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July 17, 2017

Speed King Tour Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of this year’s Speed King Tour was held at the Crest Speedway indoor carpet track. A new track layout built in the week prior to the event meant the locals had less of an advantage and the organisers also decided to enforce a control tyre rule with the new Rush carpet tyre being chosen for the event. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Yokomo driver and local hero, Yugo Nagashima with the TQ from Crest Speedway shop assistant Hayato Ishioka (Kyosho) and Infinity driver Akio Sobue in 3rd. Right from the start of the 7-minute A-main event, Yugo was chased by Hayato with the top 2 being a class of their own. Hayato tried to catch up on Yugo but a mishap of Ishioka gave Nagashima room to breathe. In the end Yugo would maintain the gap to bring home the win from Hayato in 2nd while privateer Toyoki Yamada completed the top 3 result. Elsewhere in the Touring Stock class it was Kazuki Yamashita with the win. The Speed King Tour now has a small summer break with the next round being held at the Twin Ring Honguu outdoor track on September 24th.

Source: Speed King Tour [facebook.com]

July 17, 2017

Nuno Durães wins Portuguese 1/8th IC Track Nats Rd4

The fourth round of the Portuguese 1/8th On-road National Championship recently took place in Maia. After the qualifying José Félix took the overall TQ followed by Nuno Durães and Raul Prata. Right from the start of the main final, José Félix and Nuno Durães found themselves in a nice battle for the first spot, but at the end was once again Nuno Durães (Mugen/Team Orion/Nitrolux/HotRace) who won the main, also scoring the fastest lap, from Pedro Silva (Mugen/O.S./MLC/HotRace) and Solange Araújo (Mugen/Novarossi/Nitrolux/HotRace)

Thanks to Nuno Durães for the report.

July 17, 2017

Schäfer wins 200mm class at Swiss IC Track Nationals Rd4

The recent round 4 of the Swiss Nitro On-road National Championship was held in Langenthal. While Simon Kurzbuch took the win in the 1/8th class it was Xray’s Michael Schäfer who TQ’d and won the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring category. The TO secured Michael the pole position for the A-main and saved him from having to attend the wet semifinals. At the start of the 30-minute A-main Michael was closely followed by teammate Traugott Schär but a flawless pace and a fast working pit crew kept him on top of things and so he was able to walk away with the win from Traugott in 2nd while Philipp Bühler in 3rd rounded out an all-Xray podium.

View the final results here

July 17, 2017

Yeah Racing T4 & general touring brass weight sets

Coming from Yeah Racing are two brass balance weight sets, one for Xray’s T4 line of touring cars as well as a general set. Starting without the Xray-specific set, the kit contains a total of eight weights with two dedicated ones for the centre line of the car while the additional six weights can be positioned in the steering and rear chassis area. The flat 8g and 13g weights that are part of the T4 set are also available as general 6-piece kit usable for nearly all touring and drift cars. The weights are machined from high-quality brass material, they come with a black surface coat and are engraved for easy identification.

View the 6-piece set here

July 15, 2017

TPro M4x10mm downstop screws

Coming from TPro is a set of downstop screws for 1/8th off-road vehicles. Specially designed with a flat head that better protects the chassis area compared to a normal set screw, that can grub into the chassis plate over time, the construction also makes for more precise droop settings thanks to the increased contact patch. The set includes eight M4x10mm screws that are usable on many of today’s 1/8th buggies, trucks and GT kits.

View another image here

July 14, 2017

Picco R1 Team WC2017 3.5cc nitro on-road engine

Picco Micromotori have introduced the latest addition to their on-road engine range, the R1 Team DLC WC2017. The power plant is a limited edition run, tested on the 2017 Worlds track and featuring a different cylinder with updated timing that increases the bottom power to better suit the challenging French circuit. The engine is easily recognised by a new engraved cooling head, specially designed and dedicated to the event and maintaining the size of the standard version to obtain a low centre of gravity. As with the standard R1 Team version, the crankcase sports a designing concept that ensures more stable performance throughout a wider temperature range and thanks to its improved stiffness it is immune to any RPM loss caused by unwanted torsion. The WC2017 also shares the same double bottom-end adjustment carburettor for finer tuning and a better mixture flow. The crankshaft features DLC coating that prevents any oxidation and wear of the crankpin and the engine comes fitted with a ceramic ball bearing and a 7-port sleeve paired with a piston machined from high silicon material.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]

July 14, 2017

Federico Barbieri TQs & wins at LRP-AE-Challenge

A round of the Italian LRP-AE-Challenge was recently held in memory of Matteo Ferrario on the “Valletta” track in northern Italy. After winning all three qualifiers, Capricorn team driver Federico Barbieri would start into the A-Main ahead of the Team Associated of Roberto Fabiano and the Xray of Andrea Valerio, podium finisher at the recent 13.5 Euros in Valencia. Completing his sweep of the event, Federico would go on winning all three A-main legs, finishing ahead of Andrea Simari for a Capricorn 1-2 with Umberto Pernice and his Team Associated rounding out the podium.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

July 14, 2017

U.S. World Nitro Cup – Announcement

The 2017 U.S. World Nitro Cup will be held from November 29th to December 3rd at the World-famous Full Throttle RC Raceway in Kissimmee, Florida. Like every year the race will attract racers and teams from all around the World, and the 2017 edition will also include 1/8th GT and 1/8th pan car classes in addition to the traditional 1/8th on-road and 1/10th 200mm touring categories. Entries are now open here.