Genc Ace announced the signing of Christopher Krapp, the runner up of this year’s IFMAR World Championship, to the GensAce factory racing team! Christopher will use Gens Ace batteries in his Yokomo touring car at all events he will participate from now on. Christopher Krapp said:
I am happy to announce to work with GensAce and help promote and develop their high quality products. I already knew their batteries pretty well from my teammates and was impressed from their quality. I can’t wait to use them in competition. I like to thank Yan and Nick for the opportunity!
shortly after we have rolled out our first race dates for 2023, we like to inform you that we had to move the race at Arena33 in Andernach (RD4) to the weekend of 7th to 10th of September (one week earlier). The reason for that is the 1:10 scale IFMAR Offroad World Championship at Hobby Action in Chandler/Arizona (USA) which has been confirmed last week at the same dates we had originally scheduled our race. As we don`t like to collide with IFMAR and EFRA events to allow all drivers to attend these events AND our ETS races, we reacted quickly and ETS RD4 will take olace from 7th to 10th of September now.
The whole ETS Crew wishes you a great day and a lot of success at the next races!
The american Mugen Seiki distributor “Mugen Seiki Racing” announced today, that Ryan Maifield will leave the Mugen Seiki Offroad team before the start of the new season in 2023. Read the official statement from Mugen Seiki Racing:
Mugen Seiki Racing would like to make Ryan Maifield’s exit from the factory team official ahead of the 2023 season. Maifield joined Mugen Seiki Racing at the beginning of 2017 where he made history being the first racer to do the impossible by sweeping all three pro classes at The Dirt Nitro Challenge. Still being the only driver in history to sweep The Dirt Nitro Challenge, Maifield and Mugen Seiki did it again in 2021. Maifiled and Mugen Seiki’s success together includes multiple Silver State Nitro Challenge titles, winning both classes at the 2021 1/8th Fuel Nationals, winning every ROAR 1/8th Electric Buggy National Championship Maifield competed in during his time at Mugen Seiki, and multiple IFMAR World Championship finals including a podium finish. It’s been an honor to have worked with such a talented and committed racer like Maifield, and Mugen Seiki Racing wishes Ryan the best with his future endeavors.
As announced today, Mugen Seiki Europe (MSE) welcomes 1:8 nitro top driver Simon Kurzbuch to their international Racing Team. The World and European Champion will use the actual MRX6X throughout all major and international events. Simon will be a strong addition to the Mugen Seiki nitro onroad racing team, and everybody at Mugen is very happy abput his arrival!
Here is what Simon Kurzbuch had to say:
An exciting new journey ahead! I’m delighted and honored to announce to partner up with the iconic Japanese brand Mugen Seiki for the future! The first insights have convinced me and my team entirely and we are looking forward to a close and fruitful collaboration with the whole Mugen Team, with MSE and Stefan Habbecke and of course with one of my childhood idols and car designer Robert Pietsch.
As the battery development is continuing all the time, LRP has released a new shorty pack with 4200mah. Compared to the previous model with 4000mah, the battery is now 4mm longer but still only 18.5mm high. This keeps the center of gravity as low as possible in the car while having more capacity and runtime at the same moment. The battery comes along at around 160g and is a perfect choice for 1/10 scale indoor modified racing (touring car), FWD cars, as well as 2WD and 4WD offroad buggies.
Awesomatix offers a new designed rear ARS steering arm for their current touring car A800MMX (and older versions including the A700) which also fits into the rear of the A800FX Evo FWD car. A great new tuning option for the famous onroad cars from the russian manufacturer for the indoor season. Read how Awesomatix describes their newest product:
This version is longer compared to the previous AM23-1 Rear Steering Arm. This feature reduces the free play of the rear toe and improves ARS characteristics. The improved characteristics of the ARS helps with better midcorner steering and reduce the risk of snap oversteer during load changes. We recommend to use 0,5mm less bumpsteer shims, to keep the same ARS action as with AM23-1. This part is a direct replacement for AM23-1
Having announced on his social media, Spanish 1:8 Buggy top driver Robert Battle will leave his long term main sponsor Mugen Seiki after 12 years. Battle won multiple national titles and other big races, with his greatest achievement being the IFMAR world championship win in Argentina in 2012. Robert posted the following statement on his facebook page:
Letter to Mugen
It has been 12 lovely years, the best ones in my career so far. We have achieved many goals, we have had a lot of fun and you have helped me to be what I am. I have so many memories from us, that it has been difficult for me to resume them all in one post. I can only thank you for all the help I got, you will always have a place in my heart. It’s time to take different roads, I wish you the best in your future, it has been a pleasure to be part of the mugenfamily. Last but not least, I would like to thank Stefan Habbecke, MSE and Mugen Japan for giving me the opportunity back in 2011! See you around the tracks
Last weekend, the first round of the Longwy Winter Serries took place in the north of France, and the house was fully booked. With an overall turnout of 110 drivers the club was hosting a great event and everybody enjoyed to race in Longwy. In the fastest class of the weekend, Modified, it was MRC Longwy member and Awesomatix factory driver Lucas Urbain who took an impressive win ahead of Mugen Seiki`s Ronald Völker and Yokomo driver Yannic Prümper. Urbain secured the pole position in qualifying and took A2 and A3 after Völker won the first of the triple A-Mains. Ronald Völker and Yannic Prümper took second and third overall at the season opener!
Ehrbar wins Expert Stock
David Ehrbar took his first win in a touring car stock race since he returned to TC racing after his switch to Xray. Ehrbar was able to seal the TQ in qualifying and won the race ahead of current European Champion Olivier Bultynck (Awesomatix) and Manuel Wagner (Xray).
Libar takes the win in the FWD class
In the FWD class, it was ETS frontrunner Jacques Libar who took the overall win in Longwy. He used his Xray car to take TQ honours and he won the second and third A-Main ahead of Xavier Debroye (who won A1) and Florent Jadot.
The next round of the Longwy Winter Series will take place at the weekend of December 11th and the clib is looking forward to another great event!
Sources: David Ehrbar, Lucas Urbain, Jacques Libar (Facebook)
The Team Associated B74.2 4WD buggy is fresh on the market and asian company T-Works is on point with some nice tuning and option parts for the american 1:10 scale offroad buggy. A graphite electronics mounting plate makes your life easier when disassembling your car, and the different titanium hinge pins will beef up your complete suspension package for some serious racing action on track.
T-Work`s part numbers:
TE-223-B74.2 Graphite Electronics Mounting Plate (for Team Associated RC10 B74.2) TP-168 64 Titanium Hinge Pin Set (for Team Associated RC10 B74.2/74.2D) TP-168-A 64 Titanium Front Suspension Pin 3.5×47.5mm (for Team Associated RC10 B74.2/74.2D )2pcs. TP-168-B 64 Titanium Rear Suspension Pin 3.5×49.5mm (for Team Associated RC10 B74.2/74.2D )2pcs. TP-168-C 64 Titanium Front Hinge Pin 3 x 30mm (for Team Associated RC10 B74.2/74.2D )2pcs.
Power HD has announced the signing of the Dutch top 1:5 scale racer Rick van der Bol to their team. The 3-time national champion, IFMAR world championship and Europeen championship finalist and Grand Prix podium finisher will be using the strong and powerful Power HD T70 High Torque Servo together with the Power HD program box at the upcoming 1:5 scale national and international race events.
