Schelle Racing Innovations have introduced new optional parts for the Team Associated B6 and B64 series of off-road vehicles. First up is a revised front shock tower for flat arm equipped B6 buggies. Made from tough 5mm carbon fibre and offering an updated design, the shock tower has the outer shock mounting holes removed and thanks to shortened ears it is less prone to break, adding toughness to AE’s latest 2WD buggy.
Coming from JConcepts and made for the TLR 22 4.0 is the S2 body shell. It sports the popular S2 design and is tailor-made to fit TLR’s latest 2WD racing buggy. A slammed overall height allows the S2 to whisk through the turns with a low centre of mass while the progressive cab design provides plenty of front-end force for balance and steering. A channeled roof directs the flow through the centre of the body while also increasing the rigidity of cockpit. The dual side-window design that has become famous on the JConcepts bodies remains to bring a traditional feel to the layout. The upper side-pods feature distinct vents used to help relieve hot air build-up inside the body for those high-powered runs or hot days at the track. Carved and detailed side-pods edge the body giving the highly aero unit a stylish look with a tight fit and finish. Cut-lines are included on the body to accommodate stand-up and lay-down transmission layouts giving all out versatility. Includes with the body come window masks, a decal sheet and two Aero rear wings.
This past weekend the second round of the Quebec RC Series was held at the Bego RC Raceway near Montréal, home of the 2017 Quebec Classic. The rain on Friday would turn into nice weather all weekend, making for good racing conditions. In Nitro Buggy, Sam Langer laid down the fastest run in Q2 to take the overall TQ and in the main Sam took the lead and never looked back while TLR’s Carl Boulianne and Team Associated’s Eric Deschenes were battling for P2. At the 15-minutes mark, both Eric and Carl had issues and Wesley Gurr took the 2nd spot in front of Steve Lamoureux.
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The fourth and final round of the French 1/10th IC Track Championship took place in great weather conditions at the circuit of Besançon in the eastern part of the country. The title would be in contention between championship leader Basile Concialdi and Quentin Leroux who sat in 2nd. To take the championship lead, Quentin would need to take the pole position and win and hope for a maximum 3rd place of Basile. In Saturday morning’s timed practice Quentin seemed already faster with an average of 17.2 seconds on three consecutive laps, followed by Thomas Gold in 17.4 then Brice Turco/Basile Concialdi/Michael Derderian all with 17.6’s.
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Last weekend the second and final round of the Italian Manufacturers Championship took place at the World famous venue of Gubbio in central Italy. With the majestic track making for a perfect scenery for the season finale and a highly competitive field in both the 1/10th 200mm and the 1/8th class, the championship proved to be once again one of the best events in the Italian on-road scene. The 1/8th A-main would see an outstanding battle for the lead between Raiola’s Infinity and Mazzeo’s Xray until the RX8 of the 200mm vice-World champion was forced to retire due to a loose servo horn screw. From that moment on Carmine Raiola has been able to cruise to a deserved win ahead of his Infinity team-mates Balestri and Tironi. In the championship, Infinity claimed the chassis title with two wins (Balestri in Fiorano and Raiola in Gubbio), with Max Power and Runner Time winning the respective titles while Matrix won the Tires title at the second tie-breaker with Hotrace.
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Round 3 of the British National 1/10th Nitro On-road Championships were held at the Mendip Raceway in the South West of the UK. The weather on Saturday was good sunny all day. The top three drivers for 200mm Touring in practice were Mark Green (Serpent) Joe Kerry (Capricorn) and Alex Thurston (Serpent). In the 220mm GT class Glyn Beal (Serpent) was the fastest with Rickard K (Xray) very close behind. Race day Sunday and the weather forecasters got it wrong. It started raining at the start of heat 1 round 1 and only stopped when the finals had finished. Ultimately Mark Green took TQ for 200mm Touring and Glyn Beal for 220mm GT.
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Coming from Teamsaxo and made for the company’s GT-300W-V2 pan car kit are an aluminium main chassis and lower pod plate. Both parts are cut from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and they come black anodised for wear and looks. Of higher overall rigidity than the stock carbon fibre parts both the chassis and pod plate will improve high speed steering while making for a smoother feeling through corners and increased overall corner speed. The parts are available separately but are meant to be used together.
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The fast track of Rucphen in the south of the Netherlands played host to the third round of the Dutch Electric 1/10 nationals. A total of three categories were run with Formula, Touring Modified and Touring Stock. The touring classes were limited to one set of Volante tyres with the modified drivers being a bit concerned about tyre wear, because of the high strains that are being put on the tyres due to the high speed and high temperature. The race format was three qualifiers with the best two to count. In the Touring Modified class local driver Mitchell Van Es was the pre-event favourite as since switching to an Awesomatix he had proved to be extremely fast and consistent. And so he took pole with a 21-lapper and a fastest single lap time close to Olivier Buyltinck’s newly set track record. Athan De Witte put his car on a fine P2. He also improved his personal best to a 14.3, so he was quite happy with his achievement. Behind the two Sidney Blokker took 3rd spot in front of Rick Van den Akker and Govert Verbeke.
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