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November 13, 2023

Weigerding joins Serpent Factory Team

Serpent has announced that 2019 Large Scale World Championship podium finisher Marco Weigerding has joined its Factory Team. The German racer will campaign the company’s 990 1:8 Onroad chassis and commenting on the announcement said, ‘I‘m so happy and thankful to join the Serpent Racing Team. It’s an honour to join this team of RC history. I’m very motivated to work together and I’ll do my best for great results! Thanks for this big opportunity, see you soon on the track!’

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

November 13, 2023

FlySky announce Maifield signing

In its latest high profile driver signing, Chinese radio manufacturer FlySky has announced it is to be officially represented by American offroad star Ryan Maifield. The former 1:10 Offroad World Champion joins multiple Electric Onroad World Champion Marc Rheinard in using their Noble Pro radio. Maifield will be working closely with FlySky to refine their current products and to develop new transmitters and receivers. Having been seen using the radio at the recent 1:10 Offroad World Championships in Arizona, commenting the official announcement of the new sponsorship, Maifield said, ‘The Noble Pro is extremely responsive, tunable and easy to use, it feels sturdy and precise to drive with, I’m very impressed with its speed and ergonomic adjustability.’

Source: FlySky [instagram]

November 12, 2023

Nicholson defends Australian Touring Car title

Team Yokomo’s Simon Nicholson has successfully defended his Australian Touring Car Championship title. The 2023 RC MAKER EP On Road Australian Championships took place over the weekend at Castle Hill RC Onroad track in New South Wales with the championships attracting 133 entries. In Modified Touring Car, Nicholson secured the overall TQ ahead of Jeffrey Mackie and Nicolas Lee after taking 3 of the five rounds of qualifying. In the finals, the newly signed LRP driver would secure yet another National title with wins in the opening two A-Main encounters. Winning the third A-Main Mackie would finish runner-up with Singapore visitor Lee completing the podium.

Image: Castle Hill RC Onroad [Facebook]

November 12, 2023

Jefferies wins EWS International

Recent Awesomatix signing Olly Jefferies has won the EWS International. Part of the popular indoor winter series in the UK, the International race again attracted a number of top international racers with the TQ going to France touring car ace Lucas Urbain. Making it a strong qualifying for Awesomatix, Urbain’s team-mate Jefferies secured P2 on the grid ahead of the Mugen of Ronald Völker and Xray of Kyle Branson. In the triple finals it was a tough day at the office for Urbain with A1 resulting in a DNF as 2022 Champion Volker took the win from Branson and Schumacher’s Elliott Harper. A2 saw Jefferies win ahead of Volker and Urbain putting everything on the line for A3. In a repeat of the Top 4 of A2, Jefferies lead the field home to claim the outright win with Volker and Branson completing the Modified podium. In Pro-Stock and FWD, German visitor Stefan Schulz had the perfect weekend taking the TQ and victory in both categories for Xray.

Image: Olly Jefferies [Facebook]

November 11, 2023

Axon TC10/3 Electric Touring Car spec pre-release

Japanese Electric Touring Car manufacturer and 2022 World Championship podium finishers Axon has pre-released some specifications and images of their long-awaited full kit TC10/3. The Axon TC10 has continuously evolved as a high-end touring car with strong performances under the product concept of providing the ultimate high-end touring car. The new TC10/3 gets refined handling and an improved chassis balance. Due for release in December, Axon will release further details on the final production kit shortly. The successful TC10/2 Touring Car was released in March 2022.

View more images and spec list here

November 10, 2023

Genius Racing GTC8E Titanium Central Solid Shaft

Italy’s Genius Racing has released a titanium Central Solid Shaft for their GTC8E 1:8 Electric GT Chassis. The reigning European Champion manufacturer, who recently secured the TQ honours at the 1:8 GT Nitro World Championship in Australia, claim the new shaft weights just 9 grams offering a significant weight saving over the standard kit shaft.

Source: Genius [genius-racing.com]

November 10, 2023

ACI Sport 2024 RC Car Racing Calendar – Announcement

ACI Sport, the Italian Motorsport Federation and member of the FIA, has announced the 2024 National Sporting calendar for RC Car Racing. The sporting activity that will ultimately assign the official titles of 2024 Italian Champion will unfold across three blocks of EP classes: Touring EP (Modified, Stock 17,5T, FWD and GT 21,5T), LMP (1/12 OPEN, GT12) and finally Endurance, which represents a newly introduced sanctioned event for Factory and Private Teams. The 2024 sanctioned racing activity will kick off on 17-18 February with the “Italian Indoor Championships” to be held in RC Landia (Scandiano) for TOURING EP and LMP classes. Racing will then move to springtime when “Italian Cups” across three Divisions (Northern – Central – Southern Italy) will take place from April to June in both Touring EP classes and Endurance. Italian Cups will act as qualifying events for drivers/teams aiming for a spot to race in the “Italian Championships” which will be held in Fontanellato (Minicar Fontanellato) for Endurance on 31 August – 1 September and in Riccione (Road Race Riccione) for Touring EP on 21-22 September. Finally, the “Italian National Trophy” will be held in Lucca (Minicar Lucca) on 6-7 July and will cater Touring EP classes.

View full ACI Sport calendar here

November 10, 2023

RC Maker A800R SlimFlex Carbon Chassis

As part of its latest product releases RC Maker has added two new SlimFlex Carbon Chassis for the Awesomatix A800R Electric Touring Car. The new A800R features a uniquely shaped chassis which provides a lot of ground clearance and roll. It is also very symmetrical front and rear. From their testing, RC Maker have found a wider rear profile than front to provide a front bias flex point, which provides great response with very confidence inspiring stability. The sides of the new SlimFlex chassis are narrow but straight, with a nice conventional, yet narrow profile front and rear. This has proven an improvement over the standard chassis, resulting in a more nimble front end initially, with great corner speed and predictability from the rear end. As well as the standard option, the SlimFlex Chassis is available in a hard version which features a significantly stiffer weave of carbon, which reduces the flex greatly. The flex of this carbon chassis fills a large void between a standard carbon chassis and an aluminium chassis, making it the optimum choice for med-high traction asphalt, and low-med traction carpet. Often track conditions can cause the need for an “in between” option, where an aluminium chassis is too stiff and makes the car too easy to drive and slower, and a carbon chassis is too aggressive or difficult to drive to be consistent. The hard carbon chassis is the perfect middle ground.

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