Xray have released a first official teaser image of their forthcoming 1/8th GT kit. No details of the car, that is likely based off of Xray’s successful XB8 platform, are known as of yet but expect full details and more images to surface soon.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The second round of the French 1/8th On-road Nationals was held at the Vichi track in central France. Romain Picard would take the TQ on the very technical track in front of Anthony Abisset and Benjamin Brasset. In the opening stages of the 45-minute final Adrien Bertin took over the lead with Romain Picard in second but the latter was later forced into a DNF later due to mishap at the end of the straight. Meanwhile Leo Arnold was able to take the 3rd place at the 20 minute mark but a mistake just before the tyres pit stop cost him some seconds and two positions. In the final 15 minutes, Leo pushed really hard, closing the gap to the 2nd and 3rd place drivers. During the final fuel stop Leo made up some valuable time, allowing him to eventually finishing in 2nd place on the finish line.
The opening round of the British 1/10th Nitro Touring Championship was held at the Cotswolds circuit. In the main final and after a bit of an action packed start everyone broke off into their own groups. Alex Thurston was in a comfortable 3rd place until the leader, who was Mark Green at the time, had a crash which cost him some time and put him behind Alex. That was where the two’s race battle started, both were fighting for a long time back and forth making overtakes sometimes three or four times per lap. Meanwhile, while the two were battling for 2nd place, the race leader had an incident which put Alex and Mark fighting for the lead. After the last pit stop Mark came out behind Alex. Green went inside, outside, hard into the corner, slow into the corner but Thurston had him covered off. With just a few minutes remaining Mark tried to overtake but hit a kerb and went off track with left Alex an easy coast to the end of the race where he would take the win some 8 to 9 seconds up the road from Mark. Fellow Serpent driver John Zottl completed a Serpent podium lockout.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Capricorn have introduced the new Sapporo ball bearing kits for the C803 1/8th scale car. Containing 18 Japan-made high-quality ABEC X grade ball races each, the kits are available for the “standard” and “lightweight” transmission configurations and they are meant to greatly reduce drivetrain friction and thus up acceleration, top speed and milleage.
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The third round of the Texas Electric On-Road Series was held at NControl RC Raceway, site of the upcoming 2017 ROAR Electric On-Road Paved Nationals in Dale, Texas. The permanent track features smooth asphalt and wide flowing lanes that made for close racing across all 6 classes. The event produced record breaking turnouts, which made making a spot on the podium all the more challenging and rewarding. In the star-studded Modified Touring class, Chris Tosolini and Ralph Burch would trade TQ position back and forth over the opening three qualifying rounds, with Tosolini eventually securing TQ honors. In the A-main, Tosolini would lead wire-to-wire followed by Burch in second. The real battle took place between 5th place qualifier Cristian Tabush and 3rd place qualifier Chris Adams. Within the first few laps of the main, Tabush was able to jump from 5th to 3rd, where he would battle with Adams for the rest of the race swapping positions. In the end, Tabush would claim the final podium position.
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Capricorn have introduced two new Tesla-branded set-up stations for 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road cars. Both are made of black anodised 7075 aluminium and they come with laser-engraved markings for easy and precise wheel camber adjustments. Additional polycarbonate plates make front and rear toe settings a breeze. Both systems come in handy bags for convenient storage and transportation.
The opening round of the Dutch 1/8th On-road National Championship was held at the AMC Apeldoorn track last weekend. In the premier NK class it was Arie Manten who took the win in the 30 minute main after getting past Joey Sorber on the last lap thanks to being on a different tyre and fuel strategy. Joey Sorber had to settle for second, 1.2s down on Arie while Jeffrey Rietveld completed the top 3 result one lap down.
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Emerainville near Paris, host of round five of this year’s French Electric On-road Nationals later in September, recently held a round of their Emerainville League series. In the Touring 10.5T Stock class local Awesomatix driver Cyril N’Diaye took the win from Team Magic’s Thomas Vigneron while Yoann Bukowski (Schumacher) rounded out the podium in third.
Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]
