Ian Rickery took the double-win at the 2014 South Island On-Road Championships hosted by the Otago R/C Car Club in Dunedin, New Zealand. Ian won the in Modified Touring Car class and backed it up with an impressive 1/12 Modified win.
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It was a picture perfect day in sunny Florida at the Hurricane Off-road RC Track located inside Lake Park just outside of Tampa for the 3rd round of the Super Cup Championship Series. The brutal summer weather had taken its toll on the historic track and it took tons of hard work from the entire group of volunteers as the racing surface was primed for great outdoor racing. When Practice began Friday, racers searched for tire combo and setups for the changing track surface as it began to burn a groove in. At daybreak on Saturday racers filled into the park and we all were very excited about track conditions. The crew laid down Calcium on the track the night before and a small rain shower in the night wet the surface perfectly. The groove that had begun to show in practice was still there and more defined than when we left. Practice ended race morning just before 9am as the heat sheets filled with 132 entries from as far away as Tifton Ga.
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The 7th and final round of the Greek Touring Series for Nitro and Electric Touring classes was held at the Fanatix track and saw John Sotiropoulos taking the win in the nitro class from Spiros Sotiropoulos and Tsiklitiras. In the overall championship John brought home the title from Spiros while Nick Nikiforos rounded out the podium in 3rd. In the electric class the race for the runner-up spot was on between five drivers. Georgiades already secured himself the championship title thanks to winning six out of six races and it was Papachristos who took the winning honours in the final round in front of Doucakus and Zogogianis. The win at the final round then handed Papachristos the overall 2nd place from Zogogianis.
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Based off of the MBX7R is Mugen’s latest 1/8th E-buggy kit, the MBX7R Eco. The kit features some subtle design changes and updated parts compared to the MBX7 Eco, as are the 7075 aluminium chassis with optimised side angles for increases strength and better on-track feeling on all surfaces. Also part of the package are newly designed front uprights with a trailing axle position and 8x16mm bearings. Additionally the rear hubs received a make over to allow the use of 8×16 or 15x21mm bearings in combination with the newly designed rear driveshafts. While being in the suspension compartment, the 7R Eco also features new 1.6mm shorter front A-arms to allow the use of a spacer between the arm and the pivot ball while the rear arms are adapted to make way for the new rear universals. Other new parts include a revised Ackermann plate with five mounting positions for the steering links, and a new wing stay to move the wing forward as far as 10.5mm for improved traction. The kit is rounded out by a set of 16mm front and rear big bore shock absorbers.
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Radtec RC introduce a carbon fibre bumper support for the Xray T4 as well as several aluminium spacer sets of different colours. Starting with the bumper support, the part is made for the use with Xray’s T4 line of touring cars, it is cut from 2mm carbon sheet and designed to improve the rigidity of the bumper section while adding some visual impact at the same time. Also new are several aluminium spacer sets in dimensions of 3×5.5mm and heights of 0.5mm, 1mm, 1.5mm and 2mm. They are best used to adjust suspension settings such as wheelbase, bumpsteer or camberlink height and they come in three different colours of orange, black and titanium in packs of 10 shims.
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Following Ryan Lutz’s statement to leave Team Durango in favour of a new challenge Team Durango have announced a change to their strategy for the 2015 season and beyond. Instead of having a team of high-paid pro drivers, such as Ryan Lutz, Team Durango is set to re-focus on club racing which means the company will increase their community support through social media and public RC forums to grant all Team Durango drivers the best possible access to technical knowledge as a way to build a strong base of drivers that competes at local and regional race events. Doing so will not hamper vehicle development as the company will listen to racers and their demands rather than having Pro drivers leading development. Team Durango’s new race team program will be announced in the coming month with the meantime being used to improve parts support to make sure racers can get spares and options when they need them. The destiny of Team Durango’s Pro drivers such as Jörn Neumann remains in the dark for the moment with no official statement about the future their top-of-the-foodchain drivers being available but we understand that the company’s will to “dissolve [their] Pro race team” will also mean they are completely stepping away from paid drivers.
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Turkish large scale specialists MCD have new aluminium suspension and chassis parts as well as the Pro-Bite clutch available. Starting with the alloy parts, they are made from high-quality 7075 billet-alloy, they come with a gun metal finish and the available parts include front and rear lower A-arms, a lightweight turnbuckle set, front and rear shock bodies, complete shock absorber sets as well as clutch bell carriers and an airfilter and carburettor venturi.
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The opening round of the Mibosport Cup took place this past weekend at the Hotel-Sport in Hrotovice. The event saw a massive turn out on drivers from six different countries including the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Germany, Poland and Estonia. A total of 91 drivers attended the on-road classes with 34 drivers in Touring Car Modified, 38 in Stock LRP, 9 in Formula and 11 drivers in the 1/12th scale class. The off-road classes attracted a total of 82 drivers with 42 drivers participating in 2WD Buggy and 40 drivers in 4WD Buggy.
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