December 17, 2018

Arrowmax Cup 2018 finals – Report

The Arrowmax Cup 2018 finals and China Open Nationals were a joint event that was held this past weekend at the Amazing Indoor Arena in Guangzhou, China. More than 100 drivers attended in the Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Formula categories. In the Touring Modified class Xray’s Gary Huang was the top seed after the controlled practice with Yokomo driver Nicholas Lee and Serpent driver “Rocket” Jack Zhang coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the Stock class Mugen driver Yan Cheung from Hong Kong took the 1st spot while Serpent driver “Stick King” Wai Yin Fung was the top seed of the Formula class.

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December 16, 2018

Trinity Monster Horsepower even turn mod motors

Coming from Trinity are their new Monster Horsepower even turn modified brushless motors. Designed for all-out power and speed the motors feature an aluminium-based sensor board for true sensor alignment, infinity timing adjustment and 2mm copper taps and thicker pure-copper collectors. Other features include thermal stator coating for best possible heat dissipation, a turbine-style vented nose, additional cooling vents and new 220°C wire coating. A short stack stator sign, new stator material and Grade 5 bearings round out the package. The motors are available in 3.0T to 7.0T windings.

Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]


December 13, 2018

Xray Racing Series Slovenia Rd2 – Report

The recent second round of the Xray Racing Series Slovenia attracted drivers from four different countries, Austria, Croatia, Italy and Slovenia, to race in several electric on-road categories, including the 21.5T Touring class that was offered for the first time. The race was held on Sunday following a day of practice on Saturday and in the 13.5T Touring class it was Rok Rudl who managed to take the TQ after a tight battle. The second place came to young Bjan Miklozic in front of Nejc Mihelic.

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December 12, 2018

2018/19 Mibosport Cup Rd3 – Report

The third round of the 2018/19 Mibosport Cup was held in Hrotovice last weekend. Quiet a lot of racers celebrated their advent weekend on the track while listening to the sound crashing lexan with the final number of registered drivers stopped on the amount of 220. The starting grid was bolstered-up by competitors from abroad, with many top drivers making their entry, motivating others to be on their toes and bringing their best game. Friday’s free practise was the best way to do this and most of the racers took the opportunity seriously. In the premier on-road class of Touring Modified, Zdenko Kunak pulled away from the early beginning and dominated the whole day. A double victory in A1 and A2 meant meant the overall win as Oliver Havranek and Matej Sulc fourth for the runner-up spot. The final A-main would be the decider and Oliver managed to avoid crashes at the beginning and grabbed the 2nd spot overall in front of Matej. Kuba Simurda finished 4th and Radek Flek was 5th.

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December 12, 2018

Mike Gee wins at 4th annual Stock Wars

The 4th annual Stock Wars race was held at 180 Raceway in Middle River, Maryland last weekend. In the Pro Touring class it was Mike Gee with the overall TQ and win from Sam Isaacs on the runner-up spot, making it an Awesomatix 1-2. Xray’s Robbie Dodge would round out the top 3 result. Over in Stock Touring Arvin Nano brought home the TQ and win from Tom Keiser 2nd and Bryan Thomas 3rd.

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December 12, 2018

Shepherd sign Toni Gruber

Shepherd have announced the signing of top international nitro on-road racer Toni Gruber to their 2019 factory team line-up. The 22-year old German already looks back on a successful career with a European championship title, multiple national titles as well as multiple Euro Nitro Series podium finishes under his belt. Starting 2019 Toni will use the Velox V8 and the Velox V10 platforms at all major national and international events including the EFRA GP series, the ENS series, Euros, Worlds and other selected events. Furthermore Toni will bring in his experience in the Shepherd development team to test and develop new parts in cooperation with the existing team. Toni had the following to say about the deal:

First of all I want to thank WRC for the last 2 years. In the past we achieved great goals and claimed many wins. But in 2019 I will start with a new step in my rc racing career and I am really happy that Team Shepherd gives me the opportunity and their trust to drive for their factory team. My team and I are looking forward to many victories and we will bring our all experience in the team to help them grow.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]


December 12, 2018

Rozycki & Horak win at XRS PLMS Rd3

Last weekend the third round of the XRS PLMS took place in Poland. The schedule saw the usual five qualifying round and triple mains and in the Touring Stock class it was Simon Horak with the win, despite the young man having to use a different steering servo in the finals as he broke his usual unit in the final qualifier. Nevertheless he took all three A-mains for the overall with Dawid Kłosinski in 2nd and Marek Kusiakiewicz 3rd.

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December 11, 2018

Südhoff & Libar win at MRC Longwy Winter Series Rd2

The second round of the popular MRC Longwy Winter Series was held in Longwy, France last weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Freddy Südhoff with the TQ from Lucas Urbain in 2nd and Remi Callens on P3. After the triple A-mains it was again Freddy Südhoff on the top spot as Remi and Lucas swapped places in the final order. Cyril N’diaye came in 4th.

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