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May 14, 2015

Xray Challenge Grand Final – Report

The Grand Final of the Xray Challenge was held on the outdoor track of the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia. Good mood, fantastic atmosphere, nearly perfect weather conditions and great racing performances from the drivers made for a fantastic event that attracted both local racers and Xray’s international racing team. In the 1/8th Nitro class Tomas Krägefski won the race after a thrilling last lap when he was able to pass Tomas Liptak for the lead. Veteran racer Igor Liptak rounded out the podium in 3rd spot.

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May 14, 2015

SG50 Singapore Open Race – Report

The SG50 Singapore Open Race was held in the three classes of 1/8th GT, 1/8th On-road and 1/10th On-road with a great turnout of national and international racers from Italy, Japan, UK, Thailand, and Australia. In the premier 1/8th On-road class the round 1 and 2 TQs were captured by Nelson Lee while round 3 was basically a race between Carmine Riola, Jesse Davis and Nelson Lee. All three racers were separated by only about 1 second until the final lap and unfortunately, Nelson Lee ran out of fuel and he DNF’d in the last qualifyier resulting in a start from the 7 spot on the grid. Up front Carmine started from pole position into the main and Nelson tried to work his way through the field to make up lost ground. During the second round of fuel stops, Nelson moved up to 4th position and after a mid-race stop for tyres he found himself lapping half a second per lap faster on the larger tyres. He now was in 2nd position and only one lap behind the leader Erwin Luhur. Pushing himself to the limit, Nelson Lee continued to clock fast lap times on the fresh rubber and thanks to swift refuelling, he took over the lead after the last rounds of pit stops to take the win from Erwin and Trin.

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May 13, 2015

Bart Mullink wins at Dutch BL-Cup Rd2 & Rd3

The 2nd round of the Dutch BL-Cup was held in Hengelo at the Euregio track and it was Bart Mullink who won the race in front of Stefan Petrich in 2nd and Erik Wadners in 3rd place. For round 3 the drivers travelled to the RMCA circuit it Almelo. It was again Bart who pretty much dominated the field with Michael Thamm coming in 2nd place and Patrick Carels finishing 3rd. So far Bart has been the only person to make the podium at every round of this year’s BL-Cup, winning two rounds and coming in 2nd once, which makes him a hot candidate for the overall title.

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May 13, 2015

JConcepts T5M titanium knurl tip front axles

Made for the Team Associated T5M are the new titanium knurl tip front axles from JConcepts. The design is based around a high-quality titanium construction, and a knurled axle tip for finger control and access. Finger control gives the mechanic a grippy place to rest a finger so the front tyre doesn’t rotate easily during changes making the process quicker and with less frustration. The design also eliminates screws and other items which are hard to inspect for issues which limit performance and add additional weight. The light-weight, free spinning design includes axle roll-pins to allow easy assembly of a necessary but (not included) clamping hex adaptor.

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May 13, 2015

Yeah Racing M05 ESC spring steel driveshafts

New from Yeah Racing and made for the Tamiya M05 are the ESC spring steel driveshafts. The double joint shafts offer improved efficiency due to reduced wheel chatter at high steering angles and better durability thanks to the high-quality spring steel material. The driveshafts come in sets of two and are usable on all M05 kits.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

May 13, 2015

Lemieux & Swauger win at ROAR Fuel On-road Nats

Lemieux & Swauger win at ROAR Fuel On-road Nationals

The 2015 ROAR Nitro On road Nationals was held at Full Throttle Raceway in Kissimmee Florida in the ROAR classes of 1/10 Touring Car and 1/8 Open as well as the two exhibition classes of 1/8 Masters and 1/8 GT. In 1/10th Touring Car the qualifying saw DJ Apolaro on top of the timing sheets in front of Mike Swauger and Paolo Morganti. The top 4 would be rounded out by Paul Lemieux. In 1/8th Open Paolo Morganti took the TQ from DJ Apolaro and Mike Swauger. Vincent Jackson came in 4th. The top 4 would qualified directly to the main finals while the others had to go through the semifinals to proceed to the hour long A-mains.

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May 13, 2015

Andreas Thrasyvoulou wins at Star Championship Rd3

The third round of the Cyprus Star Nitro Buggy Championship was held at the AG Metal Track in Limassol in perfect weather conditions. Young Xray driver Andreas Thrasyvoulou was able to take the TQ after the qualifiers and he then went on to win the main final also. Sotiris Taifas (JQProducts) came in 2nd, Simos Tikkis (Kyosho) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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May 13, 2015

Muchmore Impact FD2 square LiPo battery pack

Muchmore have a new addition to their Impact FD2 line of competition LiPo battery packs available in the form of a 2S square pack. Made using 100C 5800mAh cells the pack is usable in a range of applications such as 2WD buggies and trucks and generally in all vehicles that normally use a side-by-side saddle pack configuration. The hardcase battery measures 69×92.5x25mm, it weighs in at 260g and utilises 5mm bullet-type connector tubes and a 2mm balancer port.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]