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February 28, 2013

Jason Branham 2013 Ice Breaker race

The annual Ice Breaker race took place at the recently renovated Indy RC World track in Dallas, TX. Indy has done a great job cleaning up the facility but mainly the track area got the biggest upgrades with lighting, expansion and new dirt. There were around 140 entries and the bulk of the entries came to compete for Pro Buggy honours. The high bite, blue groove surface made finding the right tire compound for the time of day crucial and everyone seemed to be fast with lap times very close but it was going to come down to who was going to be the most consistent. The high bite surface could cause a traction roll at any time so if you weren’t on your toes you could get out of shape and get it wrong very quick. Jason Branham managed to TQ the first round of buggy with his XB9 but with mistakes he knew the time may not stand. Kyle Skidmore from AE was running fast and consistent during Saturday’s qualifying and he was able to put it all together to take the overall TQ honors in buggy proving he was going to be the man to beat. In the final Kyle Skidmore got off to a slow start and Jason got by him quickly. With the right tires and set-up the Xray driver was able to maintain consistency and stretch his lead fast. He then never looked back and took the win from Denver Houghton (TLR) and David Joor (AE).

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 28, 2013

Much More Fleta ZX BL motors

Much More Racing introduce the Fleta ZX electric brushless motors. They feature a black anodised full aluminium case with large airflow openings, balanced sintered rotors with laser-etched diameter markings, and an easy to adjust timing system. The motors are available as 3.5T to 8.5T modified and 10.5T to 21.5T stock variant.

Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.net]

February 28, 2013

Nosram 5800 X-Treme saddle pack

Nosram introduce the new 5800mAh X-Treme LiPo saddle pack battery. Build from the latest high performance 55C cells the hardcase battery comes with 4mm bullet type connectors, a new high density stacking method to increase voltage and the battery is 3C chargeable to reduce charging time. The saddle pack is ideal for many on-road and off-road applications that require a split battery layout.

Source: Nosram [nosram.com]

February 28, 2013

Caroli & Myburg win @ SA championship Rd1

The first round of the South African national championship was held at the Welkom RC Raceway in Welkom, South Africa. Racing was super competitive in all classes that were run over the weekend. Team Xray SA dominated the competition by taking away almost all the silverware. The 13.5T touring class was dominated by Antonio Caroli who took TQ and the first place in his class followed by Xray team mate Anderton Smith. Third place went to Shaun Schutte. In the 17.5T class Xray’s Andre Greef took TQ honours but was not able to defend his position in the finals. It was Gerrie Myburg (Xray) who ended up on the top podium spot followed by Andre in second and Justin Cloete (Xray) in third place. In the Modified class it was again Antonio Caroli who not only took the TQ honours but also ended on the top sport. He was followed by Anderton Smitch who had Xray team mate Deon Gove in tow for third place.

Click here to see the 17.5T and Modified podium

February 28, 2013

Team Speedmerchant TC6.1 shock towers

Speedmerchant TC6.1 shock towers

Team SpeedMerchant have released their new Associated TC6 front and rear lowered shock towers. Designed to fit the new style TC6 or 6.1 with the vertical ball stud bearing caps/bulkheads, both towers have had the shock mounting positions lowered by 2mm. On the front tower they removed the inner most and outer most stock position mounting holes, while the rear tower has had the 2 outer most holes removed, but they have added 2 new Inner holes for mounting your shocks. The rear tower also has a lowered rear body mount position by exactly 1 body clip hole, but the post is in the same location as the stock tower for a painless change over. The towers were lowered as much as possible while still being able to use the stock Associated springs giving your sedan a lower CG, and by utilizing the new mounting positions on the rear tower your TC6 will gain a ton of rotation. They are machined out of 2.5mm quasi-isotropic carbon fiber for superior rigidity and durability.

Source: SpeedMerchant [teamspeedmerchant.com]

February 27, 2013

LRP Vector X20 Stock Spec BL motor

LRP’s revolutionary Vector X20 brushless motors have set new benchmarks in electric motor performance and have quickly become the motor to beat for high-level racing competition. Now the same level of performance and technology has been created for Spec class racing. With the all-new Vector X20 Stock Spec motors, even more performance is at your disposal. Together with the improved throttle response, higher efficiency and better control-ability, these new motors are a clear advancement. Available from April in 10.5, 13.5, 17.5 & 21.5 turn versions.

View more details here

February 27, 2013

Xray Challenge races – Announcement

Xray Challenge races - Announcement

Xray have been in touch to invite racers to the series of the Xray Challenge races around the Europe. A full list of confirmed dates can be seen in the calendar below with more events to be added to the calendar throughout the year. Each race will have a separate and detailed leaflet published, so watch the Xray site for more details to come.

View the complete list of dates here

February 27, 2013

Gran Canaria takes ETS season outdoors

This weekend (March 1-3) the Yokomo Euro Touring Series marks its 30th event traveling to the popular Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria for the first outdoor race of the 2012/13 season. Making its debut on the ETS calendar 12-months ago, the race produced one of the most popular wins of the season when Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp notched up his first victory in the World famous electric touring car championship.

Continue reading the complete announcement here