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April 11, 2023

RC Maker Iris One Geocarbon parts

Australian aftermarket parts and accessories manufacturer RC Maker has released its first batch of products designed for Electric Touring Car newcomer Iris’ ONE chassis. Under its GeoCarbon range they have produced a Rear Body Mount, a front bumper mount and “Quick Adjust” Rear Body Post Spacers. CNC Machined from High Quality 100% Carbon Fibre in Australia, the machined carbon pockets in the rear body mount give a very outstanding 3D look, while the thick 3mm carbon adds great strength and rigidity to the plate. It bolts straight on, and integrates seamlessly with the standard body posts. Made from the same quality material, the front bumper mount is designed to be used with the standard lower bumper mount and bumper, it increases the bumpers rigidity, and also the body post rigidity by offering more support around the post. The Carbon “Quick Adjust” Rear Body Post Spacers feature a little hole for easy removal with a 1.5mm driver, small pointy tool or body pin. 4x1mm spacers are included in the set, enough to raise each post a total of 2mm. In addition to the parts RC Maker has two accessories that are designed specifically for unique parts on the ONE – the 3D Pro Damper Alignment Tool and the 3 piece Damper and Diff Rebuild Station.

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April 11, 2023

Miedema wins International Dutch F1 Masters

Jitse Miedema has won the International Dutch F1 Masters, the Infinity driver becoming the champion of the annual event for a fourth time. Previously held at the ISTC World Championship hosting MACH track, the 2023 edition of IDFM would take competitors to the RC Hotwheels Deventer, where Miedema immediately made his intentions clear in practice. In qualifying the Dutchman who secure the overall TQ from the Xray of Britain’s Luke Lee, Miedema topping 3 of the five rounds compared to Lee’s two fastest times. Bram Lagerwey, driving an Infinity completed the Top 3 on the grid. Triple 10-minute finals, A1 saw Miedema win by 3-seconds from Lagerwey who found away passed Lee who struggled in the finals with either with a lack of rear grip or steering. The result was repeated in A2 and 3 for Miedema to lead an Infinity 1-2 from Lagerwey with Lee completing the podium ahead of the Schumacher of Michael Lee and another of the British visitors James Greener.

Image: Luke Lee [Facebook]

April 10, 2023

Yokomo welcomes back Meen V

Yokomo has announced the return of Meen Vejrak to their factory touring car team line-up. The Thai driver was a formidable member of the Japanese team’s international race squad during their tenure as the 2016 ISTC World Champion manufacturer and rejoins after a short stint with Serpent. The former 200mm Nitro World Champion is the latest signing by the brand who look to be re-establishing their strong presence in touring car racing around the globe. Commenting on the announcement, Meen said, “I am more than happy to come back to Yokomo. I’m still motivated and believe we can achieve more great results together. Look forward to seeing you at the tracks.”

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

April 10, 2023

Surpass Hobby Rocket-RC MINI 28 PRO ESC

Surpass Hobby has released their latest electronic speed controller, the new Rocket-RC MINI 28 PRO Sensored Brushless ESC for 1:28/1:24 Mini Drift and Touring Car Racing. Featuring a CNC aluminium housing it is the perfect combination of shape and function giving it a super small size and making it extremely light weight. With powerful output support, it has a With a continuous current of up to 30A. The ESC has a wide range of parameter settings to precisely adjust power requirements for the ultimate control experience. PWM drive frequency, Brake frequency, Boost, Turbo and two driving modes: Zero timing(Blinky) & Modified mode, it is built intended for competition use.

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April 9, 2023

Bermudez wins inaugural Montpellier GP Brushless

Having won SuperPole yesterday to become the Top Qualifier, Rémy Bermudez has won the inaugural Montpellier GP Brushless in France. Xray’s young talent had a tough start to finals day at Circuit du Mini Bolide Montpellierain as the first of the four A-Main Legs resulted in a DNF while the HB Racing of Theo Lemaire took the win from the Infinity of Riccardo Berton. Resetting for Leg 2, Bermudez resumed normal service winning the 10-minute encounter by 1-second from Berton. Having had issues of his own in qualifying yesterday, leaving him 9th on the grid, Bruno Coelho would come through for the Leg 3 win but in the decider it was Bermudez who delivered the win to secure the overall title ahead of Berton with Coelho completing the podium. Behind, Lemaire took fourth ahead of Mayako’s David Ronnefalk and Tekno’s Marco Baruffolo.

Image: Xray [Facebook]

April 9, 2023

Ielasi Tuned GP3R23 .12 Engine

Ielasi Tuned has announced details of its new GP3R23 .12 1:10 Onroad engine. The latest version of the GP3 is an upgrade of the previous version with some small improvements that have been developed and tested over the past few months. A new engine backplate, a differently worked crankshaft and the new smaller & lighter cooling head with new graphics are the substantial differences of this new version. The engine will be available from Friday 14th April with future engine presentations from World Champion Daniele Ielasi due in the coming days including the 1:8 GT specific GP5GTR23.

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April 8, 2023

Bermudez Top Qualifier at Montpellier GP Brushless

Young French talent Rémy Bermudez will lead away the A-Mains at the Montpellier Brushless GP tomorrow after the Xray driver won the SuperPole battle from Marco Baruffolo to be declared Top Qualifier at the inaugural running of the event. With the Nitro edition of the Montpellier Grand Prix holding the long standing honours of being the event to kickstart the annual outdoor buggy racing season in Europe, the first electric edition has attracted a strong international field with the Infinity of Italy’s Riccardo Berton topping the ranking after the four rounds of qualifying. Topping Q2 & 3 he was followed the Tekno of fellow countryman Baruffolo, fastest in Q4, with Bermudez ending up third overall having topped the opening qualifier. Two time European eBuggy Champion David Ronnefalk would take his Mayako to P4. In Superpole Bermudez would be the only driver to record a 33-second lap topping the battle from Baruffolo. The A-Mains will be run over four legs with each driver’s best three to count.

Image: Circuit du MBM [Facebook]

April 7, 2023

PSM TT02S Carbon Shock Towers

Following the release of their aluminium shock tower for Tamiya’s TT02, the German parts & accessories manufacturer PSM has released carbon shock towers for the TT02S version of the 1:10 touring car chassis. Machined from 3.0mm carbon fibre, the new front and rear towers featuring refined suspension geometry for use with Tamiya SSBB shocks and offering an alternative setup solution.

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