The opening round of the 2019/20 BRCA GT12 national championship was held in the south of England where the ever fantastic Eastbourne club played host to the great start of the new series. Round 1 would be held on Saturday and it was Schumacher’s Andy Murray with the overall TQ from his teammates Mark Jewitt and Nathanael Goodban, all running the new Schumacher Atom 2 car.
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The Essex Winter Series team announce the details of their 2019 EWS International event. The event will take place over the weekend of the 6th to 8th of December 2019, at their indoor facility in the South-East of the UK, just outside London. Following the success of the event in previous years, the format will remain largely the same, with classes for Modified and Super Stock 13.5 Blinky Touring, using Volante tyres, and this year a Front Wheel Drive class, with hand-out 17.5T motors and ETS-spec Ride tyres. To highlight the quality of the event, many drivers from across Europe have already confirmed they will return to the race, including Yannic Prumper, Ronald Volker, Max Machler, Christian Donath, Christopher Krapp, and more. Entries are limited to 140 to allow for a reasonable finish time each day, and are now open. Full rules and a link to the entry page can be found on the EWS website here. For questions about the race, travel arrangements or making an entry from outside the UK, please email Oli Meggitt at oli.meggitt@gmail.com.
The fifth racing season of the Transylvania Off-Road Cup TOC concluded recently with the final round being held at the dusty Piccolo Dallas Tg-Lapus dirt track. Five classes were run including 13.5 Stock Buggy, Short Course 2WD, Short Course 4WD, Nitro and Junior classes. Drivers from all over Romania took part at the final round of what is considered to be the biggest event for off-road racing in Romania. After an intense round of qualifying in Buggy 13.5T Stock, the first three positions were occupied by Team Associated drivers with Jakab Laszlo taking the TQ from Gheteu Ciprian, and Valentin Lupoaie. Ultimately Jakab Laszlo would also bring hime the win.
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Coming from Kyosho’s R246 brand is the RML aluminium motor mount for the MR-03 Mini-Z chassis. The motor mount lays the motor flat for an overall lower centre of gravity and thus higher corner speed especially in higher grip conditions. The motor mount is machined from high-quality aluminium, it comes blue anodised and with a machine carbon fibre upper brace. Also included is the needed mounting hardware.
Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]
Coming from Xtreme Racing and made for the Traxxas X-Maxx monster truck is a hybrid aluminium and carbon fibre shock tower stiffener and top plate. The part, made up of machined and anodised aluminium combined with carbon fibre inserts, will replace the standard plastic stiffener plate for a more rigid shock tower assembly. The plate attaches both shock towers together and it also offer more room on the top plate for the use with larger replacement ESCs, such as the Max5 and Max6. The top plate also offers pre-drilled mounting locations for both controllers. Mounting the plate may require some DIY.
Source: Xtreme Racing [xtremercracing.com]
ST Racing Concepts have introduced a CNC machined aluminium heavy duty servo mount tray and 6.5mm CNC machined brass hex adapters for the Element RC Enduro trail truck series. Starting with the servo mount tray, the machined aluminium part helps to reduce flex around the servo mounting and to transfer maximum torque and power from the steering servo to the steering links. The part is a direct fit and available in black, gun metal, silver and limited edition red anodising.
IGT8 have launched their first ready-to-run product in the form of an 1/8th scale GT on-road chassis with Euro Truck body shell. The car is a fully upgradable, less exotic version of the successful IGT8 GTe featuring a 2100kV brushless motor with a dual 2S battery setup rounded up with quality radio equipment. The shape of the body is the perfect to showcase the car in shopping centers, malls, etc. and in order to attract the attention of new hobbyist, which is the focus that IGT8 had for this project.
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Nemo Racing have introduced their new Japanese-made NSK bearing kit for the Agama A319 buggy. The high-quality metal-shielded ball races will greatly improve the drivetrain’s efficiency, they offer the smoothest possible operation and longer life. The 30-piece set is available from now on.
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