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September 9, 2013

Shepherd Velox V8 Pro conversion kit

Team Shepherd announce the release of the European Championship winning Velox V8 Pro conversion set. The kit contains all parts needed to upgrade the Velox V8 to the latest specifications as it was used by Jilles Groskamp and Daniel Sieber to win the Euros A and B. The new lower front arms are equipped with small uniballs for a stepless adjustment of the front anti-roll bar linkage while the CNC-machined aluminium bulkheads made of 7075-T6 aluminium sport a support for the ballraced wire-type anti-roll bar as well as plastic bushing for the one-way ball bearings. In addition the updated middle bearing block and the gear shaft bearing blocks are also equipped with plastic inserts for less vibrations and a smoother running of the ball bearings. The new hollow 8mm gearbox shaft reduces the rotating mass for improved acceleration and it features a much smaller 2-speed adapter and new aluminium adapters for the plastic pulleys. The set as well as the Velox V8 Pro kit are available now.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

September 9, 2013

Mini-Z Indonesia Open 2013 – Report

The Mini-Z Indonesia Open 2013 was held in Mangga Dua Square, Jakarta in last weekend. With a competitive 70 entry from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the U.S. the meeting was run in a Stock 50T and a Modified class. Saturday saw two qualifying rounds with a single controlled practice before qualifying. The Stock class was TQ’ed by American Mini-Z Legend, Grant Matsushima who recorded 22 laps in 5:01. Local ace, Bowie Ginting was the closest to Matsushima and only 4 seconds behind. Malaysian Jason Wong secured the 3rd spot, 5 seconds behind Bowie. Alvin Lim (Singapore) and Jeff Cheong (Malaysia) followed closely to complete the top 5. The Modified class TQ went to Dave Tang from Singapore who outperformed Grant Matsushima with Bowie, Tri Hariyanto (Indonesia) and Philip Ng completing the top 5.

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September 9, 2013

Nelson Lee & Leigh Dytor win Singapore Open 2013

This year’s Singapore Open for 1/8th and 1/10th on-road cars Singapore Open was more adrenaline and anxiety filled than usual due to frequent rain that made practice virtually non-existent and qualifying, sub-final and final duration uncertain. In the three days prior to the race, only on Friday afternoon was the track dry enough for a three hour practice. With 64 drivers signed up for the 1/8 class and 34 drivers signed up for the 1/10 class this led to a kamikaze practice session and many cars and engines were simply not ready for the racing that was to begin on Saturday morning.
After another overnight rain, Saturday morning was spent drying the track but thanks to the effort of the many club members the track was ready to race in now time both on Saturday and Sunday.

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September 9, 2013

Team Magic RSII Evo metal bevel gear set

Team Magic have an updated metal bevel gear set for the RSII Evo touring car available. Included are internal metal gears, shims and 7075 aluminium crosspins with hardened surface. The parts are made to increase the durability of the differential while offering the highest possible stability which is necessary when running low-turn modified motors.

Source: Team Magic [teammagic.com.tw]

September 6, 2013

International Romanian Nitro Cup – Announcement

The first ever International Romanian Nitro Cup for 1/8th and 1/1oth on-road classes will take place on the weekend of the 22nd of September at the newly built Hobby Arena track in Frumusani near Bucharest. World-famous Scotty Ernst already confirmed his participation as did pilots from five different countries including Michael Salven who will presenting a nearly complete collection of Serpent’s racing cars going back to the 1970’s. All details plus the race registration can be found here.

September 6, 2013

2nd KM World Cup & ZAC Cup – Report

The 2nd KM World Cup & ZAC Cup took place at this year’s IFMAR 1/8th nitro on-road track in Japan with drivers from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, England, Finland, Italy and Holland attending. Free practice for all drivers took place on Friday, a chance most drivers and teams made use of especially since some new cars where in attendance such as the KM K8 prototype and Hot Bodies’ upcoming R8 kit. Saturday’s qualifying was dominated by Meen V. who put himself on top of the 1/10th 200mm class with Jilled Groskamp controlling the 1/8th class. Sunday morning had the final round of qualifiers and while nearly all of Japan was affected by a big storm the Tokyo area had scorching hot temperatures with the track surface reaching near 50°C. After qualifying Meen V. took the overall TQ in 1/10th while the 1/8th class had Yokoyama taking TQ.

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September 6, 2013

Team C low-profile spring containers

Team C Racing introduce spring containers for storage and transportation of low-profile touring car springs. They sport a diameter of 25mm at a height of 28mm, come with labels for easy identification and provide enough room to store two springs in them. Included in the set are six transparent containers.

Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]

September 6, 2013

Abrahamek & Vyšín win at Czech nats Rd4

The 4th round of the Czech national on-road championship was held at the track in Svitavy. In 1/8th scale Michal Abrahámek won the race in front of Miroslav Jurenka. The podium was completed by David Dohnal. The 1/10th 200mm class win went to Jiri Vyšín who had Xray team mate Michal Abrahamek in tow. Pavel Jansa finished third rounding out the podium.

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