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September 4, 2015

AME Project IRIS 1/10th touring car

AME have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming Project Iris 1/10th electric touring car kit. The brainchild of Andreas Myrberg will be fully uncovered in about three weeks time when also a Kickstarter campaign will be launched to crowdfund the production of the car. Information are still non existing beside this one rendering but by the looks of things the car will be belt-driven and it features either very low shocks/shock towers or rotation dampers, as seen on the Awesomatix car. More information and images will become available by September 25th.

Source: AME [team-ame.com]

September 4, 2015

Patrick Folman takes Danish Modified TC title

The final round of the Danish National Electric Touring Car series was held at the Odense R/C Minirace track. Saturday was devoted to practice and everybody was trying to find a setup for a track that started out dusty with low grip, but ended up with medium grip. Much focus was on the Modified class and before the final round several drivers had changed sponsors, teams and cars. This was going to be the first race for Patrick Folman, now driving for Schumacher with the Mi5Evo, Frederik Hovgaard with his new Danish-developed Gizmo touring car, and Gustav Pind driving the Yokomo BD7. During Saturday’s practice Frederik Hovgaard demonstrated some really fast lap times with his Gizmo while the developers of the car were at the track to support Frederik. Only Patrick Folman could match the pace and behind the two Frederik Broløs Mikkelsen and Gustav Pind were working hard to catch up. Further down the field Stefan Finnich (Xray), Lars Holm (Yokomo) and Anders Dyrlund (TOP) were also in the mix.

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September 4, 2015

Mckune Design FR4 high bite vented slipper pads

Mckune Design have released their new FR4 vented slipper pads specifically designed for carpet, astro turf, and high bite clay. CNC-machined from FR4 epoxy fiber glass, the innovative vented design provide a consistent feel throughout the run without fading. They are available now for Team Associated, Yokomo, Kyosho, Schumacher, and Xray off-road vehicles.

Source: Mckune Design [mckunedesign.com]

September 4, 2015

Mansson wins as Karlsen takes Swedish 4WD title

Round three of Swedish National Cup series was held in the small village of Viskafors, hosted by the Boras MRK club. Usually used for 1/8th off-road racing the track was pretty big for the 1/10th scale buggies and also the jump sections held some difficulties for the drivers as these were critical to score consistent and fast lap times. In the 4WD qualifiers Alexander Landen was able to TQ the first two rounds, but Niclas Mansson stroke back and took round three and four and he was also able to grab the overall TQ with a better tie-breaker to line up on the pole position for the triple A-mains.

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September 4, 2015

Simon Kurzbuch wins Swiss 1/8th On-road Nats Rd5

Simon Kurzbuch has claimed another victory this year by winning at the 5th round of the Swiss 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals. Starting the main final from the pole-position he pulled away right from the beginning. In a perfect race he never looked back and crossed the finishing line 3 laps in front of Mattia Pesenti with Christophe Pethoud completing the podium another lap down. With this result Simon is in a comfortable lead in the championship ranking and he has the best chances to claim the national title at the final round held in Lostallo.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

September 4, 2015

Argentinian Off-road Nationals Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Argentinian 1/8th Off-road National Championship was held at the Colonia Caroya track in Cordoba in several 1/8th nitro buggy and truggy categories. In the 45-minute main final of the Buggy Pro class Agustin Cutini (Mugen/Novarossi) came out successful from Sebastian Recia (Mugen/Novarossi) in second and Federico Davico (TLR/Reds Racing) in third place.

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September 4, 2015

Mara & Novotny win at Czech Buggy Nats Rd3

Round three of the Czech 1/8th Buggy Nationals was held at the RC Club Radotin track in Prague. In the Nitro Buggy class Jiri Mara (Serpent) took the win from Karel Novotny (Team Durango) and Max Götzek (Xray), who made a last lap move to secure himself the final podium spot. Elsewhere in the E-Buggy class Karel Novotny (Team Durango) grabbed the win from Ales Bidovsky (TLR) while Max Götzel scored his second third place finish of the day to round out the podium.

View the E-Buggy podium here

September 4, 2015

VBC Racing LightningFX 1/10th formula car kit

Coming soon from VBC Racing is the LightningFX 1/10th scale formula car. The highly tuneable car allows to adapt the setup easily to a range of track conditions and driving styles. Starting at the front end the car features a reactive caster system with the upper arm length being adjustable using different thickness shims to alter corner mid and exit steering. The wheelbase is adjustable in a range from 264mm to 268mm without the need for extra parts and the 2-piece steering bellcrank allows for easy Ackermann adjustments.

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