Ielasi Tuned have announced the signing of US female racer Loran Whiting to their team. Loran will use the Novarossi-based Ielasi Tuned engines in her 2016 campaign that will include all major nitro on-road classes including 1/8th, 1/10th 200mm and 1/8th GT. Her first official outing with the new engines will be the 1/8th GT World Grand Prix Race in a couple of weeks time.
Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]
Axial have introduced a clear RR10 bomber bodyshell and interior set for the RR10 as well as new 2.2″ tyres and wheels. Starting with the body set, the RR10 Bomber body is made from 0.040″ thick polycarbonate and it comes clear to allow the creation of a custom look by painting it in your favourite colour scheme. Included are pre-cut left and right body panels, hood and a roof as well as a pre-cut decal sheet featuring official Axial and RR10 Bomber logos.
The AMCT Tour club will hold a 24 hours race on the weekend of the 18th of June 2016. The track is located in the Loire valley only around 80 kilometres away from the iconic city of Le Mans. Cars allowed to race are 2WD pan cars such as converted 1/10th formula cars, WGTs or dedicated rubber tyre pan cars with bodyshells raced at the actual Le Mans 24 hours race. All cars have to be equipped with lights and “blinky” brushless speed controllers while the 17.5T motors are provided by the organisers. Two sets of Ride XR tyres are also provided while special rain tyres are allowed in case of a wet race. The event kicks off on Friday with open practice and the actual 24 hours race starts on Saturday at 1 pm. More information can be found on the event’s Facebook page here and for sign-up you can email the organisers at 24hoursoftours@gmail.com.
Italian company Mon-Tech Racing has announced the signing of 2015 4WD Offroad World Champion and 2014 Touring Car Vice World Champion Bruno Coelho to their team. Bruno will use Mon-Tech’s bodyshells in his 2016 campaign that will include all major national and international races.
Source: Mon-Tech [mon-techracing.net]
Thai company TWT has introduced a range of setup and pit boards as well as car stands made from high-quality acrylic material. Starting with the setup and pit boards, the multi-layer parts are available in a range of layouts, from pure setup boards with grids for track width and toe adjustment up to several pit boards of different layouts with foam padded compartments for shocks, springs, screws and shims. All boards also feature scales as well as scale drawings of washers, bearings and screws to help with easy hardware identification while building, tuning and maintaining. Also new are car stands made from the same acrylic material that again feature several padded compartments, hardware identification graphics and foam padded areas to make sure nor the chassis or car stand become scratched during use. The high precision of the car stands also allows to use them as an anti-tweak board for touring car chassis. They fit right into dedicated compartments in the pit boards for a nice and tidy pit space and both the boards and cars stands are available in several standard colours but they can also be ordered with individual designs.
The recent fifth round of the Israeli League was held at the technical, high traction Tavor Motors raceway near Ashkelon city. Yaniv Sivan would take the TQ from Tal Siles and Dan Price and right from the start of the 40 minute final Yaniv was able to open a gap on the field with Omer Assayag and Tal Siles hot on his heels. Some 12 minutes into the race Tal, running in third place at that time, ran into technical issues, leaving Or Balulu, Ofir Avitan and Dan Price to fight for the third spot. Ultimately Yaniv Sivan (Kyosho/Reds/Pro-Line) would take the win from Omer Assayag (Agama/Alpha/Pro-Line) while Or Balulu (Agama/Bullett/Pro-Line) rounded out the podium result in third place.
Thanks to Yaniv Sivan for the report.
F.T. Line have announced the signing of Dutch racer Rick Vrielijnck for the 2016 season. Finalist at the 2009 World Championship in Lostallo, Switzerland, Rick came back to racing in 2014 after quite a long hiatus and proved strong in his 2014 and 2015 ENS outing. In 2016 Rick will use the “F.T. Line” version of the XRD engines to power his Shepherd Velox V8 throughout the racing season.
Source: XRD [facebook.com]
Coming soon from JConcepts is the Hi-Flow bodyshell for the Team Associated T5M stadium truck. The all-new race body is inspired by the looks of a class leading pick-up, loaded with performance features and it sports a low-profile design and beefy fenders. Extruded front and rear fender flares offer maximum tyre clearance and the slight hood-scoop raised portion helps bulk up the front-end and provides clearance for the T5M geometry. The rear bed has built-in clearance for the massive big bore shocks and tower to help maintain that sleek appearance. The body includes a spoiler on the back of the body mould which can be trimmed and detailed to drop right on to the rear and secured with the two included JConcepts button head screws. As an added performance benefit, the body offers several “trim-zone” areas on the rear of the bed which can be removed to help reduce the slight parachute affect brought on by open wheel trucks. As usual the body comes clear, including window masks and a decal sheet.
