Japanese company Wrap-Up Next has introduced a set of mock-up carbon fibre brake discs for 1/10th scale drift cars. The set includes two vented-design 34mm carbon fibre brake discs, adapters, spacers and mounting material. Using the set will make for a more realistic appearance and all items are also available separately for spares or repair.
Source: Wrap-Up Next [wrapup-next.jp]
Power HD have announced the addition of Australian frontrunner, Simon Nicholson to their factory team. Being multiple National and State champions, TITC Modified and AOC A-Main finalist, ETS, Reedy Race familiar, Simon will use Power HD’s B7-Revolution servo in his upcoming campaign. Simon says:
I would like to thank Power HD to give me the opportunity to race for them, their servo lineup is great and showing high performance.
Source: Power HD [chd.hk]
Highest have introduced their all-new CR900 standard-size servo for monster truck and rock crawler applications. The high-voltage compatible servo pulls up to 23kg-cm of torque at a speed of down to 0.12s. It features a soft start function for smooth steering response, full metal gears for durability and a middle heatsink section for low operation temperatures. The power is developed by a coreless motor and dual ball bearings ensure efficiency and precision.
Source: Highest [highestrc.com]
Mills Pond RC Speedway of Fort Lauderdale, Florida held their Independence Day club race yesterday. In the 1/8th scale E-Buggy class it was Daniel Chavez who set the pace in qualifying to take the overall TQ for the class. At the start of the A-main Daniel got the holeshot while P2 after the qualifiers, Mike Bellotti got cleaned out pretty good, although luck was on his side and still allowed him to get through un-marshaled. Mike was in P2 behind Daniel and Mike buckled down and turned clean laps waiting in the strike zone to make a move. Dan had a bobble allowing Mike to get around him and basically go unchallenged to the end of the main. Daniel would come in 2nd a lap down after the 10-minute main as Alex Maclellan rounded out the top 3 results.
Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]
Coming from PPM RC Racing are the new RC-Cox touring car body height adjusters. The set included four 6mm inner diameter aluminium thread sections and four height adjustable alloy platforms that allow to finely tune body height and rake. The platforms are rubber retained to ensure the setting stays the same over time and the set is available in orange, red and black colour including mounting hardware.
Sprint RC from Italy have officially unveiled their all-new E-Spark touring car body shell for 190mm chassis. The shell takes design elements of the World and European Championship winning Spark 200mm nitro touring car body with the design improving overall downforce and drivability. The body comes clear in standard and lightweight variants and also pre-cut for most of today’s touring car kits.
Last weekend was the first leg of the Border Wars series, an U.S. Southwest 5-race series which hosts races in Colorado, West Texas, and New Mexico. The race was held in several nitro and electric classes and in Open Nitro Buggy it was Sean Guthrie with the TQ from Braxton Morgan on P2. The 30-minute main final then saw Jimmy Deprez, who got a bit beat up at the beginning of the race, taking the win. After qualifying on the 8th spot, Jimmy kept his head down and had some really good middle stints, making up time to bring home the victory with a 1-lap margin from Roman Gastelum 2nd and Scott Brewer 3rd.
Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]
The third round of the middle Swedish Cup was held at the Skövde track last weekend. Kyosho’s Jessica Palsson made a clean sweep in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class by bringing home the TQ, win and best junior title. Serpent’s Pontus Larsson came in 2nd some eight seconds back as Per Carlsson (Serpent) completed the top 3 results.
Image: Jessica Palsson
