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March 5, 2019

Xray Racing Series Greece Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Xray Racing Series Greece was held at its traditional location, the Fanatix Racing Track near Athens. Cold but sunny weather made for decent racing conditions and in the most competitive class of the day, Touring 13.5T Stock, it was Ioannis Nerantzis who was very fast from the first qualifier when the track was still wet. Ultimately he would take the overall TQ and also the win, however he was hotly contested by George Kalantzakis and Dennis Zogogianis who ended in 2nd and 3rd for an all-Xray top 3.

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March 5, 2019

Tamiya Tyrrell P34 1977 Monaco GP Special painted body

Coming in April is Tamiya’s Tyrrell P34 1977 Monaco GP Special painted body edition kit. The 6-wheeler resembles the car that was run at the 1977 Monaco GP and it comes with already painted and cut body and wing parts, making it easy to recreate this iconic piece of motorsport history. The car uses a fibre glass double deck chassis, it utilises pre-cut foam tyres and includes several option parts such as a Torque Tuned brushed motor, carbon reinforced steering knuckles, low-friction pads, a TRF special shock absorber and friction shock grease. The kit will hit stores by the end of April.

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March 5, 2019

HRC Racing 68128HVBL high voltage servo

HRC Distribution keep expanding their line of HRC Racing servos with the latest addition being the 68128HVBL high voltage and high torque brushless servo. Designed with 1/8th scale competition racing in mind, the servo features double ball bearings for precision, metal gears for durability and a brushless motor for speed and torque. Sporting a mixed nylon composite and aluminium case the servo is capable of up to 28kg-cm of torque at speeds of down to 0.07s and it comes pre-wired with 22AWG wire and a JR universal plug.

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March 4, 2019

Dominic Greiner teams up with O.S. Engines

German Nitro On-road frontrunner, Dominic Greiner has announced that he has signed with O.S. Engines to run the Japanese company’s O.S. Speed nitro engines from now on. The 2016 IFMAR 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring World Champion had his first outing with his new power plants this past weekend’s Energy Trophy in Fiorano, Italy where he was able to bring home the win. Dominic says:

I’m very happy and pleased that I will run engines from O.S. Speed from now on. I want to thank Mr. Shimazaki san for this great opportunity. We had the first rollout last weekend in Fiorano by the Energy trophy with my Serpent 750. I could win with a big gap and drove a new overall lap record on this track with my new O.S. engine. I’m looking forward to a great season with the focus again more in 1:8 because of the world championship in Fontana. See u on the track.

March 4, 2019

1/5th scale World Challenge – Report

Steel City RC Raceway of Fontana, California held the 1/5th scale World Challenge this past weekend. Unfortunately the race suffered from mixed weather and a somewhat low turnout but racing was still hot and in the STC class it was former World Champion, Markus Feldmann with the TQ and win from Matias Garcia 2nd and Luis Diaz 3rd. 1/5th GT was TQ’d by Frank Pena but in the 30-minute A-main it was Tom Wong with the win from Frank Pena in 2nd. Greg Shum would round out the top 3. The 20-minute Spec 5 A-main was won by top qualifier, Tony Tam from Ken Gerberding and Gary Kyes.

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March 4, 2019

Lovan Winter Series Rd3 – Report

The third and penultimate round of the 2018/19 Lovan Winter Series was held this past weekend. The organisers yet again created a fast but challenging track on the huge 40x30m track surface. As always, the very liberal rules regarding tyres, motors and additive meant the competitors had to be well prepared in order to fight for the available podium spots. Entries were a bit less this time, but the field was more than competitive to provide exciting races in the five available classes of 1/12 GT and LMP, Formula and Touring Stock and Modified. The latter only saw seven entries, but among those entries were two former European Champions; Stock Touring Champion Rémi Callens and 1/8th nitro Champion Robin D’hondt. It was also interesting to notice that this class did feature the most youngsters with Liam Van de Wouwer, Athan de Witte and Florian Joos.

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March 4, 2019

Capricorn C80 new design front & rear hubs

Coming from Capricorn are new design front and rear and hubs for their C80x series of 1/8th scale on-road kits. The hubs sport separate aluminium bearing inserts that ensure super-precise bearing installation and a drivetrain that produces less drag during acceleration as the bearings do not flex – and pinch – under load. The result is increased drivetrain efficiency that can add up to 2km/h of top speed. In addition the patent pending hubs feature a new geometry for increased steering and traction.

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March 4, 2019

Bittydesign 1/10th 190mm GT bodyshell – Teaser

Bittydesign have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming new 190mm GT body shell. Designed with GT and USGT racing in mind the body seems to be a of a pretty radical design given the aggressively looking front end. Full details are expected to surface soon.

Source: Bittydesign [bittydesign.net]