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April 7, 2014

Kennie Ekenstierna signs contract with Xray

Xray announce that young talented driver Kennie Ekenstierna teams up with Xray for the 2014 season. The Nordic vice-champion and top Swedish off-road driver will run the full line of Xray 1/8th and 1/10th scale off-road cars. Kennie will primarily focus on the 1/10 off-road European Championship that will be held in Sweden, as well as all Nordic and Swedish races and has to say the following about the deal:

I have been racing Xray XB4 and XB4 2WD as a private driver since last year, and I am very impressed with their performance and reliability which allowed me to attain 2nd place at the Nordic Championship last year as well as getting to onto the podium many times at various races in both classes. It was not a hard decision for me to change also my 1/8 buggy to an Xray. I am very honored to be given the opportunity to work directly with the Xray world racing team and I am super excited to work with drivers the likes of Savoya, Bayer, and Matias. I know I will learn so much from them and will improve my racing skills. I want to give my thanks to Minicars for their support, and my thanks and appreciation to Xray for their trust in me.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 7, 2014

MIP metric & inch size wrench wraps

MIP introduce the wrench wraps, a simple solution to colour-code different size wrenches. Available for 0.9mm to 3.0mm and .050″ to 1/8″ tools, the stickers are of different colours and clearly sport the respective size to mark MIP’s own line of tools. To colour code the wrenches simply wrap the sticker around the tool shaft and protect it using the included transparent shrink tube. Beside being available separately there also come two sets including the most used metric or imperial sizes.

Source: MIP [miponline.com]

April 7, 2014

3Racing LED setup board & pit light

3Racing introduce two new pit accessories in the form of a LED backlit setup board and a LED pit light. Starting with the setup board, it is designed for cars of up to 220mm in width and sports two bubble tubes to make sure it sits nice and level on the pit table. A pink-themed graphic allows the LED backlight to shine through for a bit of added illumination in dark surrounds, without being to harsh for the eyes. The setup board can also be used in combination with the second new part from 3Racing, a LED pit light. The lamp is of a foldable design and it can be used as a stand alone device but it also is attachable to the aforementioned setup board using a threaded bushing. There is no release date yet but both accessories should be available soon.

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April 7, 2014

Van Staey wins NK class at Dutch season opener

The first round of the Dutch nitro on-road nationals took place at the prestigious Apeldoorn track. In the 1/8th NK class Belgian driver Gunther van Staey took the overall TQ for the semifinals and also completed the final in first place, one lap ahead of Xray’s John Ermen. Frank Baggen rounded the podium another two laps down. Joey Sorber and John Lenaers completed the top 5 result.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 7, 2014

Cody King wins Nitro Truggy at JBRL Rd1

The opening round of the 2014 JBRL Nitro Series got underway at the Thunder Alley RC Raceway last weekend. In the Nitro Truggy class TLR’s Adam Drake and Kyosho’s Kyle McBride and Cody King all looked fast in qualifying and this would also proof in the 15 minute main where Adam and Cody battled the entire final. With about 4 minutes left Cody made the final pass to take the lead and with a gap of about a second he was able to beat Adam Drake who had to settle for 2nd place. Kyosho’s Kyle McBride, who is preparing for the Silver State race, completed the podium in 3rd.

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April 7, 2014

Oleg Lastochkin wins Russian Pro Stock 10.5T title

The Russian Electric on-road nationals where held at the Agalatovo RC Carpet Raceway near St. Petersburg. In the 10.5T Pro Stock class Oleg Lastochkin, who qualified 4th, was able to take advantage of mistakes made by the leading drivers in order to take the win the 1st and 3rd A-final, handing him the overall win and the national title. Alexander Naumov came in 2nd while Andrey Kokarev completed the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 7, 2014

Fantom Racing Pro Racing 6000mAh 80C LiPo battery

Fantom Racing now have their latest 6000mAh 80C LiPo battery pack available. The ROAR-legal Pro Racing series pack is built using the latest 80C cells and comes in a protective hardcase and with 4mm connection tubes. Beside the “bullet-type” variant Fantom also offers two pre-wired packs with Deans and Traxxas style plugs.

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April 7, 2014

Speedzone 6000mAh square LiPo battery pack

Speedzone have a new Peerless Series LiPo battery pack available in the form of a 6000mAh 80C 2S square pack. The battery measures 93×68.5×25.1mm and is a substitute option to saddle packs as it sports the same dimensions as a side-by-side 2S saddle pack but does away with the fiddly jumper wire. The battery comes with 4mm connections and shrink-wrapped for added protection.

Source: Speedzone [speedzoneusa.com]