Spec-R have two new sets of optional metal outdrives for Yokomo and Xray gear differentials available. The outdrives are machined from high-quality spring steel, they offer a hardened surface and their design does away with the need to use protective plastic blades, making them ideal when running a front differential. The parts offer super long-life characteristics and come as specific Yokomo and Xray set.
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Team C Racing have new ultra hard springs for the GT8 line of cars available. They come in handy on tracks with high to very high traction and are available as separate front and rear spring pair. Designed to fit Team C’s 1/8th big bore shock absorbers the springs should also match with the dampers of many other brands.
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The Nitro Onroad Christmas Race 2013 took place at the Extreme Speed Alley raceway. The race saw the running of a 1/8 nitro, 200mm nitro and 1/8 GT class and in 1/8th it was Ricky Tangan (Serpent/Novarossi) who took the winning honours, despite a late show-up for qualifying, in front of Serpent/Novarossi teammates Denis Lucindo and Clemen Pancho. In the 200mm touring class veteran off-road racer Jordan Go (Serpent/Novarossi) took the win after a very strong and consistent race from Joseph Evaristo (Serpent/Novarossi) and Edgar Ngo (Serpent/Novarossi). 1/8 GT was won by Edgar Ngo (Serpent/Novarossi) in front of Garet Santayana (Team C/NH) with another veteran, Leo Virtucio (Serpent/Novarossi) who was racing for the first time at the ESA track, taking the final podium spot.
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In addition to the recently announced BD7-2014 Yokomo now also introduce a “2014” conversion kit for older spec kits. Included are the upper and lower carbon fibre chassis parts, the newly designed motor mount with integrated layshaft mount, the needed centre pulleys, main gear, as well as updated steering parts along an assortment of hardware to complete the conversion. The kit is available in blue colour only and will hit the stores by the end of the year.
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Italian company Mon-Tech introduce the Maxi Turbo Rally bodyshell for 1/10th rally and touring car chassis. The body resembles the iconic Renault 5 Maxi Turbo, it is made from thick 1.0mm polycarbonate and comes including stickers for the headlights, grille and air intakes as well as window masks.
Source: Mon-Tech [mon-techracing.net]
The 1st Annual US World Nitro Cup took place at Full Throttle R/C Raceway in Kissimmee, Florida. The racing format ensured excitement from the qualifiers to the mains. For the larger classes, only the top four qualifiers are guaranteed a spot on the grid, while all of the other spots are filled by bump-ups from the lower mains. The triple A format also changed the strategy that is common in regular racing formats. In the 1/8 Open class, Paolo Morganti held TQ honors for most of qualifying until an amazing run by Daniele Ielasi in the final round on Saturday morning put him in the top spot. Alberto Picco cemented his spot in the top for in the first round of qualifying, while Vincent Jackson struggled thorough the first two round until finally setting his fourth position run in round 3.
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The 3nd round of the RCProf Speedpassion Challange was held in Budapest. In the 13.5T class János Birinyi took the overall TQ after winning the first and third qualifier. In the finals János made a clean sweep by winning all three legs although he had to fight in the second A as he made a setup change that did not suit the changing track conditions well. Finishing second behind the Xray driver was Péter Taál followed by Simon Ciudan. In the Modified class Barnabás Tóth took the win from Zsolt Kálnay, Christian Faur completed the podium.
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Shepherd have a new range of ultra-strong aluminium steering servo arms available. CNC-machined from high quality 7075-T6 black anodised aluminium they sport a 15mm hole spacing which results in a perfect fitting and steering geometry in the Velox V10 Pro kit. They are available with 23T and 25T spline.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
