The 2016 Serpent Asia Cup will be held on the weekend of the 4th of December at the Hong-Kong-based TRC racing track. Running alongside the HK Cobra GT Cup finale the Serpent Asia Cup is held in 1/8th and 1/10th scale nitro categories all of which are Serpent-only classes. The race will see the attendance of Serpent factory drivers with the event being open to drivers from all around the world. More information can be found here.
The world-renown Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin will play host to the Xray Racing Series Slovakia over the Winter season of 2016/17. Starting at the 5th of November the 6-race series will be held in the classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5, 1/10th Pan Car, 1/12th Pan Car, Formula 21.5 as well as off-road 2WD, 4WD and 2WD Truck. All details, dates and more information can be found here.
The 2016 Southern VTA Nationals took place at Thunder RC in Nashville, Tennessee. The race has become a yearly event held shortly before the IIC and is used for a warm-up race by many. This year was no exception as the house was full of people and fast racers with over 110 entries for the several classes. Practice started on Friday morning with the pits full and lots of people getting track time on the new CRC FT2 black carpet. Everyone found out quickly that tire glue and aluminium chassis were needed in all classes. In Touring Car the fast guys were Michael Skeen, Matthew Lyons, Eric Anders and also a few other guys quickly got up to speed. In 1/12th scale 13.5 who showed fast laps from the start while in VTA Cody Armes and Myron Kinnard were up front as usual. In the USGT class Matt Lyons was the man to beat. Once qualifying started the same guys were up front with Eric Anderson being able to TQ every round of Touring Car and 12th scale. Cody took the TQ in the VTA class and Matt Lyons was able to TQ the USGT class.
Ulti Tires have announced the addition of U.S. on-road expert, Mike Swauger to their team. The former World and multiple ROAR National Champion brings years of knowledge and experience. Ulti Tires and Mike have already started testing new products at this past weekend’s KO Grand Prix where he made the debut for his new sponsor.
Source: Ulti Tires [ultitires.com]
Coming from Arrowmax are two sets of 5mm diameter titanium pivot balls. Made from high-quality 64-grade material and offering an M3 thread section of 6mm or 8mm length the pivot balls are exceptionally strong and durable and they come in sets of six pieces.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
T-Works have introduced two new screw sets for the Serpent Project 4X touring car. First up is a 120-piece set of 64-grade titanium screws with the kit including both countersunk and the new UFO head button screws. The lightweight yet durable fasteners reduce the overall weight of the car while adding visual impact. The second new kit is the 141-piece gold-plated steel screw set. Made from high-grade steel the fasteners are direct replacements for the stock parts.
View the gold-plated screw set here
Last weekend saw the final round of the BRCA Outdoor Formula National Championship at the open and flowing Halifax circuit. After a dry practice day on the Saturday, rain overnight ensured a slippery start to qualifying with drivers having to adapt their cars to the wet but drying conditions throughout the four qualifying rounds. With the already crowned Championship winner Luke Lee taking pole position it was the hard charging duo of Stephen Lander and James Wright that lined up second and third respectively.
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The sixth and final round of the Dutch Electric On-road Championship held at the Raco2000 track in Utrecht not only saw the title decision in the Touring Stock class but also the running of the 1/10th Formula class. Following Saturday’s practice the triple qualifiers would be held on Sunday and they saw Jitse Miedema taking the TQ from Daan Schuuring and Martijn van der Heijden (all Xray). In the finals Jitse made a clean sweep to take the overall win from Martijn and Daan who swapped places compared to their qualifying results, having Martijn coming in second from third placed Daan.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
