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January 29, 2024

Mackie wins TFTR Masters

Attracting over 80 drivers the TFTR Masters took place at Templestowe Flat Track Racers in Melbourne, Australia, where it was Awesomatix’ Jeffrey Mackie who took the big win. The host circuit for the Australian National Championships later this year, the always well supported event saw the entry bolstered even further as it was also the official Nationals Warm-up Race. In qualifying Mackie, who made the switch to Awesomatix from ARC for 2024, would secure the pole topped 2 of the 4 qualifiers to secure the TQ ahead of the Xray of Jordan Isergin. In Sunday’s four rounds of finals, Mackie would convert his TQ into victory after withstanding some huge pressure from the Yokomo of reigning National Champion Simon Nicholson to win the opening three legs. Winning the fourth & final A-Main, Isergin would claim second overall with Nicholson completing the podium.

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January 29, 2024

Agartha Works IR18 1:10 INDY Car body

New from Japanese company Agartha Works is the release of this modern-looking 1:10 INDY car body known as the IR18. The body is made up of multiple parts to achieve complex modeling and realistic look. It is compatible with F1 chassis with wheelbase 270mm such as the F104 and is exclusively sold at kimihiko-yano.net online shop.

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January 29, 2024

T-works X4’24 Dual Ball Bearing Front Driveshafts

New from T-Works are these Dual Ball Bearing Front Driveshafts intended for use on Xray’s X4’24 and X4F ’24 1:10 Electric Touring Cars. The 48.5mm driveshafts feature a heavy duty coupler with ball bearings providing a smoother motion especially on maximum steering. The second set of bearings on each shaft controls the motion from suspension movement.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

January 29, 2024

Maifield & Rivkin win at TNR Fuels Amain Challenge 2024

Ryan Maifield and Spencer Rivkin took the big wins at the annual TNR Fuels A-Main Challenge which took place over the weekend at The Dirt at Perris track in SoCal. In qualifying it was the Tekno fleet of Maifield that led the way as he secured a TQ triple with pole position in Nitro Buggy, eBuggy and Nitro Truggy. As last year’s Truggy Champion Maifield would kick off finals day with victory in the 30-minute A-Main after a great battle with Tekno team-mate Spencer Heckert. Behind Rivkin completed the podium. In eBuggy Maifield won both A-Main encounters for overall win No.2 of the weekend, the first leg ahead of Frankie Contreras and the second ahead of Rivkin but a P4 and P5 was enough for Cole Odgen to finished runner up with Contreras claiming 3rd overall. Attracting over 400 entries, in the concluding races of the event it was to be 2023 winner Rivkin who again took the Nitro Buggy victiry after getting passed Maifield who had lead the first half of the 45-minute encounter. Qualifying P2, Kyosho’s Ryan Lutz would complete the podium ahead of Sparko Racing’s Ryan Cavalieri.

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January 28, 2024

Orlowski adds ETS Daun win

Having kicked off 2024 with victory at the electric touring car season opening GP3F in France last weekend, Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski has made it two from two with victory at ETS Daun in Germany. Having dominated Round 3 of the ETS at Andernach back in September but missed Round 4 due to Florida Carpet Championship offroad commitments, Orlowski returned to the championship in dominant fashion topping all four qualifier with his prototype chassis. The Polish ace secured the TQ ahead of the Awesomatix of Round 4 winner Lucas Urbain with Xray’s Adam Izsay putting in an impressive performance to line-up third ahead of Marc Rheinard. In the finals, Orlowski’s form continued and he took A1 from Izsay after a mistake from Urbain dropped him down the order. In A2, Orlowski wrapped up his third victory of the ETS season when he lead home Rheinard. While Urbain would win A3 from Izsay and Rheinard it was later two would complete the overall Modified podium. Orlowski will being aiming for three major touring car wins in a row when he takes on MIBO International in the Czech Republic in 3-weeks time. In Pro Stock it was Awesomatix’ Olivier Bultynck who took the TQ and win ahead of Izsay, the Hungarian coming away with two runners-up trophies from the weekend. Lukas Ellebrock completed the Pro Stock podium. In a busy weekend for Izsay he would get his win in the FWD class having started from the TQ.

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January 26, 2024

Nova Engines R9R Outlaw .24 Onroad engine

New from Italian engine manufacturer Nova Engines is the R9R Outlaw .24 Onroad engine which has been developed and released with purpose to give racers a powerful and easy to run Onroad engine. As Andrea Rossi explains, which is a widely a common concern expressed by all the engine manufacturers and was a big discuss at the Wiorlds in Japan, today’s 1:8 category is suffering as costs, tuning problems and engines reliability make this category more and more difficult. Nova Engines believe that using a different engine which provide better power, reliability and fuel mileage will allow club racers and hobby people to better enjoy their passion. They are also want to put the attention of Federations on this option and open a discussion to implement the rules to better fit customers needs.

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January 26, 2024

MIP Gen 2 Tools

Renowned tool manufacturer MIP has released a new Gen2 line-up of its much sought after RC tools. The latest tools from Eustace Moore’s California based company get laser-Etched sizing so you can ditch the guesswork. Every tool displays its size in bold, clear lettering. They have also simplified identification. Say goodbye to Wrench Wraps as every tool now boast colour-coded rings for effortless size distinction. MIP has also enhanced durability of the Nut Drivers trading their shiny nickel plating for a tough, black Oxide coating, offering superior corrosion resistance and longer-lasting performance. The turnbuckles have undergone a size boost, featuring a larger shank for added grip and easier tightening/loosening.

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January 26, 2024

Coelho confirmed for Sunpadow International GP

Sunpadow Batteries has confirmed that back to back Touring Car World Champion Bruno Coelho will return for the return of the SIGP International RC Onroad Grand Prix which takes place from March 20-24. Having established itself as one of the leading annual international RC events in China and attracted many of the sport’s top drivers, the last edition in 2019 saw Coelho take the Touring Car win with his Xray. Catering for both electric and nitro onroad, the 2024 SIGP will see racing for 1:8 GP onroad, 1:8 EP onroad, 1:10 Modified Touring Car and 1:10 Stock Touring Car and will continue to offer one of the biggest prize funds in the sport with total prize money of $20,000 on offer. Having attended previous editions of the SIGP as well as the 2017 IFMAR Electric Offroad Championship which was also hosted at the huge double track venue, Red RC will be travelling to Xiamen to cover the return of international competition on the Sunpadow Circuit.

Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]