Coming from French company RC Concept is a range of silicone fluids for shock absorbers and gear differentials. Laboratory-tested the fluids offer high temperature stability, they are available as 15wt to 100wt shock and 1,000cst to 500,000cst differentials oils and come in 80ml bottles.
Source: RC Concept [rcconcept.net]
The Western Australian State Titles were held over three days with Friday being controlled practice, Saturday qualifying and Sunday finals. A two hour rain delay after two rounds of qualifying saw the track conditions go from great to slippery slop and in the Nitro Truck class, after four out of five qualifiers on the Saturday, the TQ would be decided in the final qualifier. Up front the lead had already swapped several times during the race and at the beginning of the final lap Kyle Francis had the slimmest of margins, 0.001 of a second. A fast mistake free lap saw him take the win along with the TQ spot. Sunday’s 45 minute A-main then saw Kyle dominate, leading every lap of the final and in a first ran the whole race without getting marshalled once. So much was the dominance that by the 30 minute mark Kyle had lapped the entire field, including second. He went on to win by two laps with this being his second truggy win in consecutive years. Josh Pain came in second while Dale Smulders rounded out the top 3 result.
Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]
The Annual Canadian On-road Nationals were held last weekend at the Seaway Mall in Welland Ontario, Canada. Part of what makes this race special is that it is held center court in a shopping mall which brings high-end RC racing to thousands of spectators. This year was bigger than ever with well over 300 entries, drivers from all over North America were in attendance representing many brands. In the showcase class of Modified Touring it was team Xray driver Paul Lemieux who would ultimately TQ over Kevin Hebert (Team Associated) and Andrew Hardman (Yokomo). In the final it was Lemieux who would lead tone to tone but was not unchallenged with Andrew Hardmann in striking distance the entire race and finishing a very close second, Blake Bell (Xray) would put in a solid drive to round out the podium.
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JConcepts have introduced the new Ford F-150 trail and scale bodyshell. Made for 1.9″ Vaterra and Axial trucks the body features signature F-150 details such as bulging wheel arches, a drop-down beltline at the front doors, and some of the biggest snarling grille nostrils ever seen on a truck. The F-150 body is specifically built for the Vaterra Ascender and Axial chassis providing even more versatility to the wildly successful platforms. Made from clear polycarbonate the body comes including a comprehensive decal sheet.
The opening round of the Portuguese Electric Touring Car Nationals was held at the ARMAIA track close to Porto in the North of the country. With no entries for the Modified class the 10.5T Stock category received a real boost and it offered a high level of competition all weekend and ultimately Frederic Santos would come out successful in the finals by taking wins in A2 and A3, coming from the 2 spot on the grid. Helder Silva came in second, Jorge Simoes rounded out the podium in third.
Xray have send out a teaser image of the forthcoming XB8 2016 specification 1/8th nitro off-road buggy. Different from other brands no information about the new kit have leaked in the wake of the release but detailed images and information about the vehicle should become available very soon.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Last weekend the Team C Cup was held at the TRC track in Hong Kong in several 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road classes. In the premier class of 1/8th nitro on-road is was Simon Kurzbuch who dominated the event. In qualifying he took a convincing TQ in front of Luk Chi Hung and Senna. Right from the start of the 45 minute main final Simon stormed away and increased the gap over the rest of the field lap by lap, setting a new lap record and after 45 minutes he crossed the finishing line five laps in front of Hay with Chan Chau Man completing the podium.
Continue reading the report here
The recent X-Race Italy was hosted by the Team La Gang in Scandiano, Italy with the event attracting over 100 drivers to compete in the five classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T, Formula, 1/10th GT and 1/12th scale. The 2-day event saw controlled practice and the first three qualifying rounds on Saturday followed by two more qualifiers and triple mains on Sunday. In the Touring Modified class Coelho Bruno would take the TQ from Marco Kaufmann and Martin Hudy while in Touring Stock Jan Ratheisky would come out fastest from Davide Bertuzzi and Andrea Valerio. In the Formula class Guido Barbera would grab the pole position for the finals while 1/10th GT had Jan Ratheisky took the TQ honours. Finally in 1/12th pan car it was Alessio Mota who placed his car on the 1 spot for the finals.
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