Last weekend the first round of the Portuguese Touring Series took place at the C.R.A.P. track in Lisbon. In qualifying TOP Racing driver José Figueiredo TQ’d all four heats of the Stock class with fellow driver Carlos Costa taking the 2nd spot on the grid. In the finals José made a clean sweep by winning all three legs handing him the win in front of Carlos Costa.
Source: T.O.P. [top-racing.jp]
Yeah Racing now have this ball cup remover tool available. It is CNC-machined form aluminium and works with most ball cups from 4mm up to 6mm. The fork design makes separating the ball end and cup easy while it limits stress on both parts at the same time for a long life and virtually no damage on the parts.
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German Power HD distributors RMV introduce three new high voltage digital servos in the form of the Storm 4, Storm 5 and the D-18HV. Starting with the Storm series, both the Storm 4 (0.085s/25kg-cm) and the Storm 5 (0.066s/18kg-cm) feature hardened aluminium cases, splash water protection via O-ring seals, aluminium and titanium gears as well as brushless motors. Both sport standard dimensions, are 7.4V compatible and ideal for 1/8 scale cars, buggies and trucks. Also new is the D-18HV (0.10s/18kg-cm) servo, like the Storm series it sports a hardened aluminium case and splash water protection. The motor is a coreless variant and the gears are made from aluminium and steel.
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Japanese company Team Muso introduce the World GT conversion kit for the Yokomo R12 and R12C3 1/12th scale pan car. Included in the kit are all necessary parts to convert the R12 into a 200mm wide WGT as are a new long wheelbase chassis, carbon front bumper, upper and lower brace, brace mount, chassis brace, battery support, battery posts, front suspension spacers, rear bulkhead spacer, aluminium wheel hubs and hardware. Not included are wheels, tyres, the body or electronics. According to Team Muso th kit also works with Yokomo’s GT500 line of club racing cars.
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The International Indoor Championships is a classic event which marks the start of the indoor carpet season. It is held on an annual basis at the Riviera Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Boulevard. Beside the Touring Car Modified Rubber class several other classes such as 17.5T and 13.5T TC Stock, 1/12 Modified and Stock as well as World GT were run. In the 17.5T Touring Car class RC America driver Eric Anderson brought home the win with fellow Xray drivers Craig Xavier and Michael Herald Jr. in tow.
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The 5th round of the Madeira Island regional championship took place at the Pista da Cancela track. Duarte Faria took the win in the 200mm nitro class in front of Paulo Kibby Rodrigues and Alcino Camacho. Nuno Rodrigues and Luis Angelo completed the top 5. The win of the 5th round also secured Duarte the runner-up spot in the 2013 championship.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
CSO introduce the Super-V2 chassis conversion kit for the Xray T4 platform. The kit contains a new ‘flexible’ carbon fibre main chassis and upper deck, a new motor mount with three slots for motor fastening, a new centred upper deck brace and a new layshaft mount that now is detached from the upper deck for improved flex characteristics. Included in the set is also a set of aluminium belt pulleys, a carbon fan mount brace, and new aluminium steering posts, a steering post brace and a connecting top deck post. It is understood that the set fits all pre-2014 T4 cars.
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During last week’s IIC race in Las Vegas Protoform showed the follow-up model of the iconic Mazdaspeed6 body shell, the Mazda6 GX. It is understood that the body is designed to meet with the Global Body Spec rules, and it sports a “coupe-ish” roof line, a pronounced headlight/grille section, strengthening recessions behind the front fenders and around the door sections as well as a flat trunk section for improved airflow towards the rear wing. The new body is set to hit the stores in November.
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