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December 16, 2015

BRCA 1/12th National Series Rd3 – Report

The 2015/16 1/12th National Series headed to Tamworth for the 3rd round of the series. Tamworth is one of the regular venues and is always one to get mentioned at the EGM for the amount of work that the Tamworth club put in to making it happen. In Saturday’s 10.5 Stock qualifying David Spashett showed the same lightning pace seen at Crewe by dominating qualifying, 3 out of 4 times going a lap quicker than the entire field. Mark Stiles, Mick Farrell and Chris Kerswell all swapped positions through qualifying. Spashett will take pole from Kerswell and Stiles with just 0.15 seconds between 2nd and 3rd.

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December 15, 2015

Xray Winter Series Greece Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Xray Winter Series Greece was held at the Fanatix Race Track with a good amount of drivers in attendance. The event was held in several classes including 1/10th Touring, Formula and a foam tyre class that had 1/10th and 1/12th scale cars racing together. In the Touring Car class John Doukakis (Awesomatix) took the overall TQ and he would come out fastest in the opening A-main but Georgiadis (Xray) held the upper hand in A2 and A3 to grab the overall win from Doukakis in second and Niotis (Xray) in third.

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December 15, 2015

Serpent S100-LTR 200mm pan car kit

Serpent have introduced the latest version of their S100 200mm pan car, the S100-LTR. The kit is based on an updated, wider chassis that allows for multiple battery positions. Cut from 2.5mm carbon fibre the chassis is topped off by a small and lightweight T-brace that acts as the battery and centre shock mount while newly designed battery locators keep the battery pack in place. Also new with the LTR are updated steering knuckles with inserts that allow for king pin angle changes while the new single bellcrank steering system with in-line servo positions takes care of the steering duties. Beside the bellcrank steering also a standard “direct” servo mount position is possible. Another new feature up front are redesigned upper arms that do away with the previous horizontally mounted upper pivot ball in favour of a more traditional vertical setup. Other new parts include a friction-free central pivot ball system for the rear power pod, a redesigned rear pod plate and lighter aluminium rear brackets. The kit is rounded out by Serpent’s RCCX pan car shock absorber and available now.

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December 15, 2015

Kyosho R4 series aluminium brake lever

Made for the R4 series of 1/10th 200mm nitro cars is a new aluminium brake lever from Kyosho. Machined from high-quality aluminium and coming with a dark brown anodised finish the lever is a direct replacement for the standard composite part and it will make for a stronger yet more precise brake performance. The lever fits all R4 series cars including the new R4 Evo.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

December 15, 2015

Reds Racing 1/8th scale brushless ESC

Reds Racing have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming 1/8th scale brushless speed controller. The device seems to sport an all-aluminium case with separated areas for the motor and battery wires on opposite sides of the speedo. Also visible is a finely ripped heatsink with fan unit as well as an aluminium fan guards to keep rocks and debris away. More information and images should become available soon.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

December 15, 2015

JR Mitch doubles at Thunder Alley Christmas Race

Thunder Alley RC Speedway in Wilson, North Carolina hosted their Christmas Race this past weekend. Florida’s JR Mitch was the man to beat as he set the TQ and took the win in the Nitro Buggy class and to back up his Nitro Buggy efforts, Mitch also set the TQ and took the win in the E-Buggy class. Elsewhere in the Nitro Truggy class rising star Austin Woodward laid it down by taking the TQ and the win.

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December 15, 2015

SpeedMerchant GT4-R rubber tyre pan car

Coming soon from SpeedMerchant is the GT4-R rubber tyre pan car. Specially designed for the new rubber tyre World GT class the car is based off of the GT4 pan car with some extra tuning options to help get a little better balance and corner speed out of the spec rubber tyres. Because of the height of the rubber tyres the kit will include black anodised military spec aluminium spacers for under the front of SpeedMerchant’s New School Suspension locking in the front ride height at just over 5mm. The spacers also insure that the suspension stays perfectly flat for precise adjustments while being able to take a hit without moving. The new GT4-R main chassis allows to run a transverse or in-line battery and the car also sports changed up wheelbase and width settings for maximum rubber tyre performance. Despite being in prototype stages the car already scored some impressive results at the recent Cleveland Indoor Champs with a round TQ and a second overall in this new and hotly contested class.

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December 15, 2015

Sweep Racing Pixel 1/8th buggy tyre

Following a first teaser Sweep now officially revealed their all-new Pixel 1/8th off-road tyre. Sporting a closely spaced square block tread the tyre is meant to offer improved wear characteristics especially on abrasive tracks while the bigger and wider V5 carcass design with a larger footprint prevents the tyre from excessive ballooning while making for a comfortable handling at the same time. The Pixel will become available in Sweep’s new Long Life X compounds soon.

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