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March 22, 2017

EZ Racing indoor series Rd2 – Report

The second round of the EZ Racing indoor series was held last weekend in Wilrijk. The event was held using the Belgian national championship rules and it saw the running of three Touring and a Formula class. In the Touring Modified class, run with Volante 28 tyres, former Belgian champion Steve Lambrechts put his Xray on pole in front of the Tamiya of Gerrit Van Swijgenhoven and the Xray of Marc Knops. Steve also dominated the finals and easily all three of them with Gerrit taking a nice 2nd overall while Géry Ledocq (Kyosho) took a nice 3rd overall, beating Pascal Delferiere (VBC) and Marc Knops.

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March 22, 2017

Patrik Pozgaj wins MSR outdoor opener

The first MSR outdoor race was held at the Ayrton Senna track in Zagreb, Croatia. Patrik Pozgaj took the TQ in round two and three after having trouble with a sliding rear end in the opening qualifier. The first A-main then also held some problems for the young man but with wins in A2 and A3 Patrik secured himself the overall victory in front of Zeljko Selman and Borna Pliskovac.

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March 22, 2017

Liu Jun wins at Incom Race Rd1

The opening round of the Chinese Incom series was recently held and the race schedule saw one round of timed practice, three qualifiers and triple mains. In the Touring Modified class Kiu Jun (Yokomo) would bring home the win tie on points with Popo Chen (Xray) who had to settle for second due to the slower tie-breaker. In third Liu Yunan (Yokomo) rounded out the podium result.

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March 22, 2017

RaceOPT progressive 1/8th GT shock springs

RaceOPT have introduced three High Response progressive shock springs for 1/8th GT cars. Using 2.3mm to 2.5mm wires, the springs are available as hard 3.2-4.2, medium 3.2-3.8 and soft 3.2-3.4 variant all of which offer a soft initial hardness and increasing stiffness upon compression, resulting in less traction rolling issues while improving steering response. The springs come in sets of two and they are colour-coded for easy identification.

Source: RaceOPT [race-opt.com]

March 22, 2017

VBC Racing Lighting10M-235 Pro10 chassis kit

VBC Racing have introduced the Lightning10M-235 Pro10 chassis kit. Taking design features of the Lightning12M and LightningFXM chassis, the 235mm wide car features a redesigned chassis that is narrower than the one used in the previous kit. It still allows for standard inline, shorty inline as well as transverse shorty battery positions but does away with the numerous side cutouts for optional weights, meaning an overall stiffer chassis construction. Also part of the package are new composite X Silver front upper and lower arms, a hardened steel diff axle, the True Big Bore centre shock as well as hardened spring steel turnbuckles. The kit is rounded out by 7075-T6 aluminium steering knuckles.

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March 22, 2017

Xray Racing Series Italy Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Xray Racing Series Italy was held at the Minirace venue in Casoria with about 60 entries for the five electric on-road classes offered. In the Touring Modified class Alessio Menicucci took a dominant TQ in front of Alessio Mancini and Nicola Marrone. In the finals Alessio Menicucci continued to dominate, taking wins in all three A-mains to snatch the overall victory.

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March 22, 2017

Yokomo BD8 carbon fibre spur gear plate

Coming from Yokomo and made for the BD8 touring car is a carbon fibre spur gear plate. The part reinforces the main gear for increased stability, less vibration at high speeds and thus reduced friction loss. Included with the plate comes suitable mounting hardware.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

March 22, 2017

Yokomo YR-10F carbon fibre front stiffener

Yokomo have released a carbon fibre front stiffener brace for the YR-10F formula car. Machined from high-quality carbon fibre the brace attaches to the lower front arm mount and adjustable grub screws apply pressure to the lower arms, keeping them from bending too much when running on high bite surfaces. The amount of pressure is adjustable via the grub screws and while sort of reinforcing the front suspension the part also acts as a body post mount, allowing easy front wing changes without having to worry about the body mount position.

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