Team Titan have released a new range of high quality, very durable, pinion gears for the Motonica P8.0R and Mugen MRX-4X. Available in 16T, 17T, 20T and 21T, they have been made from hard coated high quality 7075-T6 aluminium and claim to last twice the time as the original versions. Source: Team Titan [team-titan.com.tw]…
…Dario Balestri, who as our coverage of this years European 1/10th scale Championships showed you can never discount him to make a come back. Supported by the Novarossi factory means that power will certainly not be a problem and as we know, his driving is up to scratch, with the only uncertainty being the performance of the so far largely unproven Motonica chassis on the International stage. Japan has produced some World Champions in the last few years of gas on road racing and as always they are strong contenders. Current 1/10th scale World Champion Keisuke Fukuda could be in…
…Central Racing Park Main Final Result 1. Yuya Sahashi (Serpent/Mega ZX) – 166 laps in 45:07.995 2. Keisuke Fukuda (Mugen/Ninja) – 165 laps in 45:06.624 3. Tadahiko Sahashi (Serpent/Mega ZX) – 162 laps in 45:07.208 4. Takahiro Terauchi (Serpent/Novarossi) – 162 laps in 45:13.807 5. Toshiyuki Iwamoto (Serpent/Novarossi) – 161 laps in 45:10.157 6. Takaaki Shimo (Kyosho/OS) – 160 laps in 45:11.408 7. Kazuya Yuruki (Mugen/Novarossi) – 153 laps in 45:05.586 8. Masao Tanaka (Motonica/Novarossi) – 151 laps in 45:07.995 9. Shinya Shimazaki (Mugen/Ninja) – 147 laps in 45:08.629 10.Tsuguo Kitade (Kyosho/Novarossi) – 143 laps in 45:16.170 Source: Serpent [serpent.com]…
The 5th round of the Swiss 1/8th scale Nationals were run last weekend at the fast, but tight, Schaffhausen track in the north of the country. The event saw the pole position go to Serpent 960 driver Markus Geisendorf in a rain interrupted qualifying, with 2nd spot going to Motonica racer and round 3 winner Mattia Pesenti. In the 45 minute final it was Geisendorf all the way as he was able to pull away and take the win from 2nd placed Mugen driver Marco Mueller with 3rd spot going to Simon Kurzbuch. Source: Trading Tech…
…the main final it started to rain and with little time to prepare before the race started, a lot of drivers were not prepared and some didn’t race. As the race started a number of drivers were out almost straight away including Ermen, but Rick V had no troubles and was able to work his way out to the front where he stayed for the entire race, taking the win and finishing ahead of Motonica driver Daniel Van der Drift in 2nd with Serpent driver Stanley Bauer in 3rd. View a gallery of the event here. Source: RC Junkies [rc-junkies.com]…
Last weekend at the fast Fiorano track in Italy, close the Ferrari test track, was the 2007 running of the Trofeo Novarossi for 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm cars. The race was attended by a lot of fast Italian drivers who were also joined Japanese Motonica racer Masao Tanaka and current European B Champion Jernej Vuga amongst others. After qualifying, which was run on Saturday night and Sunday morning, it was local Serpent ace, Andrea Cristiani, that took the pole position ahead of Mugen driver Stefano Solaroli with Italian National round 3 winner Dario Balestri in third and Andrea Pirani rounding…
…5 TOP 38: 1. Mueller Marco (Mugen – Novarossi – UFRA) 2. Pesenti Mattia (Motonica – Novarossi – PMT) 3. Lackner Shasa (Mugen – Novarossi -UFRA) 4. Pierroz Loris (Kyosho – Sirio – Enneti) 5. Haechler Andrea (Mugen) In the PLUS 38, good race of Moretti Giacomo (DRIVER, RACE DIRECTOR, TIME KEEPER for this weekend) Top 5 PLUS 38: 1. Moretti Giacomo (Motonica – Picco – ATS) 2. Ali Renato (Mugen – Novarossi – UFRA) 3. Albani Angelo (Mugen) 4. Henzi Leopold (Mugen) 5. Garbani Boris (Shepherd – Picco – UFRA) Thanks to Mattia Pesenti for the report and photos….
A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up: > Xray dominates the 2nd round of Italian EP touring car Nationals – Link [teamxray.com] > Neo Buggy interviews ROAR Nationals winner, Adam Drake – Link [neo-buggy.net] > Team Magic report on the G4 & Motonica Meeting from Fiorano – Link [teammagic.com.tw] > The BX1 buggy from Blade Racing is finally ready for market – Link [buggy-sport.info] > De Vallier & Serpent crowned Italian Junior Champions – Link [serpent.com] > Ruben Francisco wins 5th & final Portuguese EP TC National – Link [petitrc.com]…
