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The Round 1 of XRS Slovenia took place at the beautiful facility in Medeuzza (Italy) on the Genius Ring. There was a big interest for the race since racing with hand-out motors is something stock drivers really like, so all the places at the tables were full. The XRS motors and Hudy tires performed flawlessly during Saturday’s practice and Sunday’s race. Saturday it was a practice day where most of drivers could get in touch for the first time with the XRS motors and Hudy tires. In the evening there was the Xray evening party and later the workshop, where Xray Factory team driver Tom Krägefski and Alojzij Osvald with more Xray/TopRC team drivers discussed regarding set-ups for the race.

Sunday has started with 1 heat of controlled practice needed for driver re-seeding. Then the qualification started and in F1 it was Brian Ferrara who took TQ after 3 heats. In Pan-car it was Alojzij Osvald (Xray X12) in front of the newly signed Xray/TopRC driver Nejc Mihelič (Xray X12). As we expected the Touring Stock class was to be the most exciting one with the most drivers present…so we had also the D final. TQ went to Bernard-Alain Arnaldi (Xray T4) in front of the fast young Andrea Ghilotti (Xray T4).

After the lunch the finals started and in F1 it was Brian Ferrara that started from TQ who took the win after 3 rounds on finals.

1. Brian Ferrara
2. Luca Conte
3. Daniele Conte
4. Mattia Collavo
5. Marvin Aguilar
6. Luciano Bordin
7. Luca Rescali
8. Mirco Bordin
9. Stefano Sinolopi
10. Joshua Milanese

In the 1/12 Pan-car it was Nejc Mihelič winning all 3 finals, second place went to Goran Vignjevič and third was Alojzij Osvald with some technical problems in the finals.

1. Nejc Mihelič
2. Vignjevič Goran
3. Alojzij Osvald
4. Stefan Hois
5. Denis Fink
6. Školaris Luka
7. Domen Lipnik
8. Lorenzo Milanese

The exciting Touring class was announced to be a battle…and a battle it was, many times also near or over the limit, but the field was so close and the track layout was difficult to allow to pass. In the first round Arnaldi managed the win by just 0,5s over Ghilotti…and in the second was the same story. Ghilotti was unable to find a space to make a clear pass. Third place was battled between Repetti and Tom. At the end Tom secured the last place on the podium.

1. Bernard-Alain Arnaldi
2. Andrea Ghilotti
3. Tom Krägefski
4. Edoardo Repetti
5. Umberto Pernice
6. Danice Ongaro
7. Jan Popič
8. Roberto Fabiano
9. Rok Rudl
10. Viktor Bolšec

We would like to thank all the drivers who participated at the event and the Modeltek staff for the excellent prepared facility. Round 2 will take place in Maribor (Slovenia) on 18th December. Soon the registration will open on myrcm.ch.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Pro-Line have introduced these Hyrax 2.2” G8 Rock Terrain Truck tires. Designed from the ground up for maximum grip on the toughest terrain, the Hyrax tire is ready for anything the race might throw at you. The Hyrax features an aggressive and open tread pattern with each tread block containing multiple Sipes for incredible tread flex. The highly detailed connected tread on the sidewall of the Hyrax extends out for unmatched side-hilling performance. The Hyrax also features futuristic stepped tread blocks that create even more forward gripping edges that dig into slick rock like no other scale tire Pro-Line has produced to date.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

Xray have released complete details on the follow up to their ETS Championship winning X1 Formula car. The all-new and innovative feature of the F1 class is the fully-adjustable wire anti-roll bar. The anti-roll bar improves steering characteristics & precision, and makes the car easier to handle. The wobble-free anti-roll bar system is mounted to anti-roll bar holders which are mounted on the arm mount plate via bearings for extra-smooth movement and quick & easy changes and adjustment. The all-new upper & lower graphite arms were redesigned to fit and work with new wire anti-roll bar system while the all-new arm mount plate was redesigned to allow mounting of the new aluminium anti-roll bar holders. Other changes include an update chassis plate, a shorter big-bore shock absorber, a new shock spring collar, an updated central mount plate and a rear wing graphite mount.

Complete details on the new X1 can be found here.

Lee Martin has announced his departure from Mugen Seiki, the British driver ending a 5 year relationship that saw him take the company’s first UK Championship along with other highlights such as Worlds finalist, Italian Job winner and multiple other final appearances at Neo and EFRA races. Lee had this to say:

The end of an era has come for me, after 5 years of driving with Mugen Seiki it is time for a change. I would publicly like to thank everyone at Mugen for the support and trust over the years working together, especially Stefan Habbecke at MSE, Sanada san, Kris Moore at MSR and John Yves Ferte for getting me on board in 2012. We had some fantastic times together and I appreciated every second of it.

Pro-Line have introduced a number of new additions to existing ranges of tires for 1/10th scale, the first being the Transistor 2.2” 2wd front in Pro-Line’s long wear X2 (medium) compound. The Transistor tread is the new kid on the block with 1’s and 0’s for tread which provides good, consistent steering and is ideal for outdoor blue groove conditions. The Electron 2.2” rear gets the same treatment with it too available in the long wear X2 compound. The Electron features connected tire tread technology to improve traction and wear on even the most abrasive of outdoor track conditions. The square center pins laid out between the connected tread provide consistent forward and side bite even when the track gets dusty.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

Yokomo has released these new front double joint universal shafts for their YZ-4 buggy. Aimed at use on high grip surfaces that require more steering, higher acceleration and harder braking they are supplied with special bearings, which replace the current inner bearing in the steering block. The new shafts help reduce the friction loss while steering and allow for smoother cornering which in turn reduces lap times.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]