The opening round of the Malaysia National League was held in Shah Alam this past weekend. After missing out on the TQ spot but winning the semifinal David Lim was able to win the 60 minute A-main that was run in very warm conditions with the ambient temperature hitting 36 degree Celsius, making it a demanding race for the competitors.
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Exotek Racing have new option parts for the HB D413 1/10th scale 4WD buggy available in the form of aluminium wing mounts, an alloy diff cap and a spring perch set. Starting with the wing mount set, the sturdy looking parts are CNC-machined from 7075 aluminium and they offer a lightweight design to minimise weight gain. They are designed to use low-profile M3 screws to mount the wing and they allow to run high and low wing positions by simply rotating them by 180 degrees. Included with the factory orange anodised parts are four M2.5 tower bolts for easy installation.
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Coming soon from Tamiya are two new 1/10th scale kits based on the TT-02 entry-level 4WD touring car chassis. First up is the Nissan Skyline R33 on the Drift Spec TT-02D chassis, a kit that offers some optional parts such as ball bearings, a sport-tuned motor and aluminium heat sink. Included in the kit comes a highly detailed 1995 Skyline R33 body and mesh-type wheels with Super Driftech tyres.
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Mikimodel will hold the WRC Contest 2015 in Faloppio, Italy, on the 6th to 7th of February. The annual event sees the running of electric touring car classes beside Formula, 1/10th and 1/12th pan car categories. Last year the race attracted a total of 135 drivers and for more information feel free to contact Mikimodel by emailing them at info@mikimodel.net.
The 10th edition of the Petit RC Race was held this past weekend at the RBR36 Arena in Barcelona, Spain, a new indoor facility built and owned by 1/8th Buggy World Champion Robert Batlle. As usual the race attracted some of Europe’s fastest drivers, this time including Jörn Neumann, Migual Matias and of course Robert Battle. The 2WD Buggy and Short Course classes, run on Saturday, saw Jörn Neumann and Robert Batlle leading the proceedings. Jörn took the overall TQ from Dani Batlle while Robert Batlle rounded out the top 3 result. In the Short Course class, that was run in a “finals only” mode, Robert was the man to beat on his home track as he won all but one final legs to take the win from Uri Valde and Vicente Moyano.
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Awesomatix have announced that top Finnish driver Viljami Kutvonen has extended his contract as factory team driver with Awesomatix for the 2015 race season. The 2014 LRP Touring Car Masters champion and multiple ETS A-Finalist will attend to all major big races in Europe this year including the Russian Touring Masters. Viljami had this to say:
I’m very happy to continue with Awesomatix as factory driver. Last year we made our biggest achievements yet and we are looking forward to improve our results for the upcoming season with our new Evo II car. I want to thank Oleg Babich for his support since 2012 and our new team manager Max Mächler for trusting in me and we are looking forward to our most successful year yet.
Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]
Coming from Etronix is the Powerpal Peak Plus AC charger for the use with NiMH and LiPo battery packs. Housed in a durable alloy case with integrated heatsinks the device offers selectable 1A, 3A and 5A charge current for 1 to 8 cell NiMH/NiCD or 2S to 3S LiPo/LiFe battery packs. A microprocessor controls the delta-peak sensitivity during NiXX and the individual cell balancing during LiXX charge an the charger comes including a UK or Euro pin main cable.
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Multiple European offroad Champion Hupo Honigl has joined the Serpent Factory team. The former TeamC driver will race all major offroad events in 1/10th scale 2wd, 4wd, ST and SCT with Spyders, as well as all main 1/8th scale events with the Cobra line, GP and EP, truggy and buggy. With his vast experience he will be a big help to all Serpent drivers, and show the true potential of the Serpent offroad cars in Austria, Germany, USA and elsewhere. He will also run the new Serpent S120 1/12 race chassis and work together with Michael Salven and Paul Ciccarello on the development and test side. Expect to see Hupo make his debut for Serpent at next week’s Reedy race in California. Hupo had this to say:
I’m really proud of being part of Serpent now. Not only as driver but also on the business side through my distribution company Hoeco. After being told to be rejuvenated in the beginning of last year, I feel even younger and more motivated then ever before. After building my first Serpent cars i can tell they are designed by champions and also the quality is amazing! I ́m really looking forward to this new part of my life and hopefully I found my true home.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
