Roche have introduced a new carbon fibre rear axle set for 1/10th 235mm Pro10 cars that use US-style rear axle shafts. Made from high-quality carbon fibre and being precision-ground to 6.34mm diameter the shaft is usable with all cars that use standard 1/4″ x 3/8″ rear axle bearings and it comes with a lightweight, black-anodised inner diff plate.
Source: Roche [rocherc.com]
Jan Ratheisky has taken the opening two Pro Stock qualifiers at the opening round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Vienna, Austria. Having topped seeding yesterday, the German kicked off Day 2 of the event with a very convincing TQ run with him finishing over 5-seconds clear of his rivals. Behind, Mustafa Alp was the only other driver to run 23 laps, the Turkish driver again excelling on Austrian soil having famously TQ’d the final round of modified qualifying in Traiskirchen back in 2012. Helge Johannessen would complete the Top 3, the big Norwegian finishing just ahead of reigning champion Alexandre Duchet and Max Mächler. In the second qualifier, Ratheisky would have to work much harder for his TQ. Having rolled his Awesomatix in Q1, Mächler swapped the TQ pace with the Xray driver throughout the 5-minutes but despite setting the fastest lap would eventually finish 9/10th off. Behind, Duchet had a roll, pulling up at the half way mark, while former DHI Cup Pro Stock Champion Tim Benson completed the Top 3 ahead of Simon Lauter and Alp.
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Japanese company UREE has introduced a pair of drive shaft boots for 1/10th off-road vehicles. Made from very tough yet flexible silicone material the boots are designed to protect the outdrive and driveshaft pin area from the influence of dust, dirt and moisture while keeping grease in at the same time. The result is a longer parts life especially in extreme environments and the boots fit the Team Associated B6, B6D, B64 and B64D, Yokomo YZ-2CA, DT and DTM, Xray XB2 and XB4, Kyosho Lazer and Ultima as well as other kits.
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Marc Rheinard has taken the first qualifier of the new season of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series. Sixth fastest in seeding practice but confident he had a good car over 5-minutes, the Infinity driver delivered the only 24-lap time to TQ the first of the four qualifiers in Vienna. Behind, Awesomatix’ Viljami Kutvanen would set the second fastest time, missing out on making 24-laps by half a second, with Ronald Volker completing the Top 3 a second off the Finn’s pace. Having topped seeding, it wasn’t to be a good start for defending champion Bruno Coelho. From the start the Xray driver had the first of a number of moments when he got loose but it was contact with the boards at the end of the main straight that ended his chances of the TQ as his car needed to be marshalled.
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A new season of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series got underway in Vienna, Austria, today with practice ending with a familiar theme to last season as Bruno Coelho topped the times. Having topped free practice, the Xray driver would lay down the fastest 3-consecutive laps in the first of the controlled practice runs with no one able to better the pace in the second and final practice. It would be Ronald Volker who would top CP2, but like Coelho he couldn’t beat his earlier time. Behind, Alexander Hagberg would complete the Top 3, the Xray driver improving his time in CP2 by more than 4/10ths of a second. Also improving in CP2, Naoki Akiyama is seeded P4 for qualifying ahead of Infinity pairing Akio Sobue and Marc Rheinard.
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Roche have introduced a long kingpin set for the Rapide F1 Evo formula car. Developed by German team driver Alexander Stocker, the longer kingpins will allow for a wider adjustment range which will improve steering response. The shafts come titanium-nitride-coated for wear and a smooth movement and they include a set of shims and bushings.
Source: Roche [rocherc.com]
Last weekend saw the final round of the Croatian Touring Stock Championship. The weekend started off with nice weather on Saturday and Patrik Pozgaj was able to take the two opening qualifiers to gain the overnight TQ from Zeljko Selman and Borna Pliskovac. A final round of qualifiers would be held on Sunday but lower temperatures and clouds meant Saturday’s setups were made redundant. However it was still Patrik Pozgaj on top of the timing sheets and he would continue to perform in the triple A-mains were he set a new Stock class track record with a 20.094, beating Selman and Pliskovac in the progress and also taking the 2017 Croatian Touring Stock title.
The Arizona State Championships were held recently at Hobby Action raceway. The layout for the track was welcomed by many and a huge triple and a quad section was something different for an indoor track and a nice change of pace for indoors. The single 8-minute 4WD main on Sunday saw Xray’s Tanner Stees walking away with the win. Coming from the 2 spot on the grid, Tanner would gain the lead after a couple of laps and he was able to break away from the 2nd placed driver until Tanner had a problem with lap traffic and had to be marshalled were he fell back down to 2nd. The battle continued on once again until the leader made a mistake and Stees was able to take the lead and get a gap going until the end of the race, where he finished 1st from Team Associated’s Ashe Deering 2nd and Tekno’s Billy Fischer 3rd.
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