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November 15, 2009

Shinnosuke Ogino wins JMRCA Sports class Nationals

The JMRCA Japanese Touring car nationals for Sport class took place this weekend at the Indoor Yatabe Arena. With 105 drivers in attendance, this is a very competitive class and it was Shinnosuke Ogino that took the pole position with a perfect score of 6 first places from 6 qualifying rounds, with Kutsuna Zyuniti in 2nd ad Muta Hironari in 3rd. In the finals it was Kutsuna that opened with a win as the pole man had a bad race and ended the leg in 9th. In the 2nd leg it was female racer Winter Toki that took the win from 8th on the grid, with Ogino claiming a 2nd spot and keeping his hopes of the overall win alive. In the final leg Ogino went one better and took the win to seal the title from Toki in 2nd, who had the same points but lost on a tie break, with Hironari claiming 3rd.

Source: JMRCA [jmrca.jp]

November 15, 2009

Acorn Racing 12V DC power supply

Acorn Racing has just sent us a sneak preview of their new prototype 12V DC power supply. This prototype was said to go through 5 design changes before the confirmation of this current piece. The digital meter on the face shows the total amperage that connected equipment is drawing and it has 2 standard outputs compared to the single output that is normally seen in the market. This power supply comes with a reverse polarity protection and it is said to be strong enough to power a tyre truer for the 1/8 scale. ABS material was chosen for the casing over anodized aluminium due to the scratch resistance nature. Expect more information following its official in December.

Source: Acorn Racing [acornracing.com]

November 15, 2009

MicroCute Q2 1/18 4wd chassis

The new MicroCute Q2 is a unique 1/18 micro-sized, belt-drive 4WD model racing car. The Q2 claims to offer high performance, responsive handling and exceptional MicroCute quality, engineering and design. Based on the legendary old first design platform, MicroCute presents the improved and refined Q2, redesigned with high-performance racing in mind. The Q2 progressive design embodies an enhanced driving experience, with its purpose-built performance chassis, unique MF Technology top deck, externally-adjustable ball diffs and race-oriented wheel mounting system.

Click here for more images of the chassis

November 15, 2009

New Zealand South Island Champs

The New Zealand South Island Champs for on road Gas and Electric were held recently on the Ruapuna track in Christchurch. The weather was great for the 64 entrants spread over 4 Electric classes and 3 Nitro classes. After 5 rounds of qualifying it was very close in most classes with 8th gas being the closest with the top 6 separated by only 6 seconds. Finals were on Sunday and the only classes that the TQ man didn’t convert his position to a win was the 10th 2wd gas class and the 8th gas class where it was Q2 that took the win. In the rest of the classes TQ was converted into wins in the finals.

Click here for the full results

November 14, 2009

Pro-Line 1/10th Hole Shot 2.0

Pro-Line have released a sneak peak of their new 1/10th scale buggy tire. The new Hole Shot 2.0 is the follow up to the company’s successful Hole Shot thread pattern and we can expect to more information on Monday, when the tire will be officially announced.

November 14, 2009

PN Racing Mini-Z World Cup 2009 Finals

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Embedded above is a nicely edited video from the PN Racing Mini-Z World Cup 2009 Finals that took place in Barcelona, Spain from October 30th to November 1st. The event attracted 82 of the best Mini-Z drivers from around the World, with competitors from Spain, USA, Germany, UK, Mexico, France, Portugal, Sweden and Holland. The 2WD Mod class was won by Alejandro Candel Laveda, 2WD Stock went to Jose Carlos Mesquita Pequito, AWD Mod saw the win for Jacob Feinstein, AWD Stock belonged to Hodei Urra, F1 Stock winner was Jose Alberto Martins de Carvalho, Pan Car Mod saw another win for Jacob Feinstein and finally Pan Car Stock victory was taken by Andreas Megerlin. More photos and videos, as well as the full results, can be found here.

November 14, 2009

Xray News Round-up

Here we have this weeks round up of product releases and race reports from our site sponsors Xray. Our summary includes everything published by the Slovakian manufacturer on their own website in the past week, so if you didn’t find the time to visit, be sure to read on. This weeks round up includes the following stories.

– XB808 Wins the Hessen Cup
– XB808 Wins the Galician Regional Championship
– T2’009 Wins Portugese National Championship
– T3 Wins Danish Championship R2
– NT1 Wins 2009 Swiss Championship

Click here to view the round-up

November 14, 2009

LRP Team Jacket

LRP have introduced their all new team jacket. Made from strong, water-repellent and wind proof materials, it’s perfect for the cold temperatures found at outdoor races during the winter time. Sporting the LRP logo on the chest and across the shoulders, as well as other different slogans, all designs really stand out from the blue jacket and show your brand allegiance. The jacket also sports an integrated hood with zipper, big-size side pockets and a special mobile phone pocket.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]