110% Racing, the brand of 2014 IFMAR 1/8th Buggy World Champion, Ty Tessmann has released the Pipe Clamps. Designed to securely lock nitro engine exhaust pipes in place, the parts are machined from steel to ensure the clamps stay tight whereas the standard combination of aluminium pipe and steel set screw has the tendency to work loose during long runs. The set includes two pipe clamps, one for below and one for above the pipe.
Italian company WRC have introduced the Pro3 bodyshell for their LM16 1/10th pan car kit. Resembling the Le Mans prototype cars the body is the third in the line of WRC’s Pro bodies all of which feature different nose, front fender, side pods and rear fender designs. The body is a direct for on WRC’s LM16 kit but it also fits other pan cars and also converted formula chassis.
Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]
Round two of the California Touring Series was held at RoadRunners RC Club in Camarillo, California this past weekend hosting 100 entries. In the end, it was the same winners from round 1 who were victorious. In the Modified division, it was Team Associated driver Rick Hohwart who came out on top with TQ honors and win followed by Eric Albano (Yokomo) and EJ Evans (TOP Racing).
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The final round of the Italian LRP-AE-Challenge took place last weekend on the iconic track of Vedano, in the surroundings of Monza. In the 13.5T Stock class Capricorn’s Federico Barbieri took a convincing TQ by winning the opening qualifier in front of Andrea Valerio’s Xray and the second one ahead of the Xray duo of Beggio and Puleo. The finals were pretty entertaining, with a couple of contacts and three different winners for the three legs. A1 was won by Ruggero Zanusso (Team Associated) after the TQ driver made a mistake and Puleo took the lead, only to lose it after a contact with Zanusso’s car.
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Coming from Yokomo Europe is the Pinion Caddy pinion gear carrier. Cut from high-quality plastic the Yokomo logo shaped carrier allows to easily store and transport up to seven pinions. Three different sets are available; the lone caddy, a combo set including pinions for touring cars and also as set including seven gears for 1/1oth off-road buggies.
Source: Yokomo Europe [teamyokomo.eu]
T-Works have introduced two sets of shock cap spacers for the Yokomo BD8/7 and Xray T4 series of touring cars. Available in a 0.3mm or a 0.5mm variant, the spacers were designed to reduce the shock’s rebound pressure by enlarging the distance between the shock body and the upper cap. The spacers come in sets of four and they are a direct fit to both the Yokomo and Xray shock absorbers.
In preparation of the forthcoming third round of the 2016/17 ETS, the Asoger club in Madrid, Spain held a warm up race this past weekend. Infinity’s Marc Rheinard would sweep the Touring Modified class qualifying, taking all four rounds from Yokomo’s Ronald Völker who had to settle for second in front of Yokomo team mate Christopher Krapp. The finals were a pretty entertaining affair with the opening leg being won by Marc who had the freight-training Ronald and Christopher in tow. In A2 Marc hit a curb in the opening stages which resulted in a DNF with Christopher taking the win from a chasing Ronald while Javier Alonso would take a third place in A2. The third and decisive main was held under difficult conditions as strong wind made for a dirty track that would lead to a Völker spin on the opening lap and a DNF for both Ronald and Christopher as the latter couldn’t avoid T-boning Ronald’s car. With his main competitors out of the equation, Marc was able to cruise to the win from David Perez in second and Arturo Escarpa in third. Overall and behind inner Marc, Christopher and Ronald would make up the top 3 result.
Image: Marc Rheinard
The MK Eskil club played host to the sixth and final round of the Swedish Electric On-road Nationals this past weekend. The track offered low to medium grip and due to the technical layout low speed grip and consistency was the key to success. In the Touring Modified class already in practice the field was very close in terms of lap times, showing this would be an exciting race. The qualifiers were swept by Andre Fossto who put his Hobbywing-powered Yokomo on the pole position for the triple A-mains with young Rasmus Karlsson (Schumacher/Muchmore) and Fredrik Loikse (Xray/Hobbywing) coming in second and third. The finals were a pretty intense affair with lots of exciting fights and Andre would continue to dominate, taking wins in A1 and A2 to take the overall victory with one leg to spare. Fredrik would come in second thanks to a win in A3 while Rasmus had to settle for third overall.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.info]
