The new Avid Triad 17mm capped wheel nuts are designed to ensure that the wheel nut will never come off unintended with the aggressive serration ensuring improved safety. Avid also made them with the intention of good looks while providing the silver chamfer highlight in the area where the colour is usually rubbed. The wheel nuts come in sets of four in blue or black colour.
View the black wheel nuts here
Round 4 of the French 1/10th Electric Off-road National Championship was held at the Mini Car Club Dammartinois last weekend. The race was held in changing weather conditions, making it hard for the drivers to keep track on the needed setup changes. In the end it was was young Team Associated driver Clement Boda with the win in 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy, leaving behind Yokomo’s Julien Formentin in 2nd and Schumacher’s Florent Gallot in 3rd in the 2WD class.
Continue reading the report here
Coming soon from Team Azarashi is the Type-GT34 body shell for 210mm M-class touring cars. Resembling the iconic Nissan Skyline R34, the comic-type body is ideal for racing and show alike, fitting most of today’s 210mm wheelbase M-class 2WD and 4WD touring cars. The body comes made of high-quality polycarbonate and it includes a rear wing and a decal sheet.
Source: Team Azarashi [team-azarashi.com]
Ielasi Tuned from Italy have announced the signing of Italian off-road front-runner, Fabrizio Teghesi. Fabrizio will power his Kyosho rides using Ielasi Tuned’s Hummer7T WC competition engine while also helping with testing and development.
Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]
XTR Racing have announced the release of their new AR3 Tuned nitro engine for 1/8th off-road applications. The power plant is based on the last European Champion engine but incorporates numerous improvements and refinements with focus on maximum bottom and top-end power – thus the 3-port engine features a ceramic main bearing and diamond-coated crankshaft. The crankshaft is individually Tungsten-balanced and silicone-filled while thhe sleeve and piston set is specially selected and matched. Furthermore the engine features a 10-rib cooling head.
View lists of the features and specifications here
Coming from RC-Project and made for the Mugen MBX8 and MBX8 Eco are threaded aluminium shock pins. They are machined from high-quality Ergal 7075-T6 material and come hard-coated for exceptional wear. A machined groove ensures a secure fitment using an additional M3 grub screw, meaning the pins will stay in place even in harsh racing conditions. The overall diameter of the pins has been optimised to make for best possible fitment of pin, arm and ball. The set includes four directional pins, enough to outfit one complete car.
Source: RC-Project [rc-project.it]
The fourth round of the NWN Summer Series was held last weekend with Jonathan Skidmore (Agama) taking the TQ in the Nitro Buggy class. After the A-main final however it was William Skidmore (Agama) with the win, a lap in front of Tekno RC’s Mitchell Booth. HB Racing’s Ashlee Owen and Jack Hirst came in 3rd and 4th respectively.
Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]
Round 5 of the Northern Germany based Club Racing Series was hosted by the MACH track in Hamburg last weekend. Held as part of the MACH’s open club series the CRS saw the running of the sole Plastic Cars class, a category targeting “tub” chassis touring cars such as the Yokomo SD Sports, the Team Associated TC4 Club Racer or Tamiya tub chassis cars. Hand-out ETS Muchmore motors, a mandatory 1:6.5 gearing and a single set of Volante 28R Hybrid tyres make for a level playing field that was lead by Yokomo’s Björn Christiansen. The avid stock racer dominated both the 8-minute qualifiers and triple 10-minute A-main finals at will, leaving behind veteran racer Sebastian Sürstedt whose 20-years old Team Associated TC3 Factory Team once again came out of retirement for an undefeated 2nd overall position. Modified specialist, MACH’s Christian Stolze (Yokomo) had to cope with the somewhat low speeds of the Plastic Cars in general and of his rental Yokomo SD Sports in particular but he ultimately snatched the final podium spot from MACH’s, Zeljko Garai (Yokomo) in 4th.
Image: MCV Dänischer Wohld [mcv-daenischer-wohld.de]
