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April 13, 2010

Heriyana & Syach win Rd2 of Indonesian Nats

Round 2 of the Indonesian 1/10 National series was held over two weekends, with the modified class held on April 4th at Sunter International Speedway while the stock class was held on the Winners69 indoor track, the following weekend. In the modified class it was Kris Heriyana who put his Tamiya on TQ spot, followed by Wiyono with his Associated a few seconds back. Didi Kartanegara, Bowie Ginting, and Teddy Syach completed the top 5.

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April 13, 2010

Nejc Mihelic wins opening round of Slovenian Nats

Last weekend saw the opening round of the 2010 Slovenian on road National Championships take place at the Morac track in Austria where it was to be Motonica’s day. In the 1:8 class it was Nejc Mihelic who TQ’d the event with his Picco powered Motonica P81. Weather wasn’t too good, with some rain drops all over the weekend and Sunday saw a wet start but it eventually dried out after a few hours and the grip wasn’t too bad to start off with but gradually increased throughout the day. In the final Nejc Mihelic could easily convert with pole position into a 6 lap advantage by the end of the 30 minute race, with Austrian Michael Höller in 2nd and Sasa Matijek in 3rd, completing an all Motonica podium.

Thanks to Nejc Mihelic for the report.

April 13, 2010

Exotek XR3 Xray T3 LiPo chassis

Exotek Racing have introduced the Exotek XR3, Xray T3 conversion. This no holds barred multi-adjustment LiPo chassis features unique CNC manufactured stainless steel weights allowing your LiPo battery to be positioned to have equal left and right balance without the need to add lead weight and without raising the battery up higher. The XR3 chassis is designed and tested to equalize lateral flex resulting in much more predictable handling. Removing the 6 NiMh battery slots effectively stiffens the chassis so they have had to reduce the thickness to 2mm to put a little flex back into the chassis for improved traction. The chassis has also been narrowed to 91mm wide, for less chassis scrub through corners for better corner speed. Featuring a multitude of battery mounting options, it accepts 7.4 volt flat bottom LiPos such as Thunder Power 5000, Intellect IB, Orion Platinum Series or similar sized LiPo batteries.

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April 13, 2010

DnM Tech ScReW set box

DnM Tech have released the handy ScReW set box, which contains a selection the most common screws and includes dome head screws (3×6, 3×8, 3×10, 3×12 – 50 pcs each), countersunk screws (3×6, 3×8, 3×10, 3×12, 3×14 – 50pcs each) and M3 5.5mm locknuts (25pcs each). The screws have been made with high quality steel with chrome finishing which offers life time storage without rusting.

Source: DNM Tech [dnm-tech.com]

April 13, 2010

Avid Ceramic & steel engine bearings

Avid have released ceramic & steel engine bearings, which offer the maximum performance and reliability to your racing engine at an unbeatable price. The bearing specs are Abec5, G3 Si3N4 ceramic balls, PA66 with 30 glass fiber cage, and chrome steel 52100 rings and it has no seals to allow for proper lubrication from the oil in your fuel. A ceramic engine bearing can allow most RC engines to spin an extra 500 rpm with less drag and the life of the bearing is far greater over a steel bearing. Another benefit to ceramics is the weight difference in the balls allowing for less rotating mass.

Source: Avid [avidrc.com]

April 13, 2010

Team Tekin dominate April Fools Classic

Team Tekin are reporting on the recently held 22nd annual April Fools Classic held at IRCR in Magna Utah. Team driver Tony Newland TQ’d and won the 13.5 SS truck class using the RS Pro and Tekin Redline 13.5 motor, while team manager Randy Pike also TQ’d 17.5 truck using the RS Pro and Redline 17.5 motor. Privateer driver and local Aaron TQ’d and won the Pro 4 SCT division running a Tekin RS Pro, followed in 2nd position by Tekin’s own Ty “Strapped up” Campbell. 17.5 2wd Buggy was also TQ’d and won by local Kyle Rieger using a Tekin RS, while Lloyd Dasonville also picked up a 3rd place in factory mod truck running a Tekn Rs Pro and 7.5 Redline motor in his new TQ Racing ride. And we can’t leave out the Tekin Prez aka Jim “Prez” Campbell picked up a 3rd place in the hotly contested masters truck class running a Tekin RS Pro and 13.5 Redline motor.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

April 12, 2010

Robert Pietsch wins Italian EFRA GP

Last weekend saw the first EFRA GP of 2010 take place for 1:8 on road, held at the Jody Scheckter circuit in Fiorano, Italy. With more than 70 drivers in attendance, including World champions Lamberto Collari and Daniele Ialesi, the competition was extremely tough. Following qualifying it was the 9-time World Champion Collari on pole position, followed by Robert Pietsch in 2nd, Andrea Cristiani in 3rd and Walter Salemi in 4th, the final direct qualifier.

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April 12, 2010

Volker & Dankel defend German Indoor titles

The German Indoor electric touring car Championships took place last weekend at Geilenkirchen, a permanent indoor track that was open the whole week allowing everybody to get enough practice in. In the modified class it was Ronald Völker who took the TQ spot followed by Yannic Prümper and Christopher Krapp. In the first A-main Ronald went out with a broken spur gear, allowing Yannic to drive to the win followed by Krapp and Florian Bernklau. The second main saw Ronald have a good start and would win the final followed by Yannic and Christopher Krapp. The third and deciding main was like the 2nd with Ronald taking win and securing the Championship for a 3rd time, in front of Yannic Prümper and Christopher Krapp.

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