concerning the international race debut of the Xray NT1, its good to also hear how the other teams are approaching the event. Seprent Motorsport from Holland have published a piece on their site outlining their preperations for thos race and also the team that they are sending.

The current 1:10 Winternat Champions, Serpent’s line up will include defending champion Paolo Morganti who will also race also in the 1:8 category. Joining him in 1:10 is fellow countryman and top Florida State Series competitor DJ Apollo who knows the Florida track well. Adding an international flavour to Team Serpent’s line is Factory driver Mark Green, emerging Austrian talent Daniel Tomaschko, fellow country man Gerhard Kandelhart and top Dutch racers Richard Keur & Ruud Schuitmaker.

Read the full article here.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 27, 2007

Team Orion Wasp CRF Rev .21

Team Orion Wasp CRF .21

Team Orion have announced that they will introduce the .21 3.5cc version of their revolutionary CRF Wasp motor at the Nurnberg toy fair next week. Made with input from Adrien Bertin, although how much influence could he have only being there a month is questionable, the engine is designed for use in your buggy or even your truggy. More information will be made available when its released.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

January 25, 2007

Novarossi release branded Kawahara Zac tires

Novarossi Kawahara Zac tires

Novarossi have announced that have gotten the exclusive distribution rights for Kawahara made tyres in Europe. The new tyres are sold under the Novarossi label and this deal obviously came about due to their connection with Kawahara who are distributors for Novarossi in Japan.

Since 2007 NOVAROSSI WORLD s.r.l. we provide the european market with the best japanese tires that are available, these tires have a equal level of quality as our engines. With that in mind you can expect a tire made with the best possible traction and with less wear. For 1:8 the tires come with hardnesses starting from 30 shore to 42 shore. The 1:10 200mm tires starting at 32 shore to 45 shore. Available for the most populair on-road racing cars. These tires will be sold through your local NOVAROSSI dealer.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]

January 25, 2007

Paul LeMieux confirmed to race NT1

All round top Xray driver Paul LeMieux has been confirmed to drive the all new NT1 this season and will be debuting at the upcoming Winternats in Florida at the beginning of February. In this week alone, Jilles Groskamp and Carlos Peracho have been signed up to the big names already running the new car like Ralph Burch and Barry Baker. Which such a big team and so much hype around the release of this car lets hope it doesn’t dissapoint.

I have seen a lot of RC factories and tracks around the world but nothing even comes close to XRAY’s amazing new facility. I very proud to have such a professional company and very nice people supporting me. Testing and running the NT1 went great, it was no surprise to me but very impressive that XRAY’s very first nitro touring car will be top notch from the start.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 25, 2007

Juho Levanen wins Fintrack Nationals Rd1

Fintrack Nationals Rd1

Last weekend saw round 1 of the Fintrack Nationals held Kuusankoski track in a big sports hall. The event was very well attended despite it being held the week after the DHI cup and saw Teemu Leino, Juho Levanen and Simo Ahoniemi all entered. Despite being quick in qualifying and the races, a number of small errors meant that Teemu Leino couldnt translate that pace into a win and it was Juho Levanen that took the overall win ahead of Xray drivers Leino and Pekka Koivula in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

You can read the full report from the race here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 24, 2007

Serpent release Mega ZX21 DSII+

Mega ZX21 DSII+

Serpent have released the updated version of their ZX21 DSII, the DSII+. Featuring and updated combustion chamber and piston, the new motor allows more consistent tuning as well better reving thanks to the smaller contact between the piston and the liner. The engine has the same part number as the previous DSII and is available now.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]