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Capricorn Lab F1-02 4-position centre shock plate

Posted: 24 Feb 2020 10:59 AM PST

Capricorn have introduced their new 4-position centre shock plate for the Lab F1-02 formula can car. Machined from high-quality carbon fibre the plate offers four different mounting positions for the centre shock absorber, allowing to adjust its overall length according to the tracks traction conditions. Included with the plate come four different size ball cups.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

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Xray XB8 series large volume alloy diff case

Posted: 24 Feb 2020 08:01 AM PST

Coming from Xray and made for all XB8 series kits is a large volume aluminium differential case. Machined from Swiss high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and coming hard-anodised the large volume diff case will offer higher resistance to overheating in long mains while ensuring super-smooth and efficient diff operation, extended lifespan of the oil due to lower heat build-up, and also higher precision. The diff case is usable with the XB8’19, XB8’18, XB8’17, XB8E’19, XB8E’18, XB8E’17, XT8’19, XT8’17, XT8E’19, and GTX8’19 kits.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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2020 Florida Winternats – Report

Posted: 24 Feb 2020 07:52 AM PST

The annual Florida Winternats were held in Fort Myers, Florida this past weekend in 1/8th IC Track and GT classes as well as a 1/10th Nitro Sedan category. 1/8th IC Track was top qualified by Ralph Burch, however it was Eduardo Cabal with the overall win in the 40-minute A-main some three laps in front of Lazaro Alonso in 2nd. Tony Rice would round out the top 3 podium result another seven laps down.

1/8th Masters was TQ’d by Joaquin DeSoto Sr. but the A-main was won by Peter Breton some five laps in front of Don Jones as Martin Johnson came in 3rd, another five laps down.

The 1/8th GT class dramatically lacked drivers and it was 3rd place qualifier, Martin Johnson with the win from top qualifier David Larry as 2nd place qualifier, Mike Miesel came in 3rd.

Lastly in the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Sedan class it was Jeremiah Ward with the win some 7.2 seconds in front of runner-up, George Martinez. 8th place qualifier, Jerry Guerra came in 3rd some four laps behind as TQ Ralph Burch only came in 6th overall.

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Claudio Souto wins at Troféu InterPistas Rd1

Posted: 24 Feb 2020 06:39 AM PST

Round 1 of the 2020 Troféu InterPistas series was hosted by the Portuguese Radiomodelismo do Porto club this past weekend. Held at the ARMAIA track the event saw the running of several nitro and electric on-road classes and in EFRA 1/8th IC Track it was Jose Carlos Pequito with the overall TQ after a clean sweep in the qualifiers. The 30-minute A-main event then saw Claudio Souto (WRC Racing) taking the win, a lap in front of José Félix (WRC Racing) in 2nd while António Guedes (Mugen) came in 3rd, another lap down.

Source: Maxima Mx [facebook.com]

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Micha Widmaier sweeps Swiss 1/10th Off-road Nats Rd1

Posted: 24 Feb 2020 05:18 AM PST

The opening round of the Swiss 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Mettler Arena carpet indoor track in Freienbach this past weekend. The event saw the running of a total of four electric classes and in 2WD Mod Buggy it was SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier with the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the triple A-mains, leaving behind the Xray duo of Aaron Münster and Nico Schmid in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In 4WD Mod Buggy it was again Micha who was the driver to beat as he took his second win this weekend with Kay Frehner (Xray) and Nico Schmid completing the top 3 result.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

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Jessica Palsson doubles at Winter Cup Rd2

Posted: 24 Feb 2020 04:39 AM PST

Round 2 of the Swedish Winter Cup was held at the Furulund RC Club this past weekend. Swift Jessica Palsson took the overall TQ in the 2WD Buggy class from Ludwig Albertz in 2nd. The opening two A-mains then also belonged to Jessica who was able to sit out A3 due to having bagged the overall already after A2. The overall result saw Ludwig Albertz taking the overall P2 spot as Markus Jönsson and Pontus Magnusson ended the day tie on points with Markus holding the upper hand to take P3 overall. Over in 4WD Mod Buggy it was again Jessica with the overall TQ and win, leaving behind Ludwig Albertz in 2nd and Wilmer Kassai in 3rd.

Images: Jessica Palsson

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Lee Martin wins at HNMC Winter Series Rd9

Posted: 24 Feb 2020 02:14 AM PST

Round 9 of the popular Herts Nitro Model Club Winter Series was held this past weekend. In Nitro Buggy it was new Agama signing, Lee Martin with the win in the 20-minute A-main event, leaving behind Xray’s Callum Niblett in 2nd, some 13 seconds behind. Further 19 seconds back it was Agama driver Kevin Brunsden who would complete the top 3 result as Simon Reeves and Darren Hayden-Ball came in 4th and 5th respectively.

Image: Lee Martin

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TQ & win for JC Canas at Spanish E-Buggy opener

Posted: 24 Feb 2020 02:00 AM PST

The opening round of the Spanish 1/8th E-Buggy Nationals was held at the La Jara club this past weekend. Juan Carlos Canas (SWorkz/Maclan Racing) took the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the A-mains, leaving behind young David Todd (Mugen/Ultimate) in 2nd and Carlos Pineda (Team Associated/Reedy) in 3rd. Joan Espasa (Xray/Reds Racing) and Jaume Figuls (Team Associated/Hobbywing) would round out the top 5 results.

Source: InfoRC [inforc.net]

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Juan Carlos Canas teams up with Maclan Racing

Posted: 24 Feb 2020 01:52 AM PST

Maclan Racing have announced the signing of European 1/8th off-road frontrunner, Juan Carlos Canas to their factory team. The SWorkz factory driver will be using Maclan Racing electronics for his 2020 E-Buggy racing program that started at last weekend’s Spanish 1/8th E-Buggy nationals. Juan Carlos set a first mark by taking the TQ and wins in A1 and A2 for the overall victory and the best possible way to start with his new sponsor.

Source: Maclan Racing [maclan-racing.com]

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