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January 18, 2017

VBC WildfireD09 red dot plastics & CF centre brace

Coming from VBC Racing and made for the WildfireD09 and also older Wildfire kits are several new option parts. First up are red dot composite suspension parts such as steering blocks, front C-hubs and rear uprights. The red-marked composite material is VBC Racing’s stiffest yet and it is suitable for very high traction conditions, improving the car’s precision. Also new and made for the D09 variant are two carbon fibre Centre IsoFlex Linkage braces in 2mm and 2.5mm specifications. The braces replace the standard turnbuckle linkage and allow to fine-tune the car’s flex characteristics with the thinner brace being softer and the thicker brace being harder, reducing the car’s tendency to flex under load.

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January 18, 2017

Texas Electric Onroad Series Rd1 – Report

The sixth season of Texas’s premier electric on-road race series got underway last weekend with the opening round at Banana Raceway in Dallas, Texas. This year’s series consists of five races across the best tracks Texas has to offer. To emerge as the coveted series champion at the end of the season, racers will have to conquer tracks ranging from small indoor high-bite carpet tracks to large outdoor asphalt circuits. This weekend, the best electric on-road racers in the state, featuring former national and international champions, descended upon the high-bite carpet track at Banana Raceway. The event saw a full field of 75 drivers across six different race classes. In the premier Modified Touring class, current national champion Chris Adams put on a clinic in the A-main with a perfect run to back up his TQ position. Chris’s Xray team mates Steve Breuer and Andrew Doherty would round out the top 3.

Continue reading the report here

January 18, 2017

T-Works touring car aluminium front spool cups

Coming from T-Works and made for a range of electric touring cars are aluminium front spool cups. They are machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium, they feature a hard-coated surface for wear and they are usable with Xray, Spec-R, CSO and Team C kits. The cups are a direct replacement and need to be used with driveshaft blades.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

January 18, 2017

Yeah Racing TT-02 aluminium full conversion kit

Following the essential aluminium conversion kit for Tamiya’s TT-02 entry-level touring car, Yeah Racing now also released a full conversion kit that includes even more red-anodised bling. In addition to the essential kit’s alloy suspension, alloy steering and steel drivetrain parts the full kit also includes upper alloy arms, motor mount and motor fan mount, shock towers, wheel hexes, battery mount, the centre driveshaft and also threaded aluminium shock absorbers to replace virtually every plastic part, beside the chassis, with a red anodised aluminium counterpart. Also included are high-quality ball bearings, five different hardness spring sets and also bearing and damper oil.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

January 17, 2017

2017 Charity Race – Report

The 2017 edition of the annual Charity Race, organised by Team La Gang and held at the RC Landia track in Scandiano, Italy, attracted some of the fastest Italian drivers to compete against guests from all over Europe. Touring Car Modified was a showcase for the sport with Marc Rheinard taking the win in front of Ronald Völker after a big fight. The final podium spot was was taken by super fast Mattia Collina who won the fight for the lower stair of the podium over Alessio Menicucci and Christopher Krapp.

Continue reading the report here

January 17, 2017

Paolo Morganti teams up with Capricorn

Capricorn have announced the signing of former ROAR champion and US front runner, Paolo Morganti to their team. After several years spent with Serpent, and in addition to his GT class engagement with IGT8, Paolo will race the complete range of Capricorn nitro cars in his 2017 campaign. Paolo says:

I will like to thank Patrizio Rossi and all the staff at Capricorn RC for the opportunity of joining this company. The level of commitment in searching for the ultimate performance is one of their characteristic that I have always admired. I’m looking forward to start running the cars.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

January 17, 2017

Yokomo 1/10th & 1/12th on-road setup board

Coming from Yokomo is a new setup board for 1/10th and 1/12th scale on-road cars. Measuring 320x420mm and being 12mm thick the board is easy to store and transport while the covered wood construction makes for high precision and durability. The board is decorated with the popular Yokomo ring graphics and it will hit stores very soon.

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January 17, 2017

Hudy 1/10th Formula car bag

The latest Hudy car bag to surface is a dedicated item for 1/10th Formula cars. Measuring about 43x22x8cm the bag takes a single chassis including mounted front and rear wings and it is made using brightly coloured fabric material, decorated with the renown Hudy graphics. The bag sports padded walls and a rubber strap, the latter to make attaching the bag to Hudy’s travel bag easy.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]