The 5th and final round of the Asian Onroad Championships has made its way to historic Yatabe Arena in Japan. The popularity of this race has exploded each and every year as the finale race was sold out months prior and hitting over 250 entries making this Yatabe’s biggest race ever (by entry count).
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The second edition of the Mexican Capricorn Cup was held in Merida with drivers from all over the country in attendance. The qualifying of the 200mm Sedan class saw Rino Lino (Capricorn/Tesla) on the top spot. Later in the 40 minute main final Rino would also claim the victory, for the second consecutive year, followed by his teammate Frank Vega (Capricorn/Tesla) in the second spot and Juan Carlos Gonzales (Xray/Novarossi) who rounded out the top 3 result.
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The Xray Challenge Greece will be held this Winter at the Fanatix Racing Track in Stamata – Attiki in the classes of 1/8th and 1/10th on-road. The opening round will be held on the 13th of December with the final round taking place mid-April. More information and sign-up can be found here.
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Italian company WRC have expanded their recently introduced P-One brand with the addition of several new items such as tyres and chemicals. WRC have teased their new design Formula tyres back in April with the low-profile tyres resembling Pirelli’s 18 inch test wheels. They are meant to offer improved performance due to a lower shoulder height, giving more stability and improved steering precision. Also coming from P-One, and yet to be announced, is a range of touring car tyres as well as tyre additives and cleaners, greases, and shock oils. Already available is an assortment of handy P-One branded boxes for easy and convenient storage and transportation of small parts.
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Xray have announced the addition of multiple French Cup winner Alexandre Laurent to their electric on-road team. Alexandre will attend events such as the national championship, the Euros, Worlds and also the ETS and he has the following to say about the deal:
It is a real honor to join Xray Team for the upcoming season. In the last 3 years I have raced as a private driver with the T4 and could not be happier with the reliability and performance of the car. And the team works absolutely great. I can’t wait to start 2016 with the new T4’16 and being part of the team.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Round 2 of the French Carpet Nationals was held in the city of Loos near Lille. In the Touring Modified class Leo Arnold (Xray), Lucas Urbain (VBC) and Loic Jasmin (Yokomo) battled for the TQ spot with Loic taking the opening round while Lucas came out fastest in Q3 and Q4. Leo would take round TQs in round 2 and 5 to grab the overall TQ and the pole position for the A-mains. A1 then saw Leo grabbing the win after a super close battle with Lucas who in turn came out successful in A2, making for an interesting third and decisive final. In leg 3 Leo would hold everything together and he secured another super close win just 0.04 seconds in front of Lucas. Alexandre Laurent (Xray) in third would round out the podium result.
Team C have new carbon fibre option parts for the GT8 line of 1/8th scale on-road vehicles available in the form of a centre diff plate and a steering plate. Both are cut from high-quality carbon fibre with the steering plate offering three different Ackermann position for the inner steering link ballstuds. Both parts are direct replacements for the standard items and they not only scrub some weight but they also add visual impact.
Following the introduction of the A800 carbon fibre chassis car, Awesomatix now also have images and more information of the aluminium chassis variant available. Called the A800A, the car uses the same suspension and drivetrain parts but a newly designed, 2mm aluminium chassis whose thickness, machining and material makes for optimised flex characteristics while the unique convex shape not only improves longitudinal stiffness but it also adds a certain “ground effect”. More stiffness is added to the car with the help of the taller AM115 chassis stiffener, whereas the carbon car comes with the lower AM110 stiffener. Apart from these two parts both kits are identical with the carbon car being best suited for low to medium grip conditions while the alloy kit is designed for medium to high-bite surfaces. Both kits are available now.
