From VBC Racing and made for the Wildfire D07 touring car is a 2mm aluminium chassis plate. The part is machined from 7075 aluminium and it comes black anodised and with laser etched logos. As with all alloy chassis the plate comes in handy on high-bite surfaces such as carpet or treated asphalt as it reduces chassis flex making for improved balance and an easier to drive car.
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Radtec have several new aluminium option parts for the Xray T4, the Yokomo BD7 and 1/12th scale pan cars available. First up is a single piece floating servo mount for the 2015 Spec Xray T4. The CNC-machined part is made from 7075-T6 aluminium, it sports a mounting hole for the inner battery stopper and it comes orange anodised to match with the remainder of the car’s alloy parts.
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The second round of this Winter’s Winter Electric Series again took place at the Genius Ring track in Medeuzza/Udine, Italy and it attracted 42 drivers from Slovenia and Italy. Saturday started out with free practice with the actual race taking place on Sunday. Following another hour of practice on Sunday the qualifiers started and at the end it was Rok Rudl who took the TQ in the Touring Car Stock class coming fresh from a multi-year break from racing. In the Touring Modified class it was round 1 winner Alojzij Osvald who grabbed the valuable TQ spot while in the 1/12th Open class it was again Jernej Vuga who put his car on top of the field.
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Avid have a new vented motor plate for the Team Associated B5 and T5 as well as pink 17mm Triad wheelnuts available. Starting with the motor plate, the part is made for the use with the B5 and B5M buggies as well as the new T5M truck and it helps to scrub weight while allowing hot air and dirt to get out of the gear cover. The 48 degree angled vents are placed to remove material above the motor, yet still maintain a rigid motor plate to keep gear mesh consistent. The part is fully CNC-machined from 6061-T6 aluminium and it comes black anodized with chamfered edges for that luxury look.
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Reedy has announced that JJ Wang has signed a contract extension and will continue to use Reedy’s wide range of power products in 2015. Fresh off a 5th place finish at the 200mm Nitro TC Worlds and a top-20 result at the 1:10 ISTC Worlds, JJ looks to build upon his impressive international results in 2015. Based in China, JJ will compete in various AOC events as well as the Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions, ROAR Touring Car Nationals, and a variety of other events time permitting.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
The 2015 Hudy Indoor Champs were held at ProlevelRC in Saint Louis, MO with Xray factory drivers Paul Lemieux and Drew Ellis in attendance for the race. Classes that were ran were Touring Car Modified and Stock, USGT, 1/12 Stock, and F1. In Touring Car Modified, Paul was just on it and he TQ’ed in front of Drew Ellis and Andrew Dorothy.
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Shepherd Micro Racing announce the contract renewal with talented Swiss teamdriver Simon Kurzbuch who will be with the German manufacturer through to 2015. Increasing his skills step by step together with Shepherd in the past years the 2011 World Championship finalist had a very successful 2014 campaign with great showings at the 1/8th Euros, a 3rd place at the 1/10th Euros and he took the overall win in ultra competitive ENS 1/8th class in 2014. Together with his father and his brother as his mechanics he will attend all ENS races to try to defend his title, and he will also race the Swiss National Championship, the 1/8th Euros in Germany and the Worlds in Brazil. Simon has the following to say:
A very successful and exciting season is over. A huge thanks to the whole Team Shepherd for the great support and teamwork. I’m very proud to continue with this great team and their nice products and will do my best to get some good results again this year. See you on the track.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The Nocarpet Race was held at the permanent Indoor Racing Chilelli facility in the north of Italy. This unique location combines an excellent asphalt indoor track with a nice pub located inside the facility to care for the needs of drivers and visitors. The race kicked off the 2015 racing season and it attracted drivers from all around Italy with almost 60 entries in the three Touring Car classes of Modified, Stock 13.5 and Stock 17.5 beside a growing Formula class.
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