The 2017 Hobbywing Cup was held at the SYE Arena in Shanghai. After cancellations in 2015 and 2016 this year’s event would take place in changeable and unpredictable weather but ultimately four qualifiers and all triple mains could be held. In the premier Touring Modified class, Wang Haifeng took the overall victory from Lu Junqiao 2nd and TQ holder Huang Kuisheng who rounded out the podium result.
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ARC have announced the signing of French 1/8th on-road front runner, Richard Volta. The former Infinity driver made a short break from nitro on-road racing and he will reinforce ARC’s team at events such as the forthcoming World Championships in Monteux, France. Richard says:
After one year rest of my R/C racing, now I come back with Team ARC, I am happy to Join ARC 1/8th On-Road racing team , will do my best of this new challenge, hope see you all at coming World Championship in Monteux France.
Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]
Yeah Racing have introduced their new 35mm and 25mm cleaning brushes. Made using soft yet durable bristles the brushes are ideal for all cleaning tasks and the ergonomically shaped rubber handles make cleaning of all on-road and off-road vehicles easy. The brushes are available separately form now on.
Available now from Fenix are high nose formula front wings. Made from sturdy ABS plastic and coming in black or white colour the wings also include additional flaps to fine-tune the aerodynamics. The wings can be run without the high nose support with the white one being dyeable using fabric dye.
Coming from Destiny and made for the RX-10S touring car are 4 degree aluminium C-hubs. Machined from high-quality material and coming black anodised and with silver edge details the hubs offer improved precision and rigidity which results in optimised on-track performance especially on high-grip surfaces and in high ambient temperatures.
Source: Destiny [destinyracing.jp]
Serpent have introduced blade-less spool outdrives for the Project 4X touring car. The parts are machined from super-strong spring steel and their design does away with the usual C-shaped driveshafts blades that can break when using high-power motors or when running on very high-grip surfaces. The outdrive cups are strategically machined for a low weight, they offer reduced play for improved efficiency and consistent cornering and they are also usable on the Eryx 411 line of cars.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Xray have announced the addition of Singapore’s Dominic Quek to their factory team. A former Xray privateer, Dominic will now receive full works support in his campaign that will see attendances at events such as the Asian Onroad Championships, the TITC as well as national events such as the Urban Touring Series, the Singapore Nationals and the TIPS Championship. Dominic will campaign Xray’s T4 and X1 platforms and he had the following to say:
I have been racing radio control cars since the age of 5. One of my first pro-level cars was the Xray T2 which my dad chose for me for its durability. Over the years, I have continued to choose to race the Xray platform for its on-track performance and unrivalled quality. In recent years, I have had the opportunity to interact with and receive advice from Xray’s factory team drivers including Alexander Hagberg, Jan Ratheisky, Bruno Coelho and Martin Hudy. I am honored to now be a part of the Xray team and look forward to helping Xray drivers in Singapore and internationally. I would like to thank the entire Xray family for this amazing opportunity.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Stafford club in the heart of the UK hosted the penultimate round of the BRCA 2017 Clubmans series last weekend, once again a near fully entry contested the three classes. In the 13.5 Touring class it was close battle between Liam Brooks, Andy Murray and Markus Askell and this was the qualifying order after four rounds of qualifying. In the two-leg finals it finished one leg each to Liam and Markus with Liam taking the overall win over Markus on a faster time. The result sets up great final round with Markus moving in to contention but he will have to fight off a hard charging Adrian Bidewell who, by his standard, had an off day at Stafford.
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