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November 10, 2015

Shepherd Velox V8 chrome-style alloy clutch bell

New from Shepherd and made for the Velox V8 is the chrome-style aluminium clutch bell. Made from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium with a special “chrome-style” treatment the bell fits the standard type as well as the reverse type clutches. With a weight of just 4 grams the weight saving is about 60 percent compared to the standard steel clutch bell. For perfect performance Shepherd recommens to use the aluminium clutch bell in combination with the yellow tuning clutch shoe and the light flyweights.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

November 10, 2015

Alex Ilievski takes Australian Touring 13.5T title

‪Alex Ilievski takes Australian Touring 13.5T title

This year’s Australian National Championships were held at the Whalan Model Car Club in NSW. The event attracted more than 100 entries, bringing the best drivers from around Australia in all classes. With four different drivers in Touring Stock 13.5 having a TQ on Saturday the top qualifier was still up grabs on Sunday morning. Ultimately Tony McMahon was able to put together two fast round to take the TQ.‬

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November 10, 2015

Atsushi Hara wins at Serpent GT Cup Series Rd3

‪Atsushi Hara wins at Serpent GT Cup Series Rd3‬

Round 3 of the Serpent GT Cup Series was held this past weekend at the TRC racing track in Hong Kong. The event‬ attract‪ed‬ 60 entries which by far ‪was‬ the biggest turnout ‪in‬ the series‪’‬ history. To make the event even more special, world‪-‬famous pro-driver Atsushi Hara ‪made‬ a guest appearance ‪to compete against the other drivers using‬ Serpent‪’s‬ ‪”hand out” ‬GT Cup edition‪ nitro on-road GT car‬.‪ The race format saw triple ten minute qualifiers with the A-main being a 45 minute affair and to no one’s surprise it was Atsushi who grabbed the TQ position after the qualifiers with a 10 seconds margin on runner-up Hui. But despite having a somewhat easy A-main Hara had to call for a time-out just before the start as a faulty connector within the transmitter caused him problems and he had to start from the back of the field after getting it fixed. At the end of a very entertaining A-main Hara took the win despite having to work himself through the field. Behind the now privateer‬ driver, Hui Chin Ho‪ ended the 45 minute main on the runner-up spot while‬ Nelson Woo‪ completed the top 3 result. The next round of the 13th of the Serpent GT Cup will be held on December 13th at the SRC racing track in Shenzen, China.‬

‪Source: Serpent [serpent.com]‬

November 10, 2015

Team Associated Factory Team hex & nut drivers

Coming from Team Associated are the new Factory Team hex and Nut drivers that fuse style with functionality. Assembling or wrenching will be a breeze with the lightweight, colour-coded handles. A wide variety of tips including 1.5mm to 5.0mm hex as well as 5.5mm and 7.0mm nut drivers allow to handle all of the standard metric screw hardware in a kit. The drivers are available separately or as 3-piece and 5-piece sets.

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November 10, 2015

Protoform 1:8 Aero Kit with spoiler & stiffeners

New from Protoform comes the 1:8 Aero Kit with spoilers and stiffeners for 1/8th scale on-road bodies such as the R18 and P909. Designed to add as little weight as possible the kit will keep the structural integrity of the body by reinforcing the sides and rear end. The included braces feature stiffening contours moulded directly into lightweight Lexan for uncompromised rigidity. Added weight is minimised, keeping the car’s centre of gravity as low as possible to maximise corner speed, while still keeping the sides of the body from fluttering down the straightaway. Each 1:8 Aero Kit includes a large main stiffener for behind the rear wheels; pre-formed, pre-cut and ready to install. Two small and two medium size stiffeners are included to reinforce the sides of the body with a few simple bends. Included double-sided tape keeps the whole kit in place. Also included is a rear spoiler/gurney strip, vital to keeping the rear of the car planted. The spoiler is die-cut and bent to size with 20mm slots for adjustability in different track conditions.

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November 9, 2015

Autumn Shoot Out Series Rd3 – Report

The penultimate round of the Autumn Shoot Out Series was held at C.A.R.S in Chesterfield. Round 3 saw a field of over 50 entries and Andy Murray was on form in the LMP 10.5 qualifying as he took TQ by a clear three laps from Richard Norris. The 13.5 class was a lot closer with Fred Hatfield just managed to take the TQ in the last few stages for qualifying. The Formula class qualifying could’t have been more exciting, Mark Burgess took an early TQ but run into a lot of problems in the remaining rounds. It was James Wright who took control in the latter rounds with a dominant run to take TQ by a clear lap. He would be joined on the front row with Swifts team mate Stephen Baggley. The remaining five positions were split by just five seconds. For GT12, qualifying was controlled by Craig Mawson who held TQ from start to finish. He was closely followed by Mark Jewitt and Andy Murray. The final promised to be another entertaining show like Round 2.

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November 9, 2015

Xray Winter Series Greece – Announcement

The Greek Fanatix Racing Track in Stamata, Attiki is another venue of Xray’s growing Xray Winter Series that spreads across Europe this coming 2015/16 season. The five round national series kicks off on the 6th of December with the final round taking place on the 3rd of April. The series is held in the four classes of Touring Modified, Formula, 1/10th Pancar and 1/12th Pancar and race registration can be found here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 9, 2015

Bowie Ginting wins Indonesian 13.5T Boosted TC title

The final round of the Indonesian Electric On-road National Championship was held at the East RC Speedway, Jakarta. Going into the event Bowie Ginting was points leader in the 13.5T Boosted Touring class and he only needed to qualify for the A-main in order to take this year’s title. Bowie soon made his intentions clear to round out a perfect season with another win as he took a pretty undefeated TQ some five seconds clear of Muhammad Izzah and Peter Anthonijsz while Christian Mamesah rounded out the top 4. The opening A-main then was won by Bowie after an unlucky Muhammad collided with a tyre barrier that was hit and thrown on the straight. Two laps down Ronald Kasengkang ended the opening leg in second position. The second A-main again had Bowie coming out fastest, this time from Izzah and Peter. The overall win also handed Bowie the national title and he would sit out A3 to let the other drivers battle for the runner-up spot. Ultimately Muhammad Izzah grabbed the win in the final A-main to end the day in second place from Peter Anthonijsz who rounded out the top 3 result.

View the top 10 result here