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September 9, 2016

Kaja Novotny doubles at Czech Nationals Rd5

Round five of the Czech 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Zabreh track last weekend. The organisers opted to sugar-treat the track right before the event but watering it on Saturday morning took away some of the traction, making things more interesting. In the 2WD class Xray’s Kaja Novotny took the overall TQ from Ales Bidovsky (Xray) and Marek Schiller (PR). The 4WD qualification was pretty much the same story as Kaja TQed every round with Ales Bidovsky coming in second and Marek Schiller in third.

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September 9, 2016

Frédéric Santos takes Portuguese Stock TC title

The fifth round of the Portuguese Touring Stock National Championship was held at the Armaia track. Frédéric Santos (Xray) laid down a brilliant performance all day, sweeping the qualifiers to take the pole position for the A-mains. In the mains Frédéric would continue to dominate, taking the opening two A-mains to grab the overall win and with it the 2016 Touring Stock National Championship title. Helder Silva (Capricorn) would come in second both at round five and in the overall ranking while Jorge Chalupa (Schumacher) completed the podium in third but overall in the Championship it was Patrick Santos (Xray) who obtained the final spot on the podium.

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September 9, 2016

Serpent Viper 977 Evo-2 1/8th scale nitro on-road kit

Serpent Viper 977 Evo-2 1/8th scale kit

Serpent have introduced the latest incarnation of their popular Viper 977 1/8th nitro on-road kit, the Evo-2. The vehicle is an evolution rather than a revolution with the focus set on refined details such as the revised rear suspension to obtain more steering and overall traction. The rear lower pivot pins now sit closer together to create overall longer A-arms thanks to longer pivot balls and upper links. Also included are new big bore shock absorbers taken over from the 411 4.0 and 748-WE kits. The short shocks feature new machined pistons, a new seal package as well as machined spacers and coated aluminium parts along hardened steel piston rods. The rear shocks also feature longer shafts for improved traction. The key features of the 977 remain the same though as are the 2-speed Xli gearbox, fine-pitch gears, ball-raced front and rear anti-roll bars and the aluminium mid-flex system with bearings to name just a few. The 977 Evo-2 will hit the stores by mid-September.

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September 9, 2016

Swedish National Cup Rd3 – Report

Round three of the Swedish National Cup for 1/10th scale electric buggies was held at the new astro turf track in Karlskrona. The track was an open, flowing layout with some interesting jumps and a fairly low-grip surface. In 2WD local racer David Ronnefalk laid down an exhibition of great driving skills when he swept all qualification rounds as well as the two first A-mains to take the overall win. What was left for the others was to fight for the remaining podium spots. Alexander Landén qualified in third behind “Fredde” Mathiesen.

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September 9, 2016

Xtreme Racing Monster Beetle carbon option parts

Coming from Xtreme Racing and made for Tamiya’s Monster Beetle and Blackfoot re-release 2WD trucks are several carbon fibre option parts. First up are carbon fibre rear shock mounts. Cut from high-quality material the parts are designed to replace the standard shock mounts with stiffer and cooler looking parts. The set included two shock mount brackets and shock mounting hardware.

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September 9, 2016

Team Corally FSX-10 formula kit – Coming soon

Roughly a year ago Team Corally officially introduced their 1/10th scale formula pan car kit and now things seem to materialise as the Belgium company issued a first image of the pre-production car. The vehicle will utilise a class-standard carbon fibre arm front suspension, a slim 2.5mm carbon fibre chassis that seems to allow for inline and transversal battery configuration and it sports a link-type rear end with dual roll dampers, a lightweight centre shock and carbon fibre rear axle. Also part of the package are a high-torque ball differential, adjustable rear wing and a long nose front bumper. More information and images will become available in time for the release which is scheduled for this Fall.

Source: Team Corally [corally.com]

September 9, 2016

Malin Karlsen wins Grenland Championship Series Rd6

The sixth and final round of the Grenland 2WD Championship Series was recently held in Skien, Norway. Xray’s Malin Karlsen again made one of her last-minute entries but this would not stop her from dominating the field as she came out fastest after the qualifiers to line up on the 1 spot for the triple A-mains. The opening two A-mains then were a done deal for the swift girl who laid down the only 14-lap runs of the event, taking the overall win from the hard-chasing Team Associated duo of Mathias Fink and Oystein Doler.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 9, 2016

BMT 701 Nickel-plated clutch bell & yellow clutch shoe

Italian company BMT have introduced new optional parts for their 701 1/10th scale 200mm nitro on-road kit. First up is a Nickel-plated aluminium clutch bell. Scrubbing a good amount of weight, with the original steel part weighing in at 10g and the alloy part being 6g lighter, using the part makes for reduced rotational mass which equals faster acceleration and thus improved on-track performance. Also new is the yellow colour high-grip clutch shoe. The part makes for a more crisp clutch engagement.

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