Former 1/8th nitro on-road French National and European B Champion Anthony Abisset will make a switch to Picco engines for his upcoming campaign. The deal is part of a shuffle that takes place at the newly appointed French Picco distributor Racing Experience at the moment and it is understood that more drivers will make a swap to the Italian engines soon.
Source: Racing Experience [racing-experience.fr]
New from Xray and made for the XB4 line of 1/10th buggies is a 4-hole aluminium steering link. Made from Swiss 7075-T6 aluminium and coming black anodised and laser-etched the part offers additional steering Ackermann positions for a wider range of steering angle settings while being of a higher rigidity at the same time. The sturdy construction also makes for improved steering precision and a more predictable handling especially on high-bite surfaces.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Schumacher introduce the new Minispike tyre for 1/5th large scale vehicles. Offering an inner diameter of 130mm the tyre is designed for the latest larger diameter wheels and it is available in Schumacher’s most popular yellow compound suitable for grass and astro surfaces. The tyre is supplied in pairs without inserts.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
The 5th round of Danish DSMU nationals was held in Faxe on a large track with technical corners, chicanes and a good flow was okay. The traction changed quite a lot because of the additive from the foam tyre race. During practice it soon became clear that Mike Gosvig would be the driver to beat and come qualifying Mike scored round wins in all three qualifiers to take the overall TQ in front of Soren Boy Holst and Casper Morgen.
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The fourth round of the Norwegian Electric Onroad Championships was held in Gjøvik on a permanent track facility in the centre of the city. The event had 45 entries in total, divided in four classes with the main classes being 1/10 Touring Car Modified and 1/12th pan car. In the opening round of qualifying reigning Nordic Champion Nikolai Håheim and ETS A-finalist Helge Johannessen opened up the first laps swapping the lead, but after 5 laps Nikolai started to build up a 1.5 seconds gap which he held throughout the round. Nikolai took the overall TQ ahead of Helge in 2nd, followed by an impressive 3rd place for Rune Svestøl. Petter Bernsten, in a fight with Nikolai for the overall championship, would see himself struggling throughout the whole qualifying, as he felt uncomfortable the whole weekend with the track that he felt was too “technical for his driving style”.
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Exotek have new option parts for the Hot Bodies D413 buggy available in the form of an aluminium steering rack, 12mm clamping wheel hex adapters and spur gears with an aluminium mounting plate. Starting with the steering rack, the part is CNC-machined from 7075 aluminium and it is orange anodised to match the remainder of Exotek’s D413 options. Included with the rack come four ball bearings, two shims and hardware and the part allows to set the same bump steer and Ackermann settings as the stock rack.
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Reedy have announced that popular UK racer Ben Jemison has been added to the Reedy factory racing team for 2015. Jemison has been a long-time Reedy runner and now with factory team support and new chassis sponsor lined up, is highly motivated for the 2015 UK season. He had the following to say about the deal:
I would like to give a huge thank you to Rick Hohwart and Brent Thielke for giving me this amazing opportunity to run for the Reedy Factory team! After running Reedy batteries and motors for the last 5 years I know the quality, performance and reliability is first class. I’m very happy to be running Reedy’s full line up of ESC, motors, batteries, servos, and chargers in 2015 and look forward to a great season!
Source: Reedy [reedypower.com]
Team Associated has new Factory Team aluminium option parts for the B5M, T5M and B44 available. First up is the +4mm aluminium arm mount for the B5M and T5M. The part makes the rear pivot 4mm wider for improved stability. It required flipping the insert in the D plate and is recommended with the use of the second new part, the 5.0mm clamping wheel hexes that reduce the width by 4mm from stock. Combining both parts alters the rear suspension geometry and they come blue anodized to match the remainder of the Factory Team options. Also new is the 3 degree aluminium toe plate for the B44 buggy. The part adds strength and improves corner speed and on-power traction.
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