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October 9, 2022

Rheinard wins MonTech New York Grand Prix

Marc Rheinard has won the MonTech New York Grand Prix. A race that has attracted some of touring car’s biggest names such as 2019 winner Ronald Volker and Alexander Hagberg, this year it was 3-time World Champion Rheinard who made the trip across the Atlantic to 360V2 RC Raceway in New Rochelle, New York. The fourth running of the annual event, in qualifying it was multiple ROAR National Champion Sam Isaacs who had the upper hand taking the opening three rounds ahead of Awesomatix team-mate Rheinard. While Rheinard would hit the top of the time sheets in Q4, it was Isaacs with the overall TQ for the single 5-minute A-Main ahead of Rheinard, Xray’s Keven Hebert and Kemp Anderson. A mistake on lap 2, when he hit the curbing, would see Isaacs drop to third as Rheinard and Herbert went through. Despite Hebert posting the fastest lap of the race, Rheinard would stretch his lead to almost 1.2 seconds by the finish with Iaascs completing the podium a further seconds back from Hebert.

Image: Marc Rheinard [Facebook]

October 8, 2022

3 out 3 for Balestri in Italian National Championship

Dario Balestri has completed a clean sweep of the 2022 AMSCI Italian 1:8 Onroad National Championship with victory at the third & final round today at Pista Di Leno. Originally planned as a two day event, forecast bad weather saw the season finale condensed down to Saturday qualifying and finals. Three rounds of qualifying would see the former World Champion secure the TQ from Xray’s Filippo Domanin and Mirko Salemi. In the 30-minute final, the Infinity driver would continue his form from the previous two championship rounds to take victory number 3 from team-mate Carmine Riola. The Mugen of Andrea Pirani would complete the podium with young Domanin having to settle for fourth.

Image: Ielasi Tuned [Facebook]

October 7, 2022

Montech RS6 bodyshell

Italian body producer Montech has added this RS6 bodyshell to its line-up, the full size inspiration of this 1:10 body widely recognised as the queen of sports station wagons. Made from premium quality lexan polycarbonate, the kit includes the window masks, headlight & grille stickers and the fixing screws for the rear wing. The body is compatible with all 190mm or FWD Touring Car chassis.

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October 7, 2022

Hamilton ‘having fun’ with RC at Japanese Grand Prix

It seems RC is the big thing in the paddock at this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton the latest driver to take time out from his F1 duties and enjoy a bit of RC fun in the Suzuka paddock. A video shared on the official F1 instagram page shows the 7-time World Champion driving a Tamiya Lunch Box out through his Mercedes-AMG Petronas team’s garage and into the paddock where he enjoys pulling wheelies with the iconic 80’s 1:12 truck. Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team shared a photo of their star driver and the Lunch Box on their Facebook page with the simple description ‘Just out here having fun’. We already know how much fun RC is and it is great to see both iconic Japanese RC brands Kyosho and Tamiya being enjoyed by Formula 1. Hamilton famously appeared on BBC’s Blue Peter show racing an RC car well before he became one of the greatest Formula 1 drivers of all time.

View F1 instagram video here

Images credit: Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team [Facebook]

October 7, 2022

Hobby Action awarded 2023 1:10 Offroad World Championship

Hobby Action RC Raceway has been awarded the 2023 IFMAR 1:10 Offroad World Championship, the Arizona indoor track having been selected by host bloc ROAR from a strong list of candidate tracks across the United States. Officially made public via a Facebook Live post by Hobby Action’s Larry Tom and Jake Thayer, the announcement the track will host the 19th running of the World Championship is significant. A track best known for the annual Desert Classic and Kinwald BKlassic races, the state of Arizona is the home of 2015 & 2019 2WD World Champion Spencer Rivkin, both his titles won on indoor tracks, and to 2017 double champion Ryan Maifield for whom Hobby Action RC Raceway is his ‘home’ track. With the United States having had the honour of hosting the inaugural 1:10 Offroad World Championships back in 1985, this will be the 6th time the nation has hosted the IFMAR event. On four of those occasions it was home drivers who took the win in either 2WD or 4WD. While no date has yet been officially set, Tom said in the announcement that he expects it will most likely take place in the month of September.

Source: Hobby Action RC Raceway [Facebook]

October 6, 2022

REDS VX3 DRAG PRO Brushless Motors

Reds Racing has announced the release of brushless motors specifically intended for 1:10 Drag Racing use. The VX3 Drag Pro motors have been manufactured with the best quality materials in order to offer ultra power and reliability and have been designed to cut weight and guarantee the best performance at the same time. The internal structure of the new motor has been designed with a brand new ultra high performance stator for higher performance and lower temperature and precision balanced neodymium high-temperature rotor. It incorporate copper magnetic wires and low resistance collector rings that allow very low internal resistance. Each motors feature precision machined 7075-T6 Aluminium housing with maximised cut-outs and additional openings to make them ultra light. The unique housing has been designed to allow efficient heat dissipation and maximise cooling. Available in 2.5, 3.0, 3.5 windings, they can be precisely adjusted with an optimised timing range from 0° to 50°. This motor is also available as a Reds Racing Factory Selected version which are hand built and selected with the top 5% tested motors of every batch and we guarantee Hall Sensor variance of 1 degree or better.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

October 6, 2022

Kyosho representing RC at Japanese F1 Grand Prix

With Formula 1 in Suzuka this week for the Japanese Grand Prix it is nice to see iconic Japanese RC brand Kyosho making the most of the opportunity to represent our sport as they hang out with the Alpine F1 team. Legend of 1:8 Offroad both as a driver and as Kyosho’s MP Buggy designer, Yuichi Kanai has been showing off the latest MP10 finished in Alpine colour scheme to F1 great Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon. Bringing along a second car in his own trademark green colour scheme, Kanai brought the sound & smell of nitro to the paddock as himself and Orcon drove both cars. Having got his hands on Orcon’s #31 Alpine A522 steering wheel, apparently Kanai is waiting patiently for the team to offer him his first Formula 1 driving experience!!

View Kanai with Ocon here

October 6, 2022

Tworks RC8B4 Hard Coated Lower Shock Pin

Adding to its extensive offering of parts for Team Associated’s RC8B4 which was released earlier this year, T-Works has added Hard Coated Lower Shock Pins for the 1:8 Buggy. Made from 7075 T6 aluminium, they have been finished with hard anodising to increase durability and are sold in a set of 4 pieces.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]