The opening round of the Greek Xray Off-road Challenge was held at the Fanatix racing track. The schedule was pretty unusual for a nitro race with four qualifier and triple mains and at the end it was Geogre Vasiliadis (Xray) who took the win from George Abdel (Xray) and Dokos Panos (Xray) in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Coming from Yeah Racing and made for the HPI Spring 2 is the Endurance upgrade set. The package includes a range of aluminium parts such as front and rear bulkheads, shock towers, layshaft bearing hubs and more to improve the durability and precision, which is crucial when running low turn brushless motors and LiPo batteries. The shock towers also allow for a wider setup window while the bulkheads incorporate lower suspension mounting points for added rigidity. Also included are alloy battery mounting posts and an adjustable belt tensioner. The set is available for pre-order now and expected to ship at the end of July.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
Last weekend the third round of the Spanish 1/8th On-road Championship was held at the Cavi Club track in Vigo. Thanks to excellent weather conditions, everybody had a great practice day on Friday. Saturday started with some rain but just in time for the qualifiers the track dried up. Carlos Peracho dominated the qualification and also set a new track record in the progress. Nacho Lopez ended the qualification in second place while Alberto Alonso rounded out the top 3.
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Round four of the North German Nitro On-road regionals were held at the MAC Hamburg track with a total of 17 drivers attending in the 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm classes. Mixed weather conditions made things a bit difficult and in the 1/8th class it was the Serpent’s Merlin Depta who took the TQ from Lennart Skornia (Serpent) and Ingo Bobrowski (Mugen).
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Xray have introduced two sets of aerodynamic wheel discs for the NT1’15 200mm touring car. Machined from 1.6mm high quality carbon fibre material the parts are a direct fit on the front steering knuckles and rear hubs and they are meant to improve traction, stability and steering on high-speed tracks. The discs are available as separate front and rear sets and come including mounting hardware.
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JConcepts has announced that Malin Karlsen has joined their world-wide race team. Malin, a Norway native who just celebrated her 10th birthday, specializes in 1/10th and 1/8th off-road but really enjoys the fast paced circuits of astro-Turf and carpet. The recent winner of the 2015 Swedish 1/10 4WD National Series has already received high praise and accolades in Sweden where she routinely takes the top step on the podium in her favorite racing class. While attending the 1/8th European Championships in Sacile, Italy, Malin received an award from EFRA acknowledging achievement. JConcepts looks forward to working with Malin and father/mechanic Bent toward future racing goals while representing a host of proud sponsors. Malin and Bent state:
We are extremely happy to be given this opportunity to represent the JConcepts world-wide race team. We are confident that the support provided from such an accomplished manufacturer as JConcepts will be invaluable in Malin reaching her goals. We look forward to be working with the JConcepts racing team and would like to thank Jason and Allison for this opportunity.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
Revolution Design Racing Products have announced the signing of Germany’s Kim Einert to their factory team. The 18-years old girl is a steady performer both nationally and internationally and she will be attending various 1/8th Nitro Buggy, 1/8th E-Buggy and 1/10th Buggy races this year using RDRP tools and accessories to prepare her rides.
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Castle Creation soon have the new Mamba Micro X brushless speed controller available. The waterproof speedo is suitable for 2WD or 4WD vehicles such as the Mini-LST, Half-Eight, Mini-Quake and Spyder vehicles. The controller received a heavy-duty BEC to handle today’s high-draw digital servos and also features a programmable auxiliary wire that allows the user to make “on-the-go” adjustments to several settings, such as torque control and max throttle, directly from a compatible transmitter. This allows to fine-tune the performance of the Micro X to meet changing driving conditions. New to the Micro X is the ability to run sensored brushless motors with the purchase of an optional sensor harness. The Micro X is cable of running on 2S up to 3S LiPo power with a highly-efficient heat sink design to keep the controller running cool, even when pushing it hard in mud, sand and other heavy power applications. The ESC is available as controller only or as controller plus motor combo.
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