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December 15, 2010

Rick Vrielijnck wins IFMAR 1/8th Pre Worlds

This past weekend saw the Pre Worlds take place at Homestead RC Raceway in Miami, Florida in preparation for next April’s IFMAR 1/8th scale on road World Championships. The race saw the top qualifier from the past 2 gas on road World Championships Robert Pietsch once again take top spot with his self designed Mugen MRX-5 ahead of team mates Mike Swauger and Keisuke Fukuda, with Serpent driver Paolo Morganti rounding out the top 4. In the race it was Dutch driver Rick Vrielijnck who set the fastest lap on the way to the win taking the flag by less than a second from team mate Fukuda in 2nd, both using the new Protoform P909 shell, with Paolo Morganti rounding off the podium in 3rd spot.

View the final standings here

December 13, 2010

Arrowmax MRX5 front upper arm mounts

Arrowmax have also released new front upper arm mounts for the Mugen MRX5. Machined from 7075 T6 aluminium, they are provided with the adjustable POM inserts to enable you to adjust the position of the roll center more accurately.

Source: Free Max [freemaxmp.com]

December 13, 2010

KM H-K1 lightweight 2-speed shaft

KM Racing have released this 2-speed shaft for their H-K1 1/10th scale 200mm chassis. The shaft is made from steel and has been hollowed out through the middle to reduce weight. A direct replacement for the standard shaft.

Source: KM Racing [km-rc.com]

December 13, 2010

Team Titan Blitz P908 & P12 bodies

Team Titan have released 2 new body shells, for the 1/10th scale 230mm class and the 1/12th scale pan car class. The Blitz P908 can mount to any 1/10th 200mm chassis with wide foam tires and conversion kit for awesome on track performance. The Blitz P12 body for 1/12th scale link type pan cars claims to offer more steering and stability compared to other bodies on the market.

View more images here

December 10, 2010

Robitronic Mini-Z ball bearing set

New from Robitronic for your Kyosho Mini-Z is this oiled ball bearing set. Sanctioned for use in most stock-class races, these bearings not only enhance your runtime but also push your lap times considerably. Complete set includes 4 x 2x6x2,5mm and 3 x 3x6x2,5mm bearings.

Source: Robitronic [robitronic.com]

December 10, 2010

Azri Amri wins Malaysian Nationals

The 3rd and final round of the Malaysia National Championship (MNC) was held under sunny conditions and the fight for the championship was between Mr. Norazam and Mr. Azri, with only three points separating them, with Azri with the advantage. The race saw many drivers converging from all over Malaysia, special mention for Mr. Eric Ma and his friends from Penang, Mr. Lawson and James Ki from Batu Pahat and other places from all over Malaysia, with 35 drivers competing in the Pro Stock 10.5/11.5T alone.

Continue reading the report here

December 10, 2010

Awesomatix touring car close to completion

Russian company Awesomatix, who we have been following over the past few years, has gotten in touch with us to show off their almost final car. The car in the photos is 99% production version, with some small part colours and material changes still expected before the final release. This extremely unique car can accept a transverse and longitudinal motor layout and comes supplied with the two different motor mounts as well as two different upper decks for fine tuning the flex of the car. Their team is currently giving the car its final shakedown and will be ready in time for the following rounds of the Euro Touring Series, the next of which takes place in February in Austria.

View more photos of the car here

December 9, 2010

Orcan to enter .21 on road engine market

Orcan engines have been successful in the categories on-road scale (.12) and off-road (.21) for years and have achieved lots of national and international victories and championships. Starting with the 2010 season, SMI Motorsport from Germany is working on the development of an Orcan engine for the highest level of RC on-road racing, the 1/8 scale nitro class. A couple of drivers have been involved in testing the Orcan prototypes which are based on 7-port and 9-port engines from Novarossi and were specially prepared by Michael Heinrich (MH-Tuning). Powered by one of these Orcan test engines Uwe Baldes has achieved a remarkable success at the final round of the Nitro-West-Masters, a series of four races, held in October at Dormagen near Cologne. Using the 7-port version he captured pole position and set a new overall lap record (15,179 sec) beating the old record held by Michael Salven. “I have tested this .21 prototype engine on several circuits. This engine has proven its excellent performance with lots of torque at low revs and an impressive driveability – both valuable aspects especially for those tracks we are used to race in Germany”, concluded Uwe Baldes. “Furthermore the fuel consumption is really low – it is already a real Orcan engine and a promising basis for the future.” Also Bertram Kessler of SMI Motorsport is pleased by the test results. “With the new Xray RX8 hitting the market in 2011 it is logical that we are going to launch a .21 on-road power unit which offers the usual quality features of all Orcan engines. In the period of testing we have gained valuable experiences which will help us to develop a powerful and high efficient Orcan engine for 1/8 scale racing.”

Source: SMI Motorsport [smi-motorsport.de]