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January 18, 2017

Yeah Racing TT-02 aluminium full conversion kit

Following the essential aluminium conversion kit for Tamiya’s TT-02 entry-level touring car, Yeah Racing now also released a full conversion kit that includes even more red-anodised bling. In addition to the essential kit’s alloy suspension, alloy steering and steel drivetrain parts the full kit also includes upper alloy arms, motor mount and motor fan mount, shock towers, wheel hexes, battery mount, the centre driveshaft and also threaded aluminium shock absorbers to replace virtually every plastic part, beside the chassis, with a red anodised aluminium counterpart. Also included are high-quality ball bearings, five different hardness spring sets and also bearing and damper oil.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

January 18, 2017

Ty Tessmann wins at Grass Roots Series opener

The opening round of the Grass Roots Series was held at Thunder Alley RC Raceway in Beaumont, California. With 148 entries for the 1-day race, this was the first time in a while that the Californians could get on a track to race due to the rain they had. It was a lot of fun, lots of big jumps and a technical layout. The track started out with some muddy spots and remained wet throughout the day, due to the moisture in the track it developed a lot of ruts and bumps so at times it was difficult to navigate. Qualifying went well for newly signed Xray driver Ty Tessmann, he managed to TQ both rounds over Drew Moller (Mugen) who qualified second and Cody King who qualified third. In the main Drew Moller starting from the second position would challenge Ty throughout the race, at one point Tessmann would make a mistake allowing Moller to get by and then the latter would make a mistake giving Ty back the lead. The first fuel stop both came in together, on the second fuel stop Ty was approaching lapped traffic so his Gord called him in a bit earlier giving Drew the lead for a lap. On the next lap Moller pitted and Ty regained the lead and was able to create a gap, and ultimately went on to take the win from Drew Moller in second and Shawn Kirkman (Tekno) in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 17, 2017

2017 Charity Race – Report

The 2017 edition of the annual Charity Race, organised by Team La Gang and held at the RC Landia track in Scandiano, Italy, attracted some of the fastest Italian drivers to compete against guests from all over Europe. Touring Car Modified was a showcase for the sport with Marc Rheinard taking the win in front of Ronald Völker after a big fight. The final podium spot was was taken by super fast Mattia Collina who won the fight for the lower stair of the podium over Alessio Menicucci and Christopher Krapp.

Continue reading the report here

January 17, 2017

Paolo Morganti teams up with Capricorn

Capricorn have announced the signing of former ROAR champion and US front runner, Paolo Morganti to their team. After several years spent with Serpent, and in addition to his GT class engagement with IGT8, Paolo will race the complete range of Capricorn nitro cars in his 2017 campaign. Paolo says:

I will like to thank Patrizio Rossi and all the staff at Capricorn RC for the opportunity of joining this company. The level of commitment in searching for the ultimate performance is one of their characteristic that I have always admired. I’m looking forward to start running the cars.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

January 17, 2017

Yokomo 1/10th & 1/12th on-road setup board

Coming from Yokomo is a new setup board for 1/10th and 1/12th scale on-road cars. Measuring 320x420mm and being 12mm thick the board is easy to store and transport while the covered wood construction makes for high precision and durability. The board is decorated with the popular Yokomo ring graphics and it will hit stores very soon.

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January 17, 2017

Hudy 1/10th Formula car bag

The latest Hudy car bag to surface is a dedicated item for 1/10th Formula cars. Measuring about 43x22x8cm the bag takes a single chassis including mounted front and rear wings and it is made using brightly coloured fabric material, decorated with the renown Hudy graphics. The bag sports padded walls and a rubber strap, the latter to make attaching the bag to Hudy’s travel bag easy.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

January 17, 2017

2017 Keilor Yokomo Invitational – Report

The 2017 Keilor Yokomo Invitational, a Reedy Race style event in Melbourne, Australia kicked off the Australian 1/10th off-road racing season. The Keilor club had worked hard over the New Year break to build a completely new track which was fast, flowing and encouraged wheel to wheel racing. For the invite classes, ten 17.5 racers and 18 Modified class racers battled over five heats of 2WD and five heats of 4WD heads up racing with rotating grids. Invites were sent out based on 2016 race results and racers came from all around the country. In addition, Open classes were offered to allow all racers to vie for direct spots into the 2018 Invitational. Around 140 entries were received in total and the track copped over 9000 laps over the course of the weekend. No laps were allowed on the new layout until midday Friday, however a rainstorm meant a very muddy start to the event. The summer sun and traffic soon grooved up the track, with perfect weather on Saturday and Sunday.

Continue reading the report here

January 17, 2017

HRC Racing 68124HVBL HV digital brushless servo

HRC Distribution have introduced the HRC Racing 68124HVBL high-voltage digital brushless servo. Designed for 1/8th on-road and off-road classes the servo offers sturdy metal gears, a powerful brushless motor, dual ball bearings and it is high-voltage compatible, allowing to use it with 2S LiPo receiver battery packs. The standard-size servo pulls up to 24kg-cm of torque at a speed of down to 0.09s and it features a red anodised middle heatsink section.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]