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April 9, 2018

Phat Bodies GT12 Zed wing pack

Phat Bodies have introduced their new Zed wing pack that has been developed as an alternative to the popular kit wing included with the company’s GTM and GTF body shells. The wings are supplied with new profiles for a different feel on track. Both can also be tuned to varied heights for high and low downforce tracks and they are moulded in 0.75mm Lexan polycarbonate to give minimal deflection under load for maximum downforce yet also lightweight to keep the centre of gravity as low as possible.

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April 9, 2018

T-Works aluminium exhaust locks

Coming from T-Works is a set of aluminium exhaust locks for most .21 and .12 exhaust pipes. The machined aluminium parts are designed to sandwich the pipe end in addition to the standard muffler grub screw, making for additional security and peace of mind in long mains or when running on rutted tracks. The machined aluminium items come black anodised for wear, in sets of two and including four grub screws.

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April 9, 2018

Tanner Day sweeps Northwest Indoor Series finale

The final round of the Northwest Indoor Series was held this past weekend and it was Yokomo’s Tanner Day who swept both the 2WD Mod and 4WD Mod Buggy finals. In the 2WD Mod class Yokomo’s Jackson Andres came in 2nd, tie on points with Team Associated’s Harley Yoshii, who rounded out the top 3 podium result. Over in 4WD it was Harley Yoshii on the runner-up spot as Yokomo team manager Joe Pillars completed the top 3 podium.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

April 9, 2018

BRCA 1/8th Circuit Championships Rd1 – Report

The first round of the BRCA 1/8th circuit championships was held at the Cotswolds track. Saturday’s practice started at around 10am when a couple of racers started braving out the track, clearing puddles. Lap times were not great because of the conditions but people were actually happy to be able to be on the track and everyone veered into the afternoon without much drama. The track was now dry and cars looked faster and faster. The big unknown was how cars would react with additive on the tyres and there were mixed opinions, with some deciding not to use any. Did it make a difference? Some say it did, some say there is no point. The usual culprits seemed to be leading the way, Mark Green, Andy Hastings, Neal King, Tim Wood to name but a few. David Spashett, last year’s runner up, was absent but Alex Thurston was back in nitro after two very successful years in 8th electric. It would be rather interesting to see on the Sunday how people would actually get on with their new cars in race conditions. After the sound of blistering lap times – for the conditions – the day was over and it was time to try and warm up for most racers. The afternoon had been dry but the wind chill created quite a cold feeling.

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April 9, 2018

Ty Tessmann sweeps Big Barn Shootout

The Big Barn Shootout was held in Chilliwack, BC this past weekend and it was Xray’s Ty Tessmann who dominated the 1/8th Nitro Buggy and 1/8th E-Buggy classes. Ty would secure the overall TQ in both categories and he also came out on top in the 30-minute Nitro Buggy main and the opening two E-Buggy A-mains legs to take a double win with Team Associated’s Peter Tozser and HB Racing’s Carson Phipps completing the Nitro Buggy podium as the Team Associated duo of Nick Wautlet and Mike Dana coming in 2nd and 3rd in the E-Buggy class.

View the E-Buggy podium here

April 9, 2018

Team Associated TC7.1 brass arm mounts

Coming from Team Associated are new brass arm mount for the TC7.1, TC7 and TC6.2 series of touring cars. They were designed to replace the stock machined aluminium outer and inner mounts with machined brass versions for increased mass. Each outer mount is 7 grams heavier than the aluminium version while the inner mounts add 2.5 grams each. A combination of these mounts, or completely replacing the stock mounts, helps with tuning the overall centre of mass. The suspension hangers are sold in pairs and the additional weight of the mounts is laser-etched.

View the split inner mounts here

April 9, 2018

2017/18 VRS-Micro Touring Series – Report

The 2017/18 VRS-Micro Touring Series was held from October to April at the Vestfold RC Center in south east Norway in 1/28th scale Modified and Stock classes. The series is run on ETS-style carpet using RC Atomic and GL-Racing cars with a total of 25 racers attending in the free-kV Modified and 3500kV Stock categories. Going into the final round five drivers were battling for the overall championship with 12-years young Team Atomic Norway driver Olav Dahle being the fastest driver through the season, taking a total of four wins in the series. And with a win in the final race he would also seal the overall championship from Torbjørn Jørgensen (Atomic) and Atomic driver Tommy Lønn.

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April 9, 2018

Berkan Kilic wins Northern Germany Buggy opener

The opening round of the Northern Germany 1/8th Off-road regional championships, qualifying races for the German Nats, was held at the iconic Bistensee track in the very North of the country. Practice was held on Saturday with Sunday being race day. After the qualifiers and semifinals, Agama’s Burak and Berkan Kilic would lock-out P1 and P2 on the grid and after the 40-minutes A-main it was Berkan with the win from Burak as Kyosho’s Marcel Paul obtained the final podium spot.

Thanks for Abdullah Kilic for the report.