Awesomatix’ Wayne Mah took the Touring Car Stock Championship at the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series WCICS. Xray’s Danny Buck took second overall, and Ivan Chan 3rd. Full results and podium pictures can be found on the official WCICS website by clicking here.
Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]
The third round of the BRCA Touring Car Series took place hosted by the long established Stafford club over the weekend and saw one of the closest fought and unpredictable races for many seasons, but coming out on top were two Schumacher drivers in the form of Colin Price in modified and James Hart in Stock. In Modified Elliott Harper took TQ and leg one of the Modified A final and looked on course to score his first win since moving to Schumacher for 2015, but in leg two and three Elliott seemed to lose his performance advantage and was swallowed up by the chasing pack, Associated’s Chris Grainger took advantage in leg two and in leg three Colin Price took the leg and with it the win, the top three of Price, Grainger and Xray’s Olly Jefferies tied on points but the tie breaker fell in favour of Price giving him his second ever UK national win.
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Team Orion have introduced their all-new dDrive 2-in-1 brushless power unit for 1/10th scale on-road and off-road vehicles. The revolutionary system combines a highly efficient and very powerful 4-pole brushless motor and a brushless controller in one simple to use package. Coming from the mind of Oscar Jansen the unit is used in place for the usual motor and is very easy to setup while the integrated system uses only a minimal amount of wires for improved reliability and less hassle especially for beginners. The integrated controller offers three different drive modes, user-adjustable performance settings, overheat protection and low-voltage cut-off while the 4-pole motor is housed in an aluminium heatsink can. The 58mm long unit is splash-proof, it comes pre-wired with a T-type connector and it is available as 2700kv and 3000kv variant.
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During this week’s EFRA 1/8th Gas Offroad European Championship Italian company Reds Racing have their forthcoming TX120 1/10th scale brushless speed controller on show. Known for their successful range of nitro engines Reds Racing recently also stepped into electric propulsion with the release of their 1/8th and 1/10th scale brushless motors. As for the speed controller, the TX120 was developed with a focus especially on 13.5T stock racing and a good brake feel, but the speedo will also work with modified motors down to 3.0T. Measuring 31.38x19mm and weighing in at 45g the 2S LiPo-compatible and 120A-rated ESC offers 6V/3A BEC output and it sports all-black wires for a pro-level look. Also available will be a dedicated programming box that allows to adjust the software parameters that, from what is understood, will include class-standard items such as timing and turbo functions beside others. More detailed information about both products will become available in time for the release.
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Coming from Teamsaxo and made for the HB Pro5 touring car is a new carbon fibre main chassis and top deck. The 85mm wide chassis is cut from 2.2mm material and it features a symmetrical design with the milled motor pocket also being present on the battery side for a more equal left-to-right flex. The design makes the chassis especially helpful in low-grip conditions with the 2.0mm top plate being usable in combination with the optional or standard chassis in order to provide different flex characteristics when needed.
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Italian company Mon-Tech have introduced a special servo and steering mount for the Xray X1. The option part, called SSS which is for “servo, steering, suspension” is meant to allow better steering response, faster cornering and improved bump handling. Made from aluminium the brace takes both the steering servo and the steering bellcrank to connect them with the front part of the chassis using the upper camber and castor plate rather then attaching them to the main chassis plate, to create a “floating” design. The anodised aluminium brace comes including three alloy posts and the assembly is a direct fit on the X1.
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Team Associated have introduced the Factory Team 500cc Pro fuel bottle. This 500cc size will fill a 125cc buggy fuel tank four times before needing refilling, leaving time to focus on more urgent pitting tasks. A rubber cap prevents contamination and evaporation of contents and the bottle is measured from 50cc to 500cc in 50cc increments while a long, strategically curved neck provides easy reach of fuel tank opening.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
Round 19 of the LRP-HPI-Challenge was held at the famous Andernach track in Germany with around 50 drivers in attendance. In the fastest class of 10.5T Stock Manuel Wagner took the overall TQ after winning two of the three qualifiers. In the final Manuel had some close fights with Thorsten Zorn and in the opening A-main Manuel took profit of problems Thorsten ran into while in the second main it was Manuel who struggled a bit due to the hot weather conditions, but with some careful driving he was able to take the win and with it the overall victory. Come A3 and with some setup changes Manual Wagner again took the win to make a clean sweep. Behind him Thorsten Zorn finished in 2nd while Thomas Isbert rounded out the podium in 3rd.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
