For the past eight years R/C Excitement in Fitchburg, Massachusetts has hosted the Gobbler race, and the ninth annual event took place last weekend. X Factory team manager Chris Cristo TQed 2WD Short Course and took a wire-to-wire win in the 8 minute A main. John Cravotta qualified his X Factory truck third and finished second, putting the X-Team 1-2 on the podium.
Source: X Factory [xfactoryrc.com]
Serpent introduce the J191 bodyshell for 1/10 formula 1 chassis. The body is made from clear polycarbonate and is modelled after the Jordan 191 F1 without going too much into detail. Made for Serpent’s F110 chassis the body should fit a wide range of other cars too. Included with the 191, that is useable with both lexan and solid plastic front wings, are three different driver helmets.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Clark’s introduce the Jabber 2011 World Championship replica electric on-road bike kit. The winning bike of the 2011 Worlds and 2013 Worlds warm-up winner is constructed from high-quality carbon fibre and aluminium parts and designed by former (RC) Superbike World Champion Edi Winter. The kit, that will come as rolling chassis, is now available for pre-order with shipping being expected to start end of January 2014.
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As we hinted at in our Driver Market story last week, UK front runner Lee Martin today announced that Tamiya TRF have chosen not to renew his contract having decided to reduce operations in the off-road market for the foreseeable future. After a four year campaign with the Japanese manufacturer Lee is now looking for a new 1/10th off-road ride for the 2014 season and beyond. The runner-up of the 2WD class at the 2013 IFMAR World Championships should have no problems to find a new chassis sponsor given his CV that includes four IFMAR Worlds finals, four European and four national championships as well as a vast amount of individual national wins. A driver of Lee’s level should have no problem attracting offers but as stated previously we expect him to sign a deal with Yokomo.
Shepherd announce the all new brass engine mounts for the Velox V10 Pro. CNC-machined from the heavy material the mounts add 23g of weight compared to the standard aluminium engine mounts. The added weight makes for a lower centre of gravity and it significantly improves in-corner steering and overall traction. The optional engine mounts come in a set of two and are available now.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
JQ Products announce that team member Rayan Medjoubi, who recently extended his contract with the company until 2016, has been picked up by JQ team sponsors AKA and Reds for his tyres and engines. Rayan has already been testing with his new equipment as is very excited for the upcoming racing season.
Source: JQ Products [jqproducts.com]
The FullShot tyre additive application machine is now available in a new, lightweight design. The latest incarnation of the applicator features a halogen bulb to pre-warm the tyres during additive application in cold ambient temperatures, it sports new colours and weights less compared to the standard device. Coming as 1/10th and 1/8th variant the machine makes use of a specially designed brass roll that helps to knead the traction compound deep into the foam tyre for a long lasting traction enhancing effect.
Source: Pirani RC [piranirc.com]
Virtual Racing Industries officially announce a launch date of 1:8 nitro off-road buggies hitting VRC Pro. Set for the 18th of December the latest addition to the RC car simulator comes right in time for the Holiday period. Together with this launch VRC Pro will also release four full-size off-road tracks; Psycho Nitro Blast ’12, Speed Paradise Buenos Aires, IBR Padova and the 2013 IFMAR Worlds edition of Silver Dollar Raceway. Other full size off-road tracks planned for 2014 are the NeoBuggy Harper Adams track ’13, the Pattaya 2010 Worlds track, the 2013 version of the Psycho Nitro Blast and the 2013 C-netic track.
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