Edam have released a brushless version of their 1/8th scale on road chassis called the ERazor. Your standard conversion, it features an aluminium motor mount and single speed transmission, while the power is supplied by 2 side mounted LiPo packs. The ESC fits in place of the regular fuel tank while the rest of the car stays the same as the gas version.
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Reds Racing has designed and developed a completely new manifold line for On Road and Off Road engines. The new line of manifolds is provided with a cooling system, efficient and lightweight, which helps improve engine gasket life, to maintain engine performance over time. Polished both inside and outside, they are delivered with exhaust gasket and springs. The new conical 1/8 On Road manifold is available in three different lengths M, L, XL to fit any kind of track and are matched with the Reds 2069 muffler. The single bend Off Road manifold is available, in addition to the standard version M, in a new version S and are matched with both Reds 2069 and 2034 mufflers.
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The first round of the Portuguese Electric Touring Cars (Mod and 10.5T Stock) took place last weekend in the town of Torres Novas at Mini Autódromo de Torres Novas, host of EFRA 2013 European Electric Championships. 37 drivers attended the race. On Sunday the day was just amazing with clear sky and good temperature with good grips conditions. In the Mod class Bruno Coelho set a new record for qualifying reaching 20 laps in 5m15.97, but the TQ went to Hugo Miguel after wining 2 of the 4 qualifying sessions. Bruno Coelho and João M. Martinho qualified 2nd and 3rd.
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At the 2012 ROAR Nationals, held at Mike’s Hobby Shop in Dallas TX, the 1/12th 17.5 class turned into a ‘who’s who’s’ of RC drivers with many top drivers jumping in the 17.5 division. Qualifying saw On-point front man and owner, Paul Cicarrello take the top spot with CRC driver Max Kuenning a close second. However in the triple A-main format, Max took the first 2 mains to wrap up his National Championship in convincing fashion ahead of Paul Ciccarello in 2nd with Kody Knudtson in 3rd.
Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]
Mike’s Hobby Shop in Texas was the host of the 2012 ROAR Carpet On-Road Nationals. The Touring 17.5 Non Timing class had some of the closest qualifying, with the top five spots separated by a mere 2 seconds. When it came time for the A-Mains, Chris Adams would drive two flawless runs, running some of the fastest laps of the weekend, and would take down victories in A1 and A2 with his Speedzone LiPo powered TC. What makes the wins even more special is that Chris purchased his Speedzone “Peerless Series” LiPo Pack from the hobby shop, the weekend of the Nationals. The two A-Main wins clinched the 17.5 Nationals Title for Chris and gave Speedzone its first ROAR National Championship.
Source: Speedzone [speedzoneusa.com]
The fifth and final round of the Danish touring car indoor championships took place this past weekend at the BRC track just outside of Copenhagen. In the Super Stock class, run with 17.5T motors and on Solaris Medium controlled tyres, Søren Boy Holst (T.O.P. Photon EX Prototype) won the race in front of Mike Gasvig (Tamiya 417) and Danni Eyde (T.O.P. Photon EX Prototype).
Source: TOP [top-racing.jp]
The first race of the Belgian national touring car championship 2012 took place in Chatelineau, near Charleroi. Hosted by the MRCC on an indoor track fifty racers made it to the first round of the year. Thomas Stockman (Xray) took TQ followed by Nick Joosens who put his Yokomo on the second spot. Last years champion Olivier Bultynck was third quickest with his Yokomo.
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Following his success in this seasons BRCA 1/12th National series foam tyre manufacturer Jaco are pleased to announce that Olly Jefferies will be joining their team as a factory supported driver. Olly used Jaco tyres throughout his season long campaign at which he dominated both the stock and the modified class with his Associated 12R5.1, up to this point Olly had received Jaco support through UK distributor CML Distribution. With world championships on the horizon a direct deal with Jaco has come at just the right time. This is what Olly has to say about the deal:
I found that Jaco tyres gave me consistency through an eight minute run and throughout the season I didn’t have to think about my tyres choice or prep, the Jaco foam worked well on the all the various tracks and layouts we raced on over the winter series, hopefully now working direct with Jaco it will present opportunities for me and I am very excited about working with them as I prepare for the worlds.
Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]
