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December 29, 2010

Hébert & Trandell take Midwest Grand Slam Rd2

Round 2 of the Midwest Grand Slam was held recently at MSI Raceway in Detroit, Michigan. The schedule called for practice on Friday, three rounds of qualifying on Saturday, with the final round of qualifying and the main events on Sunday. Reedy/Team Associated factory driver Keven Hébert was the class of the field in the 1/12 Modified and TC Modified categories. Keven captured the pole position in 1/12 Modified with his 12R5.1 ahead of teammate Walt Henderson. In TC Modified, Keven again claimed the pole with Henderson set to line up in the third position. Joe Trandell, driving a 10R5, would start from the pole in the World GT class and would do the same in the 1/12 Stock class with his 12R5.1 and would eventually claim victory in both classes. The Modified mains were an all-Hébert affair and he never looked back leading start to finish in both classes. Keven now leads the points standings in both classes heading into round 3.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

December 29, 2010

Grand Prix des 3 Frontieres – Announcement

The organisers of the Grand Prix des 3 Frontieres (GP3F) were in touch to tell us about their 7th annual 1/10th EP touring car race that will be held from the 29th to the 30th of January next year. Hosted by the MRC Longwy on the border between France, Belgium and Luxembourg, the event has already attracted European Championship finalists Lucas Urbain and Loic Jasmin and will be open to both stock and modified with hand out LRP tires included in the entry fee.

Find more information here.

December 29, 2010

CSO MRX-5 clutch bell & adjustment tool

CSO have released some new clutch parts for the Mugen MRX-5. This clutch bell is made from hard coated high quality 7075 T6 aluminium which results in a lighter part than the original at only 3.7 grams. For adjusting the clutch CSO have released a useful and convenient external clutch adjusting tool. Made of chromed aluminium it makes tuning the clutch spring easy. Available in 2 colours, black and Mugen silver.

View the clutch adjustment tool here

December 29, 2010

Spec-R FF03 gear differential

Spec-R have released this new gear diff for the Tamiya FF03. Made from a lightweight plastic housing and featuring nylon gears, together with the high quality metal drive cups, the package makes for a highly durable easy to setup maintenance free differential.

Source: Spec-R [spec-r.com]

December 28, 2010

KM Racing H-K1 4mm shock tower

KM Racing have released this new front shock tower for their H-K1 200mm chassis. Made from 4mm thick carbon fibre the new tower adds additional rigidity to the front of the car.

Source: KM Racing [km-rc.com]

December 26, 2010

KM H-K1 aluminium & spring steel wishbones

KM Racing have released these unique front and rear lower wishbones as an optional item for their H-K1 1/10th scale 200mm chassis. Constructed by connecting the inner pivot point and the outside lower mounting point by rods of spring steel they claim to be suitable for very high speed cornering. A lower CG its design also put weight on to the wheels which makes the car more stable. Also spring steel will absorb the force during a crash making this aluminium & spring steel arm much more durable than plastic arms.

View the front lower wishbones here

December 24, 2010

Capricorn LAB-C01 ARB levers & red springs

Capricorn have introduced a number of new parts for their LAB-C01 1/10th scale chassis beginning with the new aluminium down stop levers. To be used only with a front wire roll bar, especially when soft plastic is installed, it gives a more consistent and precise setting. Capricorn have also released these new red springs, which are softer than the black spring set and have been built according to Pro driver specs for optimum handling.

View the other parts here

December 24, 2010

Mikael Fransson back with Serpent

Serpent have announced that former European Championship finalist Mikael Fransson has rejoined their team for the upcoming season, having driven for Mugen most recently. The Swede will run the S120 during the cold winter months before turning his attention to the 733 and 966 in the spring time. He will compete in the Swedish Championships, the Nordic Cup as well as the European Championships for both 1/8th and 1/10th scale.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]