German company Raceberry introduce a conversion kit for the Tamiya TRF417 touring car. Included in the kit comes a new lower chassis and top deck, CNC-machined motor mount and updated bulkhead parts, new CNC-machined belt pulleys as well as new front and rear belts. The kit will become available in April and is exclusively sold by Tonisport.
Source: Raceberry [raceberry@web.de]
The Czech Republic will see a round of this year’s Xray Challenge meetings run in the city of Prague. The race will take place this weekend, the 16th of March, and will be run in 1/10th touring stock 17.5T, 9.5T and modified as well as 1/10 WGT and F1. You can book in for the race here and find more information by hitting this link.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Canadian on-road nationals is Canada’s biggest on-road event held in the middle of Sea Way Mall in Welland Ontario. With well over 290 entries for touring car, VTA, 12th scale, and Mini, this is clearly the biggest event in Canada. US national champion and indoor champion Dave Johnson attended this event and ran the highly competitive 17.5 blinky touring car class as well as full blown open modified class. The VBC driver took TQ by 4 seconds over the other 89 entries in this class. In the main Dave got away to a good lead after 3 laps from current Canadian champion Philippe Gelinas who had got around Rob Say for 2nd place. Philippe would get within a second of Dave before the latter started to put together blistering laps to pull out to a 6 second lead over second place.
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Yeah Racing introduce these aluminium 1/10th scale on-road setup wheels. They are made from aluminium, come blue or black anodised and feature a rubber O-ring for a secure stand on the setup-up board or pit table while adjusting toe and camber setting on your car’s suspension.
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Speed Passion introduce their SP-1 F1 1/10th formula chassis kit. Based on a high quality carbon fibre chassis plate the kit features a widely adjustable front suspension with width adjustment feature to make the car useable both in 185mm rubber and 200mm foam classes. Beside the original suspension also Tamiya F104 and F103 axles are usable for near infinite setup possibilities.
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The Greek National Championship got underway last weekend and it was John Sotiropoulos that dominated the race at the FRT track with his Serpent 747. Saturday practice showed that Sotiropoulos had strong pace as he set the pace with his Max Powered Serpent. That speed carried through to qualifying on Sunday as he TQ’d the event ahead of Shepherd’s top two challengers. Starting the final from pole position Sotiropoulos had perfect start and showed great pace and once the race had settled the Serpent driver started to extend his lead eventually crossing the line some three laps clear of 2nd placed Capricorn driver Vangelis Totomis and another 3 laps clear of 3nd placed also Capricorn driver Nick Karabelas after 45-minutes of racing.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Team Orcan have announced that following a successful first year of driving for their team and making the main final at the World Championships, Alexander Hagberg has decided to extend his deal with the German company. The Swedish Xray driver had this to say:
It has been a pleasure to work with Mr. Bertram Kessler of SMI-Motorsport. His experience and professionalism has helped a lot over the last year. I am confident that I can accomplish even better results in the near future. I will be running Orcan engines, mufflers, fuel and accessories.
Source: Orcan [orcan.de]
Evo-Workshop introduce their latest J’s System multi-flex chassis for the Xray RX8 and the Serpent S966. Featuring resilience of two materials combined, the system incorporates a hard coated aluminum chassis and a carbon-fiber-made stabilizer blade that work seamlessly with various lock up combinations, providing the best flex control function for any track requirements or racing events.
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