July 9, 2018

Kurzbuch takes first win of season at ENS Aigen

Simon Kurzbuch has taken his first win of the 2018 Infinity Euro Nitro Series in Austria.  Coming into the weekend with three consecutive ENS wins at the Aigen track, the Shepherd driver continued to add to that tally adding his 10th ENS career win. Capping off the perfect win having TQ’d all four rounds of qualifying, today’s result means the title goes down to the final round in Fiorano in September.  In contrast to the reigning champions successful weekend, for his main title rival & points leader coming into the event it was a 10th place DNF for Dario Balestri.  Starting 3rd, the Infinity driver suffered an early flame out but on his recovery drive he would later clash with Silvio Hachler with his car suffering damage that would end his race.  Pushing Kurzbuch in the first half of the race, Toni Gruber would finish 2nd with Merlin Depta taking advantage of others issue to secure the final podium placing ahead of Lars Hoppe.

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July 9, 2018

Groskamp leads Infinity 1-2 at ENS Aigen

Jilles Groskamp lead home an Infinity 1-2 at the third round of the Euro Nitro Series in Austria today.  Starting from 4th on the grid, the Dutch driver would win the 45-minute encounter from team-mate Francesco Tironi, benefiting from engine troubles that would strike both Top Qualifier Dominic Greiner and Eric Dankel.  Taking early control of the race, Greiner looked destined for his second win of the season with his team executing a perfect tyre stop but as the Serpent driver rejoined the track his engine cut in the sweeper.  Brought back to the pit lane, it fired up immediately, but again in the sweeper it stopped but again it was fired up without hesitation and third time lucky it kept going for the remainder of the race but it cost the dominant German any chance of the win.  The only driver to really take the fight to Greiner today, Dankel’s race started to come undone when he made contact with Alessio Mazzeo who was exiting the pits but in the end the Mugen driver’s frustration would only get worse with a flame out, contact with a backmarker and finally a broken engine. All the while Groskamp was having a steady race even overcoming a slow tyre stop to take his 2nd ENS career win ahead of Tironi with Mazzeo hanging on to complete the podium ahead of Greiner.

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July 9, 2018

HB Racing RGT8-E 1/8th electric GT – Coming soon

Coming this Fall is HB Racing’s new RGT8-E electric GT kit of which the brand has released first images of. The vehicle builds on the EFRA European Championship winning RGT8 nitro kit and it already has proven its performance by taking the 2018 EFRA GTE European title in the hands of double champion, Rosario Giaimo. The kit features the proven RGT8 front and rear gearbox and suspension parts combined with an adjustable battery compartment and a double clamping design motor mount. Full information will become available in time for the release that is scheduled for October.

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July 9, 2018

Rosario Giaimo doubles at EFRA GT Euros

The 2018 EFRA 1/8th scale GT Euros were held at the ARCA track in Madrid, Spain recently and Nitro GT and Electric GT classes it was Rosario Giaimo with the double TQ and win. Rosario took back-to-back titles in the Nitro class while scoring his maiden electric title.

Source: HB Racing [hbracing.com]

July 9, 2018

T-Works large surface M4 wheel nuts

T-Works have introduced their new large surface M4 wheel nuts with serrated back section. The fasteners are machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and their design with an increased diameter, that acts like an additional shim, ensures improved wheel fitment on the hub as the rims are less prone to wobble during hard cornering or when running on high-bite surfaces. The non-directional serration on the back side ensures the nuts stay on place and will not coming loose during normal operation. The wheels nuts come in packs of four, in the five colours of light blue, black, red, orange and gun metal and they are usable with a wide range of on-road and off-road rims.

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July 9, 2018

Vigor BD8 “half-hole” carbon fibre shock towers

Coming from Vigor and made for the Yokomo BD8 is a range of new carbon fibre shock towers including “half-hole” variants for more precise shock angle adjustment. The items are cut from thinner 3mm carbon fibre compared to the standard 3.5mm material for increased torsional flex and thus improved traction on lower bite surfaces. The front tower is available as a 2-5 position option, lacking the 1 position, and also as 1.5 to 4.5 “half-hole” variant. The rear tower, that allows for front or rear body post mounting, comes in a 4-hole 1-4 or 3-hole 1.5 to 3.5 variant. All are cut from high-quality carbon fibre and they are a direct fit.

Source: Vigor [vigorrc.com]

July 7, 2018

Kurzbuch is Top Qualifier in Aigen

Simon Kurzbuch is Top Qualifier for tomorrow’s penultimate round of the Infinity Euro Nitro Series in Aigen.  The reigning champion claimed his 3rd consecutive pole position at the Austrian track with a dominant qualifying performance topping all four rounds of qualifying.  His third TQ of the season which is so far void of a victory, the Shepherd driver will lead away the 45-minute final ahead of Toni Gruber and championship leader Dario Balestri.  Gruber secured his best qualifying of the season by backing up his his Q1 performance with another P2 time in the final qualifier allowing him to overhaul Balestri on the grid.  Q4 would see Balestri unable to battle to maintain his position due to a rich engine.  A former Top Qualifier of the race, Robert Pietsch will start 4th with Serpent’s Merlin Depta making it five different manufacturers at the front of the grid.

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