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June 27, 2018

Tim Wood wins BRCA 1/8th Track Nats Rd5

Round 5 of the BRCA 1/8th Track National Championship was held at the Mendip track last weekend. In 1/8th Nitro On-road and after the finals had to be restarted due to an accident involving personal injury, Tim Wood carefully started into the main final. Since no tyre change was planned on his Shepherd car, but his opponent, Serpent’s Alex Thurston went for a tyre change, the outcome of the race should be decided in the late stage of the race. But due to a gearbox damage Alex lost valuable time so Tim was able to drive home a safe victory. The second place went to Alex, the final podium spot went to Clive Connolly. Neal King (Shepherd) just missed the podium crossing the finishing line in 4th position.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 27, 2018

Nejc Mihelič TQs & wins Slovenian 1/8 On-road champs

The Slovenian 1/8th Nitro On-road Championship was held at the Tolmin track last weekend. Perfect weather conditions made for some nice days of racing. Nejc Mihelič took the TQ after the qualifiers followed by Dobnikar Aleš and Šetina Anže. Due to huge tyre wear the final was divided into two 15-minutes legs and a points system was used to determine the overall positions with both legs counting. Ultimately it was Nejc Mihelič (ARC) won both of the finals in front of Valentin Mis (ARC) and Dobnikar Aleš (ARC).

Thanks to Nejc Mihelič for the report.

June 27, 2018

Yeah Racing high-power portable soldering iron

Coming from Yeah Racing is their new high-power portable soldering iron. The handy item is powered by either a 12VDC source of a 3S LiPo pack and included is a chisel tip for efficient heat transfer when soldering motor or battery connections. Also part of the package are two different plugs that allow to DIY the power lead to a suitable length.

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June 27, 2018

T-Works MP9 hard-coated alloy brake cams

T-Works have introduced their new hard-coated aluminium brake cam set for the Kyosho MP9 TKI3 and TKI4 kits. The items replace the standard steel cams for lighter parts in order to scrub some weight. Included with the cams come two grub screws and the set is available now.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

June 27, 2018

Exotek on-road tweak board & carbon LiPo tabs

Coming from Exotek are a new tweak board for 1/10th on-road cars as well as a pair of carbon fibre LiPo tabs for on-road and off-road kits. Starting with the tweak board, it is a quick and easy way to reset chassis flatness and tweak without having to remove the tyres. It fits the full length of 1/10th touring and formula cars to fully lift the car enough so that owners can reset the top plate flatness without removing any tyres thus saving lots of pit work time. The board is made in the USA of black melamine board, it is light of weight and measures 300x90x12mm.

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June 27, 2018

Trinity Works logo T-shirt

Trinity have introduced their new Works logo T-shirt. Printed on a midnight navy colour Next Level Apparel shirt, the tee features Trinity’s script logo in popping colours and it is available in adult S to 3XL sizes from now on.

Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]

June 27, 2018

TPro 325-330mm wheelbase GT body shell

Coming from TPro is a new GT 4000 body shell for 325mm to 330mm 1/8th scale GT cars. The body comes made from high-quality polycarbonate and it includes a rear wing, window masks and a decal sheet.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

June 26, 2018

Meen V. successful at Asia Fever race

The 2018 Asia Fever race was held at The Dirt Bureau track in Malaysia this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Malaysian driver, Danny K. took the TQ, however he was not able to convert the position into a victory. Instead it was Meen Vejrak from Thailand who would sweep the A-main, taking the win a lap in front of Paphon Chanyasak from Thailand as another Thai driver, Game Mongkolphan rounded out the top 3 another lap down. Josh Pain from Australia and Adrian Wicaksono from Indonesia would complete the top 5 results.

Image: Meen Vejrak