July 16, 2013

Xray T4 closed layshaft bulkhead

Xray T4 closed layshaft bulkhead

Xray introduce this new design middle layshaft holder for the T4 touring car. Different from the original ‘open’ part the ‘closed’ designed of the bulkhead captures the layshaft bearings to allow the removal of the upper topdeck screws in order to further adjust chassis flex and therefore the characteristic of the car. The bulkhead is useable on the left and right hand side and is made from 7075-T6 aluminium and comes orange anodised to match with the remainder of the chassis.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


July 16, 2013

Tamiya FF-03 Evo FWD chassis – teaser

Tamiya FF-03 Evo FWD chassis – teaser

Coming soon from Tamiya, and currently only available as slightly blurry preview image, is the FF-03 Evo 1/10th electric front wheel drive chassis. The latest generation FWD offers a newly-designed 2.5mm carbon chassis with 2mm upper deck and 3mm rear damper stay. The front of the chassis sees the addition of laydown shock absorbers with the rear ones are mounted in a conventional way. Included in the kit will be also fully alloy TF shocks, a front gear differential, and dual joint universal drive shafts. The kit will kit Japanese stores at the end of August.

Source: Tamiya [tamiya.com]


July 16, 2013

Alessio Mazzeo wins 2013 Italian 200mm nats

Alessio Mazzeo wins 2013 Italian 200mm nats

The final round of the Italian 200mm nationals took place at the tight and twisty track in Palermo, Sicily. Serpent driver Alessio Mazzeo took TQ after Saturday’s qualifying and this meant the battle for the overall win between him and Dario Balestri was wide open. Sunday’s final though saw Alessio leading the race from start to finish and even an additional stop to change all four tyres did not stop him on his way to the overall title win.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


July 16, 2013

Wilcox & Bernal win at JConcepts Summer Indoor Nats

Wilcox & Bernal win at JConcepts Summer Indoor Nats

The past round of the 2013 JConcepts Summer Indoor Nats series was held at the Outback Raceway in Chico, CA. Home of A Main Hobbies the Outback Raceway is one of the premier indoor racing facilities in Northern California. With over 250 entries it would be a hard fought battle to not only get into the A main but win one. Factory drivers from Associated, Team Losi, Kyosho, Tekno RC, and many more were in attendance. Local hero Shon Wilcox would TQ the 40+ Stock ST Truck class in front of Tekin team mate Randy “Buttercup” Lathrop. Wilcox would continue his good fortune and win the 40+ Stock Buggy title, team mate Craig Patterson would join him on the podium in 3rd. BMiller racing’s Nathan Bernal took the TQ in the Stock ST Class and he also took the overall win over Ryan Sagisi.

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July 16, 2013

Mustafa Alp wins TC Modified and Stock at TTS Rd4

Mustafa Alp wins TC Modified and Stock at TTS Rd4

The fourth round of the TTS was held at the newly build electric on-road track of İMOP, located in the centre of a park making for a good racing atmosphere and lots of audience. The track itself is very technical with a 20 metre long sweeper just before the main straight. Open practice started on Friday followed by five controlled practice rounds on Saturday. Both the touring Modified and Stock class was TQ’d by Serpent’s Mustafa Alp followed by Erol and Serpent driver Ahmet Tekelioglu in the Modified class and Murat Çağış as well as Akın Gürsoy in Stock.

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July 16, 2013

Door wins Pro4 at JConcepts’s Summer Indoor Nats

Curtis Door wins Pro4 at JConcepts's Summer Indoor Nationals

The JConcepts’s Summer Indoor Nationals took place at the Outback Raceway in Chico, CA this past weekend. There was a huge turnout for all classes including the Pro4 Short Course. Tekno RC Driver Curtis Door was the top qualifier in this class and pulled out a win after having a hard battle for the lead swapping positions with MIP’s Matt Olson four times throughout the race.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]


July 16, 2013

Brooks & Clinch win BRCA on-road Clubman Rd4

Brooks & Clinch win BRCA on-road Clubman Rd4

Round 4 of the BRCA Clubman Series electric on-road championship was help at the southern track of Adur. Showing record high temperatures, this would test the drivers to their limits looking at not over heating the control tyres and driving consistency. With the track not being used for electric on-road for a while, Saturday practice was all about rubbering in the track and building the grip up which is vital to not graining the tyres too much. Race day on the Sunday came around with another scorching hot day of 32 degrees air temp. Much hotter than Saturday. Entries coming all over the UK of 90 drivers came down to the fast flowing but technical track to see how they compete against each other. The 17.5 Blinky class showing the bigger entries of 5 heats and the 13.5 Open class showing 4 heats.

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July 15, 2013

Potter, Buechler & Preugschat win at Region 11 champs

Potter, Buechler & Preugschat win at Region 11 champs

The 2013 ROAR region 11 1/10 off-road championship took place in Spokane, WA. The 2WD Mod Buggy saw Nick Buechler (Associated), TQ-ing the class and securing the overall win after A2 while the 2WD Mod Truck class had Jeremy Potter (TLR) wrapping up the win chased by Tekin team mate Buechler. The 4WD Mod Buggy class was dominated again by Nick Buechler and his AE B44.2. Nick would walk away from the field in every qualifier and main to take home the victory. Privateer Ross Carter would take a well deserved 2nd overall. The 4WD SC class belonged to TLR driver Shane Preugschat. Starting on pole, Shane quickly left the rest of the field to fight for 2nd in both A1 and A2.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]