Xceed RC have released this new brake disk, suitable for the most popular brands of 1/8th scale on road cars, as well as the Serpent 733 1/10th scale. The single piece ventilated disk has been made from steel with weight kept to a minimum due to the way it has been machined. Great fade free stopping power, it is suitable for Serpent, Kyosho, Mugen and Motonica 1/8th scale chassis’.
Source: Xceed RC [xceedrc.com]
The 2nd annual TRS Asia Nitro Open Cup was held in Shanghai, China. Drivers from 10 countries/region including China, USA, Japan, Holland, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Brunei and Korea competed at this winter event. After 5 rounds of qualifying, Mike Swauger from the USA was TQ in the 1/8 on road class, and Keisuke Fukuda from Japan was TQ in the touring class. Sunday’s “A” Main Final in the 1/8 on road class saw Swauger lead from start to finish winning the Championship, second place went to Jimmy Qian from Shanghai and 11 year old JJ Wang from Shanghai took third. In the 1/10 touring “A” Mains, a close fought battle between Fukuda, Meen Vejrack (Thailand) and Jilles Groskamp provided the crowd with some exciting racing. At the checkered flag, it was Fukuda who took the Championship with Meen Vejrack in second and Jilles Groskamp in third. Race organizers will be aiming to make next year’s race larger and more competitive.
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Following on from the report we received on the truggy and brushless classes at the Kyosho Fall Classic, held at Revelation Raceway in Ontario, CA last weekend, today we received a report on the hotly contested buggy class. Kyosho team driver Cody King, driving his Team Orion powered Inferno MP9, TQ’d and won the highly contested 1/8 Nitro Pro Buggy class, taking the victory in front of Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri and Hot Bodies driver Travis Amezcua. Cody also finished 2nd in Pro Truggy and 3rd in Pro Electric Buggy, landing on the podium in all 3 classes he competed in making it a great weekend as Kyosho’s top driver at the event.
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Last weekend saw the Motonica Race held in Fiorano, Italy and on Saturday’s 1/10th scale 200mm race it saw the new Capricorn Lab-C01 claim the win. Having TQ’d the race Cristian Costanzo, would go on to win the A-main using his Novarossi powered Lab-C01 from Xray NT1 driver Walter Ossola in 2nd, with another Capricorn driver Victor Coggiola taking the final podium spot. Capricorn has 4 of their new cars at the event and all made the final with 6 of the 10 drivers in the main final using the company’s new hard light tires.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
New from RB is this limited edition 1 engine plus polished inline pipe set. Many drivers are looking for the best combination of price and quality and so RB decided to make an engine combo that didn’t compromise on the performance, quality or reliability but with a very interesting price. This 5 port 3,5cc buggy engine features a bi-turbo crankshaft, lightened cooling head and turbo combustion chamber and comes with a RB homologated in-line pipe and compact manifold. Quantity limited to 300 pieces for the whole World.
Source: RB [rbproducts.com]
The 36th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj talks about the company’s successes on Regional and National levell.
Being away at races, test sessions, or warm-up preparations, nearly every weekend is spent away at some event. The racing though is not only about the Worlds, Euros, or International races — those are really just the tip of the iceberg — but there are also hundreds of other races going on every week… club, local, and regional races and of course the numerous national race series in every category in all countries around the world. The XRAY national and regional teams around the world have been well known for their very active work and racing during the whole season, and we do our best to publish all the latest news on our Web site. I closely monitor all race reports coming from around the world and I am always very happy and proud for every single XRAY victory no matter where it comes from.
Read the full column here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Speed Passion have informed us about their new Sport Tuned Version 2.0 Sensorless brushless motors. Available in three different versions, racers have their choice of the 2500KV F1 Design, the 3000KV RTR Design and the 4000KV Drift/On Design. All of these motors include Speed Passion’s new improved one piece design and V2 sensor less base technology. They also share the new high current power plug in design like its V3 brother for solder less motor changes. To keep the wires and plugs clean and safe in all applications, Speed Passion introduces the new protection cap with a bright blue anodized look.
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The final race of the Revelation Racing Series took place over the weekend of November 21 & 22 at Revelation Raceway in Montclair, CA. This month’s event is the Kyosho Fall Classic and Ryan Cavalieri quickly ascended to the top spot in the Expert Truggy “A” main from his 2nd qualifying position. Clearly the class of the field, Cavalieri and his RC8T CE checked out from the competition and easily cruised to the victory.
Continue reading and watch a video from the truggy final here
