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July 23, 2018

Elliott Boots TQs & wins BRCA Rally X Rd3

JC Raceway played host to round 3 of the BRCA Rally X championship this past weekend. Kyosho’s Elliott Boots took the overall TQ and he would also bring home the win in the 45-minute A-main encounter from Infinity’s Lee Martin, who grabbed the runner-up spot a lap short of Elliott. Another ten seconds down it was Team Associated’s Neil Cragg who would round out the podium result in 3rd. Jonathan Skidmore and Graham Alsop completed the top 5 results.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

July 23, 2018

RCSS A800 Next Level hybrid ceramic bearings

RC Speed Secrets have introduced a set of Next Level hybrid ceramic ball bearings for the Awesomatix A800 series of touring cars. The kit includes 14 high-performance ball races that scrub about 21 percent of weight compared to popular ABEC-3 ceramic bearings while the stainless steel construction ensures high corrosion resistance. Overall the hybrid ceramic bearings will slightly reduce natural drivetrain drag for improved acceleration and top speed while reducing motor and speedo temperatures.

Source: RC Speed Secrets [rcspeedsecrets.com]

July 23, 2018

Kurzbuch & Mazza crowned 2018 IC Track Euro Champs

The 2018 EFRA European 1/8th IC Track Championships were held at the Cassino track in Italy last week. After a few days of free practice for all, Thursday saw two rounds of seeding practice, with a drivers best three consecutive laps to count. At the conclusion of seeding practice the top 64 drivers would go on to contest the European 1/8 IC A championships, while the remaining 29 drivers would do battle for the Euro B title. In the Euro A category, Simon Kurzbuch laid down an early marker, taking round one by 5/100ths from Dario Balestri and Teemu Leino, before Balestri hit back to take round two from Robert Pietsch and Kurzbuch in the last of Thursday’s qualifying action. The cooler track temperature on Friday morning meant round three could be critical, as it was likely to produce the fastest run time, which could prove critical in a tie break situation later on. Kurzbuch took the round by 7/10ths from Balestri, with Pietsch coming home third. Balestri knew what he had to do to deny Kurzbuch the pole in round four, and duly delivered, beating him by the largest gap so far of 1.3 seconds, with the ever-reliable Pietsch in third.

Continue reading the report here

July 23, 2018

Micha Widmaier takes German E-Buggy title

The 2018 German 1/8th E-Buggy Nationals were held this past weekend at the popular Sand/Main track. SWorkz’s Jörn Neumann would take the overall TQ after the qualifiers from Agama’s Burak Kilic in 2nd and SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier 3rd. The triple A-mains then were a pretty exciting affair with all three drivers going into the final and decisive third A-main with four points each so everyone had a shot at the title. After the start Jörn would open a gap between him and Burak and Micha. After a close and fair fight Micha could pass Burak, as he made a slight mistake and in the last lap Jörn had a big moment that allowed Micha to pass and take the win and with it the overall title from Jörn 2nd and Burak 3rd.

View the top 3 results here

July 22, 2018

Samix TRX-4 8mm brass wheel hex adapters

Samix have introduced their new 8mm offset brass wheel hex adapters. They are machined from heavy brass materials and all four add about 25g of weight to one of the lowest parts of the chassis for improved climb performance and traction. A black coating helps to prevent the parts from corroding while adding visual impact when the truck’s wheels are off. The 8mm adapter add to the recently introduced 6mm variants and they come in sets of four.

Source: Samix [rcsamix.com]

July 20, 2018

JConcepts tease new T6.1 body shell

JConcepts have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming new body shell for the Team Associated T6.1 stadium truck. No official information is available yet on name or a release date but the lid looks production ready and full information should surface soon.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

July 20, 2018

Roche Rapide P12 & F1 solid carbon fibre rear axle

Coming from Roche is a solid carbon fibre rear axle for the Rapide P12 and F1 kits. The axle replaces the standard ball differential assembly for a solid spool that provides more stable cornering an increased traction in very high bite “black carpet” racing conditions. The axle shaft is made of high-quality carbon fibre and the red anodised hub takes all popular pan car and touring car spur gears.

Source: Roche [rocherc.com]

July 20, 2018

Capricorn F1-02 CF link & wide front kits

Two new optional parts are available from Capricorn for their LAB F1-02 formula kit. First up is a carbon fibre side link set that improves overall rigidity, precision and performance. The multi-parts set replaces the standard composite links and it is understood to be usable on Capricorn’s 1/12th and 1/10th pan cars also. Also new and made exclusively for the F1-02 is a wide front end kit that increased the car’s front track width which can be helpful in certain track conditions and when running narrow offset front wheels.

View the wide front end kit here