Team C Racing announce new shock and differentials oils as an extension of their existing line of silicone fluids. In addition to the existing range of shock oils now also 100cps and 150cps as well as 900cps variants are available. Specially made for on-road and off-road gear differentials are the high viscosity 15,000wt, 20,000wt and 100,000wt oils. All come in large bottles with easy portioning tips.
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This past weekend saw one of the largest RC car races ever held in Canada, the Canadian On-Road Nationals, in Welland, Ontario. Over 280 entries raced on a temporary carpet track set-up in the Centre Court of the Seaway Mall, providing a very unique atmosphere. The format for the race saw three days with practice all day Friday, followed by three rounds of qualifying on Saturday, and one last round and the mains on Sunday. The practice went very well with it being open for the first 4 hours until it got busy and controlled practice was on. In Modified and Super Stock touring Team Associated’s Keven Hebert was in control of things as he was able to TQ all three rounds of Super Stock and the last two rounds in Modified. In Sundays final qualifier, Andrew Hardman and Keven both reset TQ in Super Stock, improving it by about 2 seconds on his previous time and keeping TQ by less than a second over Andrew. In Modified, it was another great battle with both drivers on TQ pace. Both ran a good race with only 1 bobble for each and ended up resetting TQ. Keven would still grab the pole by about 1 second over Andrew.
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German company Raceberry introduce a conversion kit for the Tamiya TRF417 touring car. Included in the kit comes a new lower chassis and top deck, CNC-machined motor mount and updated bulkhead parts, new CNC-machined belt pulleys as well as new front and rear belts. The kit will become available in April and is exclusively sold by Tonisport.
Source: Raceberry [raceberry@web.de]
The Czech Republic will see a round of this year’s Xray Challenge meetings run in the city of Prague. The race will take place this weekend, the 16th of March, and will be run in 1/10th touring stock 17.5T, 9.5T and modified as well as 1/10 WGT and F1. You can book in for the race here and find more information by hitting this link.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Canadian on-road nationals is Canada’s biggest on-road event held in the middle of Sea Way Mall in Welland Ontario. With well over 290 entries for touring car, VTA, 12th scale, and Mini, this is clearly the biggest event in Canada. US national champion and indoor champion Dave Johnson attended this event and ran the highly competitive 17.5 blinky touring car class as well as full blown open modified class. The VBC driver took TQ by 4 seconds over the other 89 entries in this class. In the main Dave got away to a good lead after 3 laps from current Canadian champion Philippe Gelinas who had got around Rob Say for 2nd place. Philippe would get within a second of Dave before the latter started to put together blistering laps to pull out to a 6 second lead over second place.
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Yeah Racing introduce these aluminium 1/10th scale on-road setup wheels. They are made from aluminium, come blue or black anodised and feature a rubber O-ring for a secure stand on the setup-up board or pit table while adjusting toe and camber setting on your car’s suspension.
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Speed Passion introduce their SP-1 F1 1/10th formula chassis kit. Based on a high quality carbon fibre chassis plate the kit features a widely adjustable front suspension with width adjustment feature to make the car useable both in 185mm rubber and 200mm foam classes. Beside the original suspension also Tamiya F104 and F103 axles are usable for near infinite setup possibilities.
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The Greek National Championship got underway last weekend and it was John Sotiropoulos that dominated the race at the FRT track with his Serpent 747. Saturday practice showed that Sotiropoulos had strong pace as he set the pace with his Max Powered Serpent. That speed carried through to qualifying on Sunday as he TQ’d the event ahead of Shepherd’s top two challengers. Starting the final from pole position Sotiropoulos had perfect start and showed great pace and once the race had settled the Serpent driver started to extend his lead eventually crossing the line some three laps clear of 2nd placed Capricorn driver Vangelis Totomis and another 3 laps clear of 3nd placed also Capricorn driver Nick Karabelas after 45-minutes of racing.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
