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July 24, 2018

Rebellion-RC F110SF3 carbon fibre option parts

Coming from RC-Carbonstore’s Rebellion-RC brand are several carbon fibre option parts for the popular Serpent F110SF3 formula car. The range includes a full chassis kit as well as a multi-position rear wing mount, a +5/7.5/10/12/14mm front arm set and also a dual side-tube mount set. All parts are made from highest-grade resin transfer moulding process carbon fibre and they are available in a total of twelve colours including two black carbon specifications. While releasing drop-fit option parts for several brands, RC-Carbonstore also offers a machining service for customer designs.

View the other new parts here

July 24, 2018

JJ Wang wins at Sanwa Grand Prix

Steel City Raceway of Fontana, California played host to the 2018 Sanwa Grand Prix last weekend. The race was held in several electric and nitro classes and it was Mugen’s JJ Wang who would lead the way in 1/10th 200m Nitro Sedan. JJ took the top qualifier honours and he also came out successful in the 30-minutes A-main, leaving behind Serpent’s Ralph Burch in 2nd, a lap down. Brian Thomas would round out the top 3 podium result for Mugen. Over in 1/8th Sportsman it was JJ’s father Rick Wang with the win as Bill Jianis and William Yip rounded out the podium for a Mugen sweep.

View the 1/8th Sportsman podium here

July 24, 2018

Yeah Racing Top Force carbon fibre shock towers

Yeah Racing have released a set of carbon fibre shock towers for Tamiya’s Top Force original and re-release buggies. Cut from high-quality carbon fibre and offering an updated design the towers will increase stability and durability over the standard items. The shock stays come as complete set for the front and rear of the buggy and they are available now.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

July 24, 2018

T-Works MRX6R titanium turnbuckles & screw sets

T-Works have introduced three new option parts specific to the Mugen MBX6R 1/8th nitro on-road kit. Available now are an 11-piece titanium turnbuckle set as well as a 141-piece titanium screw set, the latter using UFO head fasteners for the usual round head screws. Also new is a 144-piece set of gold-colour steel screws. All items are direct replacements for the stock parts with the titanium goodies scrubbing a good amount of weight while the gold-colour screws mainly add visual impact.

View the screw sets here

July 24, 2018

The West Coast Buggy Nationals – Report

Last weekend San Diego RC Raceway set out to do something different in 1/10th scale electric RC racing. Racers were invited from around the country to attend the inaugural running of The West Coast Buggy Nationals which was hosted by SDRC Raceway. This event differed from others as there were no motor limits or minimum weights placed on any classes. It was separated simply by driver skill and which sponsors those drivers were representing. Three Divisions were offered at the West Coast Buggy Nationals; Sportsman, a Class for drivers who do not have any sponsors at all. Intermediate, a class for drivers who may be running for a tire or electronics company, and Expert, a class for those drivers representing a chassis sponsor or just wanting to run with the fast guys to see what they had to make it happen. Each Division was required to run both 2WD and 4WD buggy to be eligible to win the overall title for the Division they entered. SDRC also offered a beginner class where newer drivers could run a 2WD or 4WD buggy.

Continue reading the report here

July 24, 2018

Jeremiah Ward wins at Midwest Series

A round of the Midwest Fuel On-road Series was held at Toledo, Ohio last weekend. In the 1/10th 200mm Sedan class it was Jeremiah Ward (Capricorn) with the TQ from Melvin Aulston (WRC). In the 30-minutes main final Jeremiah was able to conserve his qualifying performance, bringing home the win a lap in front of Melvin who finished on the runner-up spot. Chat Blount (Serpent) would round out the podium result in 3rd.

Source: Wallace Motorsports [wallacemotorsports.net]

July 23, 2018

2018 Benelux+ Race – Report

The annual Benelux+ race took place this past weekend at the very fast track of the MAC de Baanbrekers club in Rucphen, The Netherlands. Due to the national holidays, the attendance was a bit lower than in recent years, but a total of 60 drivers were greeted by an excellent weather. The classes for this event were the usual suspects of Touring Stock, Touring Modified, and Formula, all ran according to the ETS rules, as well as Pro10. Everyone was really anxious to see the premier Modified class hit the track. Unfortunately some accidents marred this otherwise great event.
Hot favourite for the title was Awesomatix driver Olivier Bultyinck. Oli started his ambitions in fashion by claiming P1 in Q1. He had a gap of some 3 seconds on Sidney Blokker and Rick Van den Akker.

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July 23, 2018

Urban Community Park GP Buggy Series Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Urban Community Park GP Buggy Series was held at the UCP R/C track in Central Jakarta this past weekend. The event was organised by the Indonesia R/C Car Community IRCC, an association of eight track owners in Indonesia, in order to push RC racing in the area. The UCP track layout is pretty huge, with more than 60 seconds average lap time, while the remainder of the facility is also being world class. The race was attended by racers from several provinces in Indonesia including East Sumatra, South Sumatra, Jakarta, West Java, Middle Java, and East Java.

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