A little bit short notice but the organisers of the Open Challenge Brandys race in Brandys Nad Labem in Czech Republic have got in touch to announced their event. Open to 1/10 open, 1/10 hobby, 1/10 GT and Formula 1, the race is a one day event which takes place on Saturday the 11th of February and will see Serpent Factory driver Marc Fisher competing. Entries are now open and you can find more information here.
Roche RC has released the Rapide, a F103/F104 conversion kit. The wheel base is based on the F104 as 270mm, with a selectable width of 187mm (F104) and 200mm (F103). With a newly designed motor mount set, the width between the left & right mount is wider than the Tamiya original by 5mm meaning the main drive shaft bearing is closer to the wheel adaptor. At the back there is a simple design with adjustable “U Plate” rear suspension and there are different thickness “U Plate” to setup for different track condition. A narrow main chassis design makes it more stable with faster corner speed and moreover the chassis is compatible with Tamiya F104 bodies.
View more images of the conversion kit here
Team Titan have announced that top US Serpent racer Paolo Morganti has signed to use Team Titan products for 2012, racing with Blitz bodies. Paolo had this to say about the deal:
I am happy to join team TiTAN and use Blitz high performance bodies. During the Novarossi Challenge I tried them and chose for the R18 on this super high speed track and it give me great performance helping me to take TQ and 1st. I am looking forward to using these bodies in the coming races.
Source: Team Titan [team-titan.com.tw]
Losi have introduced their updated 1/24th Scale RTR 4WD Short Course Truck and 4WD rally car. With their 8750Kv brushless system, both cars are super fast and you can run it practically anywhere, inside or out. And when running it with friends, you won’t run into interference problems as the newly included Spektrum 2.4GHz DSM radio system offers a bulletproof interference free link.
The BRCA held it Winter National at the popular Ardent indoor raceway near Derby at the weekend. This was the second year that Ardent had hosted the event, the format was three rounds of qualifying with the top 32 drivers going through to a Reedy style race of champions. The remaining drivers contested a more familiar UK national format with round by round qualifying and three leg final. In qualifying Olly Jefferies for Associated repeated his TQ performance from the 2012 Winter National, in 2012 Jefferies finished second to Andy Moore and early on it looked like the battle for top honours would once again centre on these two drivers.
Continue reading the report here
SRC have sent us a sneak peek at their all new Lola 012 1/8th scale on road body shell. Set to be unveiled at this week’s Nuremberg toy fair, the new shell offers lots of downforce and great turn in as well as increased engine cooling thanks to its very low top surface. EFRA homologated (31529), it comes in high quality 0.75mm and 1mm thick polycarbonate.
Source: SRC [srcspecialparts.com]
Austrian Novarossi distributor Hoeco have released a limited edition 9 port .21 on road engine called the ‘Volksmotor’. This engine comes with a sub €200 price range and features a 14mm lightened crankshaft, 8mm venturi as per EFRA rules and a 9 port liner for lots of top end power. Expect it to be available by the end of February.
Reds Racing Company have announced a new official team driver for 1/10 Touring in Spain, Sergi Franch. Sergi Franch says “I am very proud and hopeful to sign by Reds Racing to be able to obtain the best results this season 2012 and very thankful to the brand and his importer for On Road in Spain Maxiracing to trust me to try to put this great engine in the top of competitions in Spain and Europe, for me the most important its to be able to work with a ‘Master’ like Mario Rossi, because I am certainly that we will be in the high level of performance on the track”.
Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]
