Round three of the Czech Open Challenge was held in Prague. The fast track with some big jumps provided lower traction than usual but this did not stop Kaja Novotny from sweeping the 2WD qualifying to take the pole position from Michal Blahovsky in 2nd and Martin Wunsche in 3rd. In the 4WD qualifiers it was again Kaja that excelled as he easily took the overall TQ.
Continue reading the report here
Following a variant for 1/10th touring and pan cars, Hudy now also released a dedicated 1/12th scale pan car car bag. Made from high-quality materials the padded and reinforced bag takes a single pan car for easy and secure transport and storage. A handle allows for easy handling while a rubber strap helps to securely attach the bag to Hudy’s travel bag. The zipped bag sports the well-known Hudy graphics and it is available now.
Source: Hudy [hudy.net]
Arrowmax have released new black and golden variants of their popular lightweight setup boards. A new manufacturing process and relocated mounting screws make the boards lightweight, true and durable. An upper carbon fibre plate will give high rigidity while the lower polycarbonate place protects the inner honeycomb webbing while also allowing to view the extensive machining. The board is available in two sizes for 1/12th and 1/10th cars as well as in a larger variant for 1/10th and 1/8th cars and both sport Arrowmax’s popular black and golden anodising for looks and wear.
Coming from Xray and made for their XB8 line of off-road buggies are the new 4-dot progressive front and rear springs. Designed for high-grip tracks the springs make for better steering at corner entry and they add to the already released 3-dot front as well as 3-dot and 2-dot rear springs. All are individually measured and matched and they come in sets of two.
Revelation Raceway of Ontario, California hosted the Christmas Gifts for Kids Race this past weekend. The weather prior to the event was cold and rainy, but Dana Smelter of Revelation Raceway wasn’t going to let that stop the event from happening and so the event had nearly 100 entries. Adam Drake was the man to beat in both the Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck finals. In the 30-minute Buggy final Drake got off to a bad start and was nearly a half a lap down to the early race leader Cody King. Drake put in consistent laps and slowly worked his way to the front. Once Drake got into the lead he didn’t look back and won by a comfortable margin over Cody King and Colin Herzig. Drake also TQ’ed and won the Nitro Truck class by a large margin.
SWorkz have released a new teaser image and more information on their forthcoming S35-3 1/8th nitro buggy. The kit will feature new-style front upper arms with carbon fibre covers that reduce dirt build-up but also allow for stiffness adjustments to adjust the overall suspension behaviour on different track conditions. The buggy will also come with an “unique front shock tower” and also a new steering Ackermann geometry for optimised corner characteristics. The kit is set for a release in early 2017 and we bring you more information as they surface.
Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]
Shepherd have revealed details on the Velox V8 WC Limited Kurzbuch Edition 1/8th scale nitro on-road kit. Issued to celebrate Simon’s 2015 World Championship title and five ENS wins in a row, the kit is a full replica of Simon’s car with option parts such as hard plastic suspension parts, a low friction pulley set, aluminium wheel axles, titanium pivot balls and screws, brass weights and battery plate, as well as the “team edition” reverse clutch, carbon bumper stiffener, and aluminium bearing inserts beside others. The car is limited to 100 kits and each one features laser engravings of Simon’s signature as well as the serial number. The kit with the number 001/100 already went up for auction for a good cause with the benefits being donated to the German Childhood Cancer Foundation in Heidelberg.
Holesov in the Czech Republic played host to the recent HIT 128 race. In the premier Touring Modified class the race for the overall win was on between Oliver Havranek, Kuba Simurda and Zdenko Kunak. The three matched in pace and ultimately young Oliver held the upper hand to take the win from Kuba whose first place in the final main cemented his overall runner-up spot while Zdenko had to settle for third.
Continue reading the report here
