T.O.P. Racing have new front and rear wings for formula 1 cars available. They resemble the “low nose, high rear wing” appearance of 1990’s F1 cars and are made from durable material. The wings are usable on the T.O.P. Rebel R-F01 as well as Tamiya-standard F1 kits and they come in black or white colour.
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The 2014 Byron On-road World Challenge was run this past weekend at the Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, Illinois. Mugen’s JJ Wang took the TQ and race win in both the 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm classes. Vincent Jackson and Eric Jones came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the in the 1/8th class while Ditta Claymore and Loran Whiting completed the 200mm class podium.
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The 2014 Catalonian regional nitro on-road championships where held at the Cerdanyola modelcar track. Sergi Franch was able to TQ the meeting with flawless driving, being the only driver to pull 17 second laps and by also setting a new track record with 17.489 seconds. In the main Sergi did not look back to take the win from Jaime Lacuesta and Cesar Rubio which handed him the Catalonian 1/10th 200mm regional title.
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The 2nd round of the Italian nitro on-road championships was run at the Ayrton Senna circuit in Melzo. In the 1/8th Expert class Lamberto Collari took the win in the 45 minute final one lap ahead of Mirko Salemi and Alberto Picco. Daniele Ielasi came in 4th, Francesco Tironi ended the race in 5th place.
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Made for the Yokomo BD7 and BD7 2014 is the BD7-IIX chassis from Smokem Racing. On the back of the success of their 418-IIX chassis at various international events in recent months, Smokem now launches the latest iteration of their IIX design for the Yokomo BD7 electric tourers. The chassis utilises a proprietary 2.0mm thick “Pro-Weave” pure carbon fibre construction – which is stiffer than conventional weave but softer than a quasi weave. Together with its smooth contoured design, the BD7-IIX chassis provides improved flex characteristics while the thinner construction delivers a lowered centre of gravity for improved corner speed over a wider range of track conditions.
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German Sanwa distributors LRP introduce the Sanwa SRG-BZX and SRG-BZX Type-R servos. Both digital servos offer a brushless motor, metal gears and a speed of up to 0.09s with a torque of 15kg-cm at 7.4V input. While the BZX comes with a middle aluminium heatsink section and a plastic upper case the BZX Type-R is an all-alloy type with upper aluminium case for even more durability in demanding applications such as 1/8th nitro buggies and trucks.
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Known for his electric touring car skills Freddy Südhoff took a deep nitro sniff and joined the 3rd round of the Central German nitro on-road championship to race in the 1/8th on-road class. Having never raced a 1/8th scale car before he got familiar with his Sonic-powered Velox V8 EC, bored from fellow racer Oliver Mack and prepared by Armin Weihert. In qualifying he took the TQ being the only driver to reach 25 laps with his fastest laptime being 0.2 sec faster than the remainder of the field. In the semi-final A everything went fine and he claimed the pole-position for the 30 minute final while Philip Sting, who was the winner of the semi-final B, was 2 laps short. Right from the start of the final “Fast Freddy” stormed away and increased the gap lap by lap. As the tyre wear was very moderate his lap times were still very fast towards the end of the race although he pushed the whole final. After 30 minutes he crossed the finishline some 6 laps in front of Jürgen Hennemuth in 2nd and Alexander Schmitt in 3rd who was another lap down.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Round 3 of the BRCA 1/10th IC Championship took place at the Halifax Track in Yorkshire, the excellent facility that hosted the 1/8th European Championships in 2013. The weather forecast showed high temperatures for both days meaning two dry days of running were had. 25 drivers took part in the 200mm class and 14 in the Sports GT class. On Saturday in the open practice, Kyle Branson was showing a fast pace with his XRD-powered Capricorn in the 200mm class and Glyn Beal was posting the fastest laps in the Sports GT class with his Serpent/OS combo. Onto Sunday and round 1 of qualifying went the way of Kyle Branson and Richard Boult. Kyle again posted the fastest time in round 2 with Glyn Beal topping the round in the Sports GT class. The pair again topped round 3 and 4 of their respective classes giving them the TQ positions for their classes.
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