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August 21, 2022

Rheinard finally claims first ETS win with Awesomatix

Marc Rheinard has finally claimed his first ETS win with Awesomatix, a nice boost for both driver and manufacturer ahead of next month’s World Championships in Italy. Having secured the TQ for the German round at Arena 33, the former World Champion was pushed hard in the opening A-Main on Saturday evening by 2nd place qualifier Yannic Prumper. Despite the Yokomo team driver setting the fastest lap, the only one to run in the 17-seconds, Rheinard stayed out front for the win. A2 on Sunday morning saw Rheinard take a more convincing win to lock up the overall victory for Round 3 of the series and finally give Awesomatix only their second ever success in the ETS’ premiere Modified category. With Rheinard able to sit out A3, Prumper won that encounter from Christopher Krapp to secure 2nd overall with his Yokomo team-mate, winner at ETS Austria, completing the Andernach podium line up. Mugen’s Ronald Volker claimed fourth ahead of Awesomatix’ Lucas Urbain with Xray’s Marco Kaufmann rounding out the Top 6. Adding to the Awesomatix celebrations, Max Machler would also convert his TQ into victory in Pro Stock.

Image: ETS [ets.racing]

August 21, 2022

3rd Annual Kinwald BKlassic – Announcement

The 3rd annual Kinwald BKlassic will take place from October the 14th to 16th at Hobby Action RC Raceway in Chandler, Arizona. The race is held in honour of Offroad RC great Brian Kinwald with parts of the entry fee being donated to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation Southwest Chapter. The race will cater for several 1:10 2WD, 4WD and Short Course classes as well as a vintage 2WD category. More information can be found on social media here.

August 20, 2022

Phend to defend ROAR titles as Top Qualifier

Reigning ROAR National Champion Dakotah Phend will defend his 2WD and 4WD Buggy titles from pole position. The TLR driver is the Top Qualifier in San Diego after going fastest in 2 of the three rounds of qualifying at SDRC Raceway. His closest challenger in 2WD would be team-mate Ryan Cavalieri who TQ’d the second round of heats. A P2 and P4, was good enough to give Team Associated’s Aydin Horne third on the grid ahead of Yokomo’s Ryan Maifield. It was a tough qualifying for reigning World Champion Spencer Rivkin as he finds himself back in 7th on the grid. In 4WD, Phend wrapped up the overall TQ with his JConcepts shod 22X-4 Elite by topping the times for the opening two qualifiers. Topping Q3, Rivkin will start alongside him with Maifield third, the same order as they finished last year’s ROAR Nationals. In Mod Truck, Ty Tessmann was able to deny Phend a hat trick as the Xray driver secured the overall TQ thanks to quicker time from Q1 compared to Phend’s Q3 performance. Fastest in the second qualifier, Team Associated’s Dustin Evans will start third.

Image: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

August 20, 2022

Exotek Racing F1 Tires

Exotek Racing has released its first entry into the 1:10 F1 tire segment. Designed 100% from the ground up, and taking cues from the new full size F1 wheel disk regulations, they have taken all of the best elements of RC F1 tires from the past and engineered them into the ultimate F1 rubber tire and wheel set up. Exotek contracted to have these produced by the premier RC rubber touring car tire factory in Japan, using premium touring car rubber compounds and nylon for wheels.

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August 20, 2022

Rheinard takes TQ at ETS Germany

Marc Rheinard is the Top Qualifier at ETS Germany, the Awesomatix driver topping two of the four rounds of qualifying at his home track in Andernach. With driver’s travelling to Arena33 for the third round of the series and to make final preparations for the upcoming World Championships, it was Yokomo who set the pace in the opening qualifier on Friday. Yannic Prumper was fastest from team-mate & Round 2 winner Christopher Krapp. Picking up where he left off from his recent German National title win two week earlier at the same track, Rheinard’s Awesomatix topped the times in Q2 & 3 which would be enough to secure pole position. Despite not having a good final qualifier, Prumper will start second with Q4 pace setter Krapp P3 ahead of the Xray of Marco Kaufmann and Mugen’s Ronald Volker. Highest non German driver on the grid is Awesomatix’s Lucas Urbain in P6 followed by the Schumacher of offroad ace Michal Orlowsk. It was a good qualifying for Awesomatix at Arena33 with Max Machler the Top Qualifier in Pro Stock ahead of the similar car of Simon Lauter. Xray’s Jan Ratheisky qualified third.

Image: ETS [ets.racing]

August 19, 2022

Infinity IF15 long life rear belt and upper arm spacers

Creation Model has added two new optional parts for use on their IF15 and IF15W 1:10 onroad nitro chassis. The Long Life Rear Belt is made of a special rubber with excellent durability that will achieve longer life than the soft rubber type of the kit’s standard parts. The belt is especially effective on the IF15W with high grip wide tires. The front upper arm 0.3mm spacers, supplied as a pack of four, can be inserted between the front upper arm holder and the upper deck to fine tune the roll center and camber change rate, enabling smooth and high speed cornering.

View front upper arm spacers here

August 19, 2022

RC Maker 3D Pro Carbon ultra-lite body stiffeners

RC Maker introduce their 3D Pro Carbon Ultra-Lite Body Stiffeners and Wing Mount & Anti-Tuck Stiffener Set for 1/10th EP Onroad. The biggest talk in touring at the moment is Low Centre of Gravity and Aerodynamics. Stiffer bodies normally come at the cost of weight and centre of gravity, making it difficult to have a lightweight, yet rigid shell. These one-piece stiffeners combine very thin carbon rods with the latest 3D Printing technology to provide a feather weight of only 2.5g! The centre is attached with the supplied double sided tape, and the sides with the provided M3 Screws to provide a very lightweight, stiff and easy to install solution.

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August 19, 2022

SMJ rear bumper line extension

Following the recent release of information by EFRA regarding bodyshell measurements/checking for the up coming World Championship in Italy, SMJ has been quick off the mark with the release of this Rear Bumper Extended Underskirt. Created for the XTREME Twister / Twister Special bodyshell it will be possible to make these comply with IFMAR and JMRCA regulations for both the IFMAR World Championship and JMRCA All Japan Championship. With the use of this product, 3D modelling to 100% fit the rear bumper shape, molded from 0.5mm thick lexan. The body panel is also a considered shape, so the rear bumper will be flat after installation. Release date, price etc will be announced later.

View full Rear Bumper Extended Underskirt here