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October 22, 2015

Awesomatix A800 belt-driven touring car kit

Following a first teaser Awesomatix have released more information and images of their forthcoming A800 electric touring car kit. Looking at the renderings the new car sports several proven Awesomatix design features such as sheet material lower A-arms, rotary dampers and dual link-type upper arms but the A800 will utilise a belt drivetrain over the previous shaft drive design. The car is based on a newly design chassis with symmetrical cutouts and recessed areas for optimised flex characteristics while the centralised position of the belts greatly reduces the chance of the chassis to become tweaked under load. Additionally both the motor and battery sit nearly 4mm closer to the centre line compared to other cars on the market to allow for a very centralised weight distribution.

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October 22, 2015

McIntosh & Cruz take ROAR Region 4 titles

The Region 4 ROAR Regionals were held at Sundancers RC park in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Great weather greeted the racers for a weekend full of racing. It began with Friday practice, qualifiers on Saturday using qual points and the main events on Sunday. Brett Kingsbury had the TQ in Nitro Buggy however Jason Ruona was starting in P2, and was going to apply pressure from the tone. As the two raced away in the early laps, Ruona moved into the lead and controlled the pace. As first pit stops cycled through, Kingsbury and Ruona had a comfortable lead and were working through some traffic taking the lead depending on mistakes. Kingsbury had to take an extended pit for repairs giving Ruona a huge lead. As time was winding down, an unfortunate flame out during the 2nd to last fuel stint took Ruona out of the lead but a quick restart would still get him out in second where he would stay till the end behind winner Leon McIntosh.

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October 22, 2015

Neil Pestka wins at 2015 Fall Brawl

The 2015 Fall Brawl would be the last race of the season in the Midwest for 1/5th scale racing. The weather was calling for cool days and cold nights dipping into the high 20’s but this didn’t stop the racers for coming out for the closing race of the season. Friday would be practice all day followed by Saturdays qualifying and the mains on Sunday. Neil Pestka would win the Buggy A-main after having a disrupted practice and qualifying day due to work commitments. Neil would start 12th in the buggy A-main and he would slowly move up in position and before he knew it he would take the lead about 6 minutes into the race and he would hold the position for the remainder of the race to take home the win.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

October 22, 2015

ENS Season finale to decide 2015 Champions

Both of this year’s Euro Nitro Series Champions will be decided this weekend (23-25 October) at the world famous Minicar Fiorano circuit in Italy with four drivers in contention for each of the titles. The fourth & final round of the high profile nitro onroad championship, the conclusion to Season #2 has attracted a record entry of 170 drivers but the focus is on who will lay claim to the prestigious titles come Sunday evening. A season that has seen three different winners from the opening three rounds it is very much all to play for among the title protagonists.

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October 22, 2015

Mibosport tire knife tool

Mibosport have introduced their tire knife tool for rubber on-road tyres. The razor-sharp fork helps to remove the performance-hampering moulding flash on touring car and formula rubber tires, thus doing away with the need to pre-scrub the tire before use in most cases. The knife is made from high-quality stainless steel and it comes etched with the Mibosport logo.

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October 22, 2015

HPI Pro5 4 degree soft C-hub set

New from HPI Racing and made for the HB Pro5 touring car is a soft C-hub set. Coming as pairs and including kingpin bushings the steering knuckle carriers with four degree built-in castor are made from a softer composite material and they are designed to fine-tune the handling of the car in various track conditions.

Source: HPI Racing [hpiracing.com]

October 22, 2015

Xray Work.Shop Germany – Announcement

Xray have announced the Xray Work.Shop Germany for the Saturday the 7th of November at the TSV 1871 Augsburg club. Held by Xray factory team driver Marco Kaufmann in cooperation with RC Kleinkram the workshop will focus on individual setup held and driver coaching. Included in the entry fee of 19 Euros is an Xray T-shirt and more information can be found here and also on the hosting club’s Facebook page here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 22, 2015

Losi Night Crawler 2.0 RTR rock crawler

Losi have introduced the Night Crawler 2.0 ready-to-run rock crawler. Utilising an aluminium twin vertical plate chassis design the vehicle also features heavy duty front and rear worm-gear drives, a zero Ackermann steering, moulded 4-link suspension, 4″ adjustable aluminium shocks and a LiPo-ready crawler-programmed speed controller. Also included is a 35T Dynamite crawler motor and a high-torque steering servo. The set is rounded out by a full range Spektrum SR310 receiver, beadlock wheels with red chrome rings and grippy crawler tyres as well as rock lights and an LED light bar.

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