Xray have announced the Xray Work.Shop Germany for the Saturday the 7th of November at the TSV 1871 Augsburg club. Held by Xray factory team driver Marco Kaufmann in cooperation with RC Kleinkram the workshop will focus on individual setup held and driver coaching. Included in the entry fee of 19 Euros is an Xray T-shirt and more information can be found here and also on the hosting club’s Facebook page here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The opening round of the Hungarian RCProf Challenge was held at the RC Arena track in Budapest. In the Touring Car 13.5T Stock class Janos Birinyi took the TQ but in the opening A-main Barnabas Toth stroke back with a win after Janos made a mistake. A2 then brought a clean win for Janos, so the decision for the day’s win would fall in the third A-main and it was again Janos who came out successful to take overall victory from Barnabas Toth and Peter Miko.
The Italian SRC Trophy was held at the Montegiorgio track in several 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road classes and with a total of 63 drivers in attendance. In the 1/8th category Sandro Sammarini would take the TQ and he also went on to win the A-main event from runner-up Stefano De Rossi and Attilio D’Angelo who would round out the top 3 result.
Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]
The Schumacher peripheral damping system has been developed for touring cars to help minimise tyre contact patch load fluctuations, caused by small bumps in the track surface. This means the tyre remains in contact with the ground more often, resulting in more grip and improved lap times. The damping characteristic is dependent upon the position of the piston within the shock body. The damping is softest when the piston is at the bottom of the shock, at which point the peripheral volume is at its greatest. Conversely the damping is hardest when the shock is at the top of the body, and the sleeve has the smallest opening. As a consequence of this, the damping characteristic progressively increases with bump/roll, compared to the kit damper assembly which offers linear damping throughout the damping stroke. The dampers are supplied in pairs to fit the Schumacher Mi5evo, but will also fit other touring cars on the market. Spare parts are available separately to update current Mi5evo shocks.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
The International Open Polish Indoor Championships were held in Poznan last weekend. Marek Kusiakiewicz (Xray) dominated the qualifying by winning four of the six rounds in the Formula class to take the pole position for the triple A-finals. In the opening A-main Marek had to defend himself against the hard chasing Tomasz Szymanski (Xray) and Daniel Slomski (Xray), but Marek was able to take the win. In the opening stages of A2 Marek made some mistakes, allowing Tom and Daniel by. Marek then had to up his pace to catch up with the front runners but with flawless driving he would take the win and with it the overall title. A3 then saw Marek taking an easy win while Daniel and Tom battled for the runner-up spot with the better end for Daniel.
APPA Raceway in San Paolo, Brazil held the Campeonato Paulista EP 2015 last weekend. In the 1/10th Formula class Paulo Roberto Martins (Fenix) took the win from Lissandro Hossoda (Xray) on the runner-up spot. Luis Castori (TOP) would round out the top 3 result.
Source: Fenix Racing [fenix-racing.com]
Coming from Tuning Haus and designed on cooperation with Randy Caster are thread-on setup wheels for 1/10th touring cars. Coming in a set of four wheels they help to get critical adjustments like camber and toe-in just right as they keep variances like wheel, insert and tyre diameter out of the equation. Different from other setup wheels the Tuning Haus parts further simplify the process by threading directly onto the axle; eliminating the need for a separate wheel nut. They are perfect for the use with 1/10 touring cars, Formula chassis, drift cars, and others with 4mm threaded axles. Manufactured from billet aluminium and anodised black, they feature durable rubber O-rings and come packed in a convenient storage case.
Source: Tuning Haus [tuninghaus.com]
Coming this Winter is Yokomo’s all-new 190mm 1/10th Formula pan car kit. The yet nameless car will use a newly designed 2.5mm main chassis specially developed for shorty battery packs. It offers a flexible battery layout, a floating servo mount, long side links and a sliding rear centre pivot. The front suspension is completely redesigned compared to the previous model and it will allow for inline or trailing wheel axles to adjust the steering characteristics. Included in the kit is also a large volume centre shock absorber and a 7075 duraluminium motor pod. More information will become available in November with the kit being set to hit the stores in the second week of December.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
