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August 14, 2017

Belgian Electric On-road Nationals Rd4 – Report

The MRG track in Genk played host for the penultimate round of the Belgian Championship this past weekend. The track is situated at a motorsport facility with an FIA karting track and an MX track and classes run were the usual Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Formula and Rookie categories. Most drivers were present on Saturday for practice, but due to the complete washout, running was very limited. As the track was still damp on Sunday morning, the racers expected the first qualifiers to be very tough.

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August 14, 2017

Samix SCX10 II centre brass driveshafts

Coming from Samix and made for the Axial SCX10 II trail truck are brass centre driveshafts. The set compromised of outer brass couplers, weighing in at 79g, and the inner brass sliders, with a weight of 49g, with both adding valuable weight that can be beneficial to improve climb performance while adding rigidity and durability. The parts can be mixed and matched with the standard composite plastics in order to achieve the desired overall weight or weight distribution.

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August 14, 2017

Colin Tong takes maiden Urban Touring Series win

Round 8 of Singapore’s Urban Touring Series was held this past weekend at the city’s Urban Onroad Raceway. Colin Tong (Xray) gave his rivals notice of his intentions when he TQ’d all three rounds of qualifying to start the finals in the coveted pole position. Chee Lip Keong (Yokomo) qualified 2nd while Hasron Robana (Xray) started in 3rd. In the first leg of the A-main, a turn 1 incident unfortunately dropped Hasron to the back of the field, with Colin and Lip Keong immediately putting a gap on the rest of the field. Benefitting the most was Smith Kek (Xray) who moved to 3rd despite a 6th position start. Colin held on to his quick start to take the win by four seconds over Lip Keong in 2nd. Smith held on to 3rd. Before the second leg of the A-main could be started, the skies, that had been threatening rain throughout, finally opened up. A steady drizzle throughout the rest of the day meant that the race had to be called, with the final results based on the single leg run, handing Colin a maiden win at the UTS.

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August 13, 2017

Toni Gruber takes EFRA 1/10th 200mm title

The 2017 EFRA 1/10th IC Track European Championships were held this week in Mulhouse, France. Unseasonal wet weather on Thursday and Friday would have seen many events either struggle to get finished, or not take place at all. Fortunately a track at Mulhouse that dried relatively quickly and, more importantly, speedy and thoughtful intervention by Javier Garcia, the EFRA delegate at the event, including a smart decision to move two qualifying rounds to Wednesday when the conditions were perfect, ensured no racing was lost. Remarkable as Thursday was rained out until 16:30 and the time set aside on Friday for the lower finals was also lost to weather.

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August 11, 2017

VRP B6 gullwing front shock tower

VRP have released their updated 2018 version gullwing front shock tower for the Team Associated B6. With the growing trend towards carpet and turf tracks the tower was re-designed to feature a double bevelled edge design that is less prone to dig into the track surface. Made from American-grade 7075 aluminium, the shock stay is strong yet only weighs 9.6g. The tower comes black anodised and with silver edge details.

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August 11, 2017

JQRacing Grey Edition eCar 1/8th E-Buggy kit

JQRacing have briefly introduced their forthcoming Grey Edition eCar 1/8th electric buggy kit. The vehicles utilises the Black Edition front and rear assemblies attached to the White Edition eCar chassis. The only different on the chassis is the stronger front centre dogbone, thicker than the original steel dogbone. The kit is set for a release by the end of the month and available for pre-order now.

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August 11, 2017

Xray X10’18 200mm pan car – Coming soon

Xray have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming X10’18 200mm pan car kit. No details are available yet but we expecting them to surface right in time for the release.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 11, 2017

Tekno EB/NB48.4 CVA-style driveshafts

Coming from Tekno are CVA-style driveshafts for the EB48.4 and NB48.4 1/8th scale off-road buggies. The .4 CVAs have been redesigned with an oversized ball joint to reduce wear, resulting in improved consistency. The stock universal driveshafts excel in bumpy conditions but on smoother tracks, CVAs are usually going to yield faster corner speeds, quicker acceleration and reduce weight transfer allowing the driver to grab more throttle earlier in the corner. The new CVA parts must be used together as a complete set of driveshafts, stub axles, CV rebuild kit, and 15x21x4 bearings – all of which are available separately – and are compatible with the EB48.4 and NB48.4 buggies.

Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]