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May 26, 2015

29th annual Hank Perry 240 – Report

The 29th annual Hank Perry 240 was held this past weekend in Spokane, Washington. This race doubles as round #2 of the Northwest Championship Tour and always draws a large entry count, in part due to being held on Memorial Day weekend each year. This year was no different and “The Hank” attracted close to 300 entries. The 3 day event consisted of Friday practice, 3 rounds of qualifying Saturday and triple A-Mains Sunday with single 30 minute nitro A-mains. Q1 of the 2WD Buggy class with 26 entries saw the AE of Dave Gullickson edging out Kyosho’s Tayler Wonders by only a tenth or two. Q2 and Q3 would see Kyosho’s on top with Tayler taking round 2 and Derek Rasheed taking round 3. After all the qual points were calculated, and the tie-breakers were accounted for it, would be Rasheed with the overall TQ with Dave 2nd and Tayler 3rd.

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May 26, 2015

110% Racing RC Sweat shock O-ring lubricant

Following the RC Blood multi-functional grease RC 110% Racing have now introduced RC Sweat, a lubricant ideal to prevent the seals of shock absorbers from swelling. One of the biggest issues with shock absorbers is that the shock O-rings will swell up from the silicone shock oil, which will cause the shocks to bind up, completely taking away their smoothness and consistency. Using the RC Sweat lube during building and maintenance will not only keep the seals from swelling but the grease will also make for silky smooth shock action over a longer period of time.

Source: 110% Racing [race110.com]

May 26, 2015

Reflex Racing RSD split ride height gauge

Reflex Racing have introduced the new RSD ride height gauge for 1/10th and 1/12th on-road cars. Coming as pair and made from black anodised and laser-etched aluminium the gauges offer a measurement range of 2.5mm to 6mm in 0.5mm increments and the split design helps to finely and precisely adjust the ride height of “slider style” 1/12th rear ends as well as 1/10th touring cars as both sides of the chassis can be measured at the same time.

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May 26, 2015

Yeah Racing TRF419/418 teflon-sealed ball bearing set

New from Yeah Racing and made for the Tamiya TRF419 and TRF418 is a teflon-sealed ball bearing set. The teflon seals will offer better protection against dust and dirt compared to metal-shielded ones while still running with a very low amount of drag and the included high-quality bearing oil makes maintaining the ball races a breeze.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

May 26, 2015

Belgian Electric Touring Car Nationals Rd4 – Report

The RCR Club in Roeselare held the fourth round of the Belgian Electric Touring Car Nationals on their fast and flowing outdoor track. In the EFRA class Olivier Bultynck took the TQ in front of Nick Joosens and Mitchell Van Es. Stefan Rommens rounded out the top 4 in the fastest of the three classes of the weekend. In the first lap of the opening final Olivier Bultynck and Nick Joosens made contact and Olivier had to recover from the back of the field but already on the second lap Olivier choose to save his tyres and he stopped his car. Meanwhile Mitchell Van Es was in the lead closely followed by Thomas Stockman and Rico Claeys but Nick Joosens was fighting back and he took 3rd place from Rico. Ultimately Mitchell grabbed the win in front of Thomas.

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May 26, 2015

Malin Karlsen wins at Grenland Cup Rd2

The second round of the Norwegian Grenland Cup was held in Skien over the weekend. Different from round 1 the race saw the introduction of a control tyre and everyone was keep to get some laps under their belts in practice to get used to the new tyres. In the qualifiers it was again Marlin Karlsen (Xray) who came out fastest by winning the first two rounds to take the overall TQ for the triple 12-minute A-mains. The finals then saw Malin taking comfortable wins with the only 21-lap runs of the day. Erik Fink (Mugen) came in 2nd while Petter Strand (Mugen) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 26, 2015

New Ielasi Tuned engine range

Italien frontrunner and former IFMAR World Champion Daniele Ielasi has introduced his new range of Ielasi Tuned engines in the form of the 9-port ITD.21 and the 3-port ITD.12. Both engines were built at Novarossi to his own specifications with the ITD.21 being an 1/8th scale engine based on the Novarossi Plus.21 crankcase and coming with the R7-16 conrod, a new design cooling head, and redesigned combustion camber insert. The Plus.12 based ITD.12 also comes with a new cooling head and redesigned combustion camber insert. More information and images can be found on the brand’s website here.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

May 25, 2015

Ninja JX21-B03 nitro off-road engine

Coming soon from Mugen is a new line of Ninja JX nitro engines. First up is the JX21-B03 for 1/8th nitro buggies, truggies and the up and coming nitro GT on-road class. Offering a good amount of usable power and a high fuel economy the engine features a square bore and stroke configuration, DLC-coated and balanced tuned crankshaft, a ceramic rear ball bearing for increased throttle response and a higher top speed, a light weight low-profile cooling head with laser-etched Ninja graphics, and an easy-to-tune three needle carburettor with aluminium 6.5mm venturi. The engine will become available around June or July.

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