August 21, 2015

Xtreme Racing X1 & RC8B3 carbon fibre option parts

Xtreme Racing X1 & RC8B3 carbon fibre option parts

Xtreme Racing have new carbon fibre option parts for the Xray X1 and Team Associated RC8B3 available. First up are carbon fibre upper arms for the X1. Cut from 2.5mm quasi 3K weave material the arms are available with or without an additional support brace that will make for improved durability. Also new is a 2.5mm connecting brace for the front suspension parts of Xray’s formula chassis. Last but not least and made for Team Associated’s RC8B3 buggy are 5mm front and 4mm rear shock towers. The parts are direct replacements for the stock shock towers.

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August 21, 2015

Belgian Electric On-road Nationals Rd6 – Report

Belgian Electric On-road Nationals Rd6 – Report

The 6th round of the Belgian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the MRG Genk track in challenging weather conditions. On Saturday it was raining cats and dogs while on Sunday the rain had stopped and with the track was still being wet qualification was a bit difficult at first. But the track was drying fast and in the Efra class it was VBC team driver Olivier Bultynck who took the TQ spot with the only 18-laps runs in front of team mate Nicolas Delisé in second and Nick Joosens in 3rd. To no ones surprise it was Ollie who took the lead in the opening A-main and he kept it till the end, even struggling with a bad rear tyre could not hold him from winning. A bad start of Nicolas ruined his first final while Nick was in second place behind Olivier. Mitchell Van Es did everything he could to catch Nick but he had to settle for third.

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August 20, 2015

Ginting & Izzah win at Indonesian EP Nationals Rd3

Ginting & Izzah win at Indonesian EP Nationals Rd3

Round three of the Indonesian EP Nationals was held at JITC Senayan track in dusty and very low-grip conditions and in the three classes of 13.5T Boosted, FWD and Mini. In the Boosted class it was Muhammad Izzah who secured the pole position for the triple A-mains. Leg one then saw Izzah taking a comfortable win from John Ambar and Ronny Suwarto. Leg two and Bowie Ginting, who suffered from tyre failures in the qualifiers and the opening A-main, was able to pass Muhammad on the second lap and to win the main some four seconds in front of Izzah and Mamesah. The third and decisive A-main then again had Bowie Ginting taking the win after an unlucky Muhammad Izzah had to park his car due to a broken drive belt. This handed Bowie the overall win from Muhammad and Christian. In the FWD class Izzah was unstoppable and he made a clean sweep to take the win from Arya and Donny Dobu.

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August 20, 2015

Arrowmax 5000mAh 110C/55C 2S LiPo battery pack

Arrowmax 5000mAh 110C/55C 2S LiPo battery pack

Arrowmax is the latest company to step into the LiPo battery game by introducing a 5000mAh 7.4V pack. Built from high-quality 110C/55C cells and coming in a protective hardcase the battery features “through-type” tube connectors for 4mm bullet-type plugs, making it easily usable for a range of applications including touring cars and off-road vehicles. The split-type sticker on the sides ensure that the battery looks good over a long period of time even when using strong battery mounting tape.

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August 20, 2015

Xceed rim reamer & 3-in-1 tool

Xceed rim reamer & 3-in-1 tool

Xceed have two new tools available in the form of a rim reamer for 1/8th on-road wheels as well as a 3-in-1 turnbuckle and ball cup wrench. Starting with the reamer, the tool is designed to slightly widen the wheel axle hole of 1/8th on-road wheels to make for a better fitment on the wheel axle and thus faster and more easy pitstops. The tool is made from high-quality springsteel and green anodised aluminium. Also new is the ball cup remover and turnbuckle wrench. Designed for the use with small ball cups as well as 3mm and 4mm turnbuckles the tool helps to easily pop-off ball cups from the ball joints while the stepped design of the turnbuckle portion does away with the need to carry different size tools. The wrench is made from laser-etched high-quality spring steel.

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August 19, 2015

Schumacher BTCC Bedworth Rd5 – Report

Schumacher BTCC Bedworth Rd5 – Report

It was a return to the fantastic Midlands track of Bedworth this past weekend, almost 70 drivers were in attendance at round 5 of the Schumacher BTCC, there were other events on this weekend so a few usual BTCC suspects weren’t present, however it was still a great event which all enjoyed. The format for the day was 4 rounds of qualifying with round by round and then 1 final for everyone. Bedworth’s track was looking in superb condition and it was very quick. In the Touring Car Modified class Colin Price took the day’s win from Ben Cosgrove in second and Paul Pinkney in third respectively while Darren Lee and David Hall rounded out the top 5 result.

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August 19, 2015

HPI Racing Q32 D8T Tessmann Edition micro truggy

HPI Racing Q32 D8T Tessmann Edition micro truggy

HPI Racing’s tiny Q32 D8T Tessmann Edition micro truggy is the palm-size “living room” version of the full-blown HB D8T nitro truggy. Coming electric-powered and with rear wheel drive, grippy foam tyres and a plastic rear wing the Q32 chassis allows to experience the fun of off-road driving even in tight surroundings.

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August 19, 2015

Xray 1/10th pan car soft front springs

Xray 1/10th pan car soft front springs

New from Xray and made for the X1, X10 and X12 pan cars are two additional sets of front springs. Coming as soft C=2.5 and ultra soft C=1.5 variant they add to the already existing C=2.0 and C=3.0 soft springs for a wider range of adjustments. The colour-coded springs come in sets of two and they fit Xray’s 1/10th and 1/12th vehicles as well as many other cars.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


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