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June 20, 2012

Mark Green wins 200mm Rd4 in Colchester

For the 4th round of the British 200mm Championship we visited the very tight Colchester circuit. The forecast for the weekend wasn’t looking that good with rain predicted for Saturday and Sunday. As everyone arrived in the morning, they were surprised to see sunshine and a dry track. The real problem for the drivers was the wind. Having an open top rostrum means that drivers feel the full effects of the weather, and the wind was that strong it was pushing the drivers back. At the end of Saturdays practice, Mark Green was some way ahead of everyone else having managed to get down to a 13.7 lap time. Not for the first time this year at one of our circuits, Mark had set a new lap record with the Serpent 747. The nearest challenger to Mark was Joe Kerry although nearly 0.5 seconds back. Matthew Cook, Alex Thurston, and Simon Wood were just behind Joe on the timesheets, all running very similar lap times.

Continue reading the report here

June 20, 2012

Team Titan droop gauge

Team Titan have produced this new droop gauge specially designed for 1/10th electric touring cars. It measures the height between the wheel axle and the surface and can be used together with droop blocks to measure car’s droop. The axle height measurement ranges from 19mm to 22mm in 0.3mm increments while the droop measurement range is between 4mm to 7mm also in 0.3mm increments.

View images of the gauge in action here

June 20, 2012

VP Pro 503 SC tire Striker Evo tires

VP Pro have released the new VP 503 SC tire Striker Evo which conforms to the industry standard 2.2”/3” bead size. Suitable for almost all kinds of track conditions, the surface adopts the same design as the Striker Evo buggy tire and inherits all the advantages. The square symmetrical tread pattern offers plenty of contact patches for consistent traction and the inner surface perfectly fits the VP Pro 1/8 buggy foam inserts.

Source: VP Pro [vp-racing.com]

June 20, 2012

Avid RC Sabertooth wheels for Ten-SCTE

Avid RC have announced that their 12mm Sabertooth SC wheels for the Losi Ten-SCTE are available in black, yellow and white. The Sabertooth wheel has strength where it counts and because of the hollow 5-spoke design, the SCTE wheels weigh in at 23.2 grams each compared to 29.5 grams each for the kit Losi wheels. That is a 25 g per set weight savings. Available in pairs as well as specially priced bulk amounts.

Source: Avid [avidrc.com]

June 20, 2012

Hot Race Tyres bi-blend foam

With the ambitious objective of improving performances for the upcoming European 1/10th 200mm Championship Hot Race Tyres has made a new compound for high traction conditions. Following several tests on the Cassino track their new foam technology provides more steering in the corner and more stability in the middle of the corner. The new formula is called ‘bi-blend’ and consists of a particular combination of different shores on the front tires. Especially when track is full of additive and car tends to want to traction roll, these new tires allow you to push more.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracerc.com]

June 20, 2012

Avid Avert TLR22 Spring Cups

Avert aluminium spring cups from Avid are made for the TLR22, adding extra security to your ride without sacrificing weight or putting a huge dent in your racing budget. Featuring a unique angled slot design they add 2 elements of safety. A rigid aluminium spring cup won’t flex and spread open, slipping off of the shock end in a crash, while the angled slot design adds another element of interference to keep the spring cups from popping off in a crash. The spring cup must lift completely off of the eyelet for removal. Weighing in at 1.3g each they are made from 6061-T6 aluminium and black anodized.

Source: Avid [avidrc.com]

June 19, 2012

Helge Johannessen wins 200mm Rd3 in Norway

Round 3 of the 200mm IC Track Norwegian Nationals was held in beautiful Valdres with the weather forecast for this weekend was rain. On Saturday during qualifying it was raining heavily and it was Helge Johannessen that took the pole position in front of current Norwegian Champion Georg Ellingsen. In the final it stopped raining for a while, but that wouldn’t last long. Georg and Helge were battling for the first place when Georg choose to change tires on lap 92. Helge gained a lead of 3 laps and maintained it to the finish. After technical control of the cars. We found out the both Helge and Georg had driven so hard on their rubber rain tires that they was totally useless and almost driving on the rim.

Vie the final standings here

June 19, 2012

HPI Plazma Pro 5600mAh 95C saddle pack

From HPI Racing, this 2S LiPo in saddle pack hard case configuration comes with authentic Deans Plug & JST-XH balance lead. This 7.4V 5600mAh 95C pack is part of the Plazma Pro range and is perfect for buggies, pan cars and all competition vehicles that require this battery configuration.

Source: HPI [hpiracing.com]