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April 28, 2014

Nick Chong wins at Malaysian on-road GP series Rd2

For round 2 of the Malaysian National GP on-road series, the drivers travelled up North to Dungun, a sunny resort town. The track is considerably smaller compared to other Malaysian tracks but always makes for challenging races and it has plenty of traction but heavy tyre wear to offer. In 1/8th scale Team Serpent driver, Nick Chong took advantage of the cooler conditions in the morning to set the fastest lap time of 15.7 sec, which eventually saw him take the TQ position in the first qualifier as the track got slower throughout the day. Nick was the only driver to score a 19 lap run at 5.09, whilst Kenny Ow, last year’s top qualifier, settled for an 18 lap run in 5.04.

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April 27, 2014

IFMAR announce 200mm Nitro Worlds control tyre

The 2014 1/10th IC Track World Championships will be run on Matrix rubber, IFMAR announced. With three other company in the mix but only one supplier being granted the delivery, Matrix has been chosen as the control tyre for the event that will take place from the 7th to 15th of November at Huge RC Project in Bangkok, Thailand.

April 25, 2014

Tamiya TRF101W – Preview

According to the usually well informed Kentech Blog Tamiya is working on a wide track TRF101 formula kit, called the TRF101W. Tweaks from the “narrow” TRF101 are new, wider carbon fibre front suspension arms, the upper deck and the corresponding posts can be mounted in a “front” or “rear” position to alter the chassis’ flex characteristics, the lower deck is made of thinner carbon fibre for added torsional flex and an updated roll damper design allows for quicker response. The servo mount also received a make over and the car is believed to be on show at the upcoming Shizuoka Hobby Show in May.

Source: Kentech Blog [kentech.blogs.se]

April 25, 2014

Team C TR10 sport-level 4WD touring car

Team C soon have the sport-level version of the TC10 touring car available called the TR10. The car is based on a carbon fibre double deck chassis and obviously features composite bulkheads, shock towers and suspension mounts while the motor mount and shock absorbers are still made of high-quality aluminium. Other items to spot are CV-style driveshafts, a floating servo and a velcro battery mount. We bring you more information on the kit as soon as we get them.

Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]

April 24, 2014

Belgian Touring Car nationals Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Belgian Electric Touringcar Championship was held last weekend in Zarren. Racers from around Belgium and Holland came to battle for the win in the Efra, Stock and supporting F1 class. In the very competitive Efra class it was Olivier Bultynck who was fast all weekend and he had a great last qualifier to put himself on the pole. In second spot sat Nick Joosens followed by Nicolas Delisé and Rico Claeys.

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April 24, 2014

Serpent announce the 411 ERYX 3.0

Serpent have send out a scoop for their 411 ERYX 3.0 touring car. The kit will become available in May and features a 2mm hard-coated and laser-engraved 7075-T6 aluminium chassis, new lower bearings blocks, a new low centre of gravity motor mount as well as separate top plate support bushings for improved flex adjustments. Other new parts that will make it into the 3.0 kit are a lightweight aluminium spool, new v2 hard composite plastic parts, front double joint driveshafts, new A-arm brackets front and rear, updated shock O-rings and lightweight aluminium turnbuckles.

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April 24, 2014

IRCC 2014 Airport race – Announcement

The organisers of the annual IRCC event, that takes place in Japan, have been in contact to tell us about this year’s event which will be held from the 27th to the 29th of June. The race is unique in that it will be held at the Chubu international airport, in an event hall near the arrivals section. With the airport having a hotel and restaurants, you wont need to do much travelling and can in fact access the track by foot. The race will see the running of several on-road classes including Stock TC, a FWD class, Modified and Stock 1/12th scale, World GT and more. Racers interested can visit the official event site here, where you will find all the information also in English.

April 24, 2014

Blacktarmac high performance grease series

Blacktarmac introduce a line of specially formulated greases for a wide range of applications. First up is the copper grease, a lubricant incorporating finely dispersed copper dust. The grease is formulated to have excellent adhesion and resistance to give protection against wear, rust and high temperature degradation. Its primary use is on transmission parts.

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