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March 6, 2016

Hagberg holds overnight TQ at Hot Race Shootout

The 2016 Hot Race Winter Shootout is taking place this weekend at the RCLandia track in Scandiano, Italy. The 2-day event has attracted 90 drivers from seven different countries to compete in the four classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Formula and 1/12th scale. The race format saw free practice, two qualifiers and the Shootout Race on Saturday with two more qualifying rounds and the finals to follow on Sunday. After two rounds of qualifying Alexander Hagberg is sitting on top in the Touring Modified and 1/12th scale class with Marco Kaufmann, Dionys Stadler, Mattia Collina, Fabrizio Manicardi and off-road racer Marco Baruffolo being in chase of Alexander in the Modified category. Fastest in the Touring Stock class so far is Simone Alleotti while Simone Brocca is holding the overnight TQ in the Formula class.

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March 5, 2016

X Factory Infinity B44 rear camber link mount

Coming from X Factory’s Infinity line of option parts is a rear camber link mount for the Team Associated B44 4WD buggy. Cut from high-quality carbon fibre the ball stud mount allows easy adjustment of the inner ball stud height as the part does away with the somewhat time consuming use of spacers to alter the inner ball stud height in favour of pre-drilled holes that are easily reached for fast changes. Four ball stud positions are available, including the standard no-washer position. The mount fits all B44 models and also X Factory’s X-6S buggy.

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March 4, 2016

7075.it MBX7R Eco hard anodised aluminium chassis

7075.it MBX7R-Eco hard anodised aluminium chassis

Italian company 7075.it has introduced a hard-anodised aluminium chassis for the Mugen MBX7R Eco. Offering a slightly redesigned shape the chassis is cut from high-quality aluminium and it comes with a high-quality surface treatment in the form of a 50 micron hard anodising to make for improved wear characteristics even on abrasive surfaces.

Source: 7075.it [7075.it]

March 4, 2016

Team Associated 1/8th scale chrome shock shafts

Team Associated have introduced chrome shock shafts for the RC8B3 and RC8T3 1/8th scale off-road kits. They offer a smoother surface than the titanium-nitride coated shafts supplied with the kits and thus help to make shock action more efficient. The shafts come in pairs and in four different length of 30.5mm up to 42.5mm.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

March 4, 2016

Exotek XB4 12 degree aluminium C-hubs

Coming from Exotek and made for the Xray XB4 series of buggies are 12 degree C-hubs. They are machined from high-quality 7075 aluminium for improved rigidity and come polished and black anodised for a factory look. Laser-etched marking help with easy identification of the parts that add to the already existing 9 degree variants made by Exotek.

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March 4, 2016

Valerio wins at final round of Automodelli.it series

The final round of the Automodelli.it series was held at the Indoor Racing Chilelli track. Roberto Fabiano would take a close TQ in the 13.5T Touring class but with a win in the second A-main and a second place finish in A3, Andrea Valerio would grab the overall win at the final round. Davide Gianuzzi snatched the runner-up spot from pole position holder Roberto Fabiano. Andrea Simari and Giuseppe de Liquori would round out the top 5 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 4, 2016

Mon-Tech Racing X1 aluminium chassis parts

Mon-Tech Racing from Italy have introduced a range of aluminium option parts for Xray’s X1 formula car in the form of a main chassis plate, a rear lower pod plate and a wing support plate. Starting with the chassis and the rear lower pod plate, the parts are CNC-machined from 2mm aluminium with the chassis being 3mm wider in the centre area where the suspension links attach to the chassis. Both parts come black anodised and with laser-etched MT logos. It is understood that the somewhat stiffer parts make for improved handling especially on high-bite surfaces. Also new is a 3mm thick wing support plate that makes for more rigidity of the rear pod. Machining of the centre section reduces the overall weight and the part allows to lower the wing up to 6mm.

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March 3, 2016

Francesco Tironi joins Infinity

Creation Model have announced the signing of Italy’s Francesco Tironi to their team. The multiple European and World Championship finalist will join prominent team members such as Lamberto Collari or the recently signed Andy Moore and Teemo Leino. The former Shepherd racer and multi-time Italian national champion had the following to say about the deal:

I’m really proud to communicate you that from 2016 I will be part of the Infinity Team; we have an important program for 1/8 on road scale and I will be involved in the development of the new projects that company will start in the future. I wanna say my thanks to Mr Kenji and all Infinity staff for this opportunity; don’t hesitate to contact me at the racing fields… See you soon!

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]