Top Japanese driver Hideo Kitazawa has joined Team Corally Japan. The multiple World Championship finalist and former national champion will compete at this years Japanese Nationals and World Championships with the brand new 12SL 1/12th scale chassis having raced previously with the Hot Bodies chassis.
Source: Corally [corally.com]
Xray have introduced their new line of narrow pinions, manufactured on a specially-modified precision gear machine which has ultra-precise tolerances and assures unparalleled concentricity. After machining, the edges of pinions are chamfered and then the pinions are run in and then specially treated to give them an even hardcoating so they stay absolutely true for a long time. The pinions run great with any spur gears, and work perfectly with Xray spur gears where even throttle on/off noise nearly disappears. These new 40T, 42T, 44T, 46T, 48T and 50T 64-pitch narrow high-performance pinion gears are manufactured from special lightweight aircraft duraluminium are 1.5mm thinner and 25% lighter than the regular-size pinion gears.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Welcome to our coverage of this years 1/12th On Road European Championship from Hinckley in the UK. The first day of the championship was spent booking in and getting some familiarisation laps completed with most of the European 1/12th big guns are here including Juho Levanen, Markus Mobers, Mark Fisher, Ronald Volker and Alexander Hagberg, while providing the domestic challenge in the modified class are Andy Moore, Elliott Harper, Olly Jefferies and Chris Kerswell. A strong entry of Pro Stock drivers are also here and some of the top drivers are doubling up and contesting both classes. Updated.
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German brand Orcan have released their diff plate tool specifically for those plates found in Xray T2, T3 and XII differentials. Similar to the tool available from Much More, it allows the user to evenly sand the diff plates smooth by giving the user an easy to hold handle that securely mounts the plate through the use of embedded magnets. One side is suitable for the plates in the T2 and T3 while the other is good for those in the XII.
Source: Orcan [smi-motorsport.de]
Front running Team Magic/Novarossi factory driver Mario Spiniello has been in touch to tell us that he has signed a deal with Hot Race tyres. Competing at this year’s World Championships in Houston, Texas, along with the Italian National Championships, he believes his deal with Hot Race will yield some very good results results this year having already made a new lap record during testing at the L. Collari Track in Cassino in Italy, with a time of 14.991 and the only driver to run under 15 seconds. Mario also makes the change to Savox servos for the 2010 season.
Poland plays host to the fourth round of the Xenon Racing backed Euro Touring Series this weekend as it travels to a new venue, the huge Arena Ursynow, in the city of Warsaw. The final carpet race of the 2009/2010 season before the series move outdoors for Rounds 5 & 6, the second visit to the Polish capital has attracted over 200 entries including last year’s winners Yannic Prümper and Meik Niemann. Twelve months ago the two German’s notched up their first international race victories at the event, a special moment they will both be hoping to repeat again come Sunday.
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Kyosho have announced that nine times World Champion Lamberto Collari has extended his deal with the Japanese Company. After his success at last year’s World Championships in Lostallo he will continue to run the Kyosho Evolva 1/8 on-road car with a focus on the World Championships next year in Homestead, Florida as he aims to take his 10th world title. Kyosho Japan is said to be proud that Lamberto has confirmed his continued collaboration with the company and will bring his knowledge into further development on the Evolva series.
Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]
The car that has won last weekend’s European Indoor title and the DHI Cup back in January, the BD5 World Spec, is now available from Yokomo. The new World spec car is essentially a LiPo friendly version of the original BD5 with a LiPo only chassis plate that helps optimise the weight balance of all the components. The motor mount has also received some attention and can now more easily cope with a wider range of pinions. The car also comes spec’d with lightweight graphite front & rear suspension arms and front steering & rear hub carriers as well as a super low centre of gravity weight that is place around the front steering assembly.
