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May 15, 2018

Answer RC THECar 5mm carbon Ackermann plate

Answer RC have introduced a 5mm carbon fibre steering Ackermann plate for the JQ Racing THECar Black and Grey Edition kits. Designed to replace the standard alloy Ackermann plate, the carbon part features four flanged bearings and is made from 5mm carbon fibre for strength. The aim of this upgrade is to prevent build up of slop in the steering on both the Black Edition and the Grey Edition. Included, beside the plate and bearings, are also two 25mm button head screws to replace the existing countersunk fasteners.

Source: Answer RC [answer-rc.com]

May 15, 2018

Nitro-West-Masters Rd1 – Report

The 2018 season of Nitro-West-Masters recently kicked off at the Bad Breisig track, located between Bonn and Koblenz at the river Rhine. 62 racers made their entry for round one of the popular nitro on-road championship. Following some intensive practice at perfect conditions and a familiar come-together to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Nitro-West-Masters on Saturday, the 2017 location of Germany´s 1/8 scale Nationals was hit by rain during the night. Only a few drivers dared to enter the 254-meter track during the first two rounds of qualifying but after a break all drivers had the opportunity for one dry run in the third and final heat. Because of the NWM mode with three consecutive laps to count, the drivers had a couple of chances to improve their lap times.

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May 15, 2018

Yokomo touring car body post markers

Yokomo have introduced their new body hole markers for 6mm touring car body posts. The markers help to easily and conveniently locate the body post positions on both clear and painted bodies. Aluminium tubes are placed on all four body posts and the body is placed onto them with four magnets marking the individual front and rear body post positions that then can be marked using a fine line permanent marker prior to drilling. The strong magnetic force of the magnet prevents the body from moving on the markers for even greater precision and the markers come in sets of four in a convenient carrying case.

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May 15, 2018

Paolo Morganti TQs & wins at Miami GP

The Homestead RC Raceway played host to the Miami Grand Prix recently and in 1/8th Nitro GT it was Paolo Morganti with the TQ and win. In the 30-minutes main final Paolo would take the win with a 4-lap margin on Massimo Fabiani in 2nd and Eric Spong in 3rd as Lazaro Alonzo Jr. and Harold Pagan rounded out the top 5 results.

Source: IGT8 [igt8.com]

May 15, 2018

RC Cox introduce new T4 option parts

Coming from RC Cox and made for the Xray T4 are several new option parts. Starting with the Xray specific ones, first up is a front low FF suspension mount with optional brass insert. The low specification mount lowers the front suspension pins which improves the car’s rotation in corners while the 8g add-on brass weight allows to fine-tune the car’s weight balance, making it easier to drive. It easily attaches using a single screw for on-the-fly setup changes.

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May 15, 2018

DE Racing G6T short course oval tyres

DE Racing have introduced their all-new G6T and Grooved G6T short course oval tyres. Purpose-designed for dirt oval racing the tyres fit industry-standard 2.2”/3.0” short course rims and they are available in D30 and D40 compounds. No inserts are included but most 1/10th SC inserts will fit to fine-tune the tyre’s performance.

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May 15, 2018

Rafiq takes win at KL Grand Prix GP Challenge Cup

The 2018 KL Grand Prix GP Challenge Cup was held in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia took place with the racing seeing massive weather changes. Late on Saturday rain was falling heavily, however the Sunday turned out hot and sunny. In the 1/8th class the first round of qualification saw Yee Kok Leong TQ-ing the round while Amirul Rafiq topped Yee Kok Leong’s time by a margin of only a second in round 2. So it all came down to the last round of qualifying, where Yee Kok Leong tried to seek redemption and pushed hard for the pole position but in the end it didn’t work out. Meanwhile, Amirul Rafiq was able to find more time to take the overall TQ with Yee Kok Leong 2nd and Anthony Wee in 3rd.

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May 15, 2018

Julien Morvan wins at French 1/8 IC Track Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the French 1/8 IC Track National Championship was held at the Neuville de Poitou track last weekend. Saturday running was hampered by rain, however in Sunday Sun greeted the drivers and in the end it was a nice day of racing. In the National category Jean Noel Austruy took the TQ but in the half hour long A-main final it was Julien Morvan with the win from young Maxime Ripoll, who came all the way from the 1/4 final to finish just four seconds off the leader. Behind the two, Bilal Sullivan would round out the podium result.

Source: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com]