The 2017 Shepherd Cup was held in Hong Kong last weekend and the event saw Gary Hunang (Xray) taking the 1/8th Nitro On-road TQ after the three qualifiers. In the 45-minute main final Gary opted to change tyres around the 25-minute mark and he would take the win some four laps in front of Hui Zhan Hao (Serpent) and Ng Chiu Man (Serpent).
Muchmore Racing are busy adding more variants of the new Fleta ZX V2 motor to their portfolio with the latest outcome being the 1S optimised 6.5T Type-R for 1/12th scale pan cars. Making use of the same teardown as the previous modified variants, the Type-R is specially tuned for 1-cell applications such as 1/12th scale modified classes thanks to a specific stator and rotor combination, resulting in smooth and controllable acceleration.
Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]
The third round of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Glostrup Racing Club in difficult weather conditions. Saturday’s practice sessions were interrupted by the unavoidable rain but thankfully the track is known to dry up pretty fast and so a reasonable amount of runs could be completed. Sunday started off dry but the qualifiers again had their wet moments and in the end it was Xray driver Kevin Nielsen who made the best out of the conditions, taking the TQ from Xray teammate Patrick Danielsen and VBC Racing’s Soren Boy Holst.
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The weather forecast for round 6 of the BRCA 1/8th Circuit Nationals was mainly showers although nearly fifty drivers across the two classes made the trip to Wombwell, near Barnsley. The circuit is likened by many for its combination of high speed straight which utilises the karting circuit and then a medium speed infield with undulations making it very testing. On arrival, the track was damp on Saturday morning which saw many of the electric class runners preparing their wet cars as the forecast was indifferent for the whole weekend. By midday the track was dry. In the electric class, it was Alex Thurston and Adam Catchpole setting the pace with Pete Hastings and Dan Jones not too far behind them. With 17 entrants and times being so close, a place in the A-final would be tight for some. In the Nitro class, Andy Hastings was out to make up for his Halifax poor showing but the man on form, David Spashett, was again going to be the man to beat. Quick as ever were Tim Wood, Neal King and Mark Green, running the new Serpent chassis.
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Avid have expanded their range of Triad wing buttons for 1/8th and 1/10th vehicles by two new colours. Adding to the already existing black, blue, red, green, pink, orange, hard anodize, purple are the new silver and gold buttons. Each weighs in at 0.3g, they are made of high-quality aluminium and come with silver edge details and laser-etched logos. Using an M3 flathead screw the wing buttons fit pretty much every 1/8th and 1/10th vehicle on the market.
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The 2017 Russian Electric On-road Championships were recently held in St. Peterburg in excellent weather conditions. In the Touring Modified class Georgy Chmigal (Xray) was the man to beat, winning all qualifiers except of two and also coming out on top after the A-mains, taking the title from runner-up, Maxim Laverychev (Awesomatix) and 3rd placed Vladislav Glebov (Xray). Elsewhere in the supporting Nitro class it was Alexander Naumov (Xray) with the win from Nikita Ignatiev (Xray) and Sergey Piskunov. The Electric Touring Junior title went to young Andrey Egorov (Xray).
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Coming from BMT and made for the 701 kit are the +1 steering block inserts. Machined from aluminium and coming with a natural finish the insets allow to adjust the king pin angle which can be a useful tuning option in certain track conditions. Depending on the orientation the king pin angle can be increased or decreased by simply flipping the inserts.
The final round of the Arrowmax Asia Racing Cup will be held on the 13th and 14th of January 2018 at the Yatabe Arena in Japan. The event will see Touring Modified, Touring Pro Stock and also Formula 21.5T classes and the Pro Stock and Formula classes’ non-sponsored top finishers of the previous rounds will be receiving tickets for the grand finale in Japan.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
