Fantom Racing have a new merchandise available in the form of the Team Pit Mat. Made from red-coloured soft and durable material and coming with the Fantom logo the 4mm thick mat is the ideal surface to build, maintain and tune your vehicle on. The roll-able mat measures 61x122cm and the textured surface keeps parts where you set them.
Source: Fantom Racing [fantomracing.com]
The Mr B. Day season opener race was held at Barnstomers RC in Chester, NY last weekend. In the Electric Truggy class Joshuah James TQ’d both rounds of qualifying to start first on the grid for the A-main. He led the final from wire to wire taking the win and setting the fastest lap of the race. Bob Mazz came in 2nd while Robert Berenzy rounded out the podium in 3rd. In the Nitro Buggy class Stephen Plackis ended the 30 minute main in front of runner-up Jerome Treignier and Joshuah James who completed the podium in 3rd.
Thanks to Archie James for the report.
The second round of the Portuguese Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Madeira Island. Tyre wear would be a topic all weekend with drivers seeking setups to save tyres as much as possible. In the Touring Car Modified class Hugo Exposto took the TQ after the qualifiers despite this being his first ever electric race. In the Stock class Duarte Vasconcelos topped the timing sheets after the qualifiers. Come the finals the weather changed with light rain and fog coming up. In the Modified class Hugo Exposto was not able to defend his top position as he made a few mistakes in A2 and suffered from a blown tyre in the final A-main. This allowed Joao Martinho to take the win from Hugo while Luis Cortez rounded out the podium in 3rd place.
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Tom Rinderknecht had a great weekend at the first round of the Summer Series at HobbbyPlex in Omaha, NE. The young driver would start 4th in the A-main of 4WD buggy and after a good start he found himself in 2nd place. In the closing minute of the race the leader would make a mistake and let Tom by. From that moment on it was a close race to the line but Tom would hang on for the win.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
JQRacing Factory Team decals are now available through Maugrafix. The official decal sponsor and supplier of JQRacing is now making it possible for you to represent your favourite brand in style be offering different colour logo and two different wing skin sets. The logos come with your choice of a green, blue, orange, red, yellow or white outline while the wing skins are available for JQRacing’s Type I or Type II wings. The full range of decals can be found here.
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The 3rd race of the Freedom Cup was held at the Miniautodromo Teverola in Italy and it had David Loppini taking the TQ from Mario Spiniello. Soon after the start of the main final Mario had to return to the pits as his car’s engine had to be retuned but despite loosing precious time he was able to get into the lead with nine minutes to go. A flame out then again cost him dearly and once back on the track Mario tried to make up time which worked out pretty well as he was three to four tenth faster than the other drivers. At the end Mario ran out of time though but managed to secure the final spot on the podium behind runner-up David Loppini and winner Alessio Forte.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Available now from Hobbywing is the Ezrun Max8 brushless speed controller. The 6S LiPo-compatible and 150A rated ESC is usable with sensored and sensorless motors and it offers a selectable 6V or 7.2V high-output BEC system to feed the latest breed of high-voltage servos. Thanks to its dust and water protection the controller will withstand nearly every racing and bashing condition which is further helped by the standard electric switch that is much more reliable than standard mechanical switches. The controller comes pre-soldered with T-plug or Traxxas TRX-style connectors and its case incorporates 6.5mm gold-plated bullet-type connector tubes while offering Traxxas-compatible mounting lugs for a secure fitment on many chassis.
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MCD Racing have a new aluminium front chassis stiffener set available. Machined from 7075 material and coming dark anodised the 2-piece assembly replaces the standard composite stiffener for a more rigid solution. The metal parts not only make for improved chassis rigidity but they also reinforce the steering for optimsed stability and steering response.
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