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Italian company Reds Racing have introduced their new M7 WCS Diamond Edition 1/8th nitro on-road engine. The 7-port extra long stroke engine is based on the M7 WCS 3.0 power plant and it features a new DLC-coated crankshaft, a new carburettor, a new cooling head and Reds Racing’s anti-dirt sealing system. The DLC-coated crankshaft and backplate will make for improved engine durability while the on-road specific carburettor provides greater idling stability, more precise tuning and improved power delivery. Furthermore the engine comes with a brand new cooling head which features an new design for improved airflow, resulting in increased cooling and a lower centre of gravity. The new cooling head is also lighter than the standard ones. Finally the cooling head’s anti-dirt sealing system keeps the engine clean in a critical area between the cooling head and crankcase. The redesigned crankcase also provides easier maintenance and a cleaner engine for longer life.

Specifications:
– Category: 1/8 on road
– Displacement: 3.5cc
– Bore: 16.04mm
– Stroke: 17.32mm
– Inlet ports: 7
– Outlet ports: 3
– Front ball bearing features rubber seal
– Rear ball bearing features hybrid ceramic
– Carburetor diameter: 9.0mm (8.0, 8.5 optional)
– Carburetor setting: 2 needle
– Weight: 310g
– Recommended pipe: EFRA 2113

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

Ruddog Distribution’s Glitch Buster receiver voltage stabiliser is a small capacitor unit that is made to be plugged into any free receiver channel. It stabilises the receiver battery voltage and prevents voltage drops that can occur when using power-hungry digital servos and that can lead to radio glitches and thus an uncontrolled vehicle behaviour. It is usable with electric and nitro vehicles and especially recommended when using standard voltage receiver batteries and BEC systems.

Source: Ruddog Distribution [ruddog.eu]

Black Fabrica have introduced their precision weight scale. It offers 500 gram maximum weighing capacity with 0.1 gram accuracy and a blue backlit LC display makes the numbers viewable and easy to read. The scale features a stainless steel weighing platform, tare weighing option, an auto-off function and it measures 130x80x20mm.

Source: Black Fabrica [blackfabrica.com]

Stateline R/C of Fremont, Indiana held their Sunday club race this past weekend. The track will host the ROAR 1/8th Fuel Nationals in June and so the club race was pretty well attended, attracting U.S. top drivers such as Adam Drake, Dakotah Phend, Joe Bornhorst, and Ty Tessmann to name just a few. In the 30-minute Nitro Buggy A-main Ty Tessmann (Xray) would come out fastest  some three seconds in front of Dakotah Phend (TLR) while Tyler Jones (TLR) completed the top 3 result. In the Nitro Truggy class Ty Tessmann (Xray) was pretty much unbeatable, taking the win with a 5-laps margin on 2nd placed Spencer Heckert (TLR). Bradley Rippee (TLR) came in 3rd, another two laps down.

Images: Ty Tessmann

HRC Distribution have introduced the new HRC Racing TSW Pro Racing universal fan mount for 1/10th scale vehicles. The clamping design fan mount is constructed from CNC machined aluminium and thanks to its design it can take up to two fans at multiple angles. It is usable with most 540-size motors and 25mm, 30mm as well as 40mm fans thanks to the included multi-hole bracket.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

Coming from Trinity is the new Monster Max brushless stock motor. Building on the proven Monster Horsepower motor the Monster Max features the TEP1112 high-torque rotor, a newly designed low-resistance stator, it has the red insulators removed for lower resistance and increased airflow and black thermal epoxy makes for better heat dissipation which leads to a lot less fading of the motor over the run. The ROAR approved power plant is available in 13.5T, 17.5T and 21.5T variants.

Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]

Top Australian International on-road racer Jesse Davis has landed a factory deal with O.S. Engines for 2017. The Infinity team driver, who has chosen to run the Japanese engine brand in his 1/8 and 1/10 exploits for the past number of seasons, joins team-mate Teemu Leino as one of O.S. Engines’ new signings in this 1/8 On-road World Championship year. A multiple Australian National Champion, Davis will make his first official appearance as a factory supported driver this weekend at the Euro Nitro Series season opener in France. Commenting on the deal, the 26-year-old said:

Having already used O.S. engines for the last two seasons with some good results I’m happy to have the opportunity to join the factory team. I will be attending all major events this year including ENS and the World championship in France and would like to thank the O.S. team for this opportunity.

Coming soon from Protoform is their first ever tire: the new official spec tire for US Vintage Trans Am Racing. Utilising the proven compounds and tire moulding expertise from Protoform’s partners at Pro-Line Racing, the tire is fully made in the USA and it will hit stores along with a line of wheels this summer.

Source: Protoform [racepf.com]

JConcepts make it easy to add some luster to the Tribute wheels with the machined aluminium and black anodised planetary caps. The JConcepts wheels include plastic caps which are always the same colour of the wheels. The aluminium options are now available with the same details but sport the most popular colour and finish for the true RC monster truck fanatic. The caps feature a stepped design with detail on each level to match even the most scale and realistic parts available. The 6-hole bolt pattern fits like a glove between the geometry and the cap fastens to the wheels using the stock hardware from the Tribute wheels package.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

Round two of the Western German Nitro On-road Championship was held at Bad Breisig, located between Bonn and Koblenz at the river Rhine. The Rhein-Ahr-Motodrom will see the German 1/8th scale Nationals to be held at the end of August for the second time since 2011. For practice on Saturday lots of rain was predicted but finally 54 drivers enjoyed a day full of dry practice with a huge amount of laps on the fluent 254-meter circuit. Also the race day started out dry but at the end of the second round of heats the first rain drops hit the track. Round three was dry again for some heats but round four was completely lost due to rain. During lunch break, heavy rain with thunder and lightning flooded the track but finally the event would with changing conditions during the afternoon.

In 1/8th scale class 1 once again ARC ace Tobias Hepp showed a blistering performance and snatched the TQ position with 21 laps followed by René Puepke (Shepherd) and Christian Wurst (Mugen), both completing 20 laps. Just after a shower, the semifinal B became a poker as some drivers decided too late to join the race to make it into the finale. Cruising around the puddles, Uwe Baldes (Shepherd) took the win ahead of John Ermen (ARC), Steven Cuypers (Mugen) and René Puepke. The decision between Daniel Toennessen (Mugen) and an upcoming Michael Salven (Serpent) went close but Toenessen caught the last spot in the final by only a few seconds. In the semifinal A the track was less wet. Hepp led the field to finish first with Joerg Baldes (Shepherd), Wurst, John Lenaers (Serpent) and Ralf Vahrenkamp (Mugen) on second to fifth position. In the 30-minutes finale Hepp could open a gap from the start but dropped back because his ARC was hit by another car during the first pitstop for refuelling. Ermen was the new leader but Hepp pushed hard until a broken glow plug throw him back to the eighth spot. Behind Ermen, Cuypers moved up to second and Wurst to third, divided by two laps each at the finish line. Hepp who set the fastest lap time over the weekend with 14.503 seconds, recovered to fourth while Puepke was the only driver to retire.

1/8th class 1 final results:
1. John Ermen – ARC – 115 laps
2. Steven Cuypers – Mugen – 113
3. Christian Wurst – Mugen – 111
4. Tobias Hepp – ARC – 110
5. Joerg Baldes – Shepherd – 110
6. Daniel Toennessen – Mugen – 109
7. Uwe Baldes – Shepherd – 107
8. John Lenaers – Serpent – 103
9. Ralf Vahrenkamp – Mugen – 99
10.René Puepke – Shepherd – 12

After two of four rounds Hepp is leading the ranking by 238 points followed by Wurst (237), Cuypers (233), Uwe Baldes (231) and Vahrenkamp (230).

In the slightly slower class 2, Robbin Hertong (ARC) took the TQ and another victory to the Netherlands. Following a huge damage to his Shepherd during the heats, 15-years old David Kroeger was only on 22nd position after qualifying but he stormed to second place in the finale to continue his impressive performance following his third place at the season opener in Dormagen and his first ever win in only his third 1/8th scale race at the opening round of the Nitro-West-Masters in Hamm. Third on the podium was Christoph Loose (Serpent).

1/8th class 2 final results:
1. Robbin Hertong – ARC – 92 laps
2. David Kroeger – Shepherd – 89
3. Christoph Loose – Serpent – 86
4. Waldemar Liedke – Mugen – 79
5. Ralf Wacker – Mugen – 75
6. Gunnar Blumendahl – Mugen – 71
7. Bert Poesen – Mugen – 47
8. Andreas Klaus – ARC – 45
9. Michael Woeste – Capricorn – 22
10.André Boettcher – Mugen – 19

Liedke leads on points (238) ahead of Kroeger (237), Wacker (232, Blumendahl (232) and Loose (229).

In 1/10 scale the TQ went to Melvin Diekmann with René Puepke in second and Majuran Tharmalingam (Serpent) in third position. While Diekmann took his second win in the regional championship, his Shepherd fellow Puepke had to retire after only five minutes. Also Bernd Rausch (Shepherd), the leader in the early stage of the 30-minutes finale, had to stop following a collision while passing a backmarker. Marco Nenner made it a 1-2 for Shepherd while Mugen racer Dieter Fleischer completed the podium.

1/10th 200mm Open final results:
1. Melvin Diekmann – Shepherd – 91 laps
2. Marco Nenner – Shepherd – 9
3. Dieter Fleischer – Mugen – 89
4. Andreas Weyhoven – Serpent – 82
5. Roland Karduck – Capricorn – 72
6. Georg Goehlich – KM – 71
7. Benjamin Lehmann – Shepherd – 69
8. Bernd Rausch – Shepherd – 53
9. Majuran Tharmalingam – Serpent – 52
10.Joerg Kleineberg – Mugen – 50
11.René Puepke – Shepherd – 12

In the overall ranking Diekmann is leading with maximum points (242) ahead of Fleischer (234), Nenner (233), Lehmann (232) and Rausch (230).

Mugen held the largest market share with 17 chassis among a total of 52 participants, followed by Serpent (12), Shepherd (11), ARC (8), Capricorn (2), KM (1) and Xray (1). Nitro racing in Western Germany will continue with round 2 of the Nitro-West-Masters on the 3rd and 4th of June in Haltern, just one week later in the 10th and 11th of June round 3 of the Western German Championship will be held at the fast AMC Hamm track.

Source: Nitro-West [nitro-west.de]