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September 11, 2014

5th Annual NW Invitational race – Report

Dave’s RC Track in Hubbard, Oregon hosted the 5th Annual NW Invitational race on a glorious weekend of outdoor fun in the blazing sun. Previously, the great NW Invitationals were held at a tight, indoor clay track, but due to track closures and changes race organizer and Kyosho/Orion team manager Joe Pillars, decided to host this year’s event on an huge outdoor, loamy “dirt” dirt track. Originally, Ryan Cavalieri was scheduled for attendance, but due to 1/8th Worlds in a few weeks, unfortunately he was busy testing and perfecting his prototype RC8.

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September 10, 2014

STRC Stealth Black B5 aluminium option parts

For those racers that are looking to trick out their B5 and B5M in that “stealth” factory look, ST Racing Concepts now offer a complete line of B5 series option parts in black anodising. The line includes a 25 degree front bulkhead, HD front kingpin brace, front camber blocks, a steering bellcrank set, a rear chassis brace/camber link mount, rear hex adapters, upper shocks mount bushings, rear hub carriers and a finned aluminium motor plate. All parts are CNC-machined from high quality aluminium and are direct replacement.

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September 10, 2014

Aaron Stringer joins Reds Racing

Reds Racing announce the signing of Australian’s Aaron Stringer. Aaron will be running Reds Racing off-road engines during his 2014/15 campaign.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

September 10, 2014

Belgian SCT Cup Rd6 – Report

Round 6 of the Belgian SCT Cup took place at the famous MBV Kampenhout track. Being used to organise national and international events the club provided a perfect organisation and an awesome astroturf track. As usual the day started on a wet and slippery track but in time for the first qualifier the track had dried, offering tons of grip. In the Pro2 class, Nicolas Evens (TLR) swept all four qualifiers, being the only driver to make 12 lap runs in each round. The following three drivers on the grid all scored a 2nd and 3rd place as best results but the fastest time handed Julian André (TLR) the runner-up spot on the grid, ahead of Laurent Halluin (Team Associated) and Philippe Hautecoeur (Team Associated). Pascal Bouffioux (Team Associated) completed the top 5 in the 2WD class.

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September 10, 2014

Martini & Puelo win at LRP Challenge Italy

The penultimate round of the Italian LRP Challenge was held at the Parona track last weekend. The one day event saw the running of a Touring Car Modified, 13.5T blinky and 17.5T blinky class and attracted several Italian top drivers. In the Modified class it was Francesco Martini (Xray) who took the win from Marco Gennari (Xray) in 2nd and Andrea Efficace (Yokomo) in 3rd place. The 13.5T class had Marco Puelo (Xray) walking away with the day’s win ahead of Davide Rabitti (Awesomatix) and Umberto Pernice (Xray).

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September 10, 2014

Sonic EFRA #2678 .12 exhaust pipe

Sonic introduce the new EFRA #2678 exhaust pipe for .12 nitro on-road engines. Developed in cooperation with various top-drivers and successfully used by Patrick Schäfer at the Euros A and German championships, the latest Sonic pipe lowers the fuel-consumption for increased runtime while keeping a good balance of bottom end power and maximum RPM. The pipe is EFRA legal and available from now as pipe only or as a complete set including manifold, springs and silicon gasket.

Source: Sonic Engines [sonic-engines.com]

September 10, 2014

Ryan Cavalieri takes E-buggy class at SNE

The eleventh annual Sidewinder Nitro Explosion was held at Heritage RC Park in Chula Vista, CA. Team Associated driver, Ryan Cavalieri, had an exceptional weekend with a TQ and win in the E-buggy class outperforming Lucas Sanford (Kyosho) in 2nd and Chad Panek (Tekno RC) in 3rd spot.

Image: Jimmy Babcock

September 10, 2014

Daniele Ielasi wins Italian 1/8th on-road Nationals

Daniele Ielasi wins Italian 1/8th on-road championship

Last weekend saw the running of the 3rd round of the Italian nitro on-road championships at the Milazzo track in Sicily. Daniele Ielasi swiftly showed that he was the man to beat during the weekend by setting fast times from the first practice on. After taking the TQ in the Expert class Daniele then went on the win the race in front of Mirko Salemi and Marco Vanni, handing the former World Champion the national title. In the F1 category Gennaro D’Alterio, starting from 2nd on the grid, took the win 3 laps ahead of Gianluca Querze and Nicolas Delia.

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