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September 6, 2013

Xray XT9 1/8th nitro truggy kit announced

Xray introduce their all-new XT9 nitro competition truggy kit. Making use of the winning pedigree of the long-running XT8 platform the new truck features many design elements known from the XB9 buggy combining them to the soon-to-be-released XT9. The truck is based on a newly designed 3mm 7075-T6 aluminium chassis that features a new weight distribution and accommodates a repositioned centre differential. Machined pockets underneath the fuel tank, engine and diffs reduce the weight to a minimum without sacrificing overall rigidity. A redesigned radio compartment sees the receiver battery box for straight-pack LiXX and NiXX batteries in a forward position beside the steering servo while the receiver box is located opposite of the engine.

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September 6, 2013

International Romanian Nitro Cup – Announcement

The first ever International Romanian Nitro Cup for 1/8th and 1/1oth on-road classes will take place on the weekend of the 22nd of September at the newly built Hobby Arena track in Frumusani near Bucharest. World-famous Scotty Ernst already confirmed his participation as did pilots from five different countries including Michael Salven who will presenting a nearly complete collection of Serpent’s racing cars going back to the 1970’s. All details plus the race registration can be found here.

September 6, 2013

2nd KM World Cup & ZAC Cup – Report

The 2nd KM World Cup & ZAC Cup took place at this year’s IFMAR 1/8th nitro on-road track in Japan with drivers from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, England, Finland, Italy and Holland attending. Free practice for all drivers took place on Friday, a chance most drivers and teams made use of especially since some new cars where in attendance such as the KM K8 prototype and Hot Bodies’ upcoming R8 kit. Saturday’s qualifying was dominated by Meen V. who put himself on top of the 1/10th 200mm class with Jilled Groskamp controlling the 1/8th class. Sunday morning had the final round of qualifiers and while nearly all of Japan was affected by a big storm the Tokyo area had scorching hot temperatures with the track surface reaching near 50°C. After qualifying Meen V. took the overall TQ in 1/10th while the 1/8th class had Yokoyama taking TQ.

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September 6, 2013

Martin Korn wins Pro Buggy at Labor Day Shootout

The region’s top 1/8-scale racers converged in Chico, California for A Main Hobbies’ Silver Dollar RC Raceway to race at the Annual Labor Day Shootout. The Silver Dollar track, which just hosted the ROAR 1/10-scale Off-Road Nationals a few weeks ago was completely rebuilt to give 1/8-scale racers all the space they needed to get massive air time and scream down the long straightaway. The Silver Dollar surface grooved up after fuel and rubber was put down giving racers plenty of traction. In the Pro Buggy class longtime racer, and A Main Hobbies’ team manager Marty Korn managed to take the top qualifying honours. He and fellow A Main Hobbies’ racer Austin Blair, as well as TLR’s Philip Atondo all took turns grabbing a TQ round. Korn’s two TQ rounds put him first on the grid for the main event. In the 45-minute A-main, Korn and Atondo would get out front and set a faster pace. Both drivers were running 9-plus minute pit stops, which enabled them to gap the rest of the field. Atondo kept it close the majority of the race, but Korn was able to shake the pressure and pull out the victory.

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September 6, 2013

Team C low-profile spring containers

Team C Racing introduce spring containers for storage and transportation of low-profile touring car springs. They sport a diameter of 25mm at a height of 28mm, come with labels for easy identification and provide enough room to store two springs in them. Included in the set are six transparent containers.

Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]

September 6, 2013

Abrahamek & Vyšín win at Czech nats Rd4

The 4th round of the Czech national on-road championship was held at the track in Svitavy. In 1/8th scale Michal Abrahámek won the race in front of Miroslav Jurenka. The podium was completed by David Dohnal. The 1/10th 200mm class win went to Jiri Vyšín who had Xray team mate Michal Abrahamek in tow. Pavel Jansa finished third rounding out the podium.

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September 6, 2013

Much More 40mm motor cooling fan mount

Much More introduce this cooling fan mount for 40mm units. It is CNC-machined from aluminium, comes black anodised and is decorated with a Much More logo. Two mounting holes for the fan case make for secure fastening while the mount itself simple slides over the motor case. The mount is handy for all applications where additional cooling is necessary such as electric touring cars and 4WD buggies.

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September 6, 2013

Swedish On-road Nationals 2013 – Report

The 2013 Swedish On-road Nationals was held at the relatively newly built facility of the Lidköping RCK, located towards the South-Western part of Sweden. The track is a fairly big one, with both sweeping and technical parts. The event was unfortunately struck by bad weather, with rain and very cold conditions, already from the start on Friday. The entry count reached 60, divided on three classes: 1/10 nitro on-road, 1/8 on-road, and 1/10 electric touring cars. In the 1/8 category, the race saw a late entry of the star of this year’s Swedish Cup in the 1/10 class, Markus Hellquist. In a controlled and blistering fast performance, he managed to snatch the overall win in front of many experienced 1/8 drivers. He came in in front of Mikael Fransson and Patrick Sahlin.

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