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June 24, 2014

Hupo doubles at 3rd round of Austrian nationals

The 3rd round of the Austrian electric off-road nationals took place at the 1-GMAC Litschau track near the Austrian/Czech Republic border with over 50 drivers in attendance. Practice started on Saturday under relatively cold, windy and dusty conditions meaning the 2WD drivers would prefer running rear motor buggies but as warmer and overall more pleasant weather was predicted for Sunday one or the other driver opted to get used to mid motor cars. 2WD qualifying saw a battle between the two Team C drivers Hupo Hönigl and Martin Kreil who both won 2 of the 4 qualifying rounds. Ultimately Hupo was able to take the overall TQ in front of Martin while Team Associated’s Stefan Pfeifhofer rounded out the top 3 with his mid motor B5M.

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June 24, 2014

Kerswell & Clinch win at BRCA Clubman’s series Rd4

Kerswell & Clinch win at BRCA Clubman's series Rd4

Round 4 of the BRCA Clubman Series came back to the larger track at the Cotswolds. Having a break from the Clubmans for a year, everyone was excited to turn up there motors and see how fast there cars really go with speeds hitting almost 50mph at three points on the track. Round 1 of qualifying started on the Sunday with the sun coming in early and strong with little wind. The track was cleaned up on Saturday during practice but the grass was damp on the morning challenging drivers to stay on the track. In 17.5, Dominic Skinner set provisional TQ just half a second ahead of Gavin Clinch. In 13.5 Chris Gunter topping the time sheet showing his confidence on this fast track with Chris Kerswell behind him by just under a second.

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June 24, 2014

Max Power Storm 28T nitro truggy engine

Max Power have a new .28 big block nitro truggy engine available in the form of the Storm 28T. Offering a displacement of 4.66cc the 5-port short stroke engine is designed to offer a good amount of torque to cope with the somewhat heavy trucks. A 14mm turbo-style crankshaft runs in high-quality steel ball bearings and the composite material 9mm slide carburettor can be equipped with different diameter venturi inserts. The package is rounded out by a tall yet lightweight cooling head that allows for improved engine cooling even with truck bodyshells fitted.

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June 24, 2014

Marka Racing T4/T3 & CSO One outdrives & fan mount

Marka Racing have a bunch of new option parts for Xray’s T4 and T3 platform as well as the CSO One available. First up are axle driveshaft adapters made from 7075-T6 Ergal material. Designed for the use with blade driveshafts the parts offer a lower weight compared to the stock adapters and they are available in orange and black anodising. The parts are compatible with Xray T4/T3 and CSO One V2/V3 cars and also fit Team C as well as Spec-R kits.

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June 24, 2014

John Watkins wins at Victorian indoor off-road titles

The first ever Victorian indoor off-road carpet state titles where hosted by Melbourne’s newest racing facility, Adrenalin Arena. The weekend started on Saturday with an all-practice day and resumed on Sunday with the finals. In the mains John Watkins, coming from 3rd on the grid, took the win in the opening A-main as TQ Simon Mc Hugh rolled after a tricky jump landing. The 2nd A-main had the leaders coming together in the second lap which again made way for John who was able to cruise to the win in order to take the 2WD class state title.

Source: Xray [temaxray.com]

June 24, 2014

NVision Factory Pro 5800 square LiPo battery pack

NVision is the latest brand to introduce a square-type 2S LiPo battery pack. Build from high performance cells that are capable of 100C burst rates, the pack is ideal for all high-power applications. The special design mimics the dimensions of a side-by-side saddle pack battery but the single case does away with the need to use a jumper wire for charging and during use. The hardcase pack is equipped with a single 2mm connector tube for the balancer harness and dual 4mm tubes for the power wires and it is available now.

Source: nVision [nvisionweb.net]

June 24, 2014

Trinity introduce the D4 brushless motor

Following much speculation about the follow-up motor of the successful D3.5, Trinity now officially introduce the D4 electric brushless motor. Designed to meet all ROAR specifications the motor is based around a new stator design and a 3-piece heatsink can with an updated endbell for improved bearing alignment and increased airflow for lower operating temperatures. Other features include windings made from certified pure copper wire, grade 5 ball bearings, and new larger silver-plated solder tabs. The motor is 8 grams lighter than the previous D3.5 and available as 2.5T to 9.5T modified and 13.5T and 17.5T ROAR Spec stock motors. The motors should hit stores by the time you read this.

Source: Trinity [trinityrc.com]

June 24, 2014

Maxi Vogl successful at South German regionals

The 2nd round of the South German nitro on-road regionals was held at the MCC Hof track in the North of Bavaria. The 30 minute 1/8th class final saw Torsten Müller in the lead for about 10 minutes until he ran into trouble with some backmarkers which had him drop to 3rd. Maxi Vogl and Oliver Lembeck took advantage of this situation to end the race in 1st and 2nd position respectively. High front tyre wear prevented Torsten from challenging the top 2 drivers so he settled for 3rd in front of Christian Schmidkonz and Maverik Reisinger.

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