Vigor have introduced a new 1-piece front suspension aluminium mount for the Yokomo BD8 touring car. The FR item is machined from high-quality 7075 aluminium and it it features four screw mounting positions that allow to use all four or only the inner or outer holes in order to fine-tune the chassis’ flex characteristics.
Coming from JConcepts are carbon fibre front and rear shock towers for the Team Associated T6.1 and SC6.1 truck kits. Both are cut from 4mm thickness, genuine carbon fibre material for durability and a light-weight and they feature the JConcepts milled sections which help maintain strength while minimising weight. The standard shock positions remain for quick and steady adjustments and the towers, that are available separately, are usable with the standard shock mounting hardware.
The third round of the HSH Sundayrace Cup was held at the HSH Racetracks in Dintikon, central Switzerland. Nearly 30 drivers attended in the three classes offered and in Touring Modified it was local hero Michele Manzo with three wins in the triple A-mains in front of Jan Hässig and Nuno Huber.
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The iconic Andernach track played host to round 5 of the Tonisport Onroad Series this past weekend. The race was held in Touring Modified, Stock 13.5T, FWD 13.5T, Fun 17.5T and a Formula class and in Stock 13.5T it was Awesomatix’s Max Mächler with the TQ and win from Tamiya driver Dai Sakaguchi 2nd and Jacques Libar (Awesomatix) 3rd.
Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]
Round 2 of the Finnish IC Track National Championship was hosted by Hyvinkään urheiluautoilijat the past weekend under sunny conditions. In the 1/10th class, Panu Vehviläinen took the TQ honours but in the final Kim Elfström showed the better pace on the bigger and harder tyres and on the quite bumpy track. Taking over the lead, Kim was able to hold it to the end with Panu suffering technical difficulties later, just securing 2nd place in front of Sami Munck following 1.5 seconds behind.
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The 2018 Bittydesign Eurocontest was held at the Barcoff in Italy over the weekend. The event attracted some of Europe’s fastest 1/8th off-road drivers and in the Nitro Pro class it was Davide Ongaro (Team Associated) who was able to take the win with an incredible two laps ahead of second placed driver Robert Batlle (Mugen) while Mugen’s Marco Ravaglia came in 3rd. Davide was also able to take the win in the Electric Brushless class, winning the first and second A-main while in the strong Open class with 108 entries, it was young Italian driver Alessandro Scaramozzino who was able to take the win with an impressive drive ,showing once again his talent.
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Round 2 of Schumacher Dart Cup was held this past weekend at the Astroturf RC track in the town of Serock, some 70km north-east of Warsaw. The track offers a high grip Astroturf surface and a nice layout with a mixture of fast, sweeping and tight corners as various jumps make racing very challenging. Before round 2 the track underwent a rebuild of the cross-over section, by adding the bridge with the perfect shape giving the chance for long jumps. The format for the event was seven rounds of round by round qualifying with the three best to count followed by triple mains for everyone. The race saw the attendance of Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski who was a class of his own, showing a flying pace over the weekend.
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Mugen have introduced a range of new option parts for the MTC1 electric touring car. First up are new HD gear diff internals that are moulded using a different material that is more durable, resulting in longer intervals between rebuilds and cleaner staying diff fluid, making the whole assembly also more consistent. Also new is a 2-piece set of steering collars that were designed to connect the A2301 steering shaft and A2307 servo plate with the result of an improved steering response in high grip conditions while also improving overall increased stability. Using this setup in lower traction conditions may however decrease the overall steering emphasis. Also new are S5 soft differential and P3 soft shock absorber O-rings that are made to improve the smoothness and response behaviour of the respective components by reducing the friction between the O-rings and the metal components. The O-rings are available separately in 10-piece packs.
