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October 17, 2009

Fernando Ruiz wins Copa Federal

During the 3rd of the Argentinean Nationals also the 1st Copa Federal was held. This new 3-port racing class was introduced this year for the first time. It was Shepherd racer Fernando Ruiz who dominated this single event championship. During qualifying he claimed the pole-position for the final with the fastest laps of all competitors and on Sunday he could defend his 1st place a the start and never looked back. Without any mistake he won the first Copa Federal ahead of Serpent racer Alejandro Kovácsy in 2nd and Kyosho driver Gonzalo Viel in 3rd.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

October 17, 2009

Xray T3 Electric Touring car

Xray have released the full details on their all new touring car platform, the T3. With fast-paced rule changes in the electric touring car class, the main focus of the T3 was to design the car for brushless motors and especially for LiPo technology, to take on what the world can offer and outperform all others under any racing conditions or rules. Take your pick, asphalt, carpet, rubber or foam tires, NiMH or high-performance LiPo batteries, cutting-edge brushed or brushless motors, the T3 can handle them all and still dominate the competition in the process.

Click here to view the full T3 feature list & more photos

October 17, 2009

Tim Bremicker wins German National Truggy title

The 2 round German Truggy National Championship took place on both the Dachsbach and Landshut tracks. Round 1 in Dachsbach was won by Mugen driver Tim Bremicker, ahead of his team mate Daniel Reckward with LRP driver Moritz Gaul taking 3rd spot. In the deciding race in Landshut it was Stefan Scheunpflug that took the win easily ahead of Patrick Feschtschenko in 2nd, with race 1 winner Bremicker in 3rd. This position combined with his win was enough to give Tim the National title, with Scheunpflug taking the runner up spot by 1 point ahead of Daniel Reckward who place 3rd in the standings.

Source: RMV [rmv-deutschland.de]

October 17, 2009

Mugen Seiki LD Buggy wheels

Mugen Seiki have released a new type of wheel for their MBX-6 buggy. Suitable for other makes of buggy with the same axle, the new LD wheel has a 3mm larger diameter and 1mm larger width than the standard wheels. These dish style wheels are available in both yellow and white.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]

October 17, 2009

Xray Column – Time to Move on

The 35th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj gives his feelings on the busy summer of events, as well as talking about he development of the new T3 touring car platform.

All the different prototypes had specific advantages, but their mutual characteristic was that every one of the designs was faster and more easily handling than the T2’009 if you can believe it! It was interesting that the most noticeable differences were on the outdoor track. Some of the cars used to “push” more in the corners, while some of the others had less steering. Of course these differences were very small and for typical drivers might have seemed insignificant, but for professional drivers those were big differences; to reduce a lap time by a fragment of a second it may mean at the end of a 5min run the difference of 2 seconds, which may be difference between making the main final or a lower sub-final.

Read the full column here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 17, 2009

CEFX Griffin & Lithium chassis updates

New from Josh Cyrul’s CEFX is their new line pan cars that have been adapted from previous models to accept LiPo 1S packs. Currently in production are CEFX’s newest 12th and 10th WGT cars. Not to be confused with our previous Phoenix t-bar cars, the Griffin is now a link based car to adapt to the needs of 1S Lipo racing. Also receiving an update is the Lithium 1/10th Oval conversion kit which has received minor updates to maximize it’s potential for the switch from 2S to 1S LiPo batteries.

Click here to see the other chassis’

October 16, 2009

Perfect day for new Xray at ETS opener

Xray couldn’t really have asked for more today as their new T3 topped the practice times sheet for the opening round of the 2009/10 Xenon Racing Euro Touring Series in both Modified and Pro Stock. In the final session of the day Alexander Hagberg and Matthias Lang posted the fastest runs of the day in their respective classes.

View the full event coverage on the ETS site here.

October 16, 2009

New Xray sets early pace in Kastellaun

Xray’s new T3 chassis is setting the early pace here in Kastellaun at the opening round of the Xenon Racing Euro Touring Series with the new car holding the Top 4 placings after 3 of the 5 practice runs. Over 5-minutes it is Alexander Hagberg who posted the fastest run putting with 25 laps in 5:08.422. In terms of lap times it is again Xray on top with lead factory driver Teemu Leino producing a best time of 11.751 with the next best time coming from fellow countryman Juho Levanen at the controls of his Associated TC5.

View the full event coverage on the ETS site here.