The opening round of the Xray Racing Series Australia was held recently in perfect weather conditions. Overnight rain on Saturday washed away the sugar added to the surface and so round one for everyone was slippery but the track grip did come back up 95 percent by the end of the day. In Modified Touring it was Xray’s Ari Bakla with the win from Yokomo’s Simon Nicholson and Awesomatix driver Jeffrey MacKie.
The fifth round of the BRCA LMP national series take place at the Newbury RC club last weekend. The event took place over two days, with Saturday seeing all drivers competing in the 13.5 Stock class, and Sunday seeing the field split into 6.5 Modified and 13.5 Sports Modified. The club last held a national two years ago, but the huge experience of the organising team saw a small but challenging track laid out for the attending drivers. The Newbury club run on ETS style carpet, and with the mix of touring car additive and large numbers of cars running, the track soon picked up grip and many drivers were adjusting setup to counter grip roll.
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The KLIRCC International track in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia played host to the GP Challenge Cup recently. The event was held in several on-road classes and attracted local racers as well as guests from Singapore. In the 1/8th Nitro category it was Xray’s Jade Lim with the win in the main final from Shepherd’s Austin Wong and Xray driver Dixon Chen.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Round 2 of the Rebels Race series was held in Trebešín, Prague, Czech Republic last weekend. This time the organisers prepared a very fast track layout with many fast chicanes and as the track was laid out with ETS carpet the grip level was progressively raising up. In the Modified class it was Matěj Šulc, who won all qualifying rounds to take the pole position spot in front of Marcel Dostál and Petr Grof. Ultimately it was Matěj with the win in first two A-mains from Marcel and Petr. The final A-main would decide the overall podium results and in the end it was Marcel who would hold the upper hand over Petr, that latter was able to close on Marcel but did nit found a way past.
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The opening round of the Andalusian Championship was held at the Circuito RC José María García track in Lebrija this past weekend. Juan Carlos Canas was in control of things, taking the TQ after the qualifiers from Zacarias Villalba and also bringing home the win in the 45-minute main final. Agustin Illanes would better his qualifying performance, ending the race on the 2 spot, from runner-up after the qualifiers, Zacarias Villalba in 3rd, making it an all-Mugen top 3.
Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]
Coming from Yeah Racing and made for Tamiya’s T3-01 Dancing Rider trike are a spring steel rear axle shaft set as well as an aluminium battery mount shaft. Starting with the driveshaft set, included are spring steel axle shafts for improved drivetrain efficiency and more secure wheel installation. To this add aluminium clamping-type wheel hex adapters and aluminium spacers to adjust the rear tracks width. The axle shafts come with a hard finish for improved wear while the alloy parts sport a blue anodised surface. As for the aluminium battery mount, the item is machined from high-quality aluminium and it comes blue anodised. While making for a more secure battery mounting it also adds a small amount of lateral stiffness to the chassis.
PDX RC Underground in Portland, Oregon held round four of the 2018 Winter Rockstar Off-road Series this past weekend. Yokomo’s Joe Pillars was in control of things in the 2WD Modified class as he took the TQ after the qualifiers and also the win in the single 5-minute A-main. The Yokomo podium sweep was completed by Tanner Day in 2nd and Brad Borneill in 3rd.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
Coming from Mugen and made for the new MBX8 1/8th off-road buggy are three titanium screw sets. Available soon are the A set for most upper parts of the buggy while the B set is for the use with most chassis-based parts such as bulkheads. Also available is a 4-piece set of SJG4-20 titanium flat head screws. All are machined from high-quality titanium for a lower weight compared to the standard steel screws while ensuring higher corrosion resistance and cooler looks. The sets will become available from end of February.
