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December 8, 2023

Rheinard holds overnight TQ at 1:12 Worlds

With Day 1 of qualifying complete at the 1:12 World Championship, it is defending World Champion Marc Rheinard who holds the overnight TQ in Florida. The Awesomatix driver wrapped up the day’s action at Beachline Raceway with by backing up his Q2 performance with a second TQ run in the third round. Having taken Q1, Michal Orlowski was looking on target for repeat performance until he bounced his Schumacher off the boards promoting Rheinard to the top of the timing screens. A strong recovery that even Rheinard admitted caught him off guard, would see the Pole getting to within 0.493 of a second by the end of the 8-minutes. Overall the Polish ace holds second in the qualification points ahead of Kemp Anderson and Alexander Hagberg. Hagberg would end the day with his best performance setting the 3rd fastest time and together with his two P4 runs from earlier, the former World Champion gets promoted up to the top heat grouping for Day 2 of qualifying.

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December 8, 2023

Sweep Super Carbides 1:8 Buggy tyres

Sweep Racing has announced its new Super Carbides 1:8 Buggy tyre. Designed for hard packed and blue groove or loose dusty track conditions, they get an improved V6 carcase. The new carcase design features rounded sidewall to improve corner feeling and give better wide contact with the surface. The pin size remains the same as it’s original Carbides.

Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracing.com]

December 7, 2023

Rheinard TQ’s second round in Florida

Awesomatix’s Marc Rheinard has TQ’d the second round of qualifying at the 1:12 World Championship at Beachline Raceway, the defending Champion benefitting from mistakes by Q1 winner Michal Orlowski and the rapid Kemp Anderson. While Anderson would recover to get a second for the round, albeit a lap down on his team-mate, Orlowski ended up with a 5th, a score he’ll be hoping to drop over the remaining 4 qualifiers. Running in the second fastest heat, Donny Lia made it a 1,2,3 for Awesomatix finishing ahead of Alexander Hagberg. The third place qualifier at the 2014 Worlds, which also took place in Florida, 1:12 specialist Lia had been chasing leader Hagberg in the same heat until the Xray driver crashed in the final half minute of the qualifier. The ‘stupid mistake’ cost the former World Champ a potential P3 and instead he matched his opening result of a fourth.

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December 7, 2023

MIBO CA Tire Glues & Activator Sprays

MIBO has added to its range of accessories with three new specially developed CA Tire Glues and two Activator Sprays. For Onroad classes with rubber tires, the onroad CA Tire glue’s low viscosity enables it to seamlessly permeate the tiniest gaps, ensuring a robust and dependable bond. The 20g bottle’s compact design ensures precise application, guaranteeing maximum control and accuracy during use. The Offroad glues medium viscosity provides a strong and reliable bond between the surfaces to be bonded, while at the same time allowing even the smallest of gaps to be penetrated without problems. Every offroad racer will also appreciate the larger, 50g pack in a compact bottle for maximum precision in glue application. Third option, the MIBO Racing Foam CA Tire Glue, is developed for classes with foam tires. The special viscosity of the glue results in a strong and reliable bond between the surfaces to be bonded. The CA Activator Spray dramatically speeds up the curing process with the Onroad spray coming in 150ml size with a bigger 200ml size for Offroad.

Source: MIBO [mibosport.com]

December 7, 2023

Orlowski takes opening 1:12 Worlds qualifier

Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski has taken the opening round of qualifying at the 1:12 World Championships in Florida. Top Qualifier at the last running of the Worlds in 2020, he would TQ the first of the 6 rounds at Beachline Raceway by 0.25 of a second from Top Seed & defending Champion Marc Rheinard. A very closely contested 8-minute qualifier, Rheinard’s Awesomatix team-mate Kemp Anderson was right in the mix. Posting the fastest lap of the round, the American was laying down the TQ pace before dropping off the top spot with a bad lap and eventually completing the Top 3. Running in the second fastest heat having nor featured in seeding yesterday, Xray’s Alexander Hagberg took a confidence boosting P4 for the round ahead of the Awesomatix of Sam Isaacs and Snowbirds podium finisher Donny Lia.

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December 7, 2023

Hong Nor Soft Adjustable GT Clutch Shoe

Reigning 1:8 GT World Champion manufacturer Hong Nor has released a new soft compound Adjustable GT Clutch Shoe. The newly developed ‘Black’ adjustable clutch shoe is made of soft material allowing drivers to adjust the power of the car to suit the grips levels of different tracks.

Source: Hong Nor [hongnor-racing.com]

December 7, 2023

WMH Racing 550 Load Master | Analyzer Test Holder

Donathen RC has announced the addition of another two WMH Racing products, the 550 (4 pole) Load Master and 550(4pole) Analyzer Test Holder. The 550 Load Master is a device to be used with a motor analyzer to measure how your motor would work in real world conditions (like when it’s on the track). The 550 Analyzer Test Holder is designed to hold your 550 brushless motor, instead of using the alligator clips that come with the units. Features & specs for the Load Master are that it plugs into any motor analyzer and has colour coded wires to identify A, B and C poles, With vented sides it is supplied complete with 9″ motor wires and 275mm sensor wire as well as a Resistor bank and coupler. Made in the USA, the Load Master is supplied in a protective carry case.

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December 7, 2023

JConcepts RM2 Ghost Gear grease

JConcepts, together with RM2 have released a new friction and noise reducing gear grease to the range which it is calling Ghost Gear Grease. The grease is something to drop in against plastic-to-plastic gear applications making it perfect for 2WD buggy transmission assemblies with inline gears and lightweight 4WD buggies converting to plastic gear materials for lighter weight performance. Ryan Maifield, knows the importance of having a smooth running, quiet and free running gearbox and has spent considerable time searching out the combination that belongs in his race cars. While many of the gear lubes available in the RM2 line-up are for metal gears or assemblies, the Ghost is specifically designed for plastic gears found on many of the 1:10 offroad vehicles.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]