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October 31, 2019

Daniel Bubel wins at Fear Farm 2.0 race

The Fear Farm 2.0 race was held at the Nuno Arena in Denmark last weekend, attracting local drivers as well as guest from Germany and Norway. Considered to be the biggest race 1/8th off-road race on Danish soil for the 2019 season, the event was held in Nitro and Electric classes and in E-Buggy it was Xray’s Daniel Bubel with a clean sweep in the qualifiers to take the pole position for the A-mains. The opening two A-final legs then saw Daniel taking the wins for the overall in front of JQRacing’s Mikkel Vesterled and Xray’s Vincent Ruger.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 31, 2019

Samix Enduro brass front bumper mount

Coming from Samix and made for the Element RC Enduro series of trail trucks is a new brass front bumper mount with adjustable servo mount. Machined from heavy brass material and adding about 98g of weight to the front of the chassis, the part not only makes for improved climbing performance, the mount also reinforces the chassis assembly. In addition the relocation of the steering servo further helps with overall performance. The mount accepts most standard-size servos, it comes with a black surface coating for looks and corrosion resistance and it includes all needed hardware, however it only works in combination with Samix‘s END-4035 or END-6035 parts.

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October 30, 2019

Jerome Sartel teams up with SWorkz

SWorkz have announced the addition of French 1/8th off-road frontrunner, Jerome Sartel to their team. The long-time TLR racer joins SWorkz both as driver and also as European team manager and he will campaign SWorkz machinery along TPro tyres at national and international events. Jerome says:

I’m really proud to join Sworkz as their European team manager! Their quality products, great racing spirit, in addition to their motivation to bring satisfaction to customers makes me think it was the right choice. I would like to thanks Max and Georg for making this project happen. I’m looking forward to meet and talk to all drivers in order to share our passion around that awesome brand! European Drivers, who want to join SWorkz can contact me under teameurope@mwrcproducts.com beginning from 1st of November.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

October 30, 2019

Kohta Akimoto wins at Stock’s Combat

The 2019 Stock’s Combat was held at the RC Champ Stadium indoor dirt track in Yokohama, Japan last weekend. In the 2WD Stock Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Kohta Akimoto with the overall win after coming out on top in A2 and A3, leaving behind Yokomo’s Yusuke Sugiura, who took the TQ honours, in 2nd place overall. Yokomo’s Nana Kaiho came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]

October 30, 2019

Samix Enduro adjustable aluminium battery tray

Coming from Samix and made for the Element RC Enduro trail trucks is an adjustable aluminium forward battery tray. The part lower the truck’s overall centre of gravity while shifting the weight bias further towards the front end for improved climb performance. The size of the tray allows the use of both standard and shorty LiPo battery packs and it includes all needed hardware. The sets are available in blue or black colour and they require the use of Samix’s END-6068 or END-4068 parts.

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October 30, 2019

RC Carbon Cavalieri D819 IBR rear shock tower

RC Carbon Cavalieri from Germany have introduced their new IBR rear carbon fibre shock tower for the HB Racing D819 and D817v2 buggies. Machined from high-quality aluminium the shock tower utilises three different wing mounting positions, allowing to mount the win in +7mm, +11mm and +15mm positions which allows to fine-tune overall downforce and car behaviour during jumping. It is understood that the shock geometry matches the standard shock tower.

Source: RC Carbon Cavalieri [carbon-cavalieri.com]

October 30, 2019

JConcepts NCTS Rd4 Midwest Carpet Nats – Report

The final round of the inaugural JConcepts NCTS was held at Thunder Road RC Raceway in Waite Park, Minnesota over the weekend. The popularity of carpet and turf racing is definitely on the rise and without any doubts whatsoever, racing on artificial surfaces is clean, consistent, and drivers always have a good amount of grip. As the NCTS season 1 comes to an end, the organisers are convinced that the carpet wave will carry strong into 2020 and beyond. For the season finale, the hype was high as many of the team drivers have been raving about the facility and they are completely right. The layout was actually very cool. It was a reflection of itself if you were to split it down the middle. With the jumps and features laid out in a manner that challenged drivers, it wasn’t an easy track to get around going 100 precent. However, cruise around at 80 percent, it was very easy. The double vertical chicanes haven’t been done in a while, but definitely, required precision and commitment to get the hot laps. The jumps were quite easy, which promoted close racing and many laps of battling on the track that ultimately made for a wonderful race experience. Overall, it was a fun layout that favoured cars with balanced setups that inspired confidence and control.

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October 30, 2019

Speedzone Evolution LiPo battery packs

Speedzone have announced their new Evolution brand, designed for and dedicated to competitive racing. Made to broaden Speedzone’s exposure in the competitive RC car racing scene, the first product offerings for the brand are 1S, 2S standard and shorty 130C LiPo packs. The 6000mAh 7.4V LCG pack measures 139x47x22.5mm and weighs 294g. The 5200mAh 7.4V shorty pack measures 96x47x25mm and weighs 228g, and the 8100mAh 3.7V pack measures 93x47x18.5mm and weighs in at 160g. All packs were designed to produce high voltage with low internal resistance and utilize 5mm bullet connectors.

View the shorty LiPo packs here