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November 27, 2017

Daniel Carlsson wins at SSIC Rd2

The second round of the South Swedish Indoor Cup was held this past Saturday in Alvesta, Sweden on a tight track that was a big challenge for all drivers attending. In the Touring Superstock class, which was the biggest this weekend, it was Daniel Carlsson (Team Associated) who took TQ with over a lap to 2nd placed Christian Holmström (Xray) as Andreas Johansson (Serpent) came in 3rd. The finals saw Daniel leading the pack and A-mains to take the win in comfortable style. The mains also saw some great battles for the remaining podium spots with Christian taking the runner-up spot with solid driving while Andreas was battling hard with Per-Ola Hard to round of the podium.

Thanks to Daniel Carlsson for the report.

November 26, 2017

2017 Asia Onroad Championship finale – Report

The 2017 AOC series has come to an end at Japan’s iconic Yatabe Arena this weekend after a great series that spanned five events over the 2017 season. Befitting an awesome finale, the drivers enjoyed high-grip carpet racing with a very deep and competitive field with many coming from all corners of the planet. This event used a double A-main format with the best result between the two mains counted toward an overall winner. Ties were broken by overall laps and best time.

Continue reading the report here

November 25, 2017

Speedzone LCG 2S 120C LiPo battery packs

Speedzone have added more diversity to their hardcore LiPo battery line with the release of two LCG battery packs. The first is a 2S 6000mAh 120C pack. It measures 139x47x22.4mm and weighs in at 292g. The second is a 2S 4300mAh 120C shorty pack. Its dimensions are 96x47x22.4mm and the weight is 194g. The low-profile design of both packs allow to further fine tune the handling characteristics of the car and both packs use standard 5mm bullet-type connectors.

View the shorty pack here

November 24, 2017

Rob Love trifecta at Midwest Indoor Champs

The 6th annual Midwest Indoor Championship was held at Genesis RC Raceway in Minnesota. The track layout was technical with multiple switch backs, a high speed chicane, and high bite black carpet. In the Super Stock Touring class Rob Love (Xray) had his car on rails and was able to secure the overall TQ. Rob was able to get off to clean a start in the main and never looked back. Eric Schneeweis (Xray) and Anthony Swift were racing some hard fought battles with Team Associated’s Eric Swanson and Cole Tollard. In the end Love would take the win with Swanson 2nd Schneeweis in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

November 24, 2017

Lefebvre & Kemper win at Gulf Coast Grand Prix

The 2017 Gulf Coast Grand Prix was held at Mikes Hobbytown in Porter, Texas with the race having attendees from all three coasts, California, Florida, and Texas. At the start of the GT8 final, Nick Lefebvre (Xray), coming from 4th on the grid, was able to move into 2nd within just a few laps trailing Marcus Williams who was leading. Marcus and his Serpent would need to make an extra fuel stop during the 30-minute main event. With 7:30 to go Nick made his last stop and came out of the pits just behind the leader. This would give Nick the gap he needed as Marcus was making one more stop and in the progress Nick was able to hang onto the lead and cross the line to take the win. Marcus would come in 2nd from Jeff Whiting (Serpent) 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

November 24, 2017

Chris Kidis dominates RCmaniacs Champs Rd5

The fifth round of the RCmaniacs Championship was held in Argos, Greece. The track was in very good condition although the weather wasn’t good. The fastest class of the weekend, Touring Modified saw Chris Kidis (Xray) having a fantastic racing day. Chris would bring home the win from Sotiris Diamadis (Xray) who tried his best to challenge Chris, while TQ Michalis Kyriazis (Xray) had to settle for 3rd overall.

Continue reading the report here

November 24, 2017

Adalberto Pinto takes 200mm win at Portuguese Cup

The Travessas track located in S. João da Madeira recently played host to the Portuguese Cup and in the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class it was Adalberto Pinto (Serpent) who took a maiden win in the nitro class. Adalberto started into the A-main from the 10th spot on the grid following some issues in his semifinal but with a strong pace and on only a single set of tyres he was able to bring home the silverware from Frederic Santos (Xray) 2nd and Pedro Grandao (Xray) 3rd.

Thanks to Rui Reis for the report.

November 24, 2017

Shepherd Velox V8 WC Team Edition 1/8th on-road kit

Available now from Shepherd is the Velox V8 WC Team Edition 1/8th nitro on-road kit. The car is based off of the Simon Kurzbuch Edition kit and features all parts used by Simon Kurzbuch and Lars Hoppe at this year’s IFMAR World Championship in France that ended with an A-main appearance for Lars and the vice-championship title for Simon. The Team Edition kit includes a range of aluminium options to scrub rotation mass and add stability while brass weights help to lower the overall centre of gravity. A range of titanium parts further reduces weight and hard front suspension plastics help with drivability in high-grip track conditions. A full list of the included optionals can be found after the break.

View a list with all of the included option parts here