WRC Racing have announced the signing of Germany’s Tobias Kerler to their team. The former ARC driver will campaign WRC’s GTX 1/8th nitro on-road car at all major national and international events.
Source: WRC Racing [wrc-racing.com]
Italian company WRC have announced the signing of Germany’s Toni Gruber. The former ARC driver will use WRC’s line of cars in his 2017 campaign that includes appearances at both national and international events. Toni has the following to say:
I want to thank ARC for the great season 2016. Now I take one opportunity that WRC gave me and I want to thank WRC for this great chance. I am really happy to a part of this great team!
Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]
Italian company WRC have introduced their new P-One brand tool range. Made using high-quality aluminium handles and durable steel tool tips, the wrenches are available as 1.5mm to 3mm hex drivers, 5.5mm and 7mm hex wrenches and also as flat and cross tip screwdrivers. All come with lightened hollow handles and colour-coded end caps.
Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]
Fenix Racing have introduced an aluminium main chassis plate for the WRC STX 2015 touring car. Machined from 2mm 7075-T6 material and coming black anodised the chassis makes for improved stiffness and thus optimised performance especially on medium to high-bite surfaces. The chassis is of a fully symmetrical design with pockets for the motor and under the rear battery area while a slight herringbone design optimises the flex characteristics. Also coming for the STX are aluminium suspension link plates. The parts are made from 2mm alloy and they sport the same black and silver finish as the chassis.
Italian company WRC have introduces the GTX EP 1/8th electric on-road kit. Based off of the nitro-powered GTX car the electric-powered variant features a floating radio plate, a longer rear body centring plate as well as an improved front upper arm support. New for the EP is also an innovative battery connection system. The car was designed for the use with 2S shorty LiPo packs that require to be of a “through type” connector tube design to allow them to sit in-line which results in a very centralised weight distribution. Other features include a heavy duty 5mm 7075 aluminium main chassis, 2.5mm carbon fibre upper deck, a Kevlar pulley kit, symmetrical suspension parts as well as a new body support, and wheel lock system.
Italian company WRC has introduced the new Pro2 bodyshell for the LM16 1/10th pan car. Offering a different front fender and nose section as well as an updated side pod design comrade to the original Pro1 body the shell offers slightly different handling characteristics. It is usable on the LM16 pan car and other 190mm pan car kits.
Coming from Italian company WRC and made for the GTX 1/8th on-road car are hard compound front and rear arms. Less flexible compared to the standard arms, the reinforced items improve the car’s performance especially in high-grip conditions and in high ambient temperatures. The sets include both the upper and lower arms including needed shims and spacers.
WRC have introduced another option part for their GTX 1/8th nitro on-road kit. The lightweight front axle shaft is made from hard-anodised 7075-T6 aluminium with its special surface treatment offering improved wear resistance while the lightweight aluminium material makes for reduced rotational mass, resulting in quicker acceleration.
Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]
