The 2017 Pan Car Masters and 1/8th Electric Track GP will be held from the 2nd to 4th of June at the world-famous Lostallo track in Switzerland. Classes run are 235mm Pro10 Modified, 235mm Pro10 Stock, Swiss GT 200mm, Formula 21.5 as well as 1/8th Electric On-road Modified and Stock. Sign-up for the event is available here and more information about the event, rules and a hotel list are available here….
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,…
Fenix Racing have introduced the 235mm Pro10 variant of their popular 1/10th formula gear differential kit. Compared to a standard ball differential the gear diff will improve traction on high-bite surfaces significantly. Available in two versions, with a 77T 48 pitch and a 92T 64 pitch main gear, the diff fits most of today’s 235mm pan cars and it is shortly also available as a 1/12th scale variant. Source: Fenix Racing [fenix-racing.com]…
…Le Mans. The officially-licensed body comes with distinctive side wings that are add-on pieces that can be secured with the included hardware, shoo-goo or high-strength double-sided tape. Each body also includes injection molded nylon wing struts, a unique rear wing, an extensive decal sheet, window masks, and overspray film an a 190mm version is coming soon. Next up is the Swift-235 body for 235mm Pro10 pan cars. To celebrate the Pro10’s return to prominence, Protoform created a low and sleek body with a few styling cues from modern full-scale LMP cars. It’s made to suit a variety of tracks and…
Fenix Racing have introduced a gear differential kit for 200mm 1/10th scale pan cars. Based off of the company’s 1/10th formula gear diff the 200mm pan car variant makes use of a Grade 5 titanium axle shaft, it comes with a 92 tooth 64 pitch spur gear and ABEC 5 1/4×3/8×1/8 ball bearings. Also included is a standard aluminium wheel hub. The unit weighs in at only 40 gram, it will make for greatly improved forward bite and a 235mm variant for wide Pro10 cars is around the corner too. Source: Fenix Racing [fenixracing.com]…
Roche have introduced their Rapide P10W 235mm 1/10th scale pan car kit. Building on the 200mm variant the car makes use of a 3mm high-grade carbon fibre main chassis plate and lower pod plate, and it allows for extensive wheelbase settings with ±2mm being achievable using the front lower alloy suspension block and additional ±1.5mm are available using the front graph suspension plate. Other features include a ball-raced rack-type steering system, quick adjust Ackermann, fully adjustable Xenon-made front suspension, a big bore centre and lightweight micro side dampers as well as a floating steering servo mount for low-profile and mini-size…
…A-final result: 1. Pelikan – Xray 2. Kneys – Xray 3. Rajdus – Xray 4. Durana – Xray 5. Andrle – n/a 6. Mach – VBC Racing 7. Spelda – n/a 8. Vesecky – Xray 9. Domansky – Serpent 10.Magda – Xray In the Pro10 class and after several years of 200mm-only rules the 235mm Pro10 cars were also allowed to race. The TQ in the class was taken by Roman Krejci (Corally) ahead of Ivo Trojan (CRC) and Ondrej Kohoutek (Xray). Krejci won all the final heats to secure the title in front of quick Trojan and young Kohoutek….
The opening round of the BRCA 1/10t Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the fast and technical Wombwell Raceway in cold but dry weather conditions. Mark Green (Serpent/XRD) would take the TQ position in the premier 1/10th 200mm class while Glyn Beal (Serpent) came out fastest in the 1/10th 235mm GT and the 1/8th GT categories. The main final of the 200mm class then had Mark Green defending his top position to take the day’s win from Joe Kerry (Capricorn/O.S.) and Alex Thurston (Serpent/Max). In the 220mm GT class Glyn Beal (Serpent) came out fastest in the final from Peter…
