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December 2, 2015

Roche Rapide F1-2016 formula car kit

Following a first teaser Roche now have more images and information of their forthcoming Rapide F1-2016 formula car kit available. The car utilises a narrow 2.5mm carbon fibre chassis with a newly designed floating side link mount whose higher mounting position, compared to standard designs, helping to reduce chassis overhang, increasing ground clearance during hard cornering and thus reducing performance-hurting chassis scrub. The front suspension is made up using a carbon fibre double wishbone construction with adjustable caster while hard-coated aluminium pivot balls make for a lightweight yet friction-less operation. Part of the front end is also an aluminium servo mount that can be used in a floating or a fixed setting to manipulate chassis flex, allowing to adapt overall flex to the track conditions. The combined battery and shock mount supports both transversal and inline battery mounting and the included shock absorber is of a big bore type for best possible rear traction on a range of surfaces. The kit is rounded out by an aluminium rear pod construction with a height-adjustable rear axle using shims, the included ball differential is making use of a 16-ball Xenon Racing spur gear and the diff is equipped with a 5mm thrust bearing for smooth operation.

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December 1, 2015

Blake Boggs triples at Black Saturday Blowout

The Black Saturday Blowout was held at Radioactive Raceway in Wingo, Kentucky with 120 entries in the one day event. The race schedule saw rocket rounds with three, five minute qualifiers and single 8-minute A-mains. In the Modified 2WD Buggy class, after close battles with teammate Chris Rakus and Xray’s Nate Jaskot, Team Associated driver Blake Boggs would end up overall TQ. In the main Jaskot, Rakus and Boggs would be swapping the lead early and eventually Boggs would pull away near the end to take the win.

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December 1, 2015

Tasos Paparegas wins 4WD class at Greek Nats

The final round of the Greek Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Zorri racing track near Athens. The opening 4WD qualifier, run in wet conditions, was won by Sikianakis with Tasos and John Paparegas one second behind him. Tasos then won the second round more than a lap ahead of the second place driver and another win in Q3 secured him the overall TQ from John Paparegas, with Sikianakis rounding out the top 3.

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December 1, 2015

Reedy Blackbox 800Z zero timing speed controller

New from Reedy comes the Blackbox 800Z zero timing sensored brushless competition speed controller, a simple to use, economical, and powerful ESC for Spec class racers. The speedo was designed to offer excellent throttle and brake feel, a wide range of adjustability, and robust hardware. The compact, lightweight plastic housing with low-profile heatsink makes fitting the controller easy even in tight surroundings. The ESC comes pre-wired with 13 gauge wire and solder tabs make wire replacement easy while the on-board, single button programming allows to fine-tune parameters such as the drag brake, power profile, the drive and brake frequency.

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December 1, 2015

Nico Risser teams up with Xray

Xray have announced the signing of Belgium’s Nico Risser to their electric off-road team. The Belgium and French national champion will attend both national and international races such as the Belgium and French Nationals, the EFRA Euros as well as the EOS events and he has the following to say about the deal:

I have closely followed the Xray team and evolution of their cars since few years ago. During these years Xray was the team that has worked hardest to have the best cars on the market in every category. It is honor for me to join one of the most professional and best performing team. I am fully confident of the performance of the XB8, XB4 and XB2 cars and quality of Xray products and for sure I would like to thanks to Xray for this great opportunity.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 1, 2015

Chris Nielsen wins at Danish DRCMU series Rd4

The fourth round of the Danish DRCMU series was hosted by the Djurs RC Racing Club on a fast and flowing track with decent grip. In the 17.5T Blinky Touring class Chris Nielsen was able to TQ all three qualifiers after pulling some fast laps during practice and going into the qualifiers from the top spot.

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December 1, 2015

Ronald Volker dominates AOC finale

Quickly establishing itself as “the” on-road race in Japan, the AOC finale brought a lot of international talent to the legendary Yatabe Arena setting the stage for the biggest race of the year and with some saying “the biggest race the country has ever seen”. With multiple former World Champions, National Champions, and numerous international stars attending this event, the competition keeps getting higher making it a battle of champions.

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December 1, 2015

Autumn Shoot Out Rd4 – Report

This past Sunday Swifts Raceway held the final round of the Autumn Shoot Out Series. With over 60 drivers in attendance, the season finale was going to be an exciting one. The track layout was fast and flowing with a lot of great areas for overtaking. The team had also managed to schedule in a structured practise making a perfect event to use as a practice before the Nationals. All the championship titles were still available going into the final round with the GT12 title the closest and it would be Mark Jewitt and Andy Murray who were giving it everything for this final battle. For the last few rounds it was Jewitt who was just able to keep ahead and take TQ. The pair were divided by literally nothing, only a 0.52 second difference over 6 minutes. It was going to be another titanic final. Craig Mawson and Stephen Lander were also locked in a qualifying battle and finished 3rd and 4th respectively.

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