The Manufacturers Cup was held at A-Main Hobbies’ Silver Dollar Raceway this past weekend. The event used Reedy-style heads-up racing to determine the winners in the three Pro classes with Xray’s Ty Tessmann bringing home the winning honours in the premier 1/8th Pro Buggy class from Mugen’s Ryan Maifield and Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz.
Round 4 of CTS2 was held at Hobbytown Fresno, California this weekend and Modified TC was the premier class to watch. With a special guest appearance by team Yokomo driver and reigning World Champion Ronald Volker, he would be the third World Champ to attend the California Touring Series this season. Upon arrival to the track, Volker enjoyed his time with his US comrades and got the chance to meet a lot of his fans in California. Meanwhile as the weekend continued, the Yokomo ace driver showed the way all through practice and race day. Drivers like Eric Albano and Brandon Clements showed really good driving pace to match some of Volker’s hot laps but unable duplicate what Ronald has produced. With a rough start in Q1 for series points leader Team Associated driver Rick Hohwart, he would then complete a stronger qualifier for Q2 which put him in P4 for the show and ended up finishing 3rd in the main while Albano came home in 2nd. Volker controlled the lead from tone to tone in the main taking home a perfect run.
Source: CTS [facebook.com]
New from RC Maker is a full carbon fibre parts tray. Featuring a solid construction and anti-slip foam feet, it keeps small parts together on your pit bench and minimises the chances of losing parts. Three different size compartments make it easy to keep all different sizes of parts, along with body pins, screws and shims. There are six different screw colours to choose from, which are changeable down the track for those who want to change colours.
This past weekend round 4 of the California Touring Series was held and it was Yokomo’s Ronald Völker who took the overall win using Protoform’s forthcoming all-new MS7 body shell. The code is understood to stand for MazdaSpeed7 meaning the new lid will replace or complement the iconic MazdaSpeed6, one of Protoform’s most successful 190mm touring car body shells. The MS7 is in development for some time now and we bring you more information as soon as they surface.
Image: Steve Burgess
The 4th round of the Czech Open series took place in Terezín last weekend. Xray’s Max Götzl, who sat on the 2 spot after the qualifiers, would win his semifinal the quickest time that put him on pole position for the 1/8th Nitro Buggy main final. Right from the start of the main, Max would be able to pull a gap on the field and he would bring home the win with a 3-laps margin on 2nd placed Adam Babka (Xray) while Martin Pejzl (Xray) rounded out an all-Xray podium.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Following a first introduction LRP have now officially announced the new X22 540-class electric brushless motor. Based off of the long-running and very successful X20 platform the new motor will offer improved performance and efficiency thanks to its redesigned 7075-T6 aluminium motor can with additional cooling openings and a new Dark Shine Black anodising. With overall lower operation temperature the motor will run more powerful for longer which is further helped by the smaller 4x10x4mm ABEC-5 ball races, a precision-balanced sintered rotor as well as the new 14.5 degrees to 34.5 degrees timing range. Part of the package is also a water-proof PreciSensor system for precise power control with every sensored speed controller. The motor meet IFMAR, EFRA, ROAR, FEMCA, JMRCA, BRCA and DMC specifications and it is available in a full range of modified windings from 3.0T to 10.0T, as standard .5 and even .0 windings.
Source: LRP [lrp.cc]
VRP have released a 4-piece set of threaded shock and sway bar pins for the HB Racing D817 and E817. They replace the stock pins with the 2.5mm allen head making for easy install and removal. The threaded design allows to do away with the pesky grub screws meaning a lot less issues with lost shock pins.
Source: VRP [visionracingproducts.com]
X Factory have announced the latest addition to the Infinity line of upgrade parts in the form of shock towers for the TLR 8ight 4.0. The shock stays match the latest TLR tower geometry precisely, and will fit any TLR 8ight buggy, nitro or electric. Made from U.S.-sourced 5mm carbon fibre the higher tensile strength stiffens the suspension and resists flex and bending while offering a better strength to weight ratio, allowing better performance at the same or less weight.
View the rear shock tower here
