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January 2, 2019

Max Mächler joins Hobbywing

Hobbywing have officially announced the signing of European Touring Stock ace Max Mächler to their international team. The Awesomatix team manager and 2018 EFRA European Stock Champion will use Hobbywing brushless speed controllers and motors in all of his cars starting immediately. Furthermore “Mad Max” will be involved in R&D of new products, with his knowledge about the needs of Stock class racing being a valuable asset. Max has the following to say about the deal:

I am proud to join the international Hobbywing team in 2019 and I want to thank Hobbywing and Salton Dong for this great opportunity to work and race with such a professional team. Happy to join my team mate Freddy Südhoff who show a great performance with the Hobbywing power system in his cars. Looking forward to work and test with the team, especially with the focus on stock class products. See you at the track.

Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]

January 2, 2019

Zero Tribe T4’19 & ’18 flex type shock stays

Zero Tribe from Japan have introduced new flex type shock stays for the Xray T4 2019 and 2018 cars. They are machined from Japanese high-quality carbon fibre and their updated shape provides increased grip and stability when running in high-grip track conditions. The shock stays utilise the standard kit geometry and they are available separately for the front and rear.

View the rear shock stay here

January 2, 2019

RC-Cox T4 aluminium bumper posts

Coming from RC-Cox and made for Xray’s T4 series of touring cars is an aluminium bumper post set. The CNC-machined and orange anodised parts will replace the standard composite items, making for increased durability and stability while adding a splash of colour. Included in the set are two posts an a pair of bushings.

View the installed parts here

January 2, 2019

Power HD sign Michal Orlowski

Power HD have announced the signing of EFRA European and 3-times EOS champion, Michal Orlowski to their team. The 1/10th off-road ace from Poland will use Power HD’s line of high-performance servos in his 2019 campaign that will include all major events world wide including World and European Championships in electric buggy, touring car and 1/12th scale, the ETS and EOS races as well as select other events. Michal says:

I would like to thank Power HD for the opportunity to run their high quality servos in all of my race cars. I’m very excited to show the world what great products they are in the upcoming season. See you all at the race track!

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

January 1, 2019

Team Associated & Keven Hébert part ways

Team Associated and Keven Hébert have parted ways for the 2019 season, AE have announced. The 6-times ROAR national champion and multi-time IFMAR Worlds finalist is a specialist in 1/10th touring and 1/12th pan car racing and he was with AE for the last 11+ years. However, 2018 marks the end of Keven’s racing career with Team Associated and Reedy and Keven has yet to announce his new chassis sponsors.

Read Team Associated’s statement here

December 31, 2018

FVSS Novarossi Meteora 3.5cc on-road engine

FVSS have announced the release of their Novarossi-based Meteora .21 nitro on-road engine. The latest creation of their team, the engine is based on a Novarossi extra long stroke engine and it is completely hand-tuned, to find a perfect balance between performance and fuel consumption. The engine uses high-quality components such as steel or optional ceramic bearings, as well as the newest piston and sleeve combo with the R4 ’18 conrod. The engine is available tuned for the use with 16 percent or 25 percent nitro fuel and also as pre-run-in version.

Source: FVSS [fvssshop.it]

December 31, 2018

Randy Caster joins Yokomo

Yokomo have announced the signing of Mr. 1up Racing himself, Randy Caster to their factory race team. Randy is well known throughout the R/C community for his great attention to detail with car set-ups as well as his racing. Randy will be leading the way for the Yokomo USA On-Road Team and everyone at Yokomo is really looking forward to working with him. Randy saids:

I’d like to start by thanking Yokomo President Tom Yokobori, Minoru Aso, & Joe Pillars for this great opportunity! Yokomo was my very first chassis sponsor back when I ran the original MR4TC-BD, so it feels like I’m back home on the Yokomo team! My BD9 went together flawlessly and the precision of this car is second to none. I can’t wait to get it on the track very soon!

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

December 31, 2018

Yeah Racing white 4.8mm ball cups

Coming from Yeah Racing are new white-coloured 4.8mm ball cups. They are of a tight yet free fitment and made of a long-lasting material. The ball cups are usable with all 4.8mm ball studs and they are available in 8-piece packs of 10mm, 13mm or 15mm of length.

View the other ball cup sets here