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October 27, 2022

Exotek Tenacity heavy duty diff case & servo mount

Exotek Racing has released some new upgrade items for the Losi Tenacity 1:10 4WD Rock Racer platform. A heavy duty alloy diff case helps with more durable diff performance and easier servicing due to less stripped plastic parts. The 2 piece diff case is easier to seal and maintain compared to other 3 piece designs. Polished and hard anodised for more durability, it can be used in the front, centre or rear gearbox using the stock internal parts. Also for the Tenacity line including the Lasernut, DB, TT, etc, is a heavy duty alloy servo mount. Polished and anodised in gun metal, it helps with more precise steering and easier servicing due to less stripped plastic parts.

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October 26, 2022

Alera3D Lite Touring Car Bumpers

Founded by US racer Alex Fera, Alera3D’s ultralight weight, flexible, and durable 3D printed front bumpers for touring cars have hit the European market with Tonisport announcing the addition of the brand to its line-up. 3DLite bumpers are the lightest weight 3D printed bumpers available on the market, all while maintaining the same full-size footprint as your stock foam bumper! No need to worry about a thin bumper folding while at high speed in modified racing or not fully protecting your touring car in the event of a crash. Additionally, the bumpers have a taper on the bottom leading edge to prevent it from dragging on the ground under braking at high speeds. Every bumper is manufactured in house in the USA from high quality European polymers. Approximate weight of each bumper: Mugen 10g, Awesomatix 10g, Xpress 10g, Yokomo 9g, Xray 8g, Schumacher 7.5g, ARC 7g.

Source: Alera3D [alera3d.com] / Tonisport [tonisport.de]

October 26, 2022

2023 Charity Race – Announcement

The 2023 edition of the popular ‘Charity Race’ will be held at the RC Landia indoor carpet track in Scandiano, Italy on 11th – 12th February. A race that includes Ronald Volker, Marc Rheinard, Bruno Coelho, Alexander Hagberg and Viktor Wilck as previous winners, this is the 12th running of the event which has raised thousands of euros for local charities. he event will cater for 6 classes: Touring Modified, Touring Stock EFRA, FWD and GT for 10th scale, while LMP Open Modified and GT12 for 12th. Entries will be capped at 120 pit places and the Organisers, Team La Gang, will hold the traditional charity raffle for the good cause. Registration for the the ‘Charity Race’ will open on MyRCM in due course.

Source: Team La Gang [teamlagang.it]

October 25, 2022

JMRCA 2022 All Japan Touring Car Statistics

Having reported yesterday on Akio Sobue’s victory at the 2022 JMRCA All-Japan Championships over the weekend, our friend & expert on all things Tamiya Kenneth Södergård over at Blog Kentech has compiled interesting manufacturer statics from the first hosting of the National Championships since 2019. Combined figures from both the Super Expert and Open classes show Mugen (19%) to be the car of choice with Japanese brands dominating the market. Iconic brand Tamiya, while no longer fielding an international factory team, is still very much alive in competitive touring car as the second most popular brand with only 3% less share than Mugen. Touring car newcomers, and stars of the recent ISTC World Championships getting both their drivers in the A-Main in Italy, Axon was the third biggest brand just ahead of Yokomo. In contrast, the two big brands in European touring car race scene, Xray and Awesomatix, both each only made up 5% of the entry.

Source: Kentech [kentech.wordpress.com]

October 24, 2022

Rivkin is ‘Master of Dirt’

The 8th annual Trinity Masters of Dirt took place over the weekend with Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin being crowned the overall ‘Master of Dirt’. Held at Beach RC & Hobbies in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the race sees driver race over three classes for the ‘Master’ title. The reigning 2WD Buggy World Champion completed a clean sweep of 2WD Mod Buggy securing both the TQ & win which combined with 2nd in Mod Truck and 3rd in 4WD Buggy crowned him the Modified division ‘Master of Dirt’. In Mod Truck it was Associated’s Dustin Evans who took the win while Dakotah Phend took the 4WD Buggy win ahead of Aydin Horne. In the Stock division it was Team Losi Racing’s Brennan Schimmel won was the ‘Master of Dirt’.

Image: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

October 24, 2022

Coelho wins as Essex Winter Series returns

The opening round of the popular Essex Winter Series took place over the weekend with newly crowned World Champion Bruno Coelho taking the win. A series that has attracted some of the biggest names in Electric Touring to the UK in the past, after its forced Covid break it was the Xray team who were the star entries as the indoor carpet series made its return – Martin Hudy and Francesco Martini also making the trip. Topping all four qualifiers, Coelho would secure the TQ ahead of newly crowned British Champion & Xray team-mate Kyle Branson. Capricorn’s Alex Thurston complete the Top 3 on the grid ahead of Schumacher’s Andy Murray who won the battle of the car designers as Hudy secured fifth. In the single leg final, Coelho took an easy win with over 3-seconds of an advantage over Branson with British 1:8 Nitro Champion Thurston completing the podium. In Stock, Xray’s Zak Finlay took the win from the Schumacher of Billy Fletcher.

Image: Kyle Branson [Facebook]

October 24, 2022

Sobue crowned JMRCA All-Japan Champion

Akio Sobue is the new Japanese Touring Car National Champion. Last held in 2019, Naoto Matsukura taking the win on that occasion, the JMRCA All-Japan Championships returned following Covid at the Greenpark Speedway in Hanno City. In qualifying, Sobue would take the opening three of four qualifiers to secure the TQ ahead of factory Yokomo driver Souta Goto who topped Q4. Next up where the Infinity pairing of Ryosuke Yamamoto and former champion Jin Sawada. The Top 5 in qualifying was completed by Sobue’s Axon team-mate and World Finalist Hayato Ishioka. In the finals, Sobue took A1 but an early incident in A2 left the World Championship podium finisher with a fourth as Yamamoto took the win. For A3 it was back to business for Sobue as he set the fastest lap to win by 1-second and with it claim the JMCRA title for a third time (2015, 2017). The podium was completed by Yamamoto and Goto.

Source: Axon [team-axon.com]

October 23, 2022

Kurzbuch announces Team Shepherd departure

Former 1:8 Onroad World Champion Simon Kurzbuch has announced his departure from Team Shepherd. The Swiss driver leaves the German chassis manufacturer after representing the brand at the top of the sport for 12 years. In 2015, Kurzbuch & Shepherd achieved the ultimate prize in the sport when he was crowned World Champion in Brazil. Other highlights of the partnership include the 2018 European Championship and a string of titles during the height of the Euro Nitro Series. Announcing he will leave Shepherd on social media, he said, ‘It all started 2010 with the club race at our home track. I drove the first time my Shepherd Velox, it was so exciting. Today it ends, with the club race at my home track I’m so excited for the “last dance” with my Shepherd Velox! But it’s much more. Almost half of my life I’ve been going through a crazy adventure and I’m so f##king thankful for every single moment! Thanks to the whole Schäfer family and PiccoBello, Beat and Käthi, who brought me on this way to meet so many people (Sorry to not name you all but you are in my heart!), winning every possible title in this category – I have tears in my eyes because it was so great and we will always remember it – forever ever! Every End is a beginning of something new – cant wait to tell you more about!’ An official announcement on his new team is expected in 2-weeks time.

Source: Simon Kurzbuch [facebook.com]