The third round of the Summer Series was held at Deerdale, UK last weekend. Adam Hall (HB Racing) was testing out different suspension setups in the first three qualifiers, found a perfect setup in round 3 that allowed him to TQ round 3 and 4 for the overall TQ. Adam then had a great start in the final, getting a clean take off and race throughout allowed him to take the win in front of the Team Associated duo of Robson White and Dave Bailey.
Image: Adam Hall
Last weekend the first round of the Pro Stock Series was held at the WMC-Wiesbaden track. The track, that will also host the Pro-Stock-Series final later this year, saw exciting and fair races under beautiful weather conditions. Saturday’s practice showed that there was no favourite in both classes and as expected, the qualification was close. In the 1/8th class Michael Kosok took the TQ ahead of Wolfgang Hederich and Rudi Hofsäß while in 1/10th 200mm Touring it was Alexander Kien with the pole position ahead of Marcus May and David Ranft.
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Coming from Xray and made for their XB2 range of 2WD off-road kits are titanium transmission pins. The 3x20mm idler gear shafts are made from high-quality titanium and they scrub about 40 percent of weight compared to the standard steel shafts while being ultra precise and durable. The pins come in sets of two and are available from now on.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The second round of the Polish Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Ruda Slaska track recently. In the competitive 13.5T stock class it was Jakub Klapacz with the TQ from Krystian Kopacki and Arkadiusz Smyk, however the finals were not run after the organisers had to call it a day following torrential rain. This meant the qualifying results were taken as the overall ranking with Jakub taking the win from Krystian and Arkadiusz.
Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]
During the recent Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions KO Propo have shown their new prototype laydown trigger system for their range of competition pistol grip radios. Using a more natural motion of the finger allows for constant contact of the finger with the trigger, improving the feeling of throttle and brake as there are no gaps between the finger and trigger/brake lever. The entire trigger assembly is movable forward and back to accommodate hand size for the grip and the finger guard, that looks like a brake lever for the trigger, can also be shimmed to fit different size fingers and tilted for added comfort. The whole assembly is still a prototype and is now being tested for durability with an excepted release date being sometime next year.
Around for a while but only officially announced now are SchuurSpeed’s new Xtreme Spec V4 stock class brushless motors. They are engineered and designed in Southern California to EFRA, IFMAR, and ROAR specifications and feature an extremely short stator for maximised RPM and low internal resistance as well as the latest rotor design using a high-Gauss 1600+ magnetic material mixture. The included rotor is a 12.5x24mm and the new solder tabs and collector ring design makes for low resistance but also lowers the centre of gravity. The redesigned airflow can ensures even lower operating temperatures and quicker cool off and the CNC endplates ensure sensor and bearings are perfectly aligned. The completely rebuildable motor comes equipped with high-precision RPM bearings as standard and it weighs in at only 145g, which is 30g lighter than the previous motor. The power plant is available in 10.5T to 25.5T specifications and it has already proven its capabilities by winning the 13.5T Wheeler and 17.5T Buggy classes at this year’s Desert Classics, it took podiums at the JConcepts Stock Nationals and scored a Top 10 finish at the recent Reedy Race.
Coming from Xpress and made for their Execute XQ1S club-level touring car is a complete anti-roll bar kit. The set includes all available swaybar wires and also suitable mounting hardware to make it a drop fit on both the front and rear axle of the car. Using the anti-roll bars helps in a variety of conditions, from low to high grip, as they reduce body roll and thus take away some steering while also improving traction at the same time.
View the mounted anti-roll bar here
T-Works have introduced new 17mm wheel hex adapters for truggies such as the ones from Mugen and SWorkz. They are of a dual lock design with the usual grub screw that retains the cross pins but the hubs also feature a groove to fit the supplied rubber O-rings in for improved security and reliability. The hubs are machined from high quality aluminium, they come black anodised and in either 11.5mm or 9.5mm offset specification to alter the vehicle’s track width.
View the 9.5mm offset hubs here
