Hudy Tire Additive (#106260) has once again been chosen by the ETS organisation as the official tire additive for the 2015/2016 season. The additive, which will be coloured for each round, comes supplied in a special ETS specific 30ml see-through bottle and will be handed out to all racers at the start of each event.
Source: Hudy [hudy.net]
The U.S. Indoor Championships is among the oldest and most prestigious events in carpet racing. Held on Thanksgiving weekend at the Holiday Inn in Strongsville, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, the event draws top talent from across North America. At the end of qualifying, Paul Lemieux would hold TQ in Touring Modified while Sam Isaacs snatched the Touring 17.5T TQ, Danny Jenkins took the top qualifying honours in USGT, and Max Kuenning captured TQ in WGT.
Motiv have introduced their new Work Board. Measuring around 300x450mm the pit board comes in handy during build applications, basic set up and tuning tasks. 2.5mm thick and weighing in at around 450g the board is easy to store and transport and its printing process makes it resistant to most chemicals while the carbon fibre back round with Motiv branding makes for some visual impact in the pit area.
HPI Racing have released first official images of their forthcoming D216 1/10th scale 2WD buggy kit. Sharing many of its details with the ROAR championship winning D413 4WD buggy, including the triangulated shock towers and 12mm Big Bore V2 shocks, the new D216 machine has many of its own aspects. The narrow carbon fibre chassis allows to mount the battery pack in a transversal or longitudinal position and the mid-motor-only design makes for a nimble handling with maximum steering and rear traction. The carbon fibre battery strap and its orange anodised aluminium brace add additional stiffness to the rear of the chassis and the very distinctive mid-mounted transmission encloses a 3-gear transmission for the most efficient drivetrain possible, fitted with an externally adjustable 3-plate, large diameter slipper clutch. The high volume gear differential is easy to remove from the transmission case for tuning, and can be replaced with an optional ball diff if needed.
The Franck Deboes Memory race was held last weekend at the Loisirs Modélisme de Loos club with some of the fastest drivers from France in attendance. In the 2WD Buggy class Nico Risser swept the qualifiers to take the overall TQ and the pole position for the A-main. After some nice battles with Stephane Deroch, Nico would grab the overall win with Sebastien Wartelle rounding out the podium result. In the 4WD class TQ Sebastien Wartelle would come out successful from Stephane Deroch on second and Remi Callens in third.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Greek Attiko Cup was recently held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens. The race format was three rounds of qualifying followed by 30 minute finals and in the 200mm Sedan class it was Xray driver Dimitriou who took the overall TQ by coming out fastest in the early round one that allowed for the fastest times. Second on the grid was young and talented Licaris (Shepherd) from Sotiropoulos (Mugen) in third.
The grand daddy of all indoor races in North America, the U.S. Indoor Championships, was held in Cleveland, Ohio with the 36th running of this prestigious event attracting over 330 entries. In the 1/12th Modified A-main, CRC’s Andrew Knapp had a classic dogfight with Team Associated driver Keven Hebert. It was a real treat and a pleasure to watch both drivers wrestle the little rockets around the track within inches of each other. After a couple lead changes and a couple minor board meetings, Andrew fought his way to the front, coming from the 2 spot on the grid, to win the A-main in the featured class at the U.S. indoor Champs.
Italian company Hot Race Tyres have announced the signing of 2013 European Champion B, Marco Baruffolo to their team. Following a very strong showing this year Marco will not only use Hot Race’s tyres in the 2016 season but he, along with his father, will also assist with product development during his campaign that will see appearances at all major national and international races including the IFMAR Worlds in Las Vegas.
Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]
