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December 17, 2012

Max MP9 Phantom .21 on road engine

Max Power have introduced their new for 2013 3.5cc on road engine called the MP9 Phantom. A completely new engine for the new season it features a new 14mm crankshaft with a longer stroke, new inner timing and 3 balance weights. The 9 port super precise chromed sleeve, 2 piston lubrication channels and is made of a thicker material for a longer life. There is a new lighter piston, a R7.14 corned and of course an updated crankcase to accommodate the longer stroke. Available in the next week.

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December 17, 2012

Billy Easton wins FORCE series Rd4

The fourth round of the 2012-2013 FORCE Series was held this past weekend in Tampa, Florida at Hurricane R/C Club. Competition was at an all time high for Florida’s Premiere Off-Road Series with 144 entries. Coming into the weekend the track crew at Hurricane R/C Club and the promoters of the FORCE Series had a lot of work ahead of them prepping the track from all of the rain the track received early in the week. As always the track crew did an awesome job and had the track ready for Friday’s practice.

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December 17, 2012

Olly Jefferies dominates EWS Rd3

Round 3 of the Essex Winter Series took place this weekend. With the series now recognised as one of the premier Touring Car events in the UK, the meeting was fully booked well in advance of the day. This included a number of Britain’s top drivers, following on from the news that the venue would host the BRCA Winter National early next year.

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December 16, 2012

Michael Paige double at Holiday Barn Burner

JConcepts team driver Michael Paige attended the 2012 Holiday Barn Burner hosted by RJD Hobbies in Lincoln Illinois. This Horizon Hobby sponsored event went well for Paige, TQing 2wd buggy, 4wd buggy and 2wd short course. Races started at 11am and finished up around 9pm in the evening. It was a long day, with good competition and very competitive racing. Paige went on to win 2wd buggy and 4wd buggy running JConcepts Bar Codes in Green Compound and took 2nd in 2wd short course and 2nd in 4wd short course with Green Pressure Points. Fellow Teammate Ben Ellis took 1st in 2wd short course and TLR driver Zac Rose took 1st in 4wd short course.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

December 15, 2012

VRC Pro Column – 1:8 Nitro Buggy

VRC Pro 1:8 Nitro Buggy

The VRC Pro development team is now working on the next class: 1:8 scale nitro buggies. This is a very popular class worldwide and we are expecting a great reception for this class. With the launch of 1:8 nitro buggies first quarter of 2013 we will also be releasing brand new off-road tracks, among them Silver Dollar Raceway (A Main Hobbies, Ca.), Padova IBR, Italy, Speed Paradise Buenos Aires Argentina (2012 IFMAR Worlds track) and possibly even the famous Pattaya track in Thailand (2010 IFMAR Worlds track). Starting with 1:8 scale buggies VRC Pro will introduce fully animated suspension and shocks. This required a complete overhaul of the 2 ½ D suspension geometry model to turn it into a full 3D model. The new generation of cars will have even more precise geometries and as a result car handling will become even more realistic.

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December 15, 2012

2013 LRP TCM – Announcement

2013 LRP TCM - Announcement

LRP have announced that for the 16th running of their TCM event they have moved venue from the regular Eppelheim to Althengstett, near Stuttgart. Because of this last minute change, the date has also changed and the event will now take place from the 26th to the 28th of April. Entries will open from February 1st at 6pm CET.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

December 15, 2012

Mike Swauger signs for Picco

Picco have announced the signing of Multiple ROAR National Champion Mike Swauger to their factory team. The Hawaii based Xray driver will run the Torque line of engines in his 1/8th and 1/10th scale vehicles. He had this to say:

Let me say thanks to Alberto and Edoardo Picco and Kevin Hutchinson of Kevco Racing, for this opportunity to represent and help promote their products for the next two years (2013-2014). I am very positive about this adventurous partnership and debuting the new 2013 EM X-TYPE long stroke engines at the Winter Nats. I am excited about working alone side of Edo doing R&D and gaining more experience with their products. And to Novarossi “All the Best and Thanks for so many years of support!”

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]

December 15, 2012

Xray Column – Making the T4, Part 2

The 65th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Martin Hudy continues to give us an insight into the track testing that went into their all new T4 touring car.

Even though Alex and I continued to test the prototype parts on carpet, the second real test came in March when Alex went to Gran Canaria for the ETS race. I was occupied with some other very important priorities at home so was unable to attend the race, leaving Alex to do all of the testing alone. In order to get in as much testing as possible, Alex arrived on the Monday leading up the race. I kept in touch with Alex via text messages during his testing period to keep up to date with his progress. After 3-4 days of testing Alex was 0.2 seconds faster with the new car than his T3 2012, and his feedback would prove valuable for the continuing development.

Read the full column here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]