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Embedded above and below, FinRC have produced these videos showing the action from all 3 legs of yesterday’s 2wd A-mains at the Electric offroad Worlds Warmup in Vaasa, Finland. Enjoy.
Rob Jackson over at Thunder Alley RC Raceway dropped us a mail to let us know that the track layout for the ROAR Off road 8th scale fuel nationals is almost complete. The event which starts on the 31st of May and runs through to the 5th of June is one of this year’s most anticipated events and Thunder Alley are building a track to match. They presented a very challenging layout during the warmup race back in April and the new track will be equally tricky with lots of elevation changes as well as plenty of step ups and drop downs. You can follow Red RC’s coverage of this race on our events page from day 1.
Here we have this weeks round up of product releases and race reports from our site sponsors Xray. Our summary includes everything published by the Slovakian manufacturer on their own website in the past week, so if you didn’t find the time to visit, be sure to read on. This weeks round up includes the following stories.
– New XB808 Shock Foam Insert
– New RX8 Rear Solid Axle – Lightweight – Set
– New NT1 Alu Rear Drive Shaft 60mm
– NT1 Wins the EFRA GP 2011 in Monaco
– XB808’11 Wins the Israeli Nationals R7
– XB808’11 Wins End of Season Warm-up in Israel
– NT1’11 Wins 2011 NSW GP State Titles, Australia
– XRAY Challenge 2011
Click here to view the round-up
The 1/10th electric offroad Worlds warmup takes place this weekend in Vaasa, Finland ahead of the main event which will be held in late July. After some days of practice on this challenging hard packed clay track, the 2wd class qualifying and finals took place today, with 4wd being run tomorrow. Qualifying saw Kyosho driver Jared Tebo take the pole position ahead of Losi driver Darren Bloomfield, with the pair tied on points, Jared taking it due to a faster time. Associated driver Ryan Maifield lined up 3rd with Mike Truhe and Ryan Cavalieri completing the top 5. In the finals it was former World Champion Cavalieri that took the victory in leg 1 ahead of Bloomfield, with Swedish Kyosho driver David Ronnefalk in 3rd. Leg 2 saw Bloomfield go one better and take the win ahead of TQ Jared Tebo, while Cavalieri came home in 3rd, setting up a final leg showdown between 3 drivers. Leg 3 saw Darren come through to win the decider in front of Tamiya man Lee Martin, with Jared Tebo taking 3rd, the result giving the TLR22 buggy the win with Bloomfield, with Ryan Cavalieri with his B4.1 in 2nd and Jared Tebo with the Kyosho chassis taking the final podium spot in 3rd.
CSO Products have released some new parts for different cars in the Xray range as well as the Tamiya touring chassis. Firstly for the Xray T3 & T2, there is a pair of hard coated steel 52mm swing shafts. These are also available for the Tamiya TRF417 & 416 in 44mm versions. For the RX8 there is a pair of hard coated steel rear wheel axles, which have been lightened and come with wheel nuts for a secure and more true wheel mounting, but can also be used with the standard quick release levers. Finally for the RX8 are some lightened 6mm and 8mm aluminium collars for the middle and gearbox shafts.
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Team Associated is hard at work trying to break the 200 mph barrier with an R/C car. Working together with current record holder Nic Case, check out the video above to see how the progress is going.
Source: Associated [rc10.com]
Last weekend witnessed round 2 of the 2011 1/8th scale British national series was hosted by the Wombwell circuit in South Yorkshire. The weather forecast was for showers at some point over the weekend. Saturday was however dry with high winds which seemed to affect the cars badly around the carousal corner. The grip was very low due to a lot of surface dust and required a lot of cars on track to form a clean racing line.
Continue reading the report here
Exotek Racing have released 2 new unrelated items, HB TCX QC shock posts and TLR22 front locking wheel bolts. The shock posts precision machined from titanium with a 2mm hex and come with alloy stand offs for reduced flex at the shock towers. The quick change design that is lighter than the stock parts it replaces and a shortened barrel for reduced shock slop allows free movement for proper shock function. Sold in a set of 4. The TLR 22 front locking wheel bolts are again made from machined titanium and feature angled wheel locking serrations to securely tighten down your buggies front wheels. They use a 2mm hex wrench and are sold in pair.
