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February 4, 2014

Max Mört wins 4WD at SC Winter Cup Rd3

The SC Winter Cup is the most competitive SC race series in Finland, fought out in a total of 6 races all over Finland. The classes run are 2WD and 4WD SC. Last weekend the series travelled to Helsinki where one of Europe’s biggest RC centres is located. 3700 square meters of racing space host four permanent tracks. PKSRCA is also the biggest club in Finland with over 300 members. The race schedule sees two rounds of practice and three rounds of qualifying of which two count while the finals are run in a 2-out-of-4 format. This has let the racing class to grow rapidly as it offers plenty of track time. The 4WD class had a very exciting qualification to offer with Max Mört and Max Söderlund both having first and second place finishes and in the end Max Mört took the TQ by just 0.5 seconds. The grid was completed with Tom Thusberg and Lauri Ruotsalainen for the 4 first spots.

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February 4, 2014

Vampire Racing 4mm high current male connectors

New from Vampire Racing come several new 4mm male connectors. Available as 12mm plug for 1S packs, 14mm variant for standard 2S batteries and 18mm variant for packs with “through-type” 2-way tubes, the connectors are available as traditional gold-plated and also as silver-plated variant for those who seek the ultimate in performance. The plugs come as pairs with the 18mm variant being also available as 10-piece pack.

Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]

February 4, 2014

Philipp Guschl joins Mugen Seiki

Mugen Seiki Europe welcomes young and talented Philipp Guschl as the latest entry to the Mugen Seiki Europe race team. The multiple German Champion will use Mugen’s MBX7 at all national and international events he is attending. Earlier today Philipp was also confirmed to have joined Maxima to use their line of OS based engines and fuel.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]

February 4, 2014

Birinyi & Toth win at Speedpassion Challenge Rd5

The 5th round of the RCProf Speedpassion Challenge took place at the RCArena track in Budapest. In the Touring Car Stock class it came to a close fight between Janos Birinyi and Peter Taal. In the first final Janos attacked the leader for the whole leg but could not find a way past and following a final-lap collision Janos had to settle for second place. The second A-main again saw Peter and Janos battling it out, this time with the better end for Janos who could profit of a tangle with the leader. The third and decisive final then had Janos taking a more easy win handing him the overall victory in the Stock class. Peter Taal and Tamas Pongho came in second and third respectively. In the Modified class Barnabas Toth took the win from Zsolt Kalnay and Christian Faur, who completed the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 4, 2014

Fischer & Truhe re-sign with Team Novak

Novak announce the return of two of America’s top driving talents to their team. Billy Fischer and Mike Truhe have re-signed with Novak for the 2014 racing season. Both have been pillars of the Novak race team and will be running 10th and 8th scale electric off-road events using Novak speed controls and brushless motors. Billy Fischer says:

I’m excited to continue using Novak equipment for 2014! I am very happy with the product and staff, and am looking forward to another successful year. Thanks to the entire Novak crew for their continued support.

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February 4, 2014

Thomas Ek doubles at MSEC Rd6

The 6th round of the MSEC was held in Norrtälje in the North of Stockholm and hosted by Norrtälje RCM. The track was a small and technical temporary track, almost square in layout. In the Modified Touring class Thomas Ek managed to grab TQ by 7/10th over Andreas Husman. Andreas then also went on to take the pole position in the Stock class ahead of Kenneth Malkusson and Lars Hägerman.

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February 4, 2014

Spektrum S9010 & S9020 large-scale servos

Seen for the first time at the recent Nuremberg Toyfair, Spektrum soon have their new S9010 and S9020 large-scale servos available. Developed by Paul Beard, who brought the 2.4GHz technology to RC, the servos will feature a patent-pending back EMF technology that does away with fading issues and weak holding power while dynamic breaking technology assures the vehicle maintains the heading demanded thanks to the servo’s high level of holding power. An improved integrator design virtually eliminates the crowbar effect while keeping the servo temperatures low. Using back EMF technology, position lock exponentially improves the servos ability to keep its position while greatly increasing holding power. The servos are currently in development and will become available in the near future.

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February 4, 2014

Ryan Maifield joins Novarossi

Following a semi-official announcement some days ago Italian engine manufacturer Novarossi now officially welcomes US super star Ryan Maifield to their factory team. Having used Reedy and LRP engines in the past, the winner of last year’s Dirt Nitro Challenge has now chosen Novarossi engines as his weapon of choice and he has the following to say about the deal:

I want to thank both companies for the past successes we’ve had together. I wish both companies luck in the future with there nitro racing programs. I chose Novarossi because the engine line offers everything I need to be successful. A broad range of engines with different power bands and speed, great gas mileage, reliability, and a great team backing.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]