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October 4, 2017

Orlowski double at Worksop Series Rd1

The first round of the Worksop Series took place this past weekend, there was a huge entry of 151 drivers across the 3 classes, 2wd, 4wd and a vintage buggy class. Round by round qualifying was the racing format, with the best 2 results from 4 rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. For this event Michal Orlowski was in attendance for Schumacher and was on superb form with his Cougar KC and CAT K2, he managed to TQ both 2wd and 4wd classes.

View the final results here

October 4, 2017

Czech national series Rd5 & Rd6 – Report

The final two rounds of Czech national series took place last weekend. Two races in two days on one track was a real challenge for both drivers and their cars. For Round 5 of the series, 1/8E buggy qualifications was quite a close affair between Martin Bayer, Max Gotzl and Kaja Novotny with each driver taking a TQ run each, with Martin eventually taking the overall TQ. In 1/8IC, Martin TQed round 1, but then Kaja managed to take round 2 and 3 for the overall TQ.

Continue reading the report here

October 4, 2017

Stephen Lander joins Capricorn

Capricorn RC have announced an agreement with UK driver Stephen Lander that will see him race their Lab F1-01 Formula car. Stephen will be competing in UK Formula class events using the Capricorn Lab F1-01 and he had the following to say:

I am very happy to be joining Capricorn for the 2017-18 season as a factory driver using the Lab F1-01. Having seen the high quality parts and innovative design used in many of the brands platforms I’m looking forward to representing Capricorn, working with Patrizio Rossi and the rest of his team helping with product development and supporting customers using Capricorn products. I would like to thank Patrizio for the opportunity to represent his products.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

October 3, 2017

Team Associated FT Tire Balancer

The new FT Tire Balancer from Team Associated offers a universal design to work on all popular types of RC wheels, and the handheld design of the tool makes it easy to use in any situation. A double-sided adapter nut allows for balancing on an array of different wheels while FT ball bearings ensure a smooth and free spinning operation, a critical component in a tire balancer. The FT tire balancer is also anodized with black and blue components to look good in your toolbox.

Source: Associated [teamassociated.com]

October 3, 2017

Ryan Cavalieri wins Australian Team Associated Champs

Ryan Cavalieri has taken out both the 2wd and 4wd open classes at the inaugural Team Associated championships in Glen Innes against a host of Australia’s top races. The 4 time world champion headlined a 95 strong entry list who travelled to the event situated in regional NSW Australia. Where the club had prepared a fast and challenging layout for their first major event.

Continue reading the report here

October 3, 2017

Yokomo YZ-2 aluminium bulkhead mount

New for the YZ-2, Yokomo have released this aluminium bulkhead mount. This new optional part creates a more rigid front end which in turn helps to make the steering sharper. These new parts are very light weight, so they don’t disturb the car’s weight balance which is important for the car’s posture in the air while at the same time increasing the driving performance, especially on low grip track conditions.

View the mounted parts here

October 3, 2017

X-Grip-Alfa Tyre additive

New from X-Grip comes their latest Tyre additive, called X-Grip-Alfa. Featuring a new compound, the additive works with both foam and rubber tyres and claims to work with all surfaces.

Source: Mikimodel [mikimodel.net]

October 3, 2017

Yokomo YZ-4 SF 4WD buggy

Yokomo have announced that release of their new 4wd buggy, the YZ-4 SF. Set to be released in October, in time for the IFMAR World Championships, the new car is shaft driven with this new platform completely designed from scratch. The same car which has been in testing by Ryan Maifield and Lee Martin and used to win events such as the Surf City Classic and the British National series, it also dominated the Japanese Nationals.

View more details here