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August 4, 2013

Naoto Matsukura retains JMRCA touring car title

The 2013 JMRCA Touring Car National Championships were held this weekend at the Wangan Circuit under rain affected conditions. Qualifying would go the way of Yokomo super star Naoto Matsukura just beating out team mate Hayato Matsuzaki who put in a stellar performance following a year off racing. Tamiya team driver Akio Sobue rounded out the top 3 with Nagashima 4th and Thai driver Meen Vejrak in 5th. In the finals it was a close affair in Leg 1 with the top 3 covered by 3 seconds with Naoto winning from Hayato with Akio 3rd. The second leg was a repeat for Yokomo pairing, Naoto taking the win and wrapping up the overall title with Meen V taking 3rd. Leg 3 was a repeat of the first leg with Sobue taking 3rd to wrap up the final podium position behind Matsuzaki with 2nd overall and Matsukura in 1st, the 3-time World Champion taking his 3rd consecutive National touring car title.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

August 3, 2013

Arrowmax aluminium set-up wheels

Arrowmax has released of the new CNC-machined premium-quality aluminium set-up wheels for electric and nitro 1/10 touring cars. Laser engraved with the Arrowmax logo and arrow pattern they offer precise and repeatable set-up adjustment and tweak correction. Sold in a complete set of 4.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

August 3, 2013

SouthWest Championship Series Rd5 report

SWCS Rd5

The first-ever R/C onroad race event at the famous Circuit of the Americas F1 track in Austin, Texas took place over last weekend. Coordination on the part of HobbytownUSA Austin, the SouthWest Championship Series Committee, and several R/C racing enthusiasts at the Circuit of the Americas made this event possible. Both nitro and electric classes were run, which made for an exciting and unique experience.

Continue reading the report here

August 2, 2013

Yeah Racing XV-01 alloy suspension mounts

Following the 1XJ suspension mount for the XV-01 chassis Yeah Racing now release more option parts for Tamiya’s 4WD sport-level chassis. Available are 1XM split inner suspension mounts made from high-quality aluminium that are designed to replace the stock plastic parts with more durable items. When used in combination with the 1XJ suspension mount the rear A-arms show a greater toe-in for added stability during cornering. The split suspension mounts are also available as 1XJ version.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

August 2, 2013

Future Tamiya kit releases

Tamiyablog.com have some information on forthcoming Tamiya kit releases available. Coming this Fall are two TT-02 based classic race cars in the form of the Zakspeed Capri Würth and the Porsche 99 Carrera RSR as well as the Monster Super Swift on M-05 chassis and the RR version of the DB01 intermediate-level 4WD buggy. There are no official pictures yet but the Ford Capri Würth was released as 1/24th scale plastic kit before and especially the Monster Super Swift looks to become a nifty piece of kit. As for the DB01 it is understood that the kit will feature a lot of new option parts to make the club-level chassis more race worthy.

Click here to view how the Monster Super Swift may look like

August 2, 2013

BMT GT chassis 2-speed gearbox

Italian company iRacing introduce a 2-speed gearbox for BMT 1/8th GT chassis. The set comes with all needed parts to upgrade the GT car’s single speed gearbox and includes a new layshaft, one-way housing, and gears beside all needed hardware. Also included is a threaded clutch bell with interchangeable pinion gears to help with fine-tuning of the gear ratio.

Source: iRacing [iracing.it]

August 1, 2013

Protoform Pro-TC wing kits

Protoform introduce their Pro-TC wing kits for 190mm and 200mm touring car bodyshells. Made from extra-stiff .040 lexan for low deflection under high downforce loads each set includes two wings – one of standard and one of high downforce as well as four endplates. This allows the perfect setup of the body for all racing conditions. The wings meet all IFMAR, BRCA and ROAR body spec standards and come unpainted.

Click here to view the 190mm variant

August 1, 2013

MR..Roche Tamiya & Kyosho option parts

MR..Roche introduce new option parts for the Tamiya TRF417V5, TA05 and TA06 touring cars as well as the Kyosho RB6 buggy. Starting with the Tamiya options, available now are specific heady duty differential cup joints that are made from ultra-hard spring steel to increase the lifespan. The drivetrain parts received a heat treatment for an even harder surface and the TA05/06 parts also include POM low-friction joint shaft blades. Swinging over to the RB6 parts, MR..Roche come up with a battery plate, ESC mount plate and a 4mm front shock tower. All parts are CNC-machined from high-quality carbon fibre with the battery plate and shock tower also sporting milled out sections for an even lower weight and good looks. All parts are a direct replacement for the stock plastic composite items.

Click here to view the other new parts