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October 12, 2013

RGT R2 Prospec Blue limited edition

RGT Hobby introduce the R2 Prospec Blue edition 4WD touring car kit. The limited edition kit offers a 2.0mm carbon fibre main chassis and top deck, carbon fibre shock towers, aluminium lower bulkheads, aluminium suspension mounts with interchangeable toe inserts, as well as front and rear steel CV driveshafts. The batter holder is designed to take all ROAR-legal battery packs and the kit also features a rear heavy duty gear differential with aluminium outdrives, short hard-coated aluminium shock absorbers and spring steel turnbuckles.

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October 12, 2013

Sahashi on pole for World Championship Final

Team Serpent’s Tadahiko Sahashi will start the 1:8 Onroad World Championship final at KeiTune Racing Speedway in Japan from pole position after the Top Qualifier took a faster win in the second Semi-Final than Takaaki Shimo managed in opening 30-minute encounter. Starting from the front Sahasi lead from start to finish, the only blotch in the near perfect run being the loss of a rear wheel off his Picco powered 977 when he was released from his tyre stop. Such was the Japanese drivers lead however once the rest of the field completed their tyre stops he was back in front eventually taking the win by over a lap from Atsushi Hara and HB’s Teemu Leino. The story of the race however was the recovery drive from European Champion Jilles Groskamp.

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October 12, 2013

1:8 Onroad to crown all new World Champion

The sport’s oldest and founding class is to crown an all new World Champion this evening in Japan as the only former World Champion Adrien Bertin exited from the event in the first of the Semi Finals. Starting from 5th on the grid the KM Racing driver lasted just 2 and a half minutes of the half hour final when he was forced out with a broke steering servo saver. Up front and booking his place in the race that will decide the 19th World Champion, Mugen/OS driver Takaaki Shimo controlled the race from start to finish only dropping from the top of the timing screens when he made a full tyre change.

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October 11, 2013

Capricorn C801 EL 1/8th on-road car

Capricorn released first renderings of their forthcoming LAB C801 based 1/8th electric on-road car. The car makes use of many of the nitro variant’s features such as the aluminium chassis, the 3-belt drivetrain and the suspension components. New for the electric car are the aluminium motor mount and the carbon fibre upper plate that allows the use of three 2S Shorty LiPo battery packs to run the car in 6S configuration. The batteries are held in place by a carbon fibre quick release strap with the speed controller being located atop the motor. Capricorn use a 2000kv motor to power the car that is meant to have an all up weight of around 2500g and that will become available by November.

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October 11, 2013

Worlds Semi final line up complete

The line up for tomorrow’s Semi-Finals at the 1:8 Onroad World Championship is complete as Day 6 in Japan ended with a dramatic 1/4A Final that saw Atsushi Hara claim the final bump up spot to progress to the big day at the misfortune of Serpent’s Michael Salven. A controlled race from the pole position starting HB of Teemu Leino saw the 200mm World Championship Top Qualifier take a very comfortable 12 second win over the Shepherd of former finalist Oliver Mack.

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October 10, 2013

Tadahiko Sahashi is Worlds Top Qualifier

Team Serpent’s Tadahiko Sahashi is the Top Qualifier at the 1:8 Onroad World Championships in Japan. The 24-year-old claimed the honour thanks to his time set on the opening day of qualifying as yet again conditions for the sixth & final qualifier left the Keitune Racing Speedway slower than Tuesday evening’s Q2 rocket round. With Mugen’s Takehiro Terauchi the only driver to run 36 laps in Q6, there was no improvement from the top 24 drivers with top US racer Paolo Morganti the biggest mover for the round with a time that moved him from 39th to 25th to book himself a place in the 1/4 finals.

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October 10, 2013

SXT 3.0 traction compound

Schumacher SXT 3.0 traction compound

SXT 3.0 traction compound was designed to provide superior performance in a minimum odour environment for both foam and rubber tyre racing. It has been engineered, tested and proven to be compatible with other additives and it is ideal for the use on both carpet and asphalt tracks. On top of that you can also rejuvenate old foam tyres by soaking them several times.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

October 10, 2013

Wayne Mah wins at WCICS Rd1

The Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series (WCICS) Season kicked off Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Racers from across Western Canada and even the US battled it out in the seven different classes. In the Awesomatix sponsored Touring Car Modified class, after 4 rounds of qualifying, Wayne Mah (Xray) set TQ ahead of Steve Soon (Serpent). It was an exciting race on a challenging track, but Wayne kept it fast and clean and took the win Sebastian Vettel style by taking the pole position, win and fastest lap, with Korgae Scales (Awesomatix) moving to second, and Peter Tozser (Associated) in 3rd. The next WCICS race will take place in Edmonton, Alberta, on October 18th.

Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]