Round 8 of the Czech Open Masters was held in Mladá Boleslav at the PTS Tabornik club’s nicely prepared and partly refurbished track. In the main final Jiri Mara (Serpent) came out successful from Max Götzel (Xray) and Team Durango driver Karel Novotny.
Protoform have introduced the new Nor’easter late model 1/10th scale dirt oval bodyshell. An evolution of PF’s line of race bodies and using the latest in aerodynamic styling from full-scale late models, the body has been refined to give even more steering and side bite. Extra clearance has been added around the right front fender and the front splitter reconfigured to allow for more body lean while the side skirts have also been enhanced for more rigidity and stability. Made to fit all the popular dirt oval late model pan car chassis, the Nor’easter meets all dirtoval.com national rulebook specs and comes with a pre-cut and pre-drilled spoiler kit complete with end plates and hardware. It is produced in genuine 030″ Lexan and also includes a detailed decal sheet featuring two different sets of headlight and grille options, window masks, and paint-then-peel overspray film.
Round six of this year’s Jimmy Babcock Racing League Nitro Series was held at RC Tracks of Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. Australia’s Kyle McBride (Team Associated) would take the win in the Expert Buggy class from Kyle Johnson (Mugen) in second and Ty Tessmann (HB) in third. Kyle would then also come out successful in the Expert Truggy main, beating Kyosho’s Cody King and Mugen’s Adam Drake. Elsewhere in the 1/8th Electric class Ty Tessmann grabbed the day’s win from the Mugen duo of Adam Drake and Steve Harris.
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Arrma’s Fury 1/10th scale 2WD RTR short course truck is now available as brushless-powered BLX variant. The backbone of the truck is a long wheelbase aluminium twin vertical plate chassis while an inner composite frame houses the steering servo and battery pack. Sturdy suspension components allow for easy toe and camber changes while a tough 3-gear gearbox with gear differential is build to withstand the rigour of racing and bashing. Included are also factory-installed and waterproof electronics such as a strong 6kg-cm steering servo with metal gears as well as a waterproof 80A speed controller and a 3600kv brushless motor. The kit is rounded out by grippy all-terrain short course tyres and a pre-painted bodyshell along a wall charger and 2.4GHz radio system.
Coming from Serpent and made for the Spyder line of 1/10th off-road vehicles are several shock absorber option parts. First up are bottom aluminium caps with additional machining for improved looks. The CNC-machined 7075-T6 alloy parts come black anodised and the machining not only adds visual impact, it also allows to better grip the caps for a tighter fit of the parts.
Due to weather conditions early on in the year round 3 of the Irish 1/8th Off-road Nationals had been washed out so the rerun filled the reserve date. The weather was quiet a different story this time with 20 degree Celsius and the sun blazing over the CRCCC’s very fast and flowing European style track where any small mistakes punish big time. Qualification was nip and tuck with four drivers swapping places, Gary Baird, Alan Scroggie, Barkley Abernethy and Andrew McClean. Ultimately Scroggie was to take TQ on a tie by 1 second on the final run.
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Available soon are Tekin’s all-new Redline Gen3 540-size electric brushless motors. The third generation Redlines are re-engineered from the ground up resulting in a smaller, lighter and faster sensored motor that also delivers smooth power across the whole RPM range. The Gen3 21.5T, 17.5T and 13.5T are available in an RPM version as well as the standard versions. Designed for applications where higher RPM is more beneficial than torque, these motors are ideal for 1/12th and touring car racing classes. The Gen3 modified group of motors are custom tuned with rotor sizes to give you the performance needed for your application. The 21.5T down to 8.5T group come standard with 12.5mm performance rotors and the 7.5T to 2.5T group are equipped with a 13mm rotor for that extra torque needed in modified racing.
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Coming from Schelle Racing Innovations and made for the Team Associated B5M, T5M and SC5M is an aluminium C suspension mount. Weighing in at only 5 gram the CNC-machined part is available in black or blue anodising and while adding security and durability it also allows to change the toe-in and anti-squat inserts without removing the mount from the chassis.
Source: Schelle Racing Innovations [schelleracing.com]
