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January 10, 2018

Swiss Electric On-road Nationals Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Swiss Electric On-road Nationals was held at the MRCP Indoor Race Arena in Dagmersellen near Luzern. Classes run were Touring Modified, Touring ProStock, Formula and 1/12th Pan Car 10.5T Boosted. In the Touring ProStock class, a very strong Darco Meister (Tamiya) took the overall TQ after three very close qualifyings with Kerim Kahraman (Infinity) and Daniel Burgener (Schumacher) finishing in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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January 10, 2018

CRC introduce new WTF1 front end parts

Calandra Racing Concepts have introduced two new option parts for the WTF1 1/10th formula car. First up are the A-arms CRC have received a lot of requests for. First spotted on Frank Calandra’s Cleveland TQ car in 2016, the prototype A-arms have been refined and tweaked and are now ready for public consumption. They are strong, precision manufactured and improve the feeling of the front end.

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January 9, 2018

Kaja Novotny doubles at Lestr Cup Rd4

The fourth round of the Czech Lestr Cup was held in Prague on a technical track laid out with the popular EOS high grip carpet. In the 2WD Buggy class Xray’s Kaja Novotny TQ’d Q1 and Q2, however in the third and final qualifier he had some mishaps that meant Max Götzl would snatch the final qualifier. Overall it was still Kaja on pole position with Max 2nd and Milan Mudra rounding out the top 3. Over in the 4WD Buggy class Kaja made a clean sweep, TQing all qualifying rounds to take the overall TQ from Max and Milan.

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January 9, 2018

Speedtech RC CK25 aluminium chassis set

Speedtech RC, the brand of German 1/12th scale wizard Markus Mobers, is now offering a red anodised aluminium chassis and lower pod plate set for the CRC CK25. Developed and tested by Speedtech RC team drivers, the prototype chassis has already achieved some racing pedigree by winning the Masters of Foam race. The chassis set is considered to be a hot ticket for all high-traction environments – as they are expected for the upcoming 1/12th scale EFRA Euros in Sittard. The alloy chassis set is a direct replacement and available now.

Source: Speedtech RC [speedtechrc.de]

January 9, 2018

RDRP EB410 carbon fibre option parts

Revolution Design Racing Products from Germany have introduced a range of carbon fibre option parts for the Tekno RC EB410 buggy. First up are a total of three front and rear shock towers. The direct replacement shock stays are coming as standard geometry front and rear tower as well as -2mm rear variant, all three are designed to replace the standard composite plastic shock stays with sleeker and cooler looking variants. While the standard geometry front and rear towers are machined to kit specification features the rear -2mm variant an updated geometry that bring the droop settings back to standard when running up to 2mm rear gearbox risers. The shock towers are machined from high-quality 4mm glossy finish carbon fibre and they are available separately.

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January 9, 2018

Xray XB8E 2018 1/8th E-Buggy kit – Coming soon

Xray have announced the soon release of the XB8E 2018 specification 1/8th E-Buggy kit. As usual no official information is available prior to the release but it is expected that the buggy will see a similar treatment as the XB8 2018 nitro kit.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 9, 2018

Baldo brothers join Hot Race Tyres

Hot Race Tyres have announced the signing of Bryan and Oscar Baldo to their official team for the 2018 season. The Spanish 1/8th buggy frontrunners will participate at all major races such as the Neo Race, the EFRA European and IFMAR World Championship. Bryan says:

We are happy to announce that Oscar and I will be racing for Hot Race next year. After testing the tires in several circuits, we were able to confirm that their potential is awesome. Have a lot of traction and the steering is super good. I want to thank Nicola and the entire Hot Race team for the opportunity that they have given us this year.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

January 9, 2018

Philipp Huber wins at Swiss Indoor Champs Rd2

The MRCP Dagmersellen club near Luzern, Switzerland played host to last weekend’s second round of the Swiss Indoor Championship. In the Touring Modified class and after three rounds of qualifying, Philipp Huber obtained the pole position followed by Renato Isler and local hero Mario Rigert. In the triple A-mains Philipp again stayed on top of things, taking the day’s win from Renato Isler and Marco Balmer, making it an all-Team-Magic podium.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]