Qualifying is complete at the 2017 Guan Kou Sunpadow Offroad GP in Xiamen, China and it is Serpent driver Jorn Neumann who has taken the top spot in both the Nitro and EP classes. With overnight track maintenance not being so well received by drivers, who feel it is now more bumpy than before and lacks traction, it was a day that saw a lot of driving mistakes on what was already a difficult track to race on.
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Schelle Racing Innovations have three new ball bearings sets for the Team Associated B64 added to their lineup. First is the Onyx series 22-pieces set for kit replacement. Second are the Black Diamond Ceramic bearings kits that are offered as a 10-pieces B64 gearbox set or an 18-pieces complete car set to outfit the gearboxes and all four axles. The complete car set also includes eight Onyx bearings for the steering system. The Black Diamond ceramic bearings are precision manufactured to ABEC-3 standards, lubed with premium bearing oil and they feature two metal shields for minimum drag, making them ideal for stock 17.5 and 13.5 4WD racers looking for some extra speed.
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Tekno RC have introduced narrow wheel hubs for the EB48SL and SCT410 vehicles. The hubs are intended to be used on the EB48SL to narrow the track width and improve handling characteristics. Overall grip is increased when using these hubs, especially on tight indoor tracks. Used on the SCT410 they allow to use standard 1/8th buggy wheels on Tekno’s 1/10th 4WD short course truck for a wider selection of wheels and tyres. The hubs utilise TKR5580 stub axles and convert the SCT410 to use 17mm wheels without changing the overall track width from standard SCT wheels.
Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]
The opening day of qualifying got underway at ARC International Raceway in Xiamen, China for the 2017 Guan Kou Sunpadow Offroad GP with 3 rounds for Nitro Buggy followed by 2 rounds for EP Buggy. Round 1 in Nitro Buggy saw first blood go to Atsushi Hara, a number of errors by Serpent driver Joern Neumann, including a costly error on the main straight that lost him 10 seconds, allowing his team mate Shin Adachi to take 2nd spot for the round with Joern having to settle for 3rd.
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Lamberto Collari capped off a successful pre-season Infinity team test with a tough victory at the opening round of the Singapore GP Onroad National Series. Travelling to the Marine Paradise Radio Control Modellers Club track to capitalise on the Singapore hot weather, Collari and the rest of the Infinity team’s participation made for the Singapore event’s most high profile entry to-date. In the 45-minute final, the Italian, who qualified 7th, enjoyed a great battle with team-mate Takaaki Shimo. At the end of 152 laps, the two stalwarts of 1:8 battling hard for the duration of the race, just 0.179 separated them. Completing the podium, Jilles Groskamp would finish 3rd a lap down on the lead battle. Making his Infinity race debut, Dario Balestri was Top Qualifier ahead of Groskamp but the race would go less well and he would finish 6th. Surprising Naoto Matsukura showed good nitro skills qualifying fourth and also set the fastest lap of the final but he had to retire with 7 minutes remaining.
Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]
Matrix Racing Tires have announced the signing of 1/10th 200mm class specialist, Thilo Tödtmann to their World Factory racing team. ENS podium finisher and multiple main finalist, the German frontrunner, who recently also signed with Shepherd, will use Matrix tires in all open tire races while also helping with product development.
Source: Matrix [matrixtires.it]
The latest in the line of Procircuit’s all-new 1/8th buggy tyres is the Claymore. A mash of the previous Square Impact and Hot Dices treads the new tyre features the Square Impact’s pin pattern made up using larger pins similar to the Hot Dices tread. The tyre will excel on clean or slightly dusty tracks and it has already proven its performance by allowing Robert Batlle to grab the runner-up spot at the 2016 IFMAR Worlds in Las Vegas. The tyre will come pre-glued on yellow dish rims, including the new XL insert and in super soft, soft and medium compounds.
Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]
The RC Evolution track in Ranica (BG) hosted the fifth and penultimate round of the Italian LRP-AE-Challenge Championship. Andrea Simari managed to TQ all three rounds of qualifying ahead of Andrea Valerio to earn himself the pole position for the A-Main, with Federico Barbieri starting from third. Simmer concluded his perfect weekend winning the opening two legs of the A-main and bringing home full points from the meeting. Coming out on top of the field the third A-main, Federico Barbieri completed a Capricorn 1-2 ahead of the Xray of Valerio. Thanks to the result, the overall championship standings going into the final round see Simari (Capricorn) leading from Valerio (Xray) and Bizzocco (Xray).
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
