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February 11, 2019

Felix Law TQs & wins at FSEARA Rd3

The 3rd round of the FSEARA on-road series made its way to Nugget’s Ranch Raceway in Arcadia, Florida. The 1/8th and 1/10th scale track is a permanent facility that provided some amazing speeds and close racing. The second biggest class this weekend was Expert Mod Touring and once again had some close racing throughout qualifying. Felix Law (Serpent) and Dave Vera traded TQs every round, but it was Felix who put down a blistering run in the 3rd and final round for the overall TQ. Team Associated’s Paul Wynn put together his best run in the third round to edge out Dave for 2nd overall. The 6-minute main would see a dominated performance by Felix as he would lead tone to tone with a flawless drive. Dave showed great pace, but had to show some patients behind Paul for the first few laps before getting around him and going on to a comfortable 2nd overall. Paul sitting about three seconds back in 3rd had an unexpected traction roll at the end of the straight with one lap to go giving up the position to Monti Panzia (Awesomatix) for 3rd overall.

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February 11, 2019

RSRC M4 titanium screws

Coming from Reno Savoya’s RSRC brand are new M4 titanium screws. Like their M3 counterparts the fasteners come machined from high-quality Grade 5 material and they are specially machined with a deeper head to allow for easier wrenching and greater durability. A gold-colour PVD coating further enhances life span while adding visual impact. The screws come as 10mm to 20mm variants and in packs of ten pieces.

Source: RSRC [rsrc.biz]

February 11, 2019

Dave Johnson sweeps Snowbird Nationals

The 2019 Snowbird Nationals was held in Orlando, Florida recently. In USGT 21.5, Dave Johnson would set the early pace and go on to reset TQ in every round and he also came out on top in the single 5-minute A-main and in front of Chris Vogan 2nd and Jared Mowery 3rd. In Touring Stock Can-Am, it would be Johnson again setting the pace and claiming the TQ in Q4. In the main final, Dave brought home a narrow win, only some 0.18s in front of Eric Anderson. Sal Amato came in 3rd a lap down.

Source: Speedzone [speedzoneusa.com]

February 11, 2019

Winter Jumps Series Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Finnish Winter Jumps Series was held at the Äänekoski indoor track located near Jyväskylä. The permanent indoor track features a full-size off-road track and an even bigger on-road track with the slippery surface making for a narrow driving line. Saturday was 2WD day and straight from the start it was evident that the fight for the win was on between three drivers: Joona Haatanen, Pekko Iivonen and local rising star Jamiel Gabrielsson. With Joona having problems in the first qualifying it was Jamiel who started with a TQ with Pekko and Lauri Ruotsalainen in 2nd and 3rd respectively. From the second round Joona took charge of the qualifying, winning the next three rounds to claim the overall TQ in front of Jamiel in 2nd, Pekko in 3rd, Konsta Saarinen in 4th, Lauri in 5th and Mikko Luopajärvi in 6th.

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February 11, 2019

Inaugural Pan Car Grand Prix – Report

The inaugural Pan Car Grand Prix was held at the Aalborg RC Centre in Denmark over the weekend. The race was held on what is considered one of the largest tracks in the country and in the three classes of 1/12 mModified 6.5, 1/12 Stock 13.5 and Formula 21.5. In the Formula class there was excitement in all three heats between Richardt Hansen and Nicolaj Hansen, with the match between the two being close all the time. Both A1 and A2 saw the two being separated by only a couple of metres and the class was only decided in the last final when Nicolaj led but in the closing stages Nicolaj made a mistake Richardt would capitalise from to win the race from Nicolaj Hansen 2nd and Jacob Bjerregaard 3rd.

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February 11, 2019

WRC Racing GTX.5 1/8th nitro on-road kit

Coming from WRC Racing is their new GTX.5 1/8th scale nitro on-road kit. Based on the proven GTX platform the car features some subtle updates such as lightweight front and rear 7075 aluminium wheel axles for reduced unsprung masses while the redesigned chassis allows for a lower fuel tank positioning. On the drivetrain side of things the new car rocks redesigned gears made of an improved plastic compound, a new clutch bell and updated rear driveshafts. The kit is rounded out by new front and rear shock absorbers.

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February 11, 2019

Hudy 1/10th off-road diff assembly tray

Hudy wouldn’t stop pleasing the RC car community with dedicated parts and assembly trays, with the latest release targeting the 1/10th off-road market. Machined from high-quality aluminium the parts tray offers four compartments and six machined openings to hold differentials during building, setup and maintenance, ensuring no parts are getting mixed or diff cases are tumbling all over the place. The three main compartments are individually marked, allowing to wrench on up to three diffs simultaneously.

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February 11, 2019

Xray GTX8 2.8mm front anti-roll bar wire

Xray have introduced a new 2.8mm front anti-roll bar wire for the GTX8 GT car. At 2.8mm the thickest wire yet, the anti-roll bar is ideal for very high-bite track conditions. It is made of high-quality heat-treated spring steel and it comes laser-engraved for easy identification.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]