Teamsaxo have introduced this roll-spring set for pan cars which includes three pairs of super soft to super hard springs. The black version is super-hard, silver is medium-hard and gold is soft, designed to be adaptable to various road conditions. The springs are made from high quality durable spring steel and are of course coloured for easy identification.
Source: Teamsaxo [saxoracing.com]
Last weekend saw the 1st annual Fall Classic held at Horsham RC Raceway, home of the 2013 R.O.A.R. Carpet Nationals. With over 75 entries the track was packed with some of the best talent in the country including 2011 Nationals champion Jeff Cuffs, 2013 IIC 1/12 TQ Donny Lia, Mike Gee and Jon Williams. With a total of 11 races per round, there was never a dull moment in the action and classes included VTA, 17.5 1/12, WGT, 1/10 TC mod, and their signature event 17.5 1/10 TC. In the A Main, fresh off his second place finish as the N.O.R.C.A.R. Halloween Classic Awesomatix team driver Mike Gee got out to the early lead followed closely the Donny Lia and Sal Amato in third. On lap 5 Lia was able to overtake Gee for the lead. Lia and Gee put on an exhibition and some of the best competitive driving until Lia encountered an unfortunate body tuck leaving the door open for Gee to retake the lead and dropping Lia to fourth place. This caused a reshuffling in the top three divers running order of Mike Gee 1st, Jeff Cuffs 2nd and Jon Williams 3rd. Lia made a great effort to recapture a top three podium postion baring down on Williams for several laps however, Williams was able to hold on to third.
To celebrate the TQ and IFMAR World Championship title achieved by team driver Tadahiko Sahashi Serpent introduce the Viper 977 WC limited edition 1/8 on-road kit. The kit features a number of optional parts Tadahiko used during the race as are front and rear aluminium wheel axles, rear CVD driveshafts, carbon fibre rim covers, a 38g chassis weight, aluminium throttle and servo saver arms, rear RR hard anti-roll bar, new hard compound suspension parts as well as red L27 shock stings and #700 shock oil. Also included is a limited edition engraved main chassis plate. The first kit with the number 001 will be auctioned through eBay with the winning bid being donated to the Red Cross in order to financially support the organisation’s efforts in the current Philippine post-typhoon situation.
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Revolution Design Racing products introduce the latest addition to their line of high quality Ultra tools specially designed for the need of nitro racers. The Ultra Exhaust Spring Remover made for easy, convenient and safe working with exhaust springs such as the ones used to hold the muffler in place. The tool not only helps to remove already installed springs, it also comes in handy when building and exhaust systems or when coupling them to the engine crank case. The tool features a black anodised CNC-machined 7075-T6 handle and a high quality hardened spring steel tool tip. A coloured cap makes identification in your tool bag easy.
Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]
The Fiorano Modenese track hosted the first edition of the Memoria Gualtiero Picco race that attracted some of the best Italian 1/8 on-road drivers. The weekend was overshadowed by a bit of bad weather but at the end the race went flawless thanks to the great track staff. In qualifying Lamberto Collari took TQ in front of Mirko Salemi and Albert Picco. The final saw the early lead from Collari who was chased by Picco and Salemi. 10 minutes into the race Andrea Ciurlante moved his way up into third spot and shortly after Lamberto had to retire with problems. This handed Albert Picco the lead followed by Cirulante and Marco Vanni. At the 18 minute mark light drizzle stirred things up a bit as the track became very slippery forcing all drivers to change tyres. The conditions gave Andrea and his box stock RX8 the advantage he needed as he easily took the win in front of Marco Vanni and Alberto Picco. The top 5 was completed by Alberto Tedeschi ad Sara Bella.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Seen for the first time in public at the recent ETS season opening race in the Czech Republic Awesomatix now have the V2 gear differential for the A700 touring car available. The updated version offers ultra smooth running and a newly designed floating inner O-ring system to compensate the fluid’s volume expansion once the oil starts to heat-up during a race. This makes the diff more consistent throughout the run and also generates a more consistent and predictable car with increased rear traction. New filling and bleeding holes within both outdrives allow for easy building, setup and maintenance, leaving a “bubble-free” differential. The set comes without internal gears, cross pins or washers but according to Awesomatix the latest Xray T4 items will do the job just fine.
Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]
This year’s German Open Indoor Masters took place at the “Faszination Modellbau” fair in Friedrichshafen, close to Austria and Switzerland, attracting nearly 80 drivers in the 1/8 and 1/10 200mm on-road classes. Qualifying in the 1/8th scale class was very close with Shepherd’s Maxi Vogl missing the TQ spot by only 0.1 sec with a gap of 0.2 sec to the third placed driver. In the 200mm class Patrick Schäfer qualified 2nd in front of his new team mate Bernd Rausch at his first race for Shepherd.
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New from Revolution Design Racing Products comes the Ultra 1/10th shock O-ring set. The seals are made from a specially formulated compound that is much less prone to “swell” under the influence of silicone shock oil meaning a better seat of the seals within the damper cartridges over a longer period of time. The O-rings also have a lower break away point compared to standard “orange” seals for a more sensitive damper action. The O-rings come in a 16-piece set, enough to equip 8 shocks, and they fit nearly all of today’s 1/10th on-road and off-road shock absorbers.
Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]
