Avid have introduced new unsprung brass weights for the Awesomatix A800 and A700 touring cars. The weights attach to the end of the front arms to give more on-power responsiveness, causing the car to feel more direct when coming out of the corners, almost feeling like it slingshots out. The radiused bottom keeps the weights from digging into the wheel on big hits.
The 2019 XRS Poland Procircuit race will be held on the weekend of the 14th of July at the Wlodawa track in Poland. Classes run will be Nitro Buggy, E-Buggy, Nitro Truggy and E-Truggy as well as an open class with Procircuit Sprinter soft compound tyres being the control tyre for the buggy classes. The race will be held on a smooth clay surface “US style” track and full information as well as sign-up can be found on social media here.
Performa Racing have announced the release of their new P1 Radical 540 Qualified stock motors. The motors build on the standard Performa Radical Stock motors that were designed to deliver improved throttle response, higher efficiency, and more speed with the Qualified series variants being custom-built and hand-assembled as well as fully dyno-tested for improved performance. Other features include selected and shimmed rotors as well as adjusted sensor boards. Each motor include individual dyno print outs as quality insurance and the Qualified series is available from 10.5T to 21.5T variants.
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The MRSC Amberg track played host to round 2 of the South German IC Track regionals last weekend. Alex Dill would walk away with the win in the 1/10th 200mm class from John Knight on the 2 spot. Matthias Bareuther came in 3rd to round out the podium result.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Coming from Xray are their new zero rebound shock absorbers for the XB8 series of buggies. The dampers can be set to allow less rebound than standard shock absorbers, decreasing responsiveness and improving bump absorption on bumpy tracks. The design of the shock body and upper cap allows the installation of a ribbed shock membrane on the top of the shock body instead of the traditional installation into the upper cap. The installation of the ribbed membrane on the shock body allows excess oil to leak out, and along with a shock cap vent hole and adjusting screw allows the adjustment of the amount of air until the desired zero rebound is achieved. The lower shock assembly ensures that the shock rod will move very freely inside the shock body, while minimising oil leakage and keeping dirt out. Other features include double O-ring sealing, 3.5mm shock shafts as well as lower rubber boots to keep dust, dirt and moisture away from the shock shaft and seals. Available separately for the front and rear, the shocks include a complete set of pistons but not springs.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Last weekend the 3rd round of the North German 1/10th 200mm Nitro regionals was hosted by the AMC Hildesheim e.V. last weekend. With two days of sunshine all drivers could enjoy plenty of track time on a well prepared track, however low traction and high tyre wear made it a challenge for everybody to find a good balance. In the 1/10th 200mm class it was Shepherd’s Rico Kröber who took TQ after four rounds of qualification in front of Tim Benson (Serpent) and Jakub Rozycki (Xray).
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The fourth round of the Madrid 1/8th Buggy Regionals was held at the Automodelismo Tarancon track last weekend with nearly 30 drivers in attendance. Oscar Navarro and Juanma Guillen battled it out for the TQ with the better end for Oscar who also brought home the win in the 45-minute A-main final. Some 21 seconds behind it was Dani Vega on the runner-up spot while Miguel Reyes completed the top 3 podium result some four laps down on Oscar and Dani.
Image: Dani Vega
The Japanese JMRCA 1/12th scale National Championships were held at the world-famous Yatabe Arena this past weekend. Run in Modified and Stock classes it was Yokomo’s Toto Ebukuro with the overall win in the Modified category from Toshi Yanagisawa with the vice-championship. Destiny’s Kazuki Yamashita would come in 3rd to round out the podium.
Source: Mon-Tech [mon-techracing.net]
