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October 12, 2016

Blaze Racing X10 2015 235mm conversion kit

Coming from Blaze Racing is the 235mm conversion kit for the Xray X10 2017 pan car kit. The conversion widens the track width to 235mm while also extending the wheelbase by 7mm. Included with the set comes a genuine IRS rear axle to achieve the greater track width without the need to alter the motor pod plates or motor mounts while up front a wider suspension plate is used to achieve proper dimensions. Beside the carbon fibre rear axle and the 3mm front suspension plate the kit also includes a 3.5mm rear plate, wide left and right aluminium wheel hubs, diff rings, bearings and cone washer as well as longer stainless steel steering turnbuckles.

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October 12, 2016

Sergi Franch wins at Spanish 200mm Champs Rd4

The fourth and final round of the Spanish 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Championship was held at the Club Carsol track. Qualifying was a very close affair between Sergi Franch, Nacho Lopez and Johnny Pastor. After three of five rounds all three drivers were tie on points but Nacho and Sergi would score one more TQ each, handing Nacho the TQ although being tie on points with Sergi. Sergi, Johnny and Raul Amella would then compete in the super pole race that gave Sergi the 2 spot on the grid as he came out fastest. The start of the main final then saw Sergi taking the lead following a mistake of Nacho and so the fight for the runner-up spot was on between Nacho and Raul following a mistake of Johnny. With 10 minutes to go, Nacho and Sergi were fighting for the lead when Nacho made contact with Sergi, resulting in a stop & go penalty for Nacho. After the incident Sergi Franch (Mugen/Novarossi) was able to lay down a very consistent pace which allowed him to keep the lead until the end of the race to bring home the win from Nacho Lopez (Serpent/Picco) and Johnny Pastor (Mugen/Novarossi) in second and third respectively. With the second place Sergi also took the vice-championship title behind newly-crowned champion, Victor Pelaez (Serpent).

Thanks to Josep Franch for the report.

October 12, 2016

BRCA GT12 World Cup 2017 – Announcement

The BRCA have announced the GT12 World Cup 2017 to be held from the 10th to 12th of February. The event will be run in the same location, The Centre:MK in Milton Keynes, and to a similar format as the Reedy 1/12 Race of Champions hosted earlier in 2016. More than 100 registrations have already been made by competitors hoping to secure an entry, but the BRCA welcome further interest so as to guarantee a high standard of racing by selecting the best drivers possible to fill the 100 places. Registrations can be made via the BRCA website here.

October 11, 2016

Capricorn reveal Lab C803 1/8th nitro on-road kit

Italian company Capricorn have revealed first images and information of forthcoming Lab C803 1/8th nitro on-road car. The vehicle is based on a redesigned aluminium chassis with a 3mm shorter wheelbase than the current C802 and it comes with all-new Ergal parts, a new rear end that is basically an evolution of the RS system and the suspension utilises new eccentric inserts for the lower A-arms allow for a wide range of settings. Also included in the kit is a new wire-type front anti-roll bar. The kit is rounded out by new eccentric bushings for the front and rear spool axles and it will become available by the 20th of October.

View more images here

October 11, 2016

Dragon-RC pre-mounted 1/8th truggy tyres

Coming from Dragon-RC is a pre-mounted set of tyres for 1/8th truggies. Offering a fine pin tread for great traction on most surfaces the tyres come as pairs, factory-assembled including white rims, foam inserts and they are ready for use.

Source: Dragon-RC [dragon-rc.com]

October 11, 2016

Utah State Championships – Announcement

Murf’s Intermountain RC Raceway will play host to the Utah State Championships November 3rd through the 6th. Home of the April Fools Classic, the famous clay racing surface will have a fresh layout for this event. The schedule includes a round of seating practice on Thursday evening, one round of qualifying on Friday, three rounds of qualifying on Saturday and the mains on Sunday. There will be a resort of qualifying after the second round for anyone that can’t make Thursday’s seating practice round. Categories run include Modified and Stock Buggy, Truck and SCT as well as 1/8th E-Buggy. More information including the schedule and rules can be found here.

October 11, 2016

Yeah Racing clamping aluminium servo arms

Coming from Yeah Racing are new clamping aluminium servo arms for servos with 25T spline. Offering a 17mm and 20mm mounting position for the steering link ball stud the arms are machined from high-quality aluminium and they come anodised in a range of colours including a bi-colour black and golden variant.

View the colour variants here

October 11, 2016

Avid release new B6-series titanium option parts

Avid have introduced a range of titanium option parts for the Team Associated B6 and B6D buggies. First up are titanium battery posts that are of a very minimalistic and lightweight design. Weighing in at only 1.2g per set the mounting hardware allows to lower the battery brace by 0.5mm for those slim packs and included in the set come two billet 6AI-4V titanium posts and a pair of 7075-T6 aluminium nuts.

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