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February 16, 2015

Gerd Strenge teams up with Serpent

Following his departure from Team Durango Germany’s Gerd Strenge now officially teamed up with Serpent for a long term cooperation that will combine racing, event support and product development duties. Gerd joins his protégé Jörn Neumann, who only recently signed with Serpent, as his race mechanic and engineer. Gerd will also assist Serpent’s on-road designer Michael Salven and also Billy Easton, who cares about everything off-road, with prototyping, testing and product development. Gerd’s first main event under the Serpent banner will be this week’s Dirt Nitro Challenge that you can follow on Red RC from Wednesday on.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 16, 2015

Alessio Menicucci renews with Xray

Xray has announced the contract renewal with Italy’s Alessio Menicucci for the 2015 season. Alessio is a multiple Italian champion and has been the main force together with Xray’s Francesco Martini in Italy. Alessio will race the Xray T4 at all the major regional, national and international races and he has the following to say about the deal:

It is an honour for me to continue the work started in 2015 with the Xray Factory Team. I am very happy with the work done so far and to have achieved significant progress. This is the result of an important teamwork and a continuous development directed to improve our performances race after race. I want to thank once again the Hudy family for giving me this opportunity, especially Juraj and Martin for the passion that they convey us on the track. This means to be part of a Champions team, what ask more than this?

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February 16, 2015

Alberto Garcia wins Warm Up del regional Madrid

The Warm Up del regional Madrid was held this past weekend at Seracines RC in Madrid, Spain. SWorkz’ Alberto Garcia was the man to beat in the final and he ultimately won the race to get a splendid start into the 2015 season.

Source: RB [rbproducts.com]

February 16, 2015

Spec-R BD7 & R2 “floating” option parts

Spec-R BD7 & R2

Spec-R have new option parts for the Yokomo BD7 and their own R2 electric touring car available. Starting with the Yokomo part, made for the BD7 2014 and 2015 Spec is a floating steering conversion kit. The set replaces the standard, chassis-mounted, steering assembly with a floating design to eliminate the influence of the chassis’ torsional flex on the steering behaviour. Included are a black anodised aluminium centre bracket that acts as the inner servo mount and also as a base for the upper steering plate that takes the steering bellcrank posts and the outer servo mount. With the the steering posts lifted from the chassis it can also flex more for an overall softer chassis feel.

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February 16, 2015

Mon-Tech Racing WR3 1/10th rally bodyshell

To add to their previously released WR1 and WR2 bodies Italian company Mon-Tech now introduces a third 1/10th scale rally body, the WR3. It is made from tough 1.0mm polycarbonate, comes clear and should fit most 190mm wide touring and rally car chassis.

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February 16, 2015

Alexander Hagberg continues with Orcan

2014 IFMAR 200mm Nitro Touring Car World Champion Alexander Hagberg will continue to use Orcan and Hipex products in his 2015 campaign, the Swede announced. Alex’ 2015 race calendar sees appearances at the Euro Nitro Series, the EFRA Euros and the Swedish Cup events and Alexander has the following to say:

After the big success with our IFMAR WC title in 2014 we decided to continue our successful co-operation which means that I will be using Orcan engines, Hipex mufflers, Orcan fuel and accessories also for the 2015 season. I will use Orcan equipment throughout my entire nitro program including ENS, EFRA Euros and Swedish Cup events. I would like to thank SMI Motorsport and Bertram Kessler, as well as Hipex for their support.

Source: Alexander Hagberg

February 15, 2015

Elliott Boots wins rain affected Montpellier GP

The 2015 Montpellier GP, the European 1/8th off-road outdoor season opener, was held this weekend with some of the fastest French drivers plus special guests from abroad in attendance. Elliott Boots (Kyosho) took the TQ from Robert Batlle (Mugen) and Renaud Savoya (HB). Unfortunately the event came to a halt after the 1/4 finals due to massive rain pouring down, meaning the qualifying results would be taken to determine the overall winner. Behind Boots, Batlle and Savoya US superstar Ryan Maifield came in 4th while Jerome Sartel rounded out the top 5 result.

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February 15, 2015

MIP 5ive-T Bypass1 32mm big bore shock kit

Formerly only available for 1/10th shock absorbers MIP now introduces the Bypass1 shock piston technology for Losi’s 5ive-T large scale truck. The kit builds around all-new 32mm shock absorber bodies that do away with the standard 28mm items that may limit the suspension’s performance especially when running bigger engines or when racing in harsh conditions. The new big bore system allows the truck to be more responsive, predictable, and stable on the straights, in the corners and during jumping and landing. With the race proven MIP Bypass1 system equipped and two sets of springs included, the set allows for proper fine-tuning right out of the box. Included in the set are four hard anodised shock bodies, four anodised shock and cartridge caps, two pairs for front and rear springs as well as the Bypass1 piston system with slow, medium and fast rebound valves. The set is rounded out by several small and hardware parts and it is a direct fit with the standard piston rods, seals, spring cups and hardware.

Source: MIP [miponline.com]