September 17, 2024

Iris sweeps Austrian FWD Nationals

After all six events of the Austrian Nationals the 1:10 FWD championship concluded with German manufacturer Iris securing 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th place in their first full year of competition.  Veteran racer Philipp Stadler, with 3 wins and 3 TQs emerged as the new Austrian Champion while alongside him, two young talents, Matheo Buchhalt (2 wins, 1 TQ) and Loris Buchhalt (1 TQ), took 2nd and 3rd place, respectively, locking out the overall championship podium and securing the youth title as well.  Markus Buchhalt rounded out the excellent results with a strong 6th place in the overall championship.  While the team used the ONE.05 chassis for the first five rounds, the final race of the series marked the debut of the new ONE.1  and it enjoyed the perfect debut taking the victory!

Source: IRIS [iris-racing.com]


September 17, 2024

Gruber defends German 1:10 Nitro TC title

Capricorn’s Toni Gruber successfully defended his German 1:10 Nitro Touring Car Title, leading a 1-2 for the Italian manufacturer at the AMC-Hamm track over the weekend.  Gruber, who will travel to Thailand in November as a leading contender for the World Championship title, secured the TQ for DMC event ahead team-mate Melvin Diekmann, the reigning ENS Champion the only driver apart from Gruber to top one of the 5 rounds of qualifying.   Tim Benson complete the Top 3 on the grid.  In the 45-minute final Gruber would set the fastest lap of the race as he cruised to the National title with over a 2-lap buffer on Diekmann.  Starting 5th on the grid, Jan-Simon Knispel came through to complete the podium with his Serpent.

Image: Jumpstart RC [Facebook]


September 16, 2024

Xray’s Keven Herbert confirmed for MonTech NYGP

Xray’s Keven Hebert is the latest driver to be confirmed for the upcoming MonTech New York Grand Prix.  The sixth edition of the high profile US indoor race, which takes place at 360v2 RC in New Rochelle from October 10-13th, the Canadian joins reigning NYGP double Champion Sam Isaacs and 1:12 Spec World Champion Max Mächler in doing the event.  The 2o24 Snowbirds Champion and ROAR 1:12 National Champion, Hebert will be aiming to go one better this year in Modified Touring Car having finished runner-up to Isaacs last October.  Drivers will battle it out over a total of 12 classes with Touring Car divided into Modified, 17.5T SuperStock, 21.5 Stock, and 25.5 LMH (LeMans Hypercar) while 1:12 offers Modified GTP, SuperStock GTP, Stock GTP, and  GT12R.  Additionally there are classes for USGT, PRO10, USVTA, and FWD.  To book your entry for the 2024 MonTech New York Grand Prix click here.  Red RC are excited to traveling to New York to cover the NYGP for the first.

Source: Fordham 360 Hobbies & Raceway [Facebook]


September 16, 2024

AOC announces single Korean race for 2024

The Asian Onroad Championships has announced the hosting of a single event for 2024 with long time AOC race hosts GRC Raceway in Korea to stage the race on October 18-20, 2024.   This will be the sixth year that Korea has played host to the Scotty Ernst organised championship for 1:10 Electric Touring car with Yokomo’s defending Champion Nicolas Lee already confirmed to head the entry.  Also confirmed to make the trip to the newly remodelled GRC Raceway, which is located near the capital city of Seoul, is Akio Sobue.  The Axon team driver & World Championship podium finisher is a 3-time winner of the Korean AOC round taking victory in 2017, 2018 and 2019.  Sobue will be joined by team-mate Hayato Ishioka while Infinity has confirmed Viktor Wilck for the race.  Further international driver confirmations are expected to be announced shortly.

Source: Asian Onroad Championship [aocrc.com]


September 16, 2024

Volker defends eSIC title

Having won the inaugural Electric Singapore International Challenge (eSIC) 12-months ago, Mugen Seiki’s Ronald Volker successfully returned to the RCMC race track in Singapore where he defended his title over the weekend.  The former World Champion would kick off the event with a TQ run but some impressive driving from new ARC signing would see Brayden Stanley top Q2.  A close battle in Q3 saw Volker back on top but only just from the Awesomatix of Lucas Urbain, the French driver setting a new track record in his efforts to better the German.  One of the organisers of the eSIC event, Yokomo’s Nicholas Lee took the final qualifier but overall it was Volker who claimed the overall TQ, with Lee second, Hayden third and Urbain fourth.  In A1 the Top 4 finished as they started with a repeat win in A2 giving Volker the overall win.  Winning A3, Australian Stanley would finish runner-up on his eSIC debut with Lee completing the podium ahead of Xpress driver Yugo Nagashima.  In the Cayote 13.5T Open Brushless Class, Danny Lim took the TQ and win ahead of Johnson Tsang with Zaccheus lam completing the podium.

Image: eSIC [Facebook]


September 9, 2024

MonTech S1 Quattro 1:10 Body

New from Italy’s Mon-tech Racing is this S1 Quattro, a new addition for the 1:10 rally category.  Based on the legendary car from the Golden Era of the World Rally Championship, the S1 is one of the icons of rallying.  The S1 Quattro is a faithful reproduction of the original, detailed in every aspect.  Made from high-quality polycarbonate, it comes with a full set of decals and graphics for precise and professional customisation.

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September 8, 2024

3 in a row moves Orlowski closer to ETS title defence

Reigning ETS Champion Michal Orlowski moved a step closer to defending his title as the Schumacher driver claimed his third consecutive win of the current season in Luxembourg today.  Winner of the previous two rounds in the Netherlands and Austria, Orlowski continued his reign on the asphalt securing the Roound 3 TQ after posting the fastest time in all four qualifying rounds.  Awesomatix’s Lucas Urbain, who recorded his first ever ETS win at the Mini Circuit “Ville de Luxembourg” in 2022, would line up second ahead of team-mate & newly crowned European Champion Marc Rheinard.  In the opening A-Main, while both Urbain & Rheinard posted faster lap times, they could not find a way passed Orlowski who would wrap up the overall with another win in A2, this time ahead of Rheinard.  Winning A3, Urbain secured the second step on the podium from Rheinard with fourth place going to Mugen Seiki’s Ronald Volker.  In Pro Stock Awesomatix’s Lukas Ellebrock took his second win of the season with Louis Kretschmer and Round 2 winner & reigning Champion Oliver Bultynck joining him on the podium.  The ETS moves indoor for the remaining two rounds, the first of which is in Germany at the end of January.

Image: ETS [Facebook]


September 6, 2024

Xray X8 Aluminium Side Belt Pulley 34T/35T

Xray has added two new Aluminium Side Belt Pulleys for its X8 1:8 Onroad chassis for adjustment of front tyre rotation speed in relation to rear tyre rotation.  Available in 34T/35T options, the pulleys are CNC-machined from premium lightweight Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium and are strategically lightened.  They are finished with a black hard coated for extra durability and long life.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]