May 26, 2007
…6. Yong Tak Oh (Korea) Kyosho Evolva – 19L 5:05.410 7. Wang Sheng Chung (Taiwan) – 19L 5:08.793 8. Sam Cheng (Singapore) Serpent 960 – 19L 5:10.520 9. Erwin Luhur (Singapore) Kyosho Evolva – 19L 5:11.209 10. Lin Chih Ming (Taiwan) Mugen MRX4 – 19L 5:11.696 1/10th Class 1. Ken Furukawa (Japan) Kyosho V1 RRR – 18L 5:08.352 2. Philip Lee (Singapore) Kyosho V1 RRR – 18L 5:10.253 3. Teddy Syach (Indonesia) Serpent 720 – 18L 5:10.585 4. Sadikin (Indonesia) Xray NT1 – 18L 5:11.184 5. Kris Heriana (Indonesia) Kyosho V1 RRR – 18L 5:11.917 6. Benjamin Seet (Singapore) Kyosho…
May 25, 2007
Robert Pietsch continues to win in the South of Germany as the 3rd round of the regional championships took place last weekend in Rosenheim. Qualifying on Saturday and Sunday resulted in Robert Pietsch taking the TQ spot on his home track with Thomas Günsel in 2nd and Sebastian Feller in 3rd, all 3 drivers racing the Xray NT1. At the start of the main final, Robert took off into the lead leaving Günsel and Feller to battle it out for the 2nd step on the podium, eventually being decided when Feller had a coming together with another car, dropping him…
May 24, 2007
Sirio have released their new power clutch set that is suitable for use with the Xray NT1 and the Kyosho RRR range of 1/10th scale cars. The bell housing (above) is sold as part of the set and features cooling fins that allow the temperature of the clutch to stay low without the removal of material which could compromise strength, and reduce clutch shoe contact area. The bell housing is also available seperately and doesn’t come supplied with pinion gears, those that come with the Xray and Kyosho will fit. Source: The Border [the-border.com]…
May 24, 2007
Xray have a report from last weekends 2nd round of the Czech Nationals that were run on the small but technical Blansko track. In qualifying it was Martin KoÅ™Ãnek that took the top spot, heading an Xray NT1 lock out of the top 4 with Martin Bayer in 2nd, Michal Bok in 3rd and Martin Pater in 4th. In the race, after some confusion at the start, pole man KoÅ™Ãnek was the first retirement with engine trouble, which left Michal Bok to take the win from Martin Pater and Martin Bayer in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Source: Xray [teamxray.com]…
May 23, 2007
Japan Hong Kong based KM Racing have released some great new performance parts for the new Xray NT1 200mm. First up is this high performance 2mm steel ventilated brake disk which provides excellent stopping power, even under the toughest of conditions, and which is also suitable for a wide range of other cars too. Also from KM Racing is the release of two different 2.5mm thick carbon plates for both the front and rear body mounts, to be used in place of the body stays that come as standard with the car. The front plate also sports a hole to…
May 22, 2007
…proofing and wet weather preparation enabled him to be the only Truck to go the full 30 minutes without a single engine cut. At the start of the Rubber class main final there was a nose to tail battle between Elite’s Joe Kerry driving his Mega powered Serpent 720 and Michael Balls Xray NT1, with Joe taking the upper hand and pulling out a lead. After 10 minutes the timing computer failed, leaving the organizers to make the decision of having a re-run with the results to be decided over both legs. Again Joe took the lead and Michael made…
May 21, 2007
…the lead, eventually winning by 9 laps ahead of the Serpent duo of Ruud Schuitmaker and Bas Geurds who came home in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Click here for the final finishers… Final Results 1. Maarten van Lierop (Xray NT1) – 65 Laps 2. Ruud Schuitmaker (Serpent 720) – 56 Laps 3. Bas Geurds (Serpent 720) – 51 Laps 4. Fedor Eskes (HPI R40) – 48 Laps 5. Ruben d’Arco (Xray NT1) – 41 Laps 6. Ronald van Erp (Serpent 720) – 30 Laps 7. Remy Muller (Serpent 720) – 30 Laps Thanks to Ruben for the picture and report…
May 16, 2007
Last weekend saw the first round of the central German regionals run on the MSC Kirchhain track, near Marburg. Qualifying saw the pole position taken by Xray NT1 driver Dirk Wischnewski with team mates Andreas Schuch and Patrick Garbi lining up in 2nd and 3rd position on the grid for the main final. The start of the main final saw Dirk, and Mugen racer Alexander Mehl, pull away at the front until Dirk had a flame out dropping him down the order and allowing Mehl to take the lead. The Mugen racer held onto this position until a mechnical problem…
