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February 26, 2013

KM Racing sign double WC Adrien Bertin

World Champion manufacturer KM Racing have announced the signing of 2-time World Champion Adrien Bertin to their team. The French driver and man behind the Orion engine program will not only race for KM in both 1/10 and 1/8 categories but will also be helping with the development of the H-K1 the upcoming K8—Killer Eight. Adrien had this to say:

I am really pleased to join the World champion brand KM Racing as at first Kenny and Hang are my friends for a long time and it was just a matter of time for us to work together. I know how hard it is to create a new brand and make it successful and when I got the opportunity to help them for the 1/8 on road project, it became evident for me to jump into this new adventure. My experience with the J-max project will help a lot to be quickly competitive! KM’s facility and power of development are just amazing so it will be for sure a great feeling to get ready for the coming World championship and fight for the victory again! With Fukuda and Meen, we will be 3 World champions to take part in this new project and all our team work will help to establish KM Racing as the major brand in the on road nitro market. I am excited to be back on racing and will be more than happy to support KM customers all over the World. See you at the track!

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

February 25, 2013

Olly Jefferies wins BRCA Winter National

The BRCA held its 2013 Winter National at the fantastic Essex Winter Series venue in Essex. The format saw three rounds of qualifying with the top 32 drivers going through to a Reedy style Race of Champions. The remaining drivers contested a more familiar UK national format with round by round qualifying and three leg finals. After three rounds of qualifying it was the young Team Associated driver Zak Smith who took TQ honours and would carry the number 1 position into the Race of Champions. Nitro driver Kyle Branson who races electric during the winter months qualified second with Team Xray’s James Hart in third. After not having the fastest car in Qualifying, current BRCA national champion Olly Jefferies who qualified twelfth began his assault at the Winter National Championship in fine style by winning his first two Race of Champions races and was in a good position going into Sunday. EWS regular Tony Broad also had a good start with a first and a second in his two races.

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February 25, 2013

Team Torke 4400mAh Shorty LiPo pack

Team Torke have released a new Shorty LiPo pack for cars with limited space for the battery pack or for those racers that wish to play around with the weight balance of their car. The pack is a hard case 4400mAh 60C 7.4v 2S battery which sports the standard bullet connectors.

Source: Team Torke [team-torke.com]

February 21, 2013

Associated RC12R5.2 blue aluminium screw set

Team Associated release this screw set for the RC12R5.2 1/12th scale kit. The set contains 65 lightweight aluminium screws in 11 sizes and coming blue anodized for that factory team look. Included are both metrical button head and flat head screws that help to scrub some weight off your R5.2 kit.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]

February 21, 2013

Vampire Racing 5400mAh 70C Saddle Pack LiPo

Shortly after their ‘2013’ line of new stick LiPo battery packs Vampire Racing also introduce a new saddle pack. Made from 70C 5400mAh cells the pack is ideal for all applications that demand a high performance split pack configuration such as 4WD buggies and SC trucks.

Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]

February 21, 2013

Xray Challenge Italy – Announcement

Xray Italy with cooperation with Sprint RC and Team La Gang invites all Xray electric on-road racers to visit the Xray Challenge Italy. The race will take place on the weekend of the 7th of April in the city of Scandiano. The meeting sees the running of a touring car modified, 13.5T ‘blinky’ and 1/12th scale class on handout tires for the touring cars and your own tire choice for the pan car class. As a little extra the TC stock class winner will receive a free ticket of the Xray Challenge Grand Final at the Xray factory. You can book in for the race here and find more information by hitting this link.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 21, 2013

Juan C Rodriguez wins in Puerto Rico

The second round of the Puerto Rican electric touring series took place at the PitLane RC track. The traction was high all day and the layout very fast with many hairpin turns which meant speed and acceleration would play an integral part in the car’s setup. Juan C Rodriguez was able to TQ the first of two qualifiers in the Boosted 10.5T class ahead of Xray team mate Jose Colon. In the first A main Juan had to retire early due to a broken sensor cable but the following finals saw him pull away from Jose handing Juan the win with Jose Colon in second and Jose Cruz in third place.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 20, 2013

Lamberto Collari renews with Capricorn

Capricorn announce that Lamberto renews its contract with the Italian company through 2013. The multi-times World Champion will continue to race the LAB C801 1/8th nitro on-road car. This is what Lamberto has to say about the deal:

Me and the whole team are pleased to introduce the 2013 competition with LABC801. The 2012 season has been of fundamental importance to know the set-up and behavior of the machine and with the technical support of Capricorn make a special edition for the forthcoming edition Collars and major events like the World Cup 2013 in Japan. Last season ended great, with a second place at the European Championship and winning the Italian championship. My feeling with the model is great and the designers are constantly engaged in the development of the model to take the attack of the next world title. In addition to intensify our workouts, in the year 2013 I will participate with the 1/10 LAB C02 to some manifestations of the International GP in Italy.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]