Exotek Racing report that Mark Smyka has TQ’d and won the F1 class at the 2013 Snowbirds Nationals. Mark piloted his Exotek F1R to 3 out or 4 heat wins and found the car to really suit his driving prowess. Also used by Mark were Exotek F104 adjustable front arms which were a great tuning aid for the carpet conditions at the Snowbirds.
Source: Exotek [exotekracing.com]
Protoform have sent us this teaser picture of an upcoming on-road body shell. No details are known yet but the front details, cab design and overall appearance suggests that it very likely is a new 1/8th nitro on-road body. More information to follow.
Source: Protoform [racepf.com]
SpeedMerchant team driver Donny Lia brought home the hardware in 1/12th 13.5 Pro Stock at this year’s Snowbird Nationals held in sunny Orlando Florida. The unique 24-hour format race features Road Course and Oval broken up into 12-hour intervals and has attendance of up to 500 race entries every year. Due to work commitments, Donny wasn’t able to fly down to the race until Wednesday evening, missing all of the organized road course practice. Using the race qualifiers for gathering your set-up information is never ideal, but sometimes it’s your only option. Donny’s Rev.7 was quickly on pace and his SpeedMerchant ‘New School’ front suspension was carving up the track. After some small tweaks early Sunday morning, we knew we had the car to beat in the A-main later that day.
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Serpent team driver Marc Fischer from Germany has won the 1/12th modified class at the recent Snowbird Nationals race. Marc took TQ in front of Xray’s Paul Lemieux and AE’s Keven Hebert and was able building a 4.5 second gap in the A final handing him the win in this class. He also pulled the fastest 1/12th lap with his Thunder Power powered S120 LTX car and also finished second overall in 1/10th Mod TC making him the 2013 On-Road Snowbirds Champion.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Savöx introduce two new waterproof standard-size servos in the form of the SW-0230MG and SW-1210SG. Starting with the SW-0230MG (0.13s/8.0kg-cm) the high-voltage compatible item sports an all-plastic case, a single ball bearing and full metal gears. It is ideal for both steering and throttle/brake duties on 1/8th and 1/10th applications and comes with a fully waterproof case. Also new is the SW-1210SG (0.15s/20kg-cm) standard voltage servo. Coming in a fully waterproof aluminium-plastic case and sporting steel gears the duel ball raced servo is ideally suited for 1/8th all many large scale applications.
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Capricorn introduce new option parts for the TE01 and C801 cars. Starting with the TE01, available for the electric touring car are new steering parts. The rail-type assembly makes for an increased steering reaction and improves the handling of the car. Made for the C801 are front and rear aluminium bearing inserts. They replace the standard parts for better bearing fitment and also help to dissipate heat from the ball races better. Last but not least comes an updated flywheel nut for Capricorn’s 1/8th and 1/10th clutch. Included are a new nut, insert and washers to make for a more efficient clutch action and improved acceleration.
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At the 2013 Snowbird Nationals, the World GT class was well attended with a large number of competitors and teams entering the event. Going into the final round, CRC’s own Brian Wynn would find himself at the bottom of the A-main and needing a good run in the final round to stay in the show. In that final round, a good run would be an understatement as Wynn took his very stock Gen-X 10LE to the top of the A-main with a TQ run, from zero to hero in just 5 minutes. Brian was joined in the A-main by early TQ Frank Calandra, last years defending champ, Max Kuenning and Timezone Champ Randy Grosse. Brian took the lead early and never looked back with smooth lines and won his class using a Slider Pod converted CRC Gen-X10 LE car.
Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]
Capricorn have introduced this 6mm aluminium body height adjuster set. Anodised black the piece sits over the body post while the threaded part can be adjusted, fine tuning the body shell’s height. Sold in a pair they are available in standard and short sizes.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
