Shepherd have announced the signing of German 1/10th 200mm specialist, Melvin Diekmann to their factory team. A multiple ENS finalist and podium finisher, Melvin can already look back on a great series of victories in his young career. He and his father form a strong team and have been able to make life difficult for many big names in the past.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The 32nd Annual CRCRC Winter Midwest Championships were held this past weekend at The Ohio RC Factory in Jeffersonville, Ohio. CRCRC is very well known as the first big 1/10 electric off-road race at the beginning of each year and brought in an impressive 380 entries. In 4WD Modified Buggy Yokomo/Team Orion’s Ryan Maifield went onto TQ rounds 2 and 4 of qualifying to secure the overall TQ. Maifield then went onto dominate A-mains 1 and 2 by leading every lap and taking home the 4WD Modified Buggy title.
Coming from Xray is a 40g brass rear chassis brace weight for the XB4 1/10th scale 4WD buggy. The optional brace fits in the lower part of the composite brace, connecting directly to the chassis and generating more stability while replacing the original composite brace insert. The weight of the car is moved more to the rear, improving in-corner rotation and lowering the centre of gravity.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
To give drivers further scope to fine tune their set-up, Infinity has released new wheel shims for their IF14 electric touring car. Available in both 0.25mm and 0.5mm thicknesses, they allow for quick fine tuning of the car’s track width. Each shim thickness is sold in a pack containing eight pieces.
Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]
Round 3 of the JBRL Winter Indoor Off-road Series was held at Rain-Man’s Hobby & Raceway in Bakersfield, California last weekend. In the 2WD Open Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Mason Eppley with the TQ and win in the single 6-minute A-main event. Kyosho team manager, Zachary Rogers, coming from P5 on the grid, ended the race on the runner-up spot, some 7.6s in front of Yokomo’s Tanner Ashmore in 3rd.
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SWorkz have introduced their new high performance carbon slipper clutch pad set for the S14-3 buggy. The graphite pads feature two different surfaces, one scrubbed, flat side and one machined, vented side, ensuring optimised power supply, greatly reduced fading and less maintenance. The package includes three slipper pads and a slipper plate and it is only usable with the S14-3 buggy.
Samix are busy adding more balance weight options to their growing range with the latest addition being dedicated front balance weights for the Yokomo BD9 touring car. Available as 5g, 10g or 15g options, the weights are a direct fit for both the standard and the coming Samix chassis. Black coating helps to prevent corrosion and engraved markings ensure easy identification while adding a professional look.
SWorkz have announced the return of Ryan Lee to their Asia factory team. Running the official SWorkz distribution for Korea, Ryan also is an avid racer and he will campaign SWorkz 1/8th and 1/10th off-road kits at events around Asia. Ryan had the following to say about his comeback:
I am so proud being a part of Team SWorkz. The quality of each part is the best in the market and the chassis performance is amazing. Special thanks to Scott Yang for giving me this good opportunity. My first international race this season will be SGIP Xiamen with S353 and S353E. Can’t wait to start the new season with the SWorkz factory team!
Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]
