Marka Racing introduce this aluminium cooling fan mount for the Xray T3 and T4. Designed in co-operation with the Italian driver Marco Puleo, the bracket is made from Ergal 7075 aluminium and designed to be installed both in front or behind the motor using only one screw, thus avoiding any kind of interference with the chassis’ flexibility. The mount accepts virtually all common 25mm, 30mm, 35mm and 40mm fans.
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WRC introduce this aluminium centre pulley flange for the STX touring car. Machined from 7075 aluminium and coming with a hard-anodised finish the part is designed for the use with 20T pulleys and it makes for a more reliable and compact pulley assembly.
Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]
Xray’s Alexander Hagberg announce the release of his smartphone application Setup Station. Targeting racers of all levels the app helps to understand car setup and setup changes. Aside from (touring car) car setup Alex also talks about speed controller settings, driving and other aspects. The application is available for iOS and Android devices and can be downloaded here (App Store) or here (Google play).
Serpent introduce this aluminium chassis stiffener for the Eryx 3.0 touring car. Machined from high qualify material and coming grey anodised, the part includes an assortment of hardware to allow for several flex settings of the car’s aluminium chassis.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Available now from Hot Bodies is a conversion kit for the TCXX electric touring car. Featuring all-new upgrades and parts to bring the TCXX fully up-to-date with the latest racing tech for touring car racers, included in the set is a new V2 2.25mm main chassis with fewer holes and full thickness motor mounting area for more consistent flex, a new V2 motor mount to bring the motor closer to the centre and a 1-piece servo mount adds equal left-to-right handling. Other parts include DCJ V2 dual joint front driveshafts, a big bore shock absorber set and new low-profile front and rear shock towers.
Source: HPI Racing [hpiracing.com]
The Serpent Challenge Slovenia was held last weekend in Tolmin, Slovenia in dry weather conditions although the weather forecast predicted rain interruptions. The race was held in 1/10th electric, 1/10th touring, 1/8th track, 1/8th, GT/Rally and 1/5th scale classes with a factory driver supported workshop on Saturday while Serpent designer Michael Salven was present for additional support. In the premier class of 1/8th on-road Jernej Vuga tookthe TQ in front of Nejc Mihelic and Michael Salven. Salven then took a time-out before the start allowing Mihelic and Vuga to run off. Vuga was able to hold a lead of a few seconds in front of Mihelic, but Mihelic managed to slowly catch on him. After 20 minutes Vuga ran into engines problems allowing Mihelic to take control of the race and to take the win in front of Salven and Vuga, who completed the podium.
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The 2nd round of the Spanish 1/10th 200mm National Championships was held in Gijon in the North of Spain. Defending champion Edu Escandon took TQ honours, setting a new track record and being the only driver able to manage 16 seconds laps. Nacho Lopez was 2nd after the qualifiers and with Juan Hidalgo in 3rd and Sergi Franch in 4th.
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The 2nd round of the Brazilian nitro on-road nationals was held at the Ajarc track last weekend, run in four different classes of 1/8th, 1/10th Open, 1/10th Touring/Sportsman and 1/10th Masters/35+. In the 1/8th class final, the strongest winning contender, Flavio Elias broke his car after start crash. Cesar Salvadori’s car was hit in the same incident and he ran with a damaged tire the whole race but this did not kept the KM driver from leading only until he crashed with a back marker, resulting in a damage to a steering block on his car. This cost Cesar the 1st place but with 2 minutes to go leader Eduardo Dulac suffered a battery failure on his Shepherd so Salvadori was able to take the lead again to cruise to victory.
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