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January 28, 2020

Juan Aguirre wins at Nitro Electric On-road Series Rd1

The Barceloneta RC Complex of Barceloneta, Puerto Rico held the opening round of their Nitro Electric On-road Series last weekend with nearly 60 entries. In the 1/10th 200mm class it was Juan Chalas with the overall TQ from Franco Machado in 2nd. The 25-minute A-main event however brought a totally different result with 5th place qualifier, Juan Aguirre taking the win some seven laps in front of 6th place qualifier, Ivan Garcia while 3rd place qualifier, Alex Fagundo came in 3rd overall, some 40 seconds behind Ivan.

Source: Wallace Motorsports [wallacemotorsports.net]

January 28, 2020

Frederik Brolos Mikkelsen wins at DASU Champs Rd2

Round 2 of the Danish DASU Electric On-road Championship was hosted by the Brondby Racing Club last weekend. The race was held in Stock Touring, Formula and GT12 classes and in Touring Super Stock it was Awesomatix driver, Frederik Brolos Mikkelsen with the overall TQ and win from the Xray duo of Patrick Danielsen in 2nd and Patrick Folman in 3rd.

Image: Claus Ryeskov

January 28, 2020

Akio Sobue wins at 2020 Mountain Cup

The 2020 Mountain Cup was held at the RC Paradise asphalt indoor track in Nagoya, Japan this past weekend. The race attracted some of the country’s fastest drivers and it was Infinity’s Akio Sobue with the overall win in the Touring Car Modified class from Masami Hirosaka (Yokomo) in 2nd. Xray’s Takuma Sasaki came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Source: KO Propo [kopropo.com]

January 27, 2020

Vigor A800MMX 1-piece flex top deck

Coming from Vigor and made for the Awesomatix A800MMX touring car is a 1-piece flex top deck. Machined from high-quality 2.0mm carbon fibre the top deck is of a 1-piece design, different from the MMX’s standard 2-piece upper deck, making for different torsional flex characteristics of the chassis construction. The asymmetrical design allows to swap the top deck without having to remove the spur gear, ensuring swift and easy setup changes.

Source: Vigor [vigorrc.com]

January 27, 2020

Salmela & Lehto win at FinTrack Tour Rd2

Round 2 of the 2020 FinTrack Tour was hosted by the Kypak club in Kuusankoski this past weekend, attracting 75 entries from Finland and Russia. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Karri Salmela (Awesomatix) with a near clean sweep in the qualifiers as Pekko Iivonen came in 2nd, winning a single qualifying round. The finals then saw Karri continue to dominate, taking all three A-mains for the overall from Awesomatix pilot Georgy Chmigal in 2nd. Schumacher driver Pekko Iivonen would round out the top 3 as Leevi Martikainen and Teemu Saarinen came in 4th and 5th respectively.

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January 27, 2020

LRP Graphene 4 Competition Car Line LiPo packs

LRP have announced the soon release of their all-new Graphene 4 Competition Car LiPo high-performance LiPo battery packs. The batteries use newly developed Graphene 4 cells for higher capacity and further improved performance with Modified and Stock specific packs being available – the latter offering even more power for demanding stock racing classes. New for 2020 is also a new, darker sticker design while the iconic translucent blue cases remain the same as in 2019. The 2020 range will include three Modified specific standard-footprint packs such as the 6700mAh LCG, 5700mAh Ultra LCG and 5200mAh Hyper LCG battery. The Stock specific range includes a 9400mAh, 8100mAh, and 7400mAh standard as well as a 6100mAh LCG battery. As for the Shorty side of things LRP roll out 5900mAh and 4900mAh standard as well as a 4100mAh Stock LCG pack to which add 4600mAh and 4000mAh Modified LCG offerings. The first batch will hit stores beginning of February will full stock being expected for end of February.

View the Stock specific packs here

January 27, 2020

Xray Racing Series Germany Rd7 – Report

Round 7 of the Xray Racing Series Germany was held in Aschaffenburg over the weekend hosted by the MCRT Aschaffenburg club. The race was held on a new layout and carpet, making for some tricky racing conditions as the grip wasn’t already up. The race was held in several electric on-road classes and in Touring Stock it was Marc Stübben with the win from Jens Haller and Jörg Baldes, all running Xray cars.

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January 27, 2020

Ronald Völker TQs & wins at 2020 Charity Race

The annual Charity Race was hosted by Team La Gang at the RCLandia track in Scandiano, Italy this past weekend. The event was held in a multitude of electric on-road classes and in Touring Modified the race for the overall TQ was on between Yokomo’s Ronald Völker and Awesomatix privateer, Marc Rheinard. Ultimately it was Ronald with the pole position, beating Marc in the tie-breaker. The triple A-main had Ronald taking three straight wins as Marc Rheinard and Xray’s Alessio Menicucci battled it out for the overall runner-up spot. In the end Marc would hold the upper hand, taking overall 2nd from Alessio in 3rd.

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