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July 16, 2020

Exotek DR10 CF wheelie bar & slipper eliminator

Exotek have announced the release of new option parts for the Team Associated DR10 drag racing car in the form of a carbon fibre wheelie bar and a slipper eliminator direct spur gear mount. Starting with the extra long carbon fibre wheelie bar, the longer bar gives the driver more stability than the short stock wheelie bar, for straighter and faster passes without needing to let off the throttle as often. The assembly is adjustable at the base, using the stock DR10 adjustments, but it is also possible to make finer adjustments on the bar itself so that the driver can tune in the absolute perfect bar height. The wheelie bar is constructed of heavy duty 3mm carbon fiber with alloy support posts.

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July 15, 2020

Isaakidis & Maricholas win Greek EP Touring titles

The 2020 Greek Electric Touring Car Championship was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens last weekend, attracting more than 30 drivers to compete in the two Modified and Stock racing classes. In the Touring Modified category it was Vaggelis Papachristos (Xray) who took the pole position after winning twi out of four qualifying rounds in front of Dimitris Mitropoulos (Xray) and Tasos Batas (Xray) who won a single qualifying round each. However in the finals, it was Filippos Isaakidis (Tamiya) who drove superbly and from 6th on the grid he was able to win the first two A-main legs, handing him his fourth Greek National Championship in the Modified category. Christos Vasilopoulos (Xray) who had really good pace throughout the race finished second in front of Dimitris Ioannidis (Xray) who rounded out the podium.

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July 15, 2020

Zak Smith TQs & wins at Bedworth Summer Series

The Bedworth Radio Controlled Car Club in Nuneaton, UK held a round of their Summer Series last weekend and it was Schumacher’s Zak Smith with the TQ and win in the Touring Modified class. Awesomatix driver, Chris Grainger came in 2nd overall from Schumacher’s Andy Murray in 3rd. Matt White came in 4th, Dale Burr completed the top 5 result.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

July 15, 2020

Radtec Rainbow titanium turnbuckles

Radtec have announced the release of their new Rainbow design high-quality titanium turnbuckles. They are machined from sturdy titanium material for a low weight and exceptional durability and they feature the sought after rainbow or oil-slick finish. The M3 turnbuckles come in sets of two and they are available in lengths of 15mm, 20mm, 25mm, 27mm, 30mm, 35mm, 39mm and 44mm.

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July 15, 2020

ARC R11F narrow upper deck

ARC have introduced a new narrow upper deck for their R11F front-wheel drive touring car kit. The top deck was designed to allow the battery pack to be mounted 8mm closer to the centre of the car for improved balance and stability. The top deck requires the use of the optional slim battery holders and ARC recommends to utilise their R11 SRS servo to avoid the battery from touching the servo mounting plate.

Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]

July 15, 2020

Xpress XQ1S mid pulley conversion kit

Coming soon from Xpress is their new mid pulley conversion kit for the Execute XQ1S club level touring car. The set includes new upper and lower fibreglass decks, a red anodised aluminium motor mount, a redesigned servo mount plate as well as centre pulleys, main gear, belts and small parts. Using the conversion will improve overall balance in corners as well as car behaviour under acceleration. The design retains the 1-piece front and rear bulkheads of the original car and it will hit stores soon.

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July 14, 2020

Patrick Schäfer joins Xtreme Aerodynamics

Xtreme Aerodynamics are busy adding more top-level pilots to their racing team with the latest being Germany’s Patrick Schäfer. Owner of Shepherd Micro Racing, the 2019 IFMAR Worlds semi-finalist will deck out his 1/8th and 1/10th scale Shepherd nitro on-road rides using Xtreme Aerodynamics’ popular body shells for the remainder of the 2020 and the full 2021 season.

Source: Xtreme Aerodynamics [xtremeaerodynamics.it]

July 14, 2020

Masami Hirosaka releases his autobiography

Record IFMAR World and JMRCA Japanese National Champion, Masami Hirosaka has just released the first three parts of a multi-title autobiography about his racing life. One of the most well-known professional RC car racers of all times, Masami is a role model for decades of racers that can now get a pretty detailed idea of what Masami’s racing life was all about. Part 1 to 3 of the biography is available on Amazon in Japanese language with part 1 being made public in English language now also. The English language parts 2 and 3 are currently in production with Masami already working on parts 4 to 6 as we type. More details can be found on his YouTube channel here and part 1 of the biography is available in English language here.