The fourth round of the Slovakia Cup was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia in the six classes of Touring Car Modified, Stock, Formula, Pan Car as well as 2WD and 4WD Buggy. The on-road classes were run on a new carpet that made for better grip compared to the previous races and in the Touring Car Modified class it was Martin Hudy who set the pace while David Nemcek and Igor Liptak battled for the 2nd spot.
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Coming soon from Active Hobby Products and made for the Tamiya TT-02 Type-S cars used as drifters are long reverse aluminium A-arms and high camber C-hubs. Starting with the A-arms, the wishbones are 1mm longer compared to the short reverse arms and they feature five mounting positions for the shock absorbers and delrin inserts for the suspension pins. Coming as separate sets for the front and rear of the car and in blue, black, red or silver anodising. Also new and made to suit Active’s alloy suspension arms are the high camber front C-hubs. Offering a “double C” design the hubs make way for the front driveshafts at high steering angles, allowing for ultra-high steering throw angles as required in drift racing. The 10 degree castor hubs come as sets in blue, black, red and silver anodising.
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Ielasi tuned and Fun & Drive have announced that Serpent driver Tobias Kerler will be using the Ielasi tuned Fun & Drive Edition engines this season. The young and talented driver will compete at all ENS rounds as well as the European Championship A in Ettlingen as well as some local races and the German Masters in Türkheim. Tobias had the following to say:
The test in Ettlingen was great, the engines work perfect, and I am happy to get support by Fun & Drive Klaus Lechner and Daniele Ielasi at all races this year.
Source: Fun & Drive [funanddrive.com]
Tamiya have announced the signing of German frontrunner Christopher Krapp. The former Kyosho factory driver is a multi-time IFMAR Touring Car Worlds finalist and he will join recently signed Naoto Matsukura and long-term Tamiya/TRF driver and 3-times ISTC World Champion Marc Rheinard. Christopher, who started his career driving a Tamiya, had the following to say about the deal:
First, I would like to thank Team Kyosho for their great support over the last 9 years. They always thrusted in me and we had a good time together. Personally I want to thank Chikuba-San, Mitsuo-San, Kenji-San and Daniel Haas and Frank Lemke. But now it’s time for a change. I am very excited and huge motivated for the next races and challenges. I choosed Tamiya/TRF because they always have the best touring cars on the market and best quality. For me it is like coming home because I began my racing with Tamiya chassis and won the Tamiya World Championship 2007 in Japan. My first race with the Team will be this week at the ETS in Italy and I can’t wait to race and work with my new Team members. A big thanks to Tamiya/TRF for giving me this opportunity and see you at the racetrack.
Source: Tamiya [tamiya.com]
Ryan Cavalieri has snapped his 2nd place finish streak with a stellar performance in the 45 minute Nitro Buggy final at the NeoX race this past weekend. Cavalieri would start on pole and quickly jump out into a 5-sec lead with his AKA-shoed and Mx-powered Team Associated prototype buggy. Teammate Jared Tebo (Kyosho/Mx), fresh off of a pair of wins at the Silver State rolled that confidence over to England and kept the pressure on Cav with a one less pit strategy and some blazing fast laps. David Ronnefalk (HB/Team Orion) had a rough start to the final but kept his head down and the tyres on the dirt, and worked all the way back up to 3rd.
Source: AKA [raceaka.com]
Coming from Avid and made for Schumacher’s Mi5evo touring car is Avid’s new aluminium main chassis set. It is made from 7075-T6 aluminium and comes with silver edge highlights on both sides. Added cutouts and enlarged diff cutouts reduce weight and increase flex while being thoughtful to keep enough material on the sides for the speedo to hold with servo tape. The included Avid battery mount system removes the need to have tape on the bottom of the chassis while the optional Schumacher carbon battery mount system may be utilised with a slight modification. Part of the package are also droop inserts that need some sanding to fit the thinner 2mm thickness chassis that in turn allows for a lower centre of gravity and lower roll centres than stock. The 84mm wide chassis is recommend for the use on high to medium bite conditions and the set includes the aluminium chassis, four plastic droop screw mounts, four M3x6 screws, two Avid battery mounts, and a Avid mini-decal.
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Italian company Mon-Tech introduce the M15 bodyshell for 1/10th Formula cars. Coming made from clear high-quality polycarbonate material the body is of a modern design and it is usable with low-nose front wings and on most of today’s Formula cars with its shape allowing for very good cornering without sacrificing corner speed.
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New from Spec-R and made for the company’s S and R-series electric touring cars are aluminium front steering blocks and rear hubs. The parts are machined from high-quality aluminium for increased durability compared to the standard composite parts, they come red anodised to match the remainder of the cars’ alloy parts and fit the S1, S2 and R2 kits.
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