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March 24, 2013

Jason Branham double at RC Pro South opener

The RC Pro National Series South division kicked off its season this past weekend at the all new facility of 439 Raceway in Belton, TX, just north of Austin and Jason Branham sent this report. ‘439 Raceway has put in a ton of work to get its facilities into top notch condition with features such as an enlarged track, new dirt, covered pitting area, cleaning station, on site hobby shop, on site shower, and RV hook ups for anyone choosing to bring their motor mansion. In attendance from the Xray/RCAmerica crew was I (Jason Branham), Josh Glancy, Cade Whitenton, Nick and Ethan Lefebvre, and Andrew Clark.

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March 24, 2013

PSM MBX7 CVD set & turnbuckles

PSM Racing have released some new parts for the Mugen MBX7. First up are these CVD Axles which are made of high grade 7075-T6 aluminium to reduce the drivetrain’s rotating mass. Weighing only 26g in total, this set is super lightweight and very durable. Also new is a complete set of aluminium turnbuckles made from the same lightweight material. They are a strong and super light replacement for your original steel turnbuckles and weighing only 8.6g is a good way to lower the center of gravity of your buggy.

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March 24, 2013

Asian Onroad Championship – Announcement

Asian Onroad Championship - Announcement

The world renowned Scotty Ernst is heading East for his latest venture, the newly announced Asian Onroad Championship. The AOC will be a group of standalone events that travel around Asia. On Road racing is extremely strong in this part of the World and the roots of many of the companies that design and manufacture cars and parts are located within Asia making this the perfect place to make an exciting Championship. In this the opening year they will begin with 4 events, starting in China then on to Australia, Thailand and ending in Japan. The races are open to Super Stock (13.5 Boosted), Stock (17.5 Non Boost), FWD (17.5 Non Boosted) and F1 (21.5 Non Boosted) plus each event may have other additional classes depending on local interest. Full information on the series can be found at the official site here.

March 24, 2013

Mark Smyka wins 1/12th 17.5 National title

The 17.5 1/12 class at the 2013 ROAR Carpet Nationals was ultra competitive. Qualifying rounds that saw the top 3 cars finish .04 of second apart from each other, and the difference between making the A Main or watching it was .02 of a second. After qualifying 3rd overall Viper RC driver Mark Smyka would win one of tightest spec class battles seen in a long time, winning from Joe Trandell and pole sitter Jon Williams. Mark’s National Title is his first after many years of racing different classes and it is also Viper’s first On-Road National Championship and second overall after winning 2011 Off-Road 17.5 National Championship.

Source: Viper RC [viper-rc.com]

March 23, 2013

Menicucci takes Italian UISP League title

Francesco Martini reports on the recent UISP League race in Italy. ‘For the first time, this year the Italian league UISP was split in two days with 5 qualifying round by round: three on Saturday afternoon and two on Sunday followed by the finals. This new formula has allowed us to have free practice on Saturday morning in order to make the drivers try the tires and start to see the values on the tracks. Until the morning the signs were good and our T4 seemed to have something more than the others in all categories.

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March 22, 2013

Xray NT1 2013 spec

Xray have released complete details on their update NT1, the 2013 spec. With a lot of focus on the shocks, the car features new low profile shock with new internals including Delrin pistons and of course all new shorter springs, the new design helping to lower the car’s centre of gravity. To cater for the new shorter shocks, there is all new shock towers while for the rear upper links there is a new upper bulkhead with new roll centre adjustments. Other new parts include an all-new front wire anti-roll bar for smaller technical tracks, new narrower chassis, new Mutli-Flex radio plate as well as an all new reverse clutch set with updated parts for smoother and faster acceleration.

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March 22, 2013

Xceed hardware box, Centax tools & Nitromax

Xceed have introduced a number of new items including a larger version of their very popular hardware boxes. The large one fits really well in most popular trolley bags and is ideal for larger items such as offroad shocks and springs, or nylon and metal parts for various other equipment. The hardware boxes are made from a very strong plastic and the lid can be closed really well. Other new items include a centax clutch adjustment tool to adjust the spring tension net on various on road clutches. Xceed have also released a stand for their previously available tyre gluing holder to make it easier. Finally for event organisers there is 2 new Nitromax floaters for 16% and 25% to check the legality of fuel. Comes complete with the bottle and cap.

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March 22, 2013

Prumper & Vogel take German Indoor titles

At the weekend of 16th to 17th March 2013, the 2013 German TC Championship took place in Geilenkirchen and Marco Kaufmann penned this report. To get some track time prior the race on the small and technical high demanding track and to compensate the home advantage of many drivers the Team Xray Germany already traveled on Thursday. After the first practice we were working on the setup. The T4 worked perfectly, so I was able to get 3rd position on the grid for the A-Mains. The latitude of the track was so tight at some sections, that it was difficult to overtake another driver side by side and also in an accurate way. So you had to wait until the driver in front of you made a mistake.

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