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January 6, 2015

McGee and Waters win Masters Rd4

To kick the New Year off in style, last weekend saw Round 4 of the brilliant Worksop Series run, once again attracting a huge entry with 161 drivers racing making it a great event. The track was once again nice and flowing and was well received by drivers. In the 2wd class it would Danny McGee driving the Schumacher that took the victory ahead of the Associated pairing of Richard Lowe and Neil Cragg. In 4wd Nathan Waters would go on to win with his Schumacher team mate Simon Moss in 2nd with Neil Cragg once again in 3rd. With a different winner in each class again at this round, its all still to play for in both Championships.

View the finals results and videos of the A Finals here

January 6, 2015

Marc Fisher renews contract with Serpent

Serpent’s touring car ace Marc Fischer has extended his contract for two further years running the Eryx 411 touring car and S120 1/12 scale car. Marc will run all ETS races, as well as EC and some other big events and will continue to be part of the testing program for the new Serpent developments. As well as also racing the S120 1/12 scale car at some large events Marc will start running 1/10 scale buggies, first with the 2wd Spyder MM and soon after the planned for release Spyder 4wd buggy too. The DHI Cup this coming weekend will see Marc run the 1/10 TC class and 2wd buggy classes, an event which you can follow live on Red RC.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 6, 2015

Cactus Classic registration to open early

Cactus Classic entries to open early

The organisers of the 2015 Pro-Line Cactus Classic, which takes place from the 9th to 15th of March in Scottsdale, Arizona, have asked us to tell everyone that entry for the event this year will open earlier than in previous years. By popular request registration for the event at SRS Raceway is going to open Friday January 16th, 2015 on RCSignup.com instead of the normal February 1st.

January 6, 2015

Muchmore Fleta 1S Brushless ESC

The speed controller that won last year’s 1/12th Worlds in Florida, driving by Marc Rheinard, Muchmore have released the Fleta 1S Brushless ESC. Coming pre set with the same setting used by the German, the Fleta 1S features a continuous 120A current and up to 830A in burst and as the name suggest can handle no larger than 1S LiPo battery. The case features their Flow-Max cooling design the with upper, middle and bottom case made from aluminium giving it better heat dissipation and allowing higher current. The built in DC-DC Booster BEC helps maintain a super stable voltage until the end of the race.

View more technical details here

January 6, 2015

Juho Levanen & Euro RC join forces for 2015

Multiple European champion and vice World champion Juho Levanen has joined forces with Euro RC, the Team Associated factory driver will represent the Finnish online shop at all racing events for 2015. Juho said “I am very excited to team up with EuroRC. Having a large webshop back me up helps me especially with all the odds and ends and small parts that a racer needs. EuroRC has an excellent range of competitive products and I can always find what I need at their warehouse. We have been doing co-operation for many years but now is a good time to make it official. Its an honor to be their first international driver and it will be interesting to see who they pickup next.”

Source: Euro RC [eurorc.com]

January 6, 2015

Ari Heinonen moves to Agama for 2015

Nemo Racing have announced that top Finnish racer Ari Heinonen will be running the new Agama A215 Buggy in 2015. After coming to the UK for a test session with Darren Bloomfield, Ari was delighted with the performance of the new car and took only a few days to decide that he wanted to be part of the Nemo Racing family in 2015. Having set some stunning times at the Euros in 2014, he was unlucky to not make the main final as his pace was clearly good enough for such a top result. To complete his race package, Ari will use Bullitt engines, Beta tyres & accessories and Piranha Fuel.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

January 6, 2015

TKO B5 & Pan car diff rings

TKO have introduced their new flat & finished diff rings for the Associated B5 and a range of pan cars. Using their ‘Totally Flat Technology’, TKO claims to have produced the finest diff rings available. Using a proprietary process, the rings faces are flat to within 2 microns. and the faces are parallel to within 1 micron, one micron being 40 millionths of an inch (.0000040). The faces have a #7 finish to provide traction for the diff balls and they fit flat on the hub for near zero run out.

View the pan car diff plates here

January 6, 2015

Exotek TLR 22-4 rear camber block & front tower

New from Exotek for the TLR 22-4 4wd buggy are a new rear camber block and front shock tower. The rear camber block has been made from heavy duty machined 7075 and they have added 2 additional and important higher roll centre mounting points at the bottom of the camber mounts. The new lower mounting points are excellent for freeing up the buggy at the rear for more mid corner steering but also increased on power traction and stability. The front shock tower has been made from stealthy matte finish 5mm thick carbon fibre. Much stiffer and stronger for consistent damper action yet still light weight due to its extra machining and the wide open shape allows air to pass through for better body aero. The one piece shock tower eliminates the lower camber mount for improved durability and uses flat head screws for better shock tower alignment onto the bulkhead.

View more images here