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January 13, 2016

JP Richards teams up with Maclan Racing

Maclan Racing have announced the signing of JP Richards for the 2016 season. The 2014 Reedy Race 2WD Open Class winner and former ROAR National Champion has spent the last several months working with Maclan Racing on development of their new 1/10 sensored racing motors and speed controls. In the most recent CRCRC Midwest Electric Championship, JP has achieved podium finishes in both 2WD and 4WD classes with the company’s soon to be released MRR series motors.

Source: Maclan Racing [maclan-racing.com]

January 13, 2016

Xpert RC MI-3301HV mini servo

New from Xpert RC comes the MI-3301HV high-voltage mini servo. Designed with 1/12th pan car racing in mind, the servo offers a high speed of down to 0.06s and a torque of up to 198oz-in. Furthermore the MI-3301HV has an one-piece CNC centre housing with an all-metal gear set and brushless motor design for durability and performance while a black servo lead makes for that much preferred factory look.

Source: Hobby Authority [hobbyauthority-dist.com]

January 13, 2016

Ware & Barton wins at Silverstone Winter Series

The recent January round of the Silverstone Winter Series saw Charlie Ware scoring the biggest win of his R/C career. He comfortably set the 2WD TQ, and took the win in front of his team mates Tom Yardy and Nathan Waters. In the 4WD class there was a close battle between Richard Barton and Matt Owen with Richard eventually taking the win with Matt 2nd and Dave Burton 3rd.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

January 12, 2016

Russian Touring Masters 2016 – Announcement

The 2016 edition of the Russian Touring Masters will take place from the 25th of 27th of March in St. Petersburg, Russia. The third installation of the event will be held in the three classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock 17.5T Blinky and Touring Stock 13.5T with the latter class using select motor and speedo combos. Beside the fastest Russian drivers the race will see the appearance of some fast international racers such as Viljami Kutvonen, Max Mächler, and Marcel Geiger. More information can be found on the official event website here.

January 12, 2016

Mikko Maula wins Finnish SC Winter Cup Rd2

This past weekend round 2 of the Finnish SC Winter Cup was held at the Nokia RC track. After the qualifiers Mikko Maula, Martti Myllyntaus and Tony Liljeqvist occupied the top 3 spots with a great margin but during the finals Mikko got nervous but in the end managed to win the opening final with Tony winning the second leg and Martti the third, so the overall win was up for grabs before the fourth and decisive leg. Eventually Mikko Maula took the win with Mikael Yrjänäinen in second place and Tony Liljeqvist in third, leaving Martti Myllyntaus in fourth.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

January 12, 2016

Kyle Rhodes wins at CRCRC Winter Midwest Champs

The Ohio R/C Factory placed host for last weekend’s CRCRC Electric Winter Midwest Championships and in the 4WD Short Course class Kyle Rhodes would take the TQ for the triple A-mains. A-main 1 started out great for the pole sitter. He quickly opened up a gap and pulled away from the field. With just about a minute left Kyle had nearly an entire lap on the field but a computer error caused the race director to stop the race and he made the call to re-run the race. For the re-run of A1 Kyle repeated what he did in the first race and took the win. A2 went very similar as A1. Rhodes managed to pull away from the field and take the win and the overall victory for the weekend. Josh McDonald and Eric DeVos would end the day in second and third respectively.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

January 12, 2016

Serpent SRX4 thrust slipper set

Coming from Serpent is the Thrust Slipper set for the SRX4 4WD buggy. The 3-pad slipper assembly with additional thrust bearing makes for a smoother power distribution between the front and the rear drivetrain which can be beneficial especially on slippery tracks. The set includes the thrust race, three slipper pads and new pressure plates and it requires the use of the optional #500447 24T slipper shaft pulley.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 12, 2016

Martin Bayer appointed Xray off-road team manager

Xray have announced the appointment of Martin Bayer as the company’s off-road team manager. The former European Champion has been heavily involved in the development of the latest Xray off-road platforms and he now steps into the role of the team manager in order to improve the service and support at major international events. Martin will also provide technical support in Xray’s own forums and Facebook groups and he has the following to say:

I am excited for this opportunity and will do my best to continue to improve not only the Xray off-road cars but also I will be in all the major off-road races to help all our Xray drivers. Please do not hesitate to contact me either online or at any races you will see me.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]