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Kurzbuch & Leino top seeding at ENS Posted: 19 Jul 2019 09:34 AM PDT Simon Kurzbuch and Teemu Leino are the top seeds at ENS Austria in Aigen. Second fastest to Carmine Raiola in free practice, Kurzbuch produced a new fastest 3-consecutive laps in the first of the two controlled practices to secure the top seeding ahead of Dario Balestri, the World Champions split by 9/100ths of a second. Topping CP2 ahead of Kurzbuch, this time would leave Dominic Greiner 3rd overall ahead of Riola who also was unable to improve on the time he set in CP1. Last year’s race runner-up Toni Gruber will be seeded 5th ahead of Silvio Hächler with Jeffrey Rietveld being the only other driver in the Top 10 to improve his time in CP2 ending up 7th fastest. In 1:10 Leino was able to remain at the top as he had done in free practice. Topping both his runs, the Finn’s closest challenger was again team-mate Jilles Groskamp with Shepherd’s Melvin Diekmann stepping into the Top 3. Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here. The post Kurzbuch & Leino top seeding at ENS appeared first on Red RC. |
Kurzbuch & Leino top seeding at ENS Posted: 19 Jul 2019 09:31 AM PDT Simon Kurzbuch and Teemu Leino are the top seeds at ENS Austria in Aigen. Second fastest to Carmine Raiola in free practice, Kurzbuch produced a new fastest 3-consecutive laps in the first of the two controlled practices to secure the top seeding ahead of Dario Balestri, the World Champions split by 9/100ths of a second. Topping CP2 ahead of Kurzbuch, this time would leave Dominic Greiner 3rd overall ahead of Riola who also was unable to improve on the time he set in CP1. Last year’s race runner-up Toni Gruber will be seeded 5th ahead of Silvio Hächler with Jeffrey Rietveld being the only other driver in the Top 10 to improve his time in CP2 ending up 7th fastest. In 1:10 Leino was able to remain at the top as he had done in free practice. Topping both his runs, the Finn’s closest challenger was again team-mate Jilles Groskamp with Shepherd’s Melvin Diekmann stepping into the Top 3. ‘Everything is good, the car is a bit easier to drive now’, was how Kurzbuch summed up his form after seeding. Chasing his fifth consecutive win at the Aigen track, the Swiss ace said, ‘we have been slowly adjusting the rear of the car each run to get more rear traction. We might adjust it a little more for the first qualifying but I should be able to make a consistent 4-minutes now’. The Novarossi driver also added, ‘I have 3 good engines I can choose from for qualification so things look good’. Summing up his performance in controlled practice, Balestri said, ‘honestly all is OK and I just need to drive slow and then I can try to make something more consistent in pace. It (the track) is really loose’. Infinity team-mate, Raiola admitted changes in CP1 did little to get his car easier to drive saying ‘we added more camber but we still had the same problem. It’s a difficult track’. For the final practice the Italian said they used the track time to ‘just bed in tyres for the qualification’ and they will pick the best tyres from the two sets for Q1. Enjoying his first ever 1:8 win of the ENS at this year’s season opener in Bologna, Greiner described his controlled practice as ‘so so’. The Serpent driver added, ‘I am not really happy with the car. We just need a little bit more and then it would be perfect. My car is better for long runs not for 4-minutes, we have a good car for the final’. Fastest in CP2, the German said, ‘I think I can go faster if I can make the car more stable but the issue is the consistency over 4-minutes. I will try a different shock in the rear for Q1 as now it was a little too loose’. Reacting to topping 1:10 seeding, Leino said, ‘my car has been good here from the first practice. It is almost the same as we ran in Holland but we found more rear traction and it is better. I leave it as is for Q1’. A two time Aigen winner, asked his thoughts on the track he replied, ‘For 1:10 it is the perfect size of track. For 1:8 it is a little small but I like it’. View the complete event results here. View our event image gallery here. FacebookTwitterPin It |
Raiola sets free practice pace at ENS Aigen Posted: 19 Jul 2019 07:30 AM PDT Carmine Raiola has set the pace in free practice for the third round of the Infinity Euro Nitro Series in Aigen, Austria. The Infinity driver would conclude the 12 rounds of free practice run over the past two days with a best 3-consecutive laps that was 1/10th of a second faster than the unique track’s winner of the last four years Simon Kurzbuch. Completing the Top 3 would be Serpent’s Dominic Greiner who like those ahead of him ended free practice with his fastest run. Unable to improve on his time from the 10th round, the second run of today, reigning champion Dario Balestri found himself 4th fastest. Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here. The post Raiola sets free practice pace at ENS Aigen appeared first on Red RC. |
Raiola sets free practice pace at ENS Aigen Posted: 19 Jul 2019 07:28 AM PDT Carmine Raiola has set the pace in free practice for the third round of the Infinity Euro Nitro Series in Aigen, Austria. The Infinity driver would conclude the 12 rounds of free practice run over the past two days with a best 3-consecutive laps that was 1/10th of a second faster than the unique track’s winner of the last four years Simon Kurzbuch. Completing the Top 3 would be Serpent’s Dominic Greiner who like those ahead of him ended free practice with his fastest run. Unable to improve on his time from the 10th round, the second run of today, reigning champion Dario Balestri found himself 4th fastest. ‘I’m happy but it’s not super easy’, was Raiola’s reaction after topping the times. The Italian continued, ‘3 laps is ok but doing the full 4-minutes is hard work. The traction is low so you have understeer and the curbs here are very dangerous’. With two rounds of controlled practice ahead of them now before the first round of qualifying concludes Friday’s action in the Austrian hills, the World Championship Finalist concluded, ‘we need to try something in controlled practice to make it a little easier. The traction has reached a point now that it is just staying the same and not improving with more cars running on the track’. With 3/10th separating the Top 4 over 3-laps, Kurbuch said, ‘It is really close, as it has been all year, and it is not just Dario but Carmine, Dominic and others. Free practice was OK for us but we still want to make the car easier to drive. It is fast but difficult to drive’. Asked what he felt he was lacking, the Shepherd driver replied, ‘the reason the car is difficult is because of the track conditions, the traction is low’. A previous winner here in 1:10, Greiner summed up his free practice with, ‘It is not so bad today but yesterday we went the wrong direction with the set-up. We improved it this morning and now I’m working on just driving it. Overall I am happy with the car’. Focused on 1:8 this season as it is a World Championship year for the sports oldest class, the Serpent driver explained, ‘we are trying a lot of new stuff here in preparation for the car we will run at the Worlds so we had a lot going on yesterday’. Asked what he thought of the track the German replied, ‘For 1:8 it is tricky. I like it more for 1:10. More traction would be better’. ‘OK’ was Balestri’s response on how free practice had gone. The World Champion added, ‘this has always been a difficult track for me to find a good balance in all the years I have come here so I am not surprised. Describing the track as ‘too small for 1:8’, the Infinity ace who secured the Japanese company’s first 1:8 TQ of the ENS last time out in the Netherlands, concluded, ‘It is so hard to get the perfect balance and the curbs just add to the difficulty but we will keep trying to find our way’. In 1:10, it was also Infinity that set the pace with Teemu Leino quickest from team-mate & last year’s winner Jilles Groskamp by 2/10ths. Just missing out on the podium in the Netherlands but recoding his best ever ENS finish, Milan Holthuis is backed up his home race form to make it an all IF15 at the top of the free practice time sheets. Melvin Diekmann took his Shepherd to the fourth fastest time ahead of the Xray of Jakub Rozycki with Patrick Nähr completing the Top 6. View the complete event results here. View our event image gallery here. FacebookTwitterPin It |
Infinity IF14 titanium ball end 4.9mm set Posted: 19 Jul 2019 06:18 AM PDT Infinity has released a set of high-precision 4.9mm titanium ball ends for their IF14 1/10 electric touring car. Offering an approximate 8g – or 47 percent – weight reduction compared to the kit’s standard steel ball ends, the polished finish of the ball surface ensures smooth movement over long periods of use. Supplied as a kit of 20 pieces, each of the sizes – short, medium and long – are available separately as a pack of four. Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net] The post Infinity IF14 titanium ball end 4.9mm set appeared first on Red RC. |
Hobbywing XeRun XR10 Pro 1S Heavy Duty ESC Posted: 19 Jul 2019 05:47 AM PDT Hobbywing have introduced their new XeRun XR10 Pro 1S Heavy Duty brushless speed controller specially designed for competition 1/12th scale racing. New internals allow for greatly improved heat dissipation even when using low-turn modified motors or when racing in high ambient temperatures while a built-in switch and capacitor module keep wiring as clean as possible while also saving weight. The controller features five pre-set profiles for all sorts of racing conditions, however they can be customised using Hobbywing’s optional WiFi Module and an iOS or Android-based mobile device or a programming box. The internal BEC system with 6V/3A output does away with the need of a separate receiver battery and adjustable throttle and brake PWM frequencies ensure precise throttle and brake control especially in Stock motor classes. Specifications: Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com] The post Hobbywing XeRun XR10 Pro 1S Heavy Duty ESC appeared first on Red RC. |
Posted: 19 Jul 2019 05:11 AM PDT Track Name – Aigen-Schlägl The only track to feature on the calendar of all six seasons of the ENS, Aigen definitely takes the top award for its setting. Situated 600m up in the Austrian hills near both the German and Czech borders, since the ENS’ first visit in 2014 the host club MAV Aigen Schlägl has developed the track into a facility that has put it up there as one of the best in the world. In the five previous editions of the race the 290 metres long track has produced only 2 different winners in 1:8. On the first visit John Ermen took victory in wet conditions but since then the race has very much belonged to Simon Kurzbuch. In 2015, it was here that the Swiss driver took his first ever ENS race win and hasn’t looked back since. 1:10 has produced double the number of different winners the first of which was claimed by Dominic Greiner. In 2015 & 16, Teemu Leino enjoyed victory with the second of those wins helping him to the overall title. Another champion to be, Bruno Coelho took the win in 2017 en route to the title while reigning Champion Jilles Groskamp took the top step on the podium on last year’s visit. With a 5-degree inclined up the 65 metre long main straight the track, 4 time winner of the race Simon Kurzbuch says this feature makes the track ‘quite special’. ‘It’s a nice layout and the facility is great but when you are coming down (from the highest point on the right) you need to be more careful on braking because there is more weigh on the front of the car’. The Shepherd driver also added, ‘the curbs are quite high so you need to be careful there also’. Groskamp is also a fan of the track saying, ‘I really like this track and always enjoy racing on the layout. In 1:10 you can drive the curbs but not too much because of their height’. On car set, the Infinity driver said, ‘You need a lot of steering here so find the right balance can be hard but I think managing tyre wear and fuel consumption are really important. The tyre wear is not crazy high but its high’. Image Gallery FacebookTwitterPin It |
XRS Poland ProCircuit Race – Report Posted: 19 Jul 2019 05:08 AM PDT The 2019 XRS Poland ProCircuit Race was held at the RC Wlodawa track last weekend. The event was held in several nitro and electric 1/8th off-road classes as well as an Open category on a high-grip US-style track and using a control tyre system, making for competitive yet cost efficient racing. Ever changing track conditions kept the drivers on their toes as did the 10-minute qualifiers with mandatory fuel stop. Ultimately and in the Nitro Buggy class it was Bartosz Zalewski with the win from Rafal Ilendo in 2nd and Lukasz Dyrek in 3rd. Nitro Truggy saw Rafal Ilendo bringing home the silverware from runner-up, Michal Dyrek and 3rd placed Marek Cisek. E-Buggy had young Bartosz Zalewski scoring his second win of the weekend with Vlad Balalov and Sebastian Migal rounding out the top 3. The E-Truggy category saw Lukasz Polak taking the overall from Maciej Boncławek in 2nd and Michał Dyrek in 3rd. Finally in the Open class it was Kuba Januszczak with the day’s win from Jarosław Kajstura and Paweł Szeremeta in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Source: Xray [teamxray.com] The post XRS Poland ProCircuit Race – Report appeared first on Red RC. |
Xray XT8E 1/8th electric truggy kit Posted: 19 Jul 2019 02:10 AM PDT Xray have introduced the latest incarnation of their popular XT8E 1/8th electric truggy kit. The vehicles utilises an all-new front suspension geometry featuring new C-hubs and steering blocks along with new zero king pin steering blocks with exchangeable steering plates for Ackermann adjustment. The drivetrain is equipped with new front and rear CVD drive shafts and the new rear uprights use 8x16x5mm outer ball-bearings for increased reliability and lifespan. The rear shock tower was redesigned to fit the new 40 percent lighter wing mount and the new gearbox brace while a 2.6mm front anti-roll bar improves corner speed. The kit is rounded out by new softer ribbed shock membranes. All that is mounted to a redesigned chassis that is now fully compatible between the XT8 and XT8E platforms. New features: View the full presentation here. Source: Xray [teamxray.com] The post Xray XT8E 1/8th electric truggy kit appeared first on Red RC. |
HB Racing E819 1/8th E-buggy kit Posted: 19 Jul 2019 01:45 AM PDT HB Racing have announced the soon release of the E819 1/8th scale electric buggy kit. The E819 takes all of the improved features introduced with the 2019 DNC E-Buggy champion E817 V2, and adds a host of new details designed to make it faster and more durable. A new chassis adds 2mm to the wheelbase for improved handling and jumping while chassis strength has been increased with a new thicker aluminium centre brace. Revised rear hub carrier graphite plates and thin hex hubs enhance track performance. The E819 drivetrain features a heavy duty machined lightened steel spur, new 43/13 front and rear differentials, and a revised rear centre dogbone. Now topping the E819 kit is the popular JConcepts Silencer S15 clear body. All of the new parts are backwards compatible with the E817 and E817 V2 buggies, and the E819 is compatible with most HB spare parts and option parts. Features: Source: HB Racing [hbracing.com] The post HB Racing E819 1/8th E-buggy kit appeared first on Red RC. |
BSRC A319 suspension arm stiffeners Posted: 19 Jul 2019 01:27 AM PDT Coming from Australian brand BSRC are carbon fibre arm stiffeners for the Agama A319 buggy. Designed to fit the soft and hard arms, along with the T-Works titanium droop screws, the stiffeners give the car a nice smooth feeling during cornering and help with corner speed in high grip conditions. Available in different thicknesses of 1.0mm, 2.0mm, 2.5mm, and 3.0mm, the inserts come with M3x8mm countersunk stainless steel screws and they are available now. Source: Advanced RC [advancedrc.com.au] The post BSRC A319 suspension arm stiffeners appeared first on Red RC. |
Xray Racing Series Alpe Adria Rd3 – Report Posted: 19 Jul 2019 01:08 AM PDT The third and final round of this year’s Xray Racing Series Alpe Adria was held at the Fener track in Italy. The finale attracted familiar and new faces with a couple of 1/5th scale regulars attending in the 1/8th class – making for some competitive racing. In the end it was local hero Mattia Collavo with the overall TQ in the premier 1/8th IC Track class, in front of large scale European champion B.A. Arnaldi and 1/8 EC-B finalist Nejc Mihelic. The 1/8 GT pole sitter was Luciano Bordin in front of Antonio Pucci and Michele Finato while in Super Touring. In Electric Touring Stock it was Luca Guerra on pole in front of Kristjan Miklozic and Edoardo Spongia. The 1/10th Formula class was lead by Cristiano Sartor from Luca Girotto and Stefano Poloniato and finally in the Super Touring category the pole sitter was the Genius racing boss Noacco Zeno in front of Matteo Sartor and Alessandro Pasa. The finals proved to be pretty exciting as some of the fast drivers suffered in qualifying and now focussed on the finals to gain some positions. In 1/8th IC Track the final was just incredible till the end since ten drivers were racing on the very technical track. After 30 minutes of racing the win went to Nejc Mihelič in front of Mattia Collavo who was fast, but had to refuel more often and decided to change all four tires. The 3rd place went to Francesco Mionetto. IC Track top 3 results: In 1/8 GT it was Luciano Bordin with the overall win from Antonio Pucci and Fabio Callegari in 2nd and 3rd respectively. 1/8 GT top 3 results: In 1/10th Super Touring the win went to Matteo Sartor as Noacco Zeno and Alessandro Pasa completed the top 3 podium result. Super Touring top 3 results: In 1/10th Touring Stock 13.5 the victory went to Luca Guerra from Kristjan Mikložič 2nd and Edoardo Spongia 3rd. Stock top 3 results: In the Formula class it was Valentin Mis with the overall win, coming from 4th on the grid. Cristiano Sartor ended the day on the runner-up spot as Luca Girotto completed the top 3. Formula top 3 results: Source: Xray [teamxray.com] The post Xray Racing Series Alpe Adria Rd3 – Report appeared first on Red RC. |
Rebellion-RC mid motor conversion kits – Coming soon Posted: 19 Jul 2019 12:09 AM PDT Rebellion-RC have released more teaser images of their forthcoming mid motor conversion kits for the Xray T4, Yokomo BD9 and BD8 as well as the Team Associated TC7.2. The kits centre around the patent pending sliding motor mount design that allows gear mesh adjustment through the chassis bottom, with the narrow design of the whole assembly ensuring the overall motor and battery width remains the same as in the standard cars, creating a very centralised weight distribution and less unwanted chassis roll compared to current mid motor conversions. In addition the design makes for an ultra low centre of gravity while allowing integrated flex settings. The sliding design also ensures a very wide gear mesh adjustment range, fitting up to 48T pinion and 114T main gears, making the conversion ideal for both stock and modified racing alike. Other features include a highest quality PA12 material 3-D-printed diff pulley that is precision CNC-milled for a perfect finish, a precision-machined stainless steel main shaft as well as the possibility to combine all three aluminium colour options of black, orange and natural with Rebellion-RC’s full range of carbon fibre twill colours. Not to be forgotten is a floating motor fan mount that attaches to the motor mount and that ensures lower motor temperatures while not disturbing natural chassis flex. Included with the kits, that are completely made in Austria, also come high-quality Bando Kevlar belts as well as all needed screws and bearings. The conversions are available for pre-order now and they will become available by August 1st. Source: RC-Carbonstore [rc-carbonstore.com] The post Rebellion-RC mid motor conversion kits – Coming soon appeared first on Red RC. |
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