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January 9, 2015

Naoto Matsukura joins Tamiya Racing Factory

Naoto Matsukura joing Tamiya Racing Factory

Reigning IFMAR ISTC World Champion and 3-time 1/12th scale World Champion has made the move to Team TRF. The former Yokomo superstar announced his surprise departure from his long time sponsor back in mid December and it seems he has now made the jump to Japanese rivals Tamiya to race alongside good friend and 4 time World Champion Marc Rheinard. With this deal only concerning touring car we still have to see what the 21 year old will race in offroad and 1/12th scale. Watch this space.

Source: Tamiya Racing Factory [teamtrf.com]

January 8, 2015

Elliott Harper expands deal with GForce

Elliott Harper has announced a continuation and expansion of his deal with GForce into 2015 and beyond. The British driver, a Worlds, Euros and ETS Podium Finisher, had been using GForce accessories during 2014, but will now run the complete line of products including the GForce TS160 Speed Controller and Super Sonic line of GForce motors. Elliott had the following to say:

Firstly, I would like to thank Frankie, Andreas and everyone at ORCA for their help and support whilst representing the brand throughout the past two years. I have been really impressed with the GForce accessories I’ve used during 2014, and so made the decision to use their full range of products in 2015 and beyond. I’m looking forward to working with the whole GForce family and running the new TS160 Competition Speed Controller and Super Sonic line of brushless motors. Thank you to Chang for giving me this opportunity and I can’t wait for the coming races, especially since winning on my first outing with the full GForce range last weekend!

January 7, 2015

Chris Grainger joins Team Associated

Grainger Associated

Team Associated and CML Distribution have announced the signing of British Touring car ace Chris Grainger. The former Schumacher driver has an exceptional CV including 10 times BRCA National Championships and he is also a multiple European, Worlds, TITC and ETS finalist along with winning many other race victories. A solid and consistent contender in any race he attends, his attention to detail is exceptional and some would say he is almost unstoppable in the UK and his record speaks for itself. He brings with him a wealth of experience and will be the corner stone of a fun, new and exciting team heading into the 2015 season. Chris had this to say:

I’m very excited to be joining Team Associated for the 2015 and 2016 seasons. Some of my fondest memories from the early days of Touring Cars were racing a TC3 and working with Mike Reedy at the track. I’m looking forward to being part of that team again and working with them throughout the races ahead. I’d like to thank everyone at Team Associated and CML Distribution who have made this possible. Bring on 2015!

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]

January 7, 2015

GQ Products V3 compound TC & 1:8 GT tires

New from GQ Products are their V3 compound pre-glued touring car and 1:8 GT rubber tires. The new compound it said to offer more grip and wear resistance with the pre-mounted TC tires coming on disc or spoke rims in a complete set of 4. The 1:8 GT pre-mounts come on white or carbon coloured spoke rims in pairs.

View the pre-mounted GT tire here

January 6, 2015

Marc Fisher renews contract with Serpent

Serpent’s touring car ace Marc Fischer has extended his contract for two further years running the Eryx 411 touring car and S120 1/12 scale car. Marc will run all ETS races, as well as EC and some other big events and will continue to be part of the testing program for the new Serpent developments. As well as also racing the S120 1/12 scale car at some large events Marc will start running 1/10 scale buggies, first with the 2wd Spyder MM and soon after the planned for release Spyder 4wd buggy too. The DHI Cup this coming weekend will see Marc run the 1/10 TC class and 2wd buggy classes, an event which you can follow live on Red RC.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 6, 2015

Muchmore Fleta 1S Brushless ESC

The speed controller that won last year’s 1/12th Worlds in Florida, driving by Marc Rheinard, Muchmore have released the Fleta 1S Brushless ESC. Coming pre set with the same setting used by the German, the Fleta 1S features a continuous 120A current and up to 830A in burst and as the name suggest can handle no larger than 1S LiPo battery. The case features their Flow-Max cooling design the with upper, middle and bottom case made from aluminium giving it better heat dissipation and allowing higher current. The built in DC-DC Booster BEC helps maintain a super stable voltage until the end of the race.

View more technical details here

January 6, 2015

Juho Levanen & Euro RC join forces for 2015

Multiple European champion and vice World champion Juho Levanen has joined forces with Euro RC, the Team Associated factory driver will represent the Finnish online shop at all racing events for 2015. Juho said “I am very excited to team up with EuroRC. Having a large webshop back me up helps me especially with all the odds and ends and small parts that a racer needs. EuroRC has an excellent range of competitive products and I can always find what I need at their warehouse. We have been doing co-operation for many years but now is a good time to make it official. Its an honor to be their first international driver and it will be interesting to see who they pickup next.”

Source: Euro RC [eurorc.com]

January 6, 2015

TKO B5 & Pan car diff rings

TKO have introduced their new flat & finished diff rings for the Associated B5 and a range of pan cars. Using their ‘Totally Flat Technology’, TKO claims to have produced the finest diff rings available. Using a proprietary process, the rings faces are flat to within 2 microns. and the faces are parallel to within 1 micron, one micron being 40 millionths of an inch (.0000040). The faces have a #7 finish to provide traction for the diff balls and they fit flat on the hub for near zero run out.

View the pan car diff plates here