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March 28, 2019

Xray Racing Series Greece Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Xray Racing Series Greece was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens recently. Cold but sunny weather made for good racing conditions and in the fast Touring Modified class it was Dimitris Ioannidis with the win, however he was hotly contested by Sotiris Diamadis who decided to run only the Modified class in order to fully concentrate on the battle up front. Ultimately he had to settle for 2nd and in front of Chris Kidis in 3rd.

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March 28, 2019

RC One Racing B6 series carbon fibre battery strap

RC One Racing have released their new carbon fibre battery strap set for the Team Associated B6 series vehicles. Constructed from carbon fibre the retainers offers plenty of adjustments for all transmission styles and they use all stock hardware for a direct fit. A special area on top of the retainer plate allows for apply a name decal for that factory look and the set also includes a heavy duty O-ring retainer kit for the use on low-grip tracks. The set fits the B6, B6.1, B6.1D, B6.1FL, T6.1 and SC6.1 kits.

Source: RC One Racing [rconeracing.com]

March 28, 2019

Yokomo BD9 aluminium gear diff outdrives

Yokomo is busy releasing more optional parts for their popular BD9 electric touring car kit. The latest addition is a pair of aluminium gear differential outdrives that were developed to reduce rotational and overall masses for quicker spool up, improved throttle feeling and higher drivetrain efficiency. The hard-anodised parts must be used with drive pin protectors for best efficiency and life span of all parts involved.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

March 28, 2019

Speedzone 13.5T tuned motor

Speedzone have introduced their new 13.5T tuned motor, a hopped-up variant of the standard version. The tuned motors feature a stricter tolerance sensor board, better asymmetry, rotor test, motor test, ceramic bearings, aluminium screws and they come with a motor readout.

Source: Speedzone [speedzoneusa.com]

March 28, 2019

Kyosho Mini-Z Evo KT531P & 432PT compatible receiver

Kyosho have released their new KT531P and KT432PT compatible receiver unit for the Mini-Z Evo car. The new interchangeable receiver unit supports Kyosho’s own KT series transmitters and allows to use the Mini-Z Evo cars with a range of different radios.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]

March 28, 2019

Yokomo BD9 HVF shock shafts & alloy rear axle

Coming from Yokomo and made for their BD9 touring car are new HVF fluorine-coated shock shafts and a C-clip type rear aluminium axle shaft. Starting with the shock shafts the 19.1mm long items are a direct fit and thanks to the slick HVF fluorine coating, that was developed in cooperation with Axon, they will ensure even finer shock action, allowing to absorb the smallest of suspension movement for improved traction in all racing condition. The shafts come in sets of four and they are available now.

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March 28, 2019

Xpress GripXero D1 RWD drift car kit

Xpress have introduced their all-new GripXero D1 RWD drift car kit that combines design elements of their popular Xpresso and Execute series on-road kits. Developed with competition drift car racing in mind, the chassis features several performance oriented design elements such as the new inboard front suspension, a narrow main chassis plate, highly adjustable pivot ball suspension elements, an adjustable centre of gravity ESC and gyro mount as well as a multifunctional rear diff that can also be built as a solid axle. Other features include matte finish high-weave carbon fibre parts, the highly adjustable Xpress On-Power Control rear end, a hybrid gear and belt transmission and also a high centre of gravity motor mount. The kit is rounded out by red anodised 7075 aluminium turnbuckles and alloy parts and a carbon fibre steering angle limiter.

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March 28, 2019

BRCA LMP Nationals Rd6 – Report

The sixth and final round of the 2018/2019 BRCA 1/12th nationals took place last weekend in Chesterfield. The Chesterfield club is one of the stalwarts of the BRCA national series and this year treated us to new carpet to race on. The club’s members laid a fast flowing track and went the extra mile marking out the corners with kerbs and coloured run off areas making the track look fantastic. A capacity entry of 80 drivers appreciated the clubs efforts and there was a great atmosphere in the hall. On Saturday racers competed in the 13.5 blinky stock championship with the field split into F1, F2 and F3 grades. In F1, this year’s champion David Spashett again demonstrated the form that won the championship and took pole position from Andy Murray with Matthew Varah in third. David and Andy set off nose to tail and pulled a gap from Matt Lax who had moved up to third from fifth on the grid. Andy had a very fast car and was putting pressure on David who put his years of experience to good use and drove a tidy line to keep Andy behind before unfortunately collecting a crashed car allowing Andy through. This time it was David’s turn to give chase and the pair traded almost identical lap times for the next few minutes. Unfortunately contact while lapping a backmarker swapped the lead again and this time David would bring his car home for the win with Andy in a close second. Matt Lax drove a clean controlled drive to complete the top three.

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