Coming from Shepherd and made for the Velox F1 formula car is an adjustable aluminium steering bellcrank. The 2-piece part allows to fine-tune the steering Ackermann geometry by shifting the separate inner ballstud lever forth and back while also increasing overall rigidity and thus steering precision on high-bite surfaces. The bellcrank is available in blue or black anodising.
Round three of the PLMS Championship was held in Płochocin near Warsaw, Poland. The schedule saw practice and four qualifiers on Saturday with a final qualifier and the finals being run on Sunday. In The Touring Pro Stock class the race for the TQ was on between Michał Wójcik and Arkadiusz Smyk. Arkadiusz won the first and fourth qualifier while Michał took the second and third round meaning the decision for the overall TQ would be made in Q5 and with both making mistakes it was ultimately Arkadiusz who obtained the pole position for the A-mains and he would also come out fastest in the Stock class.
Japanese Nosram distributors Active Hobby Products have first information on the all-new Nosram HD competition brushless speed controller available. The controller is housed in a black-coated all-aluminium case, it features heavy duty internals and is good for up to 200A constant current. Like its sibling, the LRP FlowX, the speedo comes as TC Spec variant with a short receiver wire and v4.1 firmware for improved overall performance while the Offroad specific controller utilises a long receiver wire and the v3.1 firmware with advanced timing features and four brake modes. Both controllers sport all-black wires for a stealthy factory look, they can be equipped with optional fan units and they will become available by April.
Italian company Capricorn has introduced the new One long-life touring car carpet tyres. The 30 shore tyres feature a reinforced sidewall for more consistency and a longer life span. They come in sets of four and with special graphics on the rims, making them ideal as hand-out tyres for sanctioned racing.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
Round two of the HEC Asia Cup, run in collaboration with the Serpent GT Cup, was held at Tom Racing Circuit in Hong Kong with about 70 entries in several nitro on-road classes. Ng Chiu Man would top qualify in the 1/8th nitro class and after a good start into the A-main he looked like he would bring home the win but some tome into the race 5th place qualifier, Kelvin Hui was able to close the gap to the leader quickly. At about the 35-minute mark both were only separated by about a second but with less than two minutes to go Hui’s car suffered an engine failure on the straight which allowed Ng Chiu Man to cruise to the win. 3rd placed Nelso Woo could not capitalise from Kelvin’s issue so he had to settle for 3rd while a lucky Kelvin snatched the runner-up spot.
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The 2017 ROAR carpet nationals were held at 360v2 in New Rochelle, New York. The track is one of the bigger tracks in the US and it offered high bite and a fast flowing layout. In the 1/12th 13.5T class it was Xray’s Eric Anderson that took the win after the triple A-mains, courtesy of a 2nd, 1st and 4th place finish. Behind him Team Associated’s Joe Trandell would come in second with a 3rd and two 2nd place finishes while Speedmerchant’s Chris Tosilini would round out the top 3 with a win and two 3rd place finishes.
The opening round of the French 1/8th Classic on-road Championship was held in Montbonnot, Grenoble, France. A total of 94 racers signed in, divided into 70 nitro and 24 electric class entries. In the nitro class, Jacky Mouton (Forfaster/VS Engines) came out successful in the main final from Serge Christiani (Forfaster/Forfaster) in second and Stephan Nicaud (Forfaster/VS Racing) third.
Source: Victosport [victosport.com]
The indoor portion of the FinTrack Tour recently concluded in Äänekoski with the fourth and final round. In the Touring 13.5T Prostock class the race for the title was on between Kalle Lehto and 2016 Champion, Vesa Yli. Vesa had won the opening round in Lahti while Kalle stroke back in round two and three, so Vesa needed to win at the finale in order to have a shot at the title. Right from the get go Kalle had an advantage though while Vesa struggled from an understeering car. After a good start into the third and final A-main Vesa was given a stop & go penalty for a crash he didn’t commit and so he had to settle for third overall behind Teemu Saarinen while Kalle took the day’s win and with it the overall title.
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